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Furtei mine, Furtei, Medio Campidano Province, Sardinia, Italy

(Miniera di Furtei, Furtei, Cagliari, Sardegna, Italia)

Active Au mine.
High sulfidation gold deposit. Mineralizations are concentrated along tectonic structures where hydrothermal alteration is more intense. Mineral assemblage consists of Fe-Cu-As-Sb sulphides and sulphosalts (enargite-luzonite-pyrite-tetrahedrite-tennantite).



References:
- Ruggieri, G., Lattanzi, P., Luxoro, S., Dessi, R., Benvenuti. M, & Tanelli, G., 1997. Geology, Mineralogy and Fluid Inclusion Data of the Furtei High Sulfidation Gold Deposit, Sardinia, Italy. Economic Geology, 92 (1), 1-19.
- Lattanzi, P. (1999): Epithermal precious metal deposits of Italy - an overview. Mineralium Deposita 34, 630-638.
- Da Pelo, S. & Frau, F. (2000): Magnesian aubertite, (Cu,Mg)Al(SO4)2Cl·14H4O, from the gold mine of Furtei in Sardinia, Italy. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 2000(6), 279-288.
- Cadoni, E., Balassone, G., Cocco, E., & Mainas, S., 2001. Osservazioni sulle mineralizzazioni di Furtei-Serrenti (Sardegna SW). Atti del Bicentenario 1801-2001, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Centro "Musei delle Scienze Naturali", a cura di Chiara, M. R. e Petti, C., pp. 87
- Cadoni, E., Cocco, E., & Mainas, S., 2006. Oro ed enargite del giacimento aurifero di Furtei, Sardegna. Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 30 (1), 6-13.




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


Mineral List:
Altaite
Alunite
Alunogen
Arsenopyrite
Atacamite
Aubertite
Aurostibite
Azurite
Baryte
Bornite
Brochantite
Calcite
Cassiterite
Chalcanthite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Coloradoite
Covellite
Dickite
Digenite
Enargite
Epidote
Galena
Goethite
Gold
Gypsum
Halite
Halotrichite
Hessite
Jarosite
Kaolinite
Lavendulan
Libethenite
Limonite
Luzonite
Marcasite
Montmorillonite
Natrojarosite
Olivenite
Paratacamite
Petzite
Pharmacosiderite
Pickeringite
Pyrite
Pyrophyllite
Quartz
Sampleite
Scorodite
'Sericite'
Sphalerite
Stannite
Stützite
Sylvanite
Tamarugite
Tellurium
Tennantite
Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite
Zircon


109 entries listed. 56 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region:
Italy
 
  • Sardinia
    • Medio Campidano Province
      • Furtei
        • Furtei mine

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