Producer

Silesia - Cracow Zn - Pb Mines

Poland
ZincLeadSilverCadmiumThalliumGermaniumArsenic
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Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Lead
SecondarySilver, Cadmium, Thallium
TertiaryGermanium, Arsenic
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeL
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlAssociated With Synclinal Structures, Faults And Graben Structures, Favorable Host Rocks, Solution Cavities, Collapse Breccias, Fractures
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Calamine, Galena, Greenockite, Limonite, Marcasite, Meneghinite, Phosgenite, Pyrite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite, Dolomite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Muschelkalk Dolomitized Limestone
StructureBohemian Massif To The West, Alpine-Carpathian Orogen To The South, Bytom (Beuthen) Trough, Wilkoszyn-Trzebinia Trough, Tarnowskie Gory (Tarnowitz) Trough, Krzeszowice - Siewierz Monocline
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10073115
MRDS IDW018946
Alternate namesMatylda, Trzebionka Chrzanow Area, Pomorzany, Boleslaw Olkusz Area, Orzel Bialy Bytom Area, Zawiercie Mines
RegionEU
Data scoreB
Coordinates50.28193, 18.86883
References
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.ZWIERZYCKI, J., 1950, LEAD AND ZINC ORES IN POLAND; INTL. GEOL. CONG., 18TH, PART 7, P. 314-24RIDGE, 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 - 29U.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 319-322GRUSZCZYK, H., POUBA, Z., 1968, I.G.C., 23RD. GUIDE TO EXC. 23 AC, P. 17. WEDOW, H. 1977, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION 5-16-77