Trzebionka Mine

Producer in Poland with commodities Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021692
MRDS ID DE00948
MAS/MILS ID 4550250007
Record type Site
Current site name Trzebionka Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 19.45215, 50.16526 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10(meters)
Relative position APPROX. 1 KM WEST OF TRZEBINIA, Acc +/- 2 Ft

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Poland(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country
Poland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Dolomitization/Dissolution Of Carbonates

Nearby scientific data

(1) 19.45215, 50.16526

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Deformed Carbonate Platform
Type of structure Local
Structure description Normal Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Dip HORIZONTAL
    Thickness 30M
    Length 5000M
    Width 5M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Structure & Brecciation

Comments on the geologic information

  • CLASSICAL MISSISSIPPI VALLEY DEPOSIT SIMILAR TO ALPINE STYLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TYPE DEPOSITS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1961
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Cracow-Silesia

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Trzebionka Mine Enterprises
    Interest 100
    Home office Poland
    Year 1990

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEACH, D.C., VIETS, JOHN, 1993 (IN PRESS), COMPARISON OF THE CRACOW-SILESIA MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TYPE DISTRICT WITH SIMILAR DEPOSITS IN NORTH AMERICA, POLISH INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY QUARTERLY BULLETIN

  • Deposit

    The base metal industires of Eastern Europe, v. 1, 2

  • Deposit

    Commodities Research Unit, Ltd., London, 1990.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLASSIC MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TYPE DEPOSIT
Deposit Combined info from 10133983 (derived from MAS 4550250007) and deleted.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-92 Chaffee, M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-92 Leach, David L. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 23-OCT-91 Difrancesco, Carl. A. U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 06-JUN-08 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.