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Ore Deposits of Greece |
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Authors: |
Melfos, Vasilios Voudouris, Panagiotis |
Subject: | NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > EARTH SCIENCES > EARTH MATERIALS > MINERALOGY NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > EARTH SCIENCES > EARTH MATERIALS > GEOLOGY OF ORE DEPOSITS NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > EARTH SCIENCES > EARTH MATERIALS > ECONOMIC GEOLOGY NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > NATURAL RESOURCES, EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES > NATURAL RESOURCES NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > NATURAL RESOURCES, EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES > NATURAL RESOURCES > MINERAL RESOURCES NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > NATURAL RESOURCES, EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES > NATURAL RESOURCES > LAND RESOURCES |
Keywords: |
Ore deposit
Geotectonic evolution Metallogenesis Mineral raw materials Magmatic deposits Hydrothermal deposits Lateritic deposits Placer deposits Greece |
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Abstract: |
This book describes the most significant metallic mineral deposits of Greece and the conditions of their formation in relation to the geotectonic evolution of the Hellenides. Emphasis is given on the geology, the tectonics, the host rocks, and the mineralogical and geochemical composition of these deposits. The chapters of this book refer to the brief historical background of the mining activity in Greece since the prehistoric period, to the geotectonic evolution and metallogenesis, and to the classification of the Greek deposits in the different metallogenic provinces. The orthomagmatic Cr deposits in ophiolite complexes, the volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposits, as well as the metamorphic Mn-rich deposits, all of Mesozoic age, are described. The book also refers in details to the mineralization, which is associated with the Cenozoic magmatism, and is restricted mainly in the two large exhumed metamorphic complexes of Greece, the Rhodope and Serbo-Macedonian massifs in the north and the Attic-Cycladic belt in the south. These mineralizations include intrusion-hosted, skarn, carbonate-hosted replacement, porphyry and epidermal deposits. The Cenozoic polymetallic veins hosted in metamorphic rocks, the oxidized Fe, Mn, and Zn deposits, the Fe-Ni laterite deposits, the Al-bearing bauxite deposits, the Au, Pt, and REE enriched placer deposits, and the metal-bearing hydrothermal fields in the South Aegean active volcanic arc and in Central and Northern Greece are also described. At the end of the book, there is a review of the presence of rare and critical metals in the deposits of Greece, while the last chapter provides detailed geological and mineralogical data of two important metallogenic regions of southeastern Europe, in NE Chalkidiki and in Lavrion.
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Linguistic Editors: |
Oxenkioun, Eleni Elissavet |
Graphic Editors: |
Sofianos, Stavros |
Type: |
Undergraduate textbook |
Creation Date: | 15-07-2022 |
Item Details: | |
ISBN |
978-618-5667-07-8 |
License: |
Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) |
DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-32 |
Handle | http://hdl.handle.net/11419/8353 |
Bibliographic Reference: | Melfos, V., & Voudouris, P. (2022). Ore Deposits of Greece [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-32 |
Language: |
Greek |
Consists of: |
1. Brief historical review of the mining activity in Greece 2. Geotectonic evolution and metallogenesis in Greece - Metallogenic provinces 3. Cr ± PGM orthomagmatic deposits in ophiolite complexes, volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits, and Fe-Mn oxide deposits, of Mesozoic age 4. Intrusion hosted deposits of Cenozoic age 5. Skarn deposits of Cenozoic age 6. Carbonate replacement Pb-Zn-Ag-Au massive sulfide deposits of Cenozoic age 7. Porphyry and epithermal deposits of Cenozoic age 8. Polymetallic veins of Cenozoic age in metamorphic rocks 9. Fe, Mn and Zn deposits from oxidation of sulfide ores of Cenozoic age in Greece 10. Fe-Ni lateritic deposits in Greece 11. Lateritic bauxite deposits in Greece 12. Placer deposits 13. Modern metal-bearing fields in South Aegean active volcanic arc, and in Central and Northern Greece 14. Critical and rare metals in Greece 15. The most important metallogenic regions of Greece (NE Chalkidiki and Lavrion) |
Number of pages |
270 |
Publication Origin: |
Kallipos, Open Academic Editions |
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