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.
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