Brusson is a small community (about 1300 inhabitants) in Val d'Ayas, that is a left valley of Valle d'Aosta in Italy. It is well-known as a summer and winter vacationing spot, and better known for it's plentiful cross-country skiing trails. It is also a good starting point for Monte Rosa climbing.
Brusson (ZIP code 11022) is 54 kilometers far from Aosta, that is the Chief Town of the homonymous province to whom the municipality belongs.
Brusson has a population of 892 inhabitants (Brussonesi o Brussonins) and a surface of 5.534 square kilometers thus showing a population density of 16,12 inhabitants per square kilometer.
Population: The municipality of Brusson had a popolation of 901 inhabitants accordingly to the results of the national census made in 1991.
This group of mines is well known in Italy as "Brusson mines" or "Ayas valley abandoned mines".
The most important and rich galleries, the northern ones close to Brusson city, are relatively short galleries that follow the quartz veins how much is possible, since they are dipping at high angle.
The very interesting and most famous mineral of the mines is the gold, native gold, in fom of laminae, dendrites, small nodules or cristals, with a cristalisation composed by octaedrons, cubes and rhombododecaedrons combined.
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