Mines of Cyprus

MINES OF CYPRUS

Adrian Pearce, John Davies & Nick Southwick

The following results from holidays to the island in 2002 and 2003 when several mining sites were visited. Our major problem was just finding the location of the mines since local maps are not detailed enough and we wasted a lot of time searching in the wrong places. This preliminary survey shows that there is a lot of potential for finding both surface and underground mining remains in Cyprus. It needs about two weeks surveying the sites ... an excuse for a future holiday!

Thanks also go to John Piggott and Peter Peacock for subsequent input and photos. If you have any comments or contributions please email us at mininghistory@hotmail.com.

North West

Akamas Mine [magnesite]

Fenix Mine [copper]

Latchi Mine [magnesite]

Limni Mine [copper & sulphur]

Mavrouvoni Mine [copper]

Skouriotissa Mine [copper]

North East

Karavostasi Mine [copper]

Central

Amiandos Mine [blue asbestos]

Hadjipavlou Mine [chromite]