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Baia De Fier

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024384
MRDS ID ISM0096
Record type Site
Current site name Baia De Fier
Alternate or previous names Mina Catalinul

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 23.75191, 45.23194 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Romania(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Romania

Comments on the location information

  • IMMEDIATELY SE OF LAKE BAIKAL, IN THE KABANSK AREA NORTHEAST OF BABUSHKIN
  • GRAPHITE MINE (MINA CATALINUL) ISSITUATED NORTH OF BAIA DE FIER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary
Ash Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GRAPHITE, CRYSTALLINE, DISSEMINATED FLAKES
  • GRAPHITE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss > Migmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 23.75191, 45.23194
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; GRAPHITE
  • ; GRAPHITE (33 %), PYRITE (5 %), MAGNETITE (1 %), SERICITE, MUSCOVITE, QUARTZ; MINOR: AMPHIBOLES, PYROXENE, ZOISITE; MAIN ORE BODY 400 M LONG AND UP TO 12 M THICK (AREA 3200 SQM). GRAPHITE FROM THIS DEPOSIT IS CLASSIFIED AS MICROCRYSTALLINE-TYPE BY PANU ET AL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1962
Year of last production 1985

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner State Owned

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 6000 TONNES OF PRODUCT ANUALLY

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1985
    Total resources 25000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Graphite Fc 32 wt-pct Graphite Major 1985
    Ash Ash 63 wt-pct Ash Major 1985

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • "THE BOYARSK DEPOSIT CONTAINS HUGE (UNIQUE, UNICAL) RESOURCES AND REPRESENTS GREAT INDUSTRIAL VALUE"
  • ASSUMED RECOVERY RATE 60 %, REPORTER'S ESTIMATE
  • ESTIMATED FROM EXTENSION DATA OF ORE BODY, ASSUMING 50 M DEPTH

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). BOYARSK AREA IS BEING CONSIDERED AS FAVOURABLE FOR MINE DEVELOPMENT. ORE CONTAINS ABOUT 5 % FC, 0.8 % S, 92.7 % ASH; COMPOSITION OF ASH: 70.8% SIO2, 12.15 AL2O3, 3.9 % TOTAL FE, 0.55 % TIO2, 0.1 % P2O5, 0.94 % CAO, 2.1 % MGO, 1.1 % SO3, 2.1 % NA2O + K2O. PILOT TESTS SHOWED THAT A CONCENTRATE WITH 94.7 % FC AND 3.8 % ASH CAN BE PRODUCED
  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). DEVELOPMENT(UNKNOWN); EXPLORATION(UNKNOWN); ORES CONTAIN 28-37 % FC AND 60-65 % ASH. CONCENTRATES BEING PRODUCED CONTAIN 67 % FC, 30 % ASH (15 % SIO2, 6.3 % FE2O3, 2.5 % S). CONCENTRATE OBTAINED IS ABOUT 32 %OF PRIMARY ORE IN WEIGHT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PANU, I.H:, GEORGESCU, B. & OPRESCU, A., 1967: RESEARCH WORK REGARDING BENEFICIATION OF GRAPHITE BEARING ROCKS IN RIBARI AND UNGURELO AREAS.- DARI DE SEAMA SEDINT. VOL.LIV NO.3

  • Deposit

    WAGNER, H., 1977: ROHSTOFFWIRTSCHAFTLICHE LAENDERBERICHTE, NO. XIII, RUMAENIEN.- HANNOVER, 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.). STATEMENTS IN KUZAKOV, M.G., 1979: - TOTAL ORE PRODUCTION USSR: MORE THAN 1.5 MILLION TONNES PER YEAR. 96% OF THIS IS ORES OF CRYSTALLINE GRAPHITE (2.5-10 % FC). -TOTAL USSR PRODUCTION OF GRAPHITE-CONC. (GRAPHITE PRODUCT) 1977: 104700 TONNES. - PRODUCING MINES, MENTIONED: BOTOGOLSK (CRYSTALLINE HIGH GRADE LUMP ORE) 900 TPY; NOGINSKOJE (AMORPHOUS GRAPHITE) 50000 TO 55000 TPY ORE. TAS-KAZGANSKOJE, TAJGINSKOJE, ZAVALE (CRYSTALLINE FLAKES). OTHER DEPOSITS WHICH MAY BE PRODUCING: SOJUSNOJE, STARO-KRYMSKOJE
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.). SURFUNDERGROUND

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1985 Krauss, Ulrich H. Bundesanstalt Fuer Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffee (Germany)

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