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Boccheggiano mines, Montieri, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy

(Miniere di Boccheggiano, Montieri, Grosseto, Toscana, Italia)

Object of exploitation has been the so-called "Boccheggiano-lode", a quartz vein with chalcopyrite, pyrite and other sulphides, sizing over 2 km in length and ranging from 1 to 25 meters in thickness. The main works for copper exploitation date back to 1889-1914 while pyrite was mined from the first decade of the 20th century to 1994.

References:
-Lotti B., 1893. Descrizione geologico-mineraria dei dintorni di Massa Marittima. Mem. Descr. Carta Geol. Ital.
-De Michele, V. (1974). Guida mineralogica d'Italia. Istituto Geografico De Agostini, Novara, 2 vol
-Bazzoni C., Betti C., Capperi M., 2003. Il "Filone di Boccheggiano": miniere e minerali. Riv. Mineral. Ital., 27, 2: 78-89
-Ballirano P., Bellatreccia F., 2004. Nuovi dati sulla dietrichite di Boccheggiano, Grosseto. Riv. Mineral. Ital., 28, 4: 213-214
-Pier Scortecci & Mauro Tazzini (1979) The Niccioleta and Bocceggiano pyrite mines, Tuscany. Mineralogical Record 10: 281-291.





Mineral List:
  • Andradite
  • Anglesite
  • Anhydrite
  • Ankerite
  • Aragonite
  • Aurichalcite
  • Azurite
  • Baryte
  • Bassanite
  • Bismuth
  • Bismuthinite
  • Bornite
  • Calcite
  • Calkinsite-(Ce)
  • Cassiterite
  • Celestine
  • Cerussite
  • Chalcocite
  • Chalcopyrite
  • Copiapite
  • Covellite
  • Cuprite
  • Dietrichite
  • Dolomite
  • Epidote
  • Epsomite
  • Fluorite
  • Galena
  • Goethite
  • Gypsum
  • Halite
  • Hedenbergite
  • Hematite
  • Hemimorphite
  • Ilmenite
  • Ilvaite
  • Jarosite
  • Lepidocrocite
  • Magnetite
  • Malachite
  • Marcasite
  • Melanterite
  • Meta-aluminite
  • Muscovite
  • 'Olivine'
  • Pyrite
  • Pyrrhotite
  • Quartz
  • Rhodochrosite
  • Rosasite
  • Siderite
  • Siderotil
  • Smithsonite
  • Sphalerite
  • Stibnite
  • Sulphur
  • Tetrahedrite
  • Zincite


    58 entries listed. 57 valid minerals.

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