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The Pyritic Deposits of the Tamasos Field — Cyprus

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One of the difficulties that arises in the study of massive sulphide deposits is that they are frequently affected by post-depositional processes (see for example Noranda, Skorovas or Broken Hill). The interpretaton of the origin of these deposits depends very much on examples that are in a relatively fresh state; in the case of copper-pyrite deposits the best examples are those found on the flanks of the Trudos Mountains. There are other examples of this type of deposit, at Küre and Ergani in Turkey, and at Betts Cove at Halls Bay in Newfoundland.

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Further Reading

  • Bear, L. M. (1963), The Mineral Resources and Mining Industry of Cyprus. Cyprus Geol. Surv. Bull. 1. [The most comprehensive descriptive work on the island, much of which is devoted to the Trudos pyritic deposits.]

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  • Bear, L. M. (1960), The Geology and Mineral Resources of the Akaki- Lythrodondha Area. Cyprus Geol. Surv. Mem., 3. [A regional monograph that includes the Tamasos Field.]

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  • Gass, I. G. and Masson-Smith, D. (1963), The Geology and Gravity Anomalies of the Trudos Massive, Cyprus. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. Lon. Ser. A 1060, 255, 417–67. [Probably the most significant work on the nature of the Trudos Complex.]

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  • Constantino U, G. (1972), The Geology and Genesis of the Sulphide Ores of Cyprus. Thesis submitted to University of London Ph.D. 275pp. [A modern comprehensive work which includes a full description of the Tamasos Field but is difficult to get hold of.]

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  • Constantinou, G. (1973), Geology, Geochemistry and Genesis of Cyprus Sulphate Deposits. Econ. Geol., 68, 843–58. [A shorter version of his thesis, more readily available.]

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  • Strong, D. F., ed. (1976), Metallurgy and Plate Tectonics. Geol. Ass. Can. Spec. Paper No. 14, 660pp. [This very good symposium volume includes some papers relevant to the understanding of these deposits and the comparison with others; see particularly a paper by Sawkins, F. J., pp.221–42.]

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    Colin J. Dixon (Senior Lecturer in Mining Geology)

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Dixon, C.J. (1979). The Pyritic Deposits of the Tamasos Field — Cyprus. In: Atlas of Economic Mineral Deposits. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6511-2_27

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