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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.
-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.
- 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.





Mineral List:
  • Alunogen
  • Atacamite
  • Aubertite
  • Baryte
  • Brochantite
  • Chalcanthite
  • Dickite
  • Enargite
  • Goethite
  • Gold
  • Gypsum
  • Halite
  • Halotrichite
  • Jarosite
  • Kaolinite
  • Lavendulan
  • Luzonite
  • Marcasite
  • Montmorillonite
  • Natrojarosite
  • Paratacamite
  • Pharmacosiderite
  • Pickeringite
  • Pyrite
  • Quartz
  • Scorodite
  • Tamarugite
  • Tennantite
  • Tetrahedrite
  • Zircon


    30 entries listed. 30 valid minerals.

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