Kremna

Occurrence in Serbia with commodities Dolomite, Magnesite, Boron-Borates
Sections on this page
  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. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092986
MRDS ID RL10037
Record type Site
Current site name Kremna

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 19.58524, 43.83205 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Serbia(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Serbia

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS FOR THE TOWN OF KREMNA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Dolomite Primary
Magnesite Secondary
Boron-Borates Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Dolomite Ore
Magnesite Ore
Searlesite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) 19.58524, 43.83205

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • NEOGENE INTERMONTANE BASINS OCCUR THROUGHOUT YUGOSLAVIA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Balkans

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LYDAY, P.A., 1992, HISTORY OF BORON PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 303, P. 19-37

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN THE SEDIMENTARY DEPOSITS OF PELLITOMORPHOUS MAGNESITE AND DOLOMITE, SEARLESITE OCCURS AS BALL-SHAPED GRAINS. IN SOME MAGNESITE LAYERS % OF SEARLESITE IS UP TO 40% WITH AN AVERAGE B OXIDE CONTENT OF 1.6%.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1993 Langford, R.P. BHP Utah Industries

Beyond USGS

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