Quarry Waste: Chances of a Possible Economic and Environmental Valorisation of the Montorfano and Baveno Granite Disposal Sites

<table class="table-group" id="tab4"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left"> Quarry waste dumps</td><td align="center">Average thickness calculated thanks to tomography cross-sections (m)</td><td align="center">Ore body volume (m<sup>3</sup>)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Sengio</td><td align="center">20 m</td><td align="center">361.600</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Ciana Tane-Pilastretto</td><td align="center">25 m</td><td align="center">1.489.000</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Braghini</td><td align="center">15 m (tomography limit)</td><td align="center">158.000</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Thickness and volumes for the investigate areas.

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Table 4: Quarry Waste: Chances of a Possible Economic and Environmental Valorisation of the Montorfano and Baveno Granite Disposal Sites 