An open cut pyrite mine owned by Cyprus Mines Corp. Mining stopped in 1987. Since then, leaching of mining spoils and waste heaps leads to precipitation of several sulphates (Hudson-Edwards & Edwards, 2005).
Refs.:
- Rocks & Min.: 23:129
- Bureau of Mines Mineral Trade Notes (Sep, 1947).
- Hudson-Edwards, K.A. & Edwards, S.J. (2005): Mineralogical controls on storage of As, Cu, Pb and Zn at the abandoned Mathiatis massive sulphide mine, Cyprus. Mineralogical Magazine 69, 695-706.
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Map Reference: 34°58'N , 33°20'E
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