Miniera di Raibl, Cave di Predil, Tarivisio, Udine, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italia
Dolomitic limestone in contact with upper Permian limestones.
These mines were surely active in the XIV century when Emperor Philip the Nice conceded permission to extract lead and zinc to a group of miners. In the XIX century, under the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the mine was half an Imperial property and half property of Hanckel Von Donnersmarck Earls. After WWI, Italy annexed the Tarvisio area, and the Italian government assigned the extraction concessions to the Society Cave del Predil. In 1953 the mine changed hands various times, and in 1963 became property of the Italian government, with Azienda Mineraria Metallurgica Italiana Spa. In 1965 the Friuli Venezia Giulia Regions became the mine owner and conceded the use of the mine to AMMI up to 1987. But gestional costs are so high that in 1976 the mine was almost closed. In 1978 a new society, SAMIM, appeared that operated the mine up to 1986. The mine has closed on February, 6, 1991 (sic!).
References
- Tornquist, Alexander (1931): Die Vererzung der Zink-Bleierz-Lagerstätte von Raibl (Cave del Predil). Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt, 81, 143-175.
- Hegemann, F. (1949): Die Herkunft des Mo, V, As und Cr im Wulfenit der alpinen Blei-Zinklagerstätten. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 1(5/6), 690-715 (in German).
- H.Wießner (1951): Geschichte des Kärntner Bergbaues, II.Teil Geschichte des Kärntner Buntmetallbergbaues mit besonderer Berücksichtigung des Blei- und Zinkbergbaues, p.185-203.
- Di Colbertaldo, D. (1952). Su particolari strutture di alcuni solfuri nel giacimento di Raibl. Rendiconti della Società Mineralogica Italiana, 8, 113-120.
- Dondi, M. and Puggioli, G. (1992): "La mine de Raibl, Cave del Predil (UD) - 2° partie." Rivista Mineralogica Italiana,(3), 153-166.
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