Apricena quarries, Apricena, Foggia Province, Apulia, Italyi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Apricena quarries | Group of Quarries |
| Apricena | Commune |
| Foggia Province | Province |
| Apulia | Region |
| Italy | - not defined - |
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Type:
Group of Quarries
Mindat Locality ID:
188858
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:188858:7
GUID (UUID V4):
b868976f-3ad9-4a00-8158-c487fb56186f
Other Languages:
Italian:
Cave di Apricena, Apricena, Provincia di Foggia, Puglia, Italia
Limestone quarries to the northwest of Apricena and part of the larger Apricena-Poggio Imperiale-Lesina quarrying basin, situated at the NW extremity of Gargano promontory along the EW-trending Apricena horst.
Typical quarried materials are micritic limestones, microcrystalline dolostones and dolomitic limestones, calcarenites.
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This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
1 valid mineral.
Rock Types Recorded
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
Fossils
There are 1 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.BETA TEST - These data are provided on an experimental basis and are taken from external databases. Mindat.org has no control currently over the accuracy of these data.
| Occurrences | 63 |
|---|---|
| Youngest Fossil Listed | 0.78 Ma (Pleistocene) |
| Oldest Fossil Listed | 1.81 Ma (Pleistocene) |
| Fossils from Region | Click here to show the list. |
| Fossil Localities | Click to show 1 fossil locality |
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