Small chromium mine. Located ca. 1.5 km south of Mount Olympus.

Operated periodically during 1950-1954 using underground exploitation methods for the chromite ore recovery. More than 8.000 tons of high grade chromite ore were extracted from this mine.

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Commodity List

This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.

ⓘ Chromium

Mineral List

ⓘ Chromite

1 valid mineral.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Chromite

Formula: Fe²⁺Cr³⁺₂O₄

References:

www.lrz-muenchen.de/~ressourcen/activities/cyprus/cyprus_deposits.html

Greenbaum, D. (1977)

Malpas, J.G. et al. (1987)

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘ	Chromite	4.BB.05	Fe²⁺Cr³⁺₂O₄

List of minerals for each chemical element

O	Oxygen
O	ⓘ Chromite	Fe²⁺Cr₂³⁺O₄
Cr	Chromium
Cr	ⓘ Chromite	Fe²⁺Cr₂³⁺O₄
Fe	Iron
Fe	ⓘ Chromite	Fe²⁺Cr₂³⁺O₄

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

Anatolia PlateTectonic Plate

AsiaContinent

Cyprus

Troodos mountain rangeMountain Range

Indian Plate

Zagros OrogenAccretionary Complex

Island of CyprusIsland

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References

Panayiotou, A. (1978) The mineralogy and chemistry of the podiform chromite deposits in the serpentinites of the Limassol Forest, Cyprus. Mineralium Deposita, 13 (2). 259-274 doi:10.1007/bf00204647

Malpas, J.G., Calon, T. & Xenophontos, C. (1987): Excursion F: Plutonic rocks of the Troodos ophiolite. In: Xenophontos, C. & Malpas, J.G. (eds.): Field excursion guidebook, Symposium Troodos 87, ophiolites and oceanic lithosphere, Nicosia, Cyprus. Geological Survey Department, Nicosia, 158-181.

www.lrz-muenchen.de (2010) http://www.lrz-muenchen.de/~ressourcen/activities/cyprus/cyprus_deposits.html

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