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Zlatokop

Producer in Serbia with commodity Zeolites
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023807
MRDS ID I002001
Record type Site
Current site name Zlatokop

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 21.93517, 42.51539 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Serbia(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Serbia

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR THE TOWN OF VRANJE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zeolites Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clinoptilolite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Montmorillonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tridymite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Lake Sediments
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) 21.93517, 42.51539
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1960
Year of first production 1980

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Nemetali

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURE IS ESTIMATED RESERVES IN ZLATOKOP AND KATALENAC DEPOSITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROCHER, PHILIPPE, 1991, LE GISEMENT DE CLINOPTILOLITE (ZEOLITE) DE ZLATOKOP EN YUGOSLAVIE: CHRONIQUE DE LA RECHERCHE MINIERE, NO. 505, P. 70-71

  • Reserve-Resource

    ROCHER, 1991.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AVERAGE OF 85% CLINOPTILOLITE IN MINED 3-M-THICK SECTION. THE ORE HORIZON IS UNDERLAIN BY CLINOPTILOLITE-BEARING TUFF AND OVERLAIN BY SILICIFIED TUFF WITH ANALCIME AND BLACK CHERT LENSES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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