CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
54 Italy (Sardinia) 39.11.24 N -- 008.19.12 E Southwest Sardinia District; Iglesias District Zn; Pb; Ag
 
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): Southwest Sardinia District; Iglesias District
Political location(s): Italy; Province or state: Sardinia
Deposit clan (type): Mississippi Valley-type
Deposit status: past producer
Deposit object located: centroid of district
Commodities: Zn; Pb; Ag
Mineralization styles: discordant collapse breccia cement; concordant collapse breccia cement; fissure fill; disseminated
Geological ages: Early Cambrian (host rocks)
Tectonic setting: continental platform (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; carbonate; Depositional setting: Shallow-water carbonates
Individual lithologies:limestone
dolostone
Mineralogy: sphalerite, galena, pyrite, barite, chalcopyrite, calcite
References:
Boni, M., 1985
Les Gisements de Type Mississippi Valley du Sud-Ouest de la Sardaigne (Italie): Une Synthese (Mississippi Valley Type Ore Deposits in Southwest Sardinia (Italy): A Synthesis)
Chronique de la Recherche Miniere, p. 7 - 34

Production data: 750,000 metric ton lead metal; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: S
Grade-commodity information:Pb: 1.2 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%



2.5 million metric tons zinc metal; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: S
Grade-commodity information:Zn: 4 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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Resource and reserve figures are historical in nature. The Data source provided with each set of figures should be cited if the Data are re-reported.

Estimate date: 1994; 20 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: no; Resource category: unstated
Grade-commodity information:Zn+Pb: 6.5 percent
Reference: Bechstadt (ed.), T.; Boni (ed.), M., 1994: Sedimentological, Stratigraphical and Ore Deposits Field Guide of the Autochthonous Cambro-Ordovician of Southwestern Sardina (Parte 1); Memorie Descrittive della Carta Geologica d'Italia , Servizio Geologico Nazionale, Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Publication code 48, 272 p., 6 maps.
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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