Kalavasos Mines - Kalavasos Dam - Vasa

Starting position Platies mine recorded wrongly, you can use Google Map and search Kalavasos Mine II. Watch sign post on the road very close to the dam, before left turn you can see a sign post Kalavasos Mines. This is the route to Platies MIne.

Kalavasos Mines - Kalavasos Dam - Vasa

When I left the reservoir area soon after the army camp, I had to make river cross small one but deep water. Not muddy luckily so I could make it , later I met with deep mud had to turn back and choice a pretty low quality track at some points. Rain eruption did kill the track , road is not maintained regularly, challenging but okay. Strictly good 4x4 vehicle only with high ground clearance.

Platies Mine:

Located about 3 kilometres west of the Asgata village. The large accumulations of rust in the region prove the intense mining activity that occurred during ancient times. The deposit had a volume of about 250.000 tones and its content in copper was 1% and 30% in sulphur. The modern mining activities started in 1955. After a five-year recess (1959-1963) the activities continued until 1965, when they were terminated definitely. A total of 45,000 tones of ore were dug out of the mine.

Petra Mine:

Located about 2.5 kilometres east of the Platies mine. The deposit had a volume of about 500.000 tones with an average content of 1.5% in copper and 40% in sulphur. Mining activity started in 1953 -at a depth of about 50 meters -and ended in 1966. A total of 290,000 tones of ore were dug out of the Petra mine

Mavri Sykia Mine:

Located almost 1 kilometre north of the Platies mine. In this mine there was intense mining activity during ancient times. The deposit had a volume of 1.5 million tones with an average content of 1% in copper and 30% in sulphur. Modern ore production started in 1954 and continued until 1976 with intermediary recesses in 1965-1969 and in 1972-1975. A total of 437,000 tones of ore were dug out of the mine.

Lantaria Mine:

Located 250 meters from the Mavri Sykia mine. Little mining activity must have taken place in this mine during ancient times. Its deposit had a volume of 500,000 tones with an average content of 0.5% copper and 30% in sulfur. Its modern mining activities started in 1961 and ended in 1964. 65,000 tones of ore were dug out of the mine.

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