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Carraie Hill, Impruneta, Florence Province, Tuscany, Italy

(Poggio alle Carraie, Impruneta, Firenze, Toscana, Italia)

Hill 2 km at the West of Impruneta; the ore body (chalcopyrite and bornite) was in the SW slope, near Selva ditch at the contact serpentine-gabbro.
It is the first Impruneta mining place (1849) and was definitely abandoned in 1907.

Map reference: Regione Toscana, CTR 1 : 10000 Table 275110

References:
-AA.VV., 1850 - Soc. Min. Fiorentina per la escavazione della miniera del mercurio di Iano e delle tre miniere cuprifere del Castagno (San Gimignano), di Montebuono (Montecatini Val di Cecina) e dell'Impruneta (Firenze). - Tip. M. Cecchi, Firenze
-Targioni Tozzetti A., 1850 - Relazione sopra alcune miniere di mercurio e di rame nei monti presso il Castagno e all'Impruneta in Toscana. - Tip. M. Cecchi, Firenze.
-Perazzi C., 1865 - Intorno ai giacimenti cupriferi contenuti nei monti serpentinosi. - Atti R. Accad. Sci. Torino, 22: 313-352.
-Abbolito E., 1938 - I minerali cupriferi dell'Impruneta (Toscana). - Riv. Sci., 9: 207-212.
-Minguzzi C., 1948 - Ricerche sulla formazione ofiolitica dell'Impruneta. I. Le rocce ed i minerali. - Atti Soc. Tosc. Sc. Nat., Mem., 55: 175-179.
-Brizzi G., Meli R., 1996 - I minerali della formazione ofiolitica dell'Impruneta (FI). - Riv. Mineral. Ital., 20 1: 81-98.
-Capperi M., Bazzoni C., 1996 - Impruneta (FI). Nuovi ritrovamenti. - Riv. Mineral. Ital., 20 4: 331-333.





Mineral List:
Andradite
var: Topazolite

'Asbestos'
Aurichalcite
Azurite
Bornite
Brochantite
Calcite
'Chalcedony'
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
Copper
'Diallage'
Djurleite
Langite
Malachite
Marcasite
Opal
Pyrite
Scolecite
Serpierite
Sphalerite
var: Marmatite

Talc


22 entries listed. 17 valid minerals.

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