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Xerolivado Mine, Pontini and Chromion area, Vourinos Mt ophiolite complex, Kozáni and Grevena prefectures border area, Kozáni Prefecture, Macedonia Department, Greece

A chromium mine in chromite ore located near Pontini and Chromion. Produced 150,000 tons of ore (1984). Owned by Hellenic Ferroalloys (Hellenic Industrial and Mining Investment Co. group).
Located between Kozáni and Grevena.

References

- Mining Annual Review (1985): 502.
- Filippidis, A. (1996): Chemical variation of olivine in the serpentinite of the central section in the Xerolivado chrome mine of Vourinos, Greece. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen 170, 189-205.

Mineral List

Awaruite
Brucite
Calcite
'Chlorite Group'
Chromite
Heazlewoodite
Laurite
Magnetite
'Olivine'
'Serpentine Group'


10 entries listed. 7 valid minerals.

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