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

Lat / long:

50.28193, 18.86883

Resource(B)

Primary:	Zinc, Lead
Secondary:	Silver, Cadmium, Thallium
Tertiary:	Germanium, Arsenic
Ore:	Anglesite, Calamine, Galena, Greenockite, Limonite, Marcasite, Meneghinite, Phosgenite, Pyrite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Dolomite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	0

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	0

Geology

Host rock:	Muschelkalk Dolomitized Limestone
Host 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

References

MRDS	W018946
DEP	10073115
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Schruben, Paul G.