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

<table class="table-group" id="tab5"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Quarry dumps</td><td align="center">Average grade % Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> (TQ)</td><td align="center">Average grade % Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> (2SM)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Sengio (white granite)</td><td align="center">2,317</td><td align="center">0.205</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Tane-Pilastretto (white granite)</td><td align="center">2,262</td><td align="center">0,184</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Braghini (pink granite)</td><td align="center">2,301</td><td align="center">0.210</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> average grade for the three studied areas.

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Table 5: Quarry Waste: Chances of a Possible Economic and Environmental Valorisation of the Montorfano and Baveno Granite Disposal Sites 