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.
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