Cape Calamita Mine (Calamita Mine), Capoliveri, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy

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Miniera di Capo Calamita (Miniera di Calamita), Capoliveri, Isola d'Elba, Livorno, Toscana, Italia

This locality is the most important mine of Calamita peninsula. There are no references of exploitations in ancient ages, but mining was surely started by the XVIII century. Like other Elba mines, extensive modern exploitation started about 1870-1880. The ore body is magnetite (generally pseudomorphous after hematite) and limonite and is linked to skarns, mainly hedenbergite/ilvaite but also (Macei stope) andradite.
The mining area extends from sea level to about 300 m with a width from West to East of 1.7 km. The most important stopes are Francesche (later included in Vallone), Vallone, Macei, Nuova Zona; other stopes are Albaroccia, Coti Nere, Polveraio, Civetta, Le Piane, Punta Rossa (see map in site photos).
The mining area is divided horizontally by the road Capoliveri-Calamita-Ripalti at the level 167-176.
In some limited places there are also copper mineralisations and very little cobalt mineralisation.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

Allophane Aluminocopiapite Alunogen Amarantite Andradite Antlerite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Atacamite Aurichalcite Azurite Bieberite Bonattite (TL) Bornite Brochantite Calcite var: Cobaltoan Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcocite Chalcopyrite

'Chlorite Group' Chrysocolla Clinoatacamite Connellite Copiapite Copper Coquimbite Cuprite Cyanotrichite Dioptase Dolomite Epidote Epsomite Erythrite Fibroferrite 'Garnet' Goethite Grossular var: Hessonite Gypsum Hastingsite

Hedenbergite Hematite Hexahydrite Humboldtine Ilvaite Jarosite Kaolinite Kröhnkite 'Limonite' Linnaeite Löllingite Magnetite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite var: Cuprian Melanterite Minguzzite (TL) Natrochalcite Natrojarosite Opal

Paratacamite Pharmacosiderite Pickeringite Plancheite Pyrite Quartz var: Amethyst var: Prase Rhomboclase Siderite Skutterudite Sphalerite Starkeyite Tyrolite Voltaite 'Wad' Woodwardite

110 entries listed. 68 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region

Italy Tuscany Livorno Province Elba Island Capoliveri Cape Calamita Mine (Calamita Mine) Macei stope Nuova Zona stope Punta Rossa stope Vallone stope

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