CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
50 Italy (Belluno) 46.20.24 N -- 012.24.00 E Salafossa Zn; Pb
 
Database name: World Mississippi Valley-type deposits
Custodial agency: Geological Survey of Canada
Compilers: D. F. Sangster
Release date: 2015-02-06
   
Deposit name(s): Salafossa
Political location(s): Italy; Province or state: Belluno; Nearest community: Sappada (5 km NW)
Deposit clan (type): Mississippi Valley-type
Deposit status: past producer
Commodities: Zn; Pb
Mineralization styles: discordant collapse breccia cement; cavity fill
Geological ages: Late Triassic (host rocks)
Tectonic setting: continental rift (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; carbonate; Depositional setting: Shallow-water carbonates
Individual lithologies:dolostone
Mineralogy: pyrite, marcasite, sphalerite, galena, dolomite
References:
Lagny, P., 1975
Le Gisement Plombo-Zincifere de Salafossa (Alpes Italiennes Orientales): Remplissage d'un Paleokarst Triasique par des Sediments Sulfures
Mineralium Deposita, Volume 10, p. 345 - 361

Leach, D. L.; Sangster, D. F.; Kelley, K. D.; Large, R. R.; Garven, G.; Allen, C. R.; Gutzmer, J.; Walters, S., 2005
Supplement to sediment-hosted lead-zinc deposits: A global perspective
Appendix, in One hundreth anniversary volume 1905-2005, Edited by Hedenquist, J. W.; Thompson, J. F. H.; Goldfarb, R. J.; Richards, J. P., Ecomomic geology, Society of Ecomonic Geologists, 1136 p

Leach, D. L.; Sangster, D. F.; Kelley, K. D.; Large, R. R.; Garven, G.; Allen, C. R.; Gutzmer, J.; Walters, S., 2005
Sediment-hosted lead-zinc deposits: A global perspective
in One hundreth anniversary volume 1905-2005, Edited by Hedenquist, J. W.; Thompson, J. F. H.; Goldfarb, R. J.; Richards, J. P., Ecomomic geology, Society of Ecomonic Geologists, 1136 p, p. 561 - 607

Production data: Report period: from 1958 until 1965; 1.273538 million metric tons ore; Provisional entry?: no; Yearly or summary?: S
Grade-commodity information:Zn: 5.63 percent
Pb: 0.95 percent
Reference: Audibert, P., 1966: La Miniera di Salafossa (Province di Belluno); L'Industria Mineraria, p. 93 - 100
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%



85,500 metric ton lead metal; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: S
Grade-commodity information:Pb: 0.9 percent
Reference: Laznicka, P.; Wolf, K. H., 1981: Bibliography and Ore Occurrence Data, and Indexes Volumes 8 - 10; Volume 10, Chapter 2, Section Data on the Worldwide Distribution of Stratiform and Strata-Bound Ore Deposits, in Handbook of Strata-Bound and Stratiform Ore Deposits , Edited by Wolf, K. H., Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, p. 79 - 390
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%



570,000 metric ton zinc metal; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: S
Grade-commodity information:Zn: 6 percent
Reference: Laznicka, P.; Wolf, K. H., 1981: Bibliography and Ore Occurrence Data, and Indexes Volumes 8 - 10; Volume 10, Chapter 2, Section Data on the Worldwide Distribution of Stratiform and Strata-Bound Ore Deposits, in Handbook of Strata-Bound and Stratiform Ore Deposits , Edited by Wolf, K. H., Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, p. 79 - 390
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
Resource data:
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Estimate date: 1971; 9.5 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: yes; Provisional entry?: no
Grade-commodity information:Zn: 6 percent
Pb: 0.9 percent
Reference: Lagny, P., 1975: Le Gisement Plombo-Zincifere de Salafossa (Alpes Italiennes Orientales): Remplissage d'un Paleokarst Triasique par des Sediments Sulfures; Mineralium Deposita, Volume 10, p. 345 - 361
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


Estimate date: 1983; 10 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: proven
Grade-commodity information:Zn: 4.9 percent
Pb: 1 percent
Reference: Klau, W.; Mostler, H., 1983: Alpine Middle and Upper Triassic Pb-Zn Deposits ; Section Invited Major Papers, in International Conference on Mississippi Valley-Type Lead-Zinc Deposits: Proceedings Volume, Edited by Kisvarsanyi, G.; Grant, S. K.; Pratt, W. P.; Koenig, J. W., University of Missouri-Rolla, 603 p, p. 113 - 128
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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