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Limenaria, Thasos, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greecei
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LimenariaVillage
ThasosRegional Unit
Eastern Macedonia and ThraceAdministrative Region
GreeceCountry

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Loading of zinc ore at Limenaria, Thassos.

Limenaria, Thasos, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
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Krupp Waels-furnace for roasting zinc ore.

Limenaria, Thasos, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
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Loading of zinc ore at Limenaria, Thassos.

Limenaria, Thasos, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
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Krupp Waels-furnace for roasting zinc ore.

Limenaria, Thasos, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 37' 38'' North , 24° 34' 29'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Limenária2,471 (2017)0.1km
Potós815 (2014)3.3km
Skála Marión379 (2014)5.2km
Kalliráchi452 (2014)7.6km
Mariés158 (2014)8.1km
Mindat Locality ID:
1948
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:1948:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Name(s) in local language(s):
Λιμενάρια, Θάσος, Μακεδονία, Ελλάδα


The German Speidel Family started the zinc mining in Thasos. They did build their installations in the period 1902-en 1914.
At the beginning of the war they were kicked out. (because they were German).

SaHMM / Vieille Montagne in Thasos 1926-1930

In 1925, G. Bogeret, from Liège / Belgium, acquired the 13 concessions for the extraction and processing of zinc, lead, silver, iron and copper ores for 40 years on behalf of the Belgian mining company Vieille Montagne. The SaHMM (Société Anonyme Hellénique Métallurgique et Minière) was established. The Speidel installations were rebuilt, the calcining modernized, five steel Wälzöfen from the Krupp company were erected in Limenaria and supplied with ores from the abandoned mines and halde material of the Speidels. The operation was stopped in 1933 probably due to problems with the enrichment and processing of the ore and the fall in zinc prices. Around that time most VM-mines did shut down.
The merchant Georgos Apostolopoulos from Kavala took over the 25% shares in SaHMM from VM in 1934 without resuming operations.

So it was only a short period that VM was active there. It limited itself to refreshing, modernising, the old Speidel installations.

The later start-up attempts after 1934 were also by SaHMM, but then VM had already sold its shares to the businessman George Apostolopoulos from Kavala.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

20 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

Adamite
Formula: Zn2(AsO4)(OH)
Aragonite
Formula: CaCO3
Aurichalcite
Formula: (Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
Azurite
Formula: Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Baryte
Formula: BaSO4
Brochantite
Formula: Cu4(SO4)(OH)6
'Calamine'
Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
Conichalcite
Formula: CaCu(AsO4)(OH)
Galena
Formula: PbS
Hematite
Formula: Fe2O3
Hemimorphite
Formula: Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Lepidocrocite
Formula: Fe3+O(OH)
Malachite
Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Mimetite
Formula: Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
Pyromorphite
Formula: Pb5(PO4)3Cl
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Rosasite
Formula: (Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
Siderite
Formula: FeCO3
Smithsonite
Formula: ZnCO3
Zincolivenite
Formula: CuZn(AsO4)(OH)

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Galena2.CD.10PbS
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Hematite4.CB.05Fe2O3
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Lepidocrocite4.FE.15Fe3+O(OH)
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Siderite5.AB.05FeCO3
Smithsonite5.AB.05ZnCO3
Aragonite5.AB.15CaCO3
Azurite5.BA.05Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Malachite5.BA.10Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Rosasite5.BA.10(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
Aurichalcite5.BA.15(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Baryte7.AD.35BaSO4
Brochantite7.BB.25Cu4(SO4)(OH)6
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
Adamite8.BB.30Zn2(AsO4)(OH)
Zincolivenite8.BB.30CuZn(AsO4)(OH)
Conichalcite8.BH.35CaCu(AsO4)(OH)
Mimetite8.BN.05Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
Pyromorphite8.BN.05Pb5(PO4)3Cl
Group 9 - Silicates
Hemimorphite9.BD.10Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Unclassified
'Calamine'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H AdamiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)
H Aurichalcite(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
H AzuriteCu3(CO3)2(OH)2
H BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6
H ConichalciteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)
H HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
H LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)
H MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
H Rosasite(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
H ZincoliveniteCuZn(AsO4)(OH)
CCarbon
C AragoniteCaCO3
C Aurichalcite(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
C AzuriteCu3(CO3)2(OH)2
C CalciteCaCO3
C MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
C Rosasite(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
C SideriteFeCO3
C SmithsoniteZnCO3
OOxygen
O AdamiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)
O AragoniteCaCO3
O Aurichalcite(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
O AzuriteCu3(CO3)2(OH)2
O BaryteBaSO4
O BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6
O CalciteCaCO3
O ConichalciteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)
O HematiteFe2O3
O HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
O LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)
O MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
O MimetitePb5(AsO4)3Cl
O PyromorphitePb5(PO4)3Cl
O QuartzSiO2
O Rosasite(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
O SideriteFeCO3
O SmithsoniteZnCO3
O ZincoliveniteCuZn(AsO4)(OH)
SiSilicon
Si HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Si QuartzSiO2
PPhosphorus
P PyromorphitePb5(PO4)3Cl
SSulfur
S BaryteBaSO4
S BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6
S GalenaPbS
ClChlorine
Cl MimetitePb5(AsO4)3Cl
Cl PyromorphitePb5(PO4)3Cl
CaCalcium
Ca AragoniteCaCO3
Ca CalciteCaCO3
Ca ConichalciteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)
FeIron
Fe HematiteFe2O3
Fe LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)
Fe SideriteFeCO3
CuCopper
Cu Aurichalcite(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
Cu AzuriteCu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Cu BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6
Cu ConichalciteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)
Cu MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
Cu Rosasite(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
Cu ZincoliveniteCuZn(AsO4)(OH)
ZnZinc
Zn AdamiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)
Zn Aurichalcite(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
Zn HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Zn Rosasite(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
Zn SmithsoniteZnCO3
Zn ZincoliveniteCuZn(AsO4)(OH)
AsArsenic
As AdamiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)
As ConichalciteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)
As MimetitePb5(AsO4)3Cl
As ZincoliveniteCuZn(AsO4)(OH)
BaBarium
Ba BaryteBaSO4
PbLead
Pb GalenaPbS
Pb MimetitePb5(AsO4)3Cl
Pb PyromorphitePb5(PO4)3Cl

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limenaria
Wikidata ID:Q1014258

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