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Hunedoara

Plant in Hunedoara, Romania with commodity Iron
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  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. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10158053
MAS/MILS ID 4850450008
Record type Site
Current site name Hunedoara
Alternate or previous names Hunedora Mine, Hunedoara Mining Complex

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 22.90193, 45.74861 (WGS84)
Elevation 350
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hunedoara(province)

Romania(country)

Geographic areas

Country State
Romania Hunedoara

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ankerite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Siderite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 22.90193, 45.74861
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 4
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Type of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin OTHER
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 920604

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE MINISTRY OF MINING OFFICIALS REPORT THAT THE HEAD GRADES OF ORE EXPLOITED IS APPROXIMATELY 25% TO 28% FE2O3. HOWEVER, SOME PUBLISHED ROMANIAN SOURCES SUGGEST AVERAGE HEAD GRADES OF 25% TO 30% FE2O3. ALL SOURCES AGREE THAT THE MINE ALSO CONTAINS APPROXIMATELY 20% SIO2 AND 1.5% MN. (1989) THE ORE EXTRACTED FROM THE HUNEDOARA MINE SITE CONSISTS MOSTLY OF SIDERITE AND ANKERITE. THE SIDERITE IS A CARBONATE FOUND COMMONLY IN A CLAY LIMESTONE. MOST SIDERITE IS DISPOSED OF AT THE MILL SITE DURING WASHING OF THE ORE. THE ANKERITE IS THE RESULT OF AN EXTENDED DOLOMITE WITH THE IRON SUBSTITUTING MAGNESIUM. ALONG WITH THE ANKERITE AND SIDERITE, THE ORE ALSO CONSISTS OF ABUNDANT AMOUNTS OF HEMATITE AND MAGNETITE. BOTH OF THESE COMPONENTS ARE ESSENTIAL PARTS IN THE FORMATION OF THE IRON ORE. THEY ARE FOUND IN CONCORDANT LENSES IN SERICRITE - CHLORITES SCHISTS. (1989) THE OCCURENCE OF THE MINERALIZATION OF THE ORE BODY IS BELIEVED TO BE THE RESULT OF A COMBINATION OF VOLCANIC AND SEDIMENTARY ACTIVITY. THE ORE IS FOUND ENCLOSED IN A COMBINATION OF UNSPECIFIED IGNEOUS AND UNSPECIFIED SEDIMENTARY ROCK FORMATIONS. (1989)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Mining method Combined Methods
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Gravity
Milling method Gravity

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Government Of Romania
    ID UNKNOWN
    Interest 100
    Home office Romania
    Year 1990
  • Type Operator
    Owner Department Of Ferrous Metals - Deva Mining Complex
    ID UNKNOWN
    Home office Romania
    Year 1990

Production statistics

  • Year 1984
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description 26.67% Fe2o3 Ore Throughput (Estimated) 1500000 Metric Tons Of Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Fe2O3 Ore Iron Iron 1500000mt 27wt-pct
  • Year 1985
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description 26.67% Fe2o3 Ore Throughput (Estimated) 1500000 Metric Tons Of Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Fe2O3 Ore Iron Iron 1500000mt 27wt-pct
  • Year 1986
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description 26.67% Fe2o3 Ore Throughput (Estimated) 1500000 Metric Tons Of Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Fe2O3 Ore Iron Iron 1500000mt 27wt-pct
  • Year 1987
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description 26.67% Fe2o3 Ore Throughput (Estimated) 1500000 Metric Tons Of Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Fe2O3 Ore Iron Iron 1500000mt 27wt-pct
  • Year 1988
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description 26.67% Fe2o3 Ore Throughput (Estimated) 1500000 Metric Tons Of Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Fe2O3 Ore Iron Iron 1500000mt 27wt-pct
  • Year 1989
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description 26.67% Fe2o3 Ore Throughput (Estimated) 1500000 Metric Tons Of Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Fe2O3 Ore Iron Iron 1500000mt 27wt-pct
  • Year 1990
    Description 26.67% Fe2o3 Ore Throughput (Projected) 1500000 Metric Tons Of Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Fe2O3 Ore Iron Iron 1500000mt 27wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • THE ORE IS EXTRACTED FROM THE MINE BY BOTH OPEN PIT AND UNDERGROUND OPERATIONS. IT IS THEN SHIPPED TO THE MILL WHERE CLAYS ARE REMOVED BY MEANS OF WASHING. THE WASHED ORE IS THEN CONCENTRATED BY DRY GRAVITY METHODS. (1989) THE ORE EXTRACTED FROM THE HUNEDOARA MINE IS NORMALLY BLENDED WITH HIGH GRADE IRON ORE IMPORTED FROM THE COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES. PRIOR TO 1989, ALL IRON ORE PRODUCTION WAS SHIPPED FOR USE IN DOMESTIC IRON AND STEEL WORKS. SINCE 1989, THE MINISTRY OF MINING HAS ALLOWED SOME EXPORTING OF IRON PRODUCTS IN THE FORM OF FERROSILICON AND FERROMANGANESE. (1989) FOR YEARS 1984 THROUGH 1990, PRODUCTION WAS ESTIMATED TO BE APPROXIMATELY 400,000 METRIC TONS OF CONCENTRATE. THIS AMOUNT WAS THE RESULT OF AN ESTIMATED 1,500,000 METRIC TONS OF ORE THROUGHPUT FOR EACH YEAR OF PRODUCTION. (1989) ACCORDING TO MINISTRY OF MINING OFFICIALS, THE HUNEDOARA MINE CONSISTS OF EXTREMELY LOW GRADE ORES AND WILL LIKELY CLOSE IN THE NEAR FUTURE DUE TO THE INABILITY TO COMPETE ON A UNIVERSAL BASIS. THE SHUTDOWN WILL HAVE NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON STEEL PRODUCTION IN THE COUNTRY DUE TO A 90% RELIANCE ON IMPORTED RAW MATERIAL. (1989) AS OF 1989, NO DATA WAS AVAILABLE WHICH INDICATES THE PORTION OF EXTRACTION DEDICATED TO SURFACE MINING OR UNDERGROUND MINING. DATA WAS ALSO ABSENT IN THE FORM OF RECOVERY RATES FOR THE CONCENTRATION PROCESSES. IN 1989, COMMODITIES RESEARCH UNIT LIMITED QUOTED THE HUNEDOARA MINE, ALONG WITH ALL OTHER IRON ORE MINES IN ROMANIA, A NON-VIABLE MINE FOR PRODUCTION CONSIDERATIONS.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO STATISTICS INDICATING THE SIZE OF THE RESERVES WERE SUPPLIED DUE TO UNREST IN THE COUNTRY AT THE TIME OF THE REVIEW. (1989)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1990
  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 2
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method COMBINED METHODS
    Hardness of Rock UNKNOWN
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1990

Comments on other economic factors

  • THE MINERAL-CHEMICAL CLASSIFICATIONS FOR THE HEMATITE AND MAGNETITE FALL INTO THE FAMILY OF OXIDES WHILE THE SIDERITE AND ANKERITE BELONG TO THE CARBONATE FAMILY.
  • THE MINING EQUIPMENT USED AT THE MINE SITE IS REPORTED TO BE PRIMARILY ROMANIAN MANUFACTURED. THE CONDITION OF THE EQUIPMENT IS EXTREMELY OUTDATED, POORLY MAINTAINED, AND IN MANY CASES, OBSOLETE. (1989) ONCE THE ORE IS EXTRACTED FROM THE MINE, IT IS SHIPPED TO THE MILL TO BE WASHED AND CONCENTRATED. 100% OF THE EXTRACTED ORE IS SHIPPED TO THE MILL SITE. (1989)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMMODITIES RESEARCH UNIT LIMITED, THE BASE METAL

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIES OF EASTERN EUROPE, NOV. 1990.

  • Deposit

    ATLAS OF EASTERN EUROPE, CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY,

  • Deposit

    AUG. 1990.

  • Deposit

    BOMSEL AND VON HIRSCHHAUSEN, THE MINING AND

  • Deposit

    METALLURGICAL INDUSTRIES OF EASTERN EUROPE, CERNA, VOL.1,

  • Deposit

    JULY 1991.

  • Deposit

    METALLURGICAL INDUSTRIES OF EASTERN EUROPE, CERNA, VOL.3,

  • Deposit

    JULY 1991, PP.217-233.

  • Deposit

    HANNOVER, BUNDESANSTALT FUR GEOWISSENSCHAFTEN UND

  • Deposit

    ROHSTOFFE, RUMANIEN, DEC. 1977.

  • Deposit

    ATLAS OF THE WORLD, THE TIMES BOOK COMPANY, SLATE #82,

  • Deposit

    1983.

  • Deposit

    HURLBUT, CORNELIUS S., DANA'S MANUAL OF MINERALOGY,

  • Deposit

    EIGHTEENTH EDITION, 1971.

  • Deposit

    MINERAL FACTS AND PROBLEMS, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF

  • Deposit

    THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 675, EDITION 1985.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-DEC-94 Fogg, Catherine U.S. Bureau of Mines

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