(Minera di Brusson, Brusson, Valle d'Ayas, Valle d'Aosta, Italia)
This is one of the Italian gold mines within an Alpine area. The gold was in quartz veins mixed with other sulphides, hosted by gneiss and metamorphic calcschists.
References:
- Weghorn, P. (1991): Goldfunde von Brusson im Aosta-Tal. Lapis, 16 (11), 22.
- Econ Geol (1997) 92, 389-406.
- Campostrini, I., Demartin, F. & Guastoni, A. (1997): Schöne Goldstufen von Brusson, Val d'Ayas, Italien. Lapis, 22 (12), 13-xx.
- Piccoli, G.C., Maletto, G., Bosio, P., Lombardo, B. (2007). Minerali del Piemonte e della Valle d'Aosta. Associazione Amici del Museo "F. Eusebio" Alba, Ed., Alba (Cuneo) 607 pp.
- Wachtler, M. (2007): Legendäre Funde, große Strahler (3): Die eigenartige Welt der Zwillinge Pallaoro. Lapis, 32 (3), 13-18.
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