Occurrence

Balangero

Italy
Asbestos
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Commodities
PrimaryAsbestos
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Model18: Serpentine-hosted asbestos
Deposit sizeN
Materials
Ore mineralsAsbestos, Chrysotile
GangueAragonite, Calcite, Magnetite
Geology
Host rockSerpentinite · Lanzo Serpentinite
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
First production1920
Identification
Deposit ID10023341
MRDS IDI000213
RegionEU
Data scoreD
Coordinates45.49889, 7.51871
References
MINING MAGAZINE, 1987, BALANGERO: V. 157, NO. 1, P. 20-25MINING MAGAZINE, 1987.