BaryteCape Vani, Milos Island, Cyclade Islands, Kykládes Prefecture, Aegean Islands Department, Greece
Photo: 2002, Keith Wood Ακρωτήριο Βάνι, Μήλος, Κυκλάδες, Ελλάδα
Manganese was mined in this area around WWII. Barite veins are common in the main pits and also in many prospects and outcrops around the area.
Reef limestone hydrothermally mineralized by Mn-oxides and barite. Manganese occurs as thin layers, as cement of sandstone and as metasomatic replacement of the limestone, including abundant fossil shells.
References
- Hein, J. R.; Stamatakis, M. G.; Dowling, J. S. (2000): Trace metal-rich Quaternary hydrothermal manganese oxide and barite deposit, Milos Island, Greece. Transactions of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, 109, B67-B76.
- Liakopoulos, A., Glasby, G. P., Papavassiliou, C. T. and Boulegue, J. (2001) Nature and origin of the Vani manganese deposit, Milos, Greece: an overview. Ore Geol. Rev., 18, 81–209.
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