Padurea Craiului

Plant in Bihor, Romania with commodity Aluminum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10134167
MAS/MILS ID 4850150002
Record type Site
Current site name Padurea Craiului
Alternate or previous names Padruea Craiului Mine/Mill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 22.33528, 46.91529 (WGS84)
Elevation 300
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bihor(province)

Romania(country)

Geographic areas

Country State
Romania Bihor

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 22.33528, 46.91529

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Plant type Refiner
Milling method Washing

Mining district

District name Padurea Craiulu

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown
Type of mineral rights Unknown
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Comments on the production information

  • AS OF JULY 1990, THE PADUREA CRAIULUI MINE WAS NOT IN OPERATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    METALLGESELLSCHAFT AG, DEVELOPMENT TRENDS OF THE NON-

  • Deposit

    FERROUS METALS INDUSTRY IN EASTERN EUROPE, DECEMBER 1991.

  • Deposit

    ROHSTOFFWIRTSSCHAFTLICHE LANDERBERICHTE, BUNDESANSTALT

  • Deposit

    FUR GEOWISSENSCHAFTEN UND ROHSTOFFE, HANNOVER,

  • Deposit

    DECEMBER 1977.

  • Deposit

    ATLAS OF EASTERN EUROPE, CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY,

  • Deposit

    AUGUST 1990.

  • Deposit

    THE TIMES ATLAS OF THE WORLD, TIMES BOOKS, 1983.

  • Deposit

    COMMODITIES RESEARCH UNIT LIMITED, THE BASE METAL

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIES OF EASTERN EUROPE, NOV. 1990.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VERY LITTLE INFORMATION WAS AVAILABLE FOR THE PADUREA CRAIULUI MINING OPERATIONS. AVERAGE GRADES FOR THE PADUREA CRAIULUI AREA ARE 55% AL2O3, 5% SIO2, 22% FE2O3, AND 1.5% TIO2.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-JUL-92 Wilburn, David R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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