(Miniera di Capo Calamita (Miniera di Calamita), Capoliveri, Isola d'Elba, Livorno, Toscana, Italia)
It is the most important mine of Calamita peninsula; we don't have notices of exploitations in ancient ages, but was surely known in XVIII century. Like others Elba mines modern exploitation start about 1870-1880; ore body is magnetite (generally pseudomorphous after hematite) and limonite and is linked to skarns, mainly hedenbergitics/ilvaitics but also (Macei stope) andraditics.
Mining area go from the 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; others stopes Albaroccia, Coti Nere, Polveraio, Civetta, Le Piane, Punta Rossa (see map in site photos).
Mining area is divided horizontaly by the road Capoliveri-Calamita-Ripalti at the level 167-176.
In some limited places there are also copper mineralisations and very little cobalt mineralisations.
References:
Dell'Anna L., Quagliarella F. (1968) - Su alcuni solfati cupriferi di Capo Calamita (Isola d'Elba). Periodico di mineralogia - Roma. pp. 349-365.
-De Michele, V. (1974). Guida mineralogica d'Italia. Istituto Geografico De Agostini, Novara, 2 vol
J. Göske, T. Witzke, H. Pöllmann, S. Stöber (1997) - Neufunde von Sekundarmineralen in der Lagerstatte Calamita/Insel Elba - Der Aufschluss, 48: 305-313.
