Bocca della Sella bauxite deposit, Cusano Mutri, Benevento Province, Campania, Italyi
Regional Level Types | |
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Bocca della Sella bauxite deposit | Deposit |
Cusano Mutri | - not defined - |
Benevento Province | Province |
Campania | - not defined - |
Italy | Country |
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Name(s) in local language(s): | Giacimento di bauxite di Bocca della Sella, Cusano Mutri, Provincia di Benevento, Campania, Italia |
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Location is approximate, estimate based on other nearby localities. | |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 40° North , 14° East (est.) |
Margin of Error: | ~76km |
Locality type: | Deposit |
Köppen climate type: | Csa : Hot-summer Mediterranean climate |
Bauxite horizon (up to 10-15 m in thickness) at Bocca della Selva, a depression between Monte Porco and Monte Mutria.
This deposit, discoverd by Montecatini company in the 1960s, despite its economic viability (the deposit is estimated to contain 1.25 million tonnes of pit-run ore, corresponding to 0.62 million tonnes of bauxite), has never been exploited, due to construction of the Bocca della Selva tourist resort (Crescenti & Vighi, 1970; Cestari et al., 1975).
Regions containing this locality
Eurasian Plate | Tectonic Plate |
Europe | Continent |
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Standard Detailed Strunz Dana Chemical ElementsMineral List
6 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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ⓘ Anatase Formula: TiO2 |
ⓘ Böhmite Formula: AlO(OH) |
ⓘ Goethite Formula: α-Fe3+O(OH) |
ⓘ Hematite Formula: Fe2O3 |
ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
ⓘ Rutile Formula: TiO2 |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
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ⓘ | Anatase | 4.DD.05 | TiO2 |
ⓘ | Böhmite | 4.FE.15 | AlO(OH) |
ⓘ | Goethite | 4.00. | α-Fe3+O(OH) |
ⓘ | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
ⓘ | Rutile | 4.DB.05 | TiO2 |
List of minerals arranged by Dana 8th Edition classification
Group 4 - SIMPLE OXIDES | |||
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A2X3 | |||
ⓘ | Hematite | 4.3.1.2 | Fe2O3 |
AX2 | |||
ⓘ | Anatase | 4.4.4.1 | TiO2 |
ⓘ | Rutile | 4.4.1.1 | TiO2 |
Group 6 - HYDROXIDES AND OXIDES CONTAINING HYDROXYL | |||
XO(OH) | |||
ⓘ | Böhmite | 6.1.2.1 | AlO(OH) |
ⓘ | Goethite | 6.1.1.2 | α-Fe3+O(OH) |
Group 75 - TECTOSILICATES Si Tetrahedral Frameworks | |||
Si Tetrahedral Frameworks - SiO2 with [4] coordinated Si | |||
ⓘ | Quartz | 75.1.3.1 | SiO2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | ⓘ Böhmite | AlO(OH) |
H | ⓘ Goethite | α-Fe3+O(OH) |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Böhmite | AlO(OH) |
O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
O | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
O | ⓘ Anatase | TiO2 |
O | ⓘ Rutile | TiO2 |
O | ⓘ Goethite | α-Fe3+O(OH) |
Al | Aluminium | |
Al | ⓘ Böhmite | AlO(OH) |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
Ti | Titanium | |
Ti | ⓘ Anatase | TiO2 |
Ti | ⓘ Rutile | TiO2 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
Fe | ⓘ Goethite | α-Fe3+O(OH) |
References
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)- Crescenti U., Vighi L. (1970): Risultati delle ricerche eseguite sulle formazioni bauxitiche cretaciche del Casertano e del Matese, in Campania. Mem. Soc. Geol. It., 9, 401-434.
- Cestari G., Malferrari N., Manfredini M., Zattini N. (1975): Note illustrative della Carta geologica d’Italia alla scala 1:100000 Foglio 162 Campobasso. Servizio geologico d’Italia, Arti Grafiche Panetto & Petrelli, Spoleto, 40 pp.
- Mondillo N., Balassone G., Boni M., Rollinson G. (2011): Karst bauxites in the Campania Apennines (southern Italy): a new approach. Per. Mineral., 80, 3, 407-432.
- Boni M., Reddy S.M., Mondillo N., Balassone G., Taylor R. (2012): A distant magmatic source for Cretaceous karst bauxites of Southern Apennines (Italy), revealed through SHRIMP zircon age dating. Terra Nova, 24, (4), 326-332.
- Boni M., Rollinson G., Mondillo N., Balassone G., Santoro L. (2013): Quantitative mineralogical characterization of karst bauxite deposits in Southern Apennines, Italy. Economic Geology, 108, 813-833.
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