Rudnik

Producer in Serbia with commodities Bismuth, Lead, Silver, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10134325
MAS/MILS ID 4790250010
Record type Site
Current site name Rudnik
Alternate or previous names No Other Known Name.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 20.4519, 44.0154 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Serbia(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Serbia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bismuth Critical Secondary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 20.4519, 44.0154

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 MASS SULFIDE
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Date of Last Modification 921104

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1952

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Rudarsko Metalurski Hemijski Komb-Trepca (Independent)
    Home office Yugoslavia
    Year 1989
  • Type Owner
    Owner Government Of Yugoslavia
    Interest 100
    Home office Yugoslavia
    Year 1989

Comments on the production information

  • NO ESTIMATES OF ORE PRODUCTION FROM THE MINE WAS GIVEN.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1989
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 3.9 wt-pct Lead Minor 1989
    Zinc Zn 2.6 wt-pct Zinc Major 1989

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • HEAD GRADES ARE ESTIMATED AT 3 PERCENT AND 2 PERCENT FOR LEAD AND ZINC RESPECTIVELY.
  • NO ESTIMATES ON TOTAL RESERVES WAS GIVEN FOR THIS MINE.

Comments on other economic factors

  • THE RUDNIK MINE IS AN UNDERGROUND MINE WHICH USES THE SUB-LEVEL OPEN STOPING METHOD OF MINING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DENVER LISTING, 1975, P. 111, 122

  • Deposit

    THE COMMODITIES RESEARCH UNIT LIMITED, LONDON, THE BASE

  • Deposit

    METAL INDUSTRIES OF EASTERN EUROPE, VOL. 3, PP. 165-66

  • Deposit

    (NOV. 1990).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-DEC-94 Difrancesco, Carl A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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