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Mofete and San Vito geothermal field ore mineralization data

Dates

Publication Date
Time Period
2023

Citation

Belkin, H.E., McAleer, R.J., De Vivo, B., and Croke, M.R., 2023, Mofete and San Vito geothermal field ore mineralization data: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9HNDG4F.

Summary

The Mofete and San Vito geothermal fields, located west of Naples, Italy, are part of the Campi Flegrei volcanic complex. A joint venture in the 1970s between AGIP and ENEL, the Italian National electric and petroleum utilities, respectively, drilled exploratory wells to a depth of ~3000 m in an attempt to locate high-enthalpy fluids for potential power production. Drill core samples from Mofete wells (MF1, MF2, and MF5) and from San Vito wells (SV1 and SV3) contain authigenic ore mineralization. Pyrite, pyrrhotite, and galena are abundant. Less common are chalcopyrite, sphalerite, arsenopyrite, scheelite, and rare are millerite, violarite, native bismuth, tellurobismuthite, cassiterite, molybdenite, and acanthite. Mineral chemistry [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Ryan J McAleer
Originator :
Harvey E Belkin, Ryan J McAleer, Benedetto De Vivo, Mary R Croke
Metadata Contact :
Mary R Croke
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Energy and Minerals

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Product_10.5066P9HNDG4F_METADATA.xml
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View 		96.17 KB application/fgdc+xml
Arsenopyrite.csv 1.97 KB text/csv
Chalcopyrite.csv 1.21 KB text/csv
Galena.csv 1.49 KB text/csv
Ni Sulfides.csv 1.14 KB text/csv
Pyrite.csv 9.99 KB text/csv
Pyrrhotite.csv 3.93 KB text/csv
Scheelite.csv 4.23 KB text/csv
Sphalerite.csv 1.44 KB text/csv
Table 1.csv 721 Bytes text/csv

Purpose

Data were collected to examine mineral composition in a volcanic complex.

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