Mine detail: Silesia - Cracow Zn - Pb Mines

Previously called 'Matylda, Trzebionka Chrzanow AreaPomorzany, Boleslaw Olkusz AreaOrzel Bialy Bytom AreaZawiercie Mines'

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Location: Poland, Europe
Lat / long: 50.28193, 18.86883
dep_id: 10073115
mrds_id: W018946
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Zinc, Lead
Minor mineral: Silver, Cadmium, Thallium
Trace mineral: Germanium, Arsenic
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Anglesite, Calamine, Galena, Greenockite, Limonite, Marcasite, Meneghinite, Phosgenite, Pyrite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
gangue: Calcite, Dolomite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
ore_ctrl: Associated With Synclinal Structures, Faults And Graben Structures, Favorable Host Rocks, Solution Cavities, Collapse Breccias, Fractures
Reporter: Schruben, Paul G.
hrock_unit: Muschelkalk Dolomitized Limestone
hrock_type: Limestone
Structure: Bohemian Massif To The West, Alpine-Carpathian Orogen To The South, Bytom (Beuthen) Trough, Wilkoszyn-Trzebinia Trough, Tarnowskie Gory (Tarnowitz) Trough, Krzeszowice - Siewierz Monocline
yfp_ba: <
Year first produced: 0
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 0
References:
  • Deposit:: GRUSZCZYK, HUBERT AND POUBA, ZDENEK, 1968, STRATIFORM ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BOHEMIAN MASSIF AND SILESIA - CRACOW AREA; INTL. GEOL. CONG., 23RD., GUIDE TO EXCURSION 23 AC, 48 P.
  • Deposit:: ZWIERZYCKI, J., 1950, LEAD AND ZINC ORES IN POLAND; INTL. GEOL. CONG., 18TH, PART 7, P. 314-24
  • Deposit:: RIDGE, J. D., SMOLARSKA, I., 1972, FACTORS BEARING ON THE GENESIS OF THE SILESIAN - CRACOVIAN LEAD - ZINC DEPOSITS IN SOUTHERN POLAND; INTL GEOL CONG., 24TH, PROC. SECT. 6 P. 216 - 29
  • Production:: U.S. BU MINES MIN. YBK., 1973, V. 3 P. 706, 711. GRUSZCZYK, H., 1968, IGC GUIDBOOK 23 AC P. 17. ZWIERZYCKI, J., 1950, I.G.C. PT. 7 P 319-322
  • Reserve-Resource:: GRUSZCZYK, H., POUBA, Z., 1968, I.G.C., 23RD. GUIDE TO EXC. 23 AC, P. 17. WEDOW, H. 1977, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION 5-16-77
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