(Facility) Bor Refinery

Plant in Serbia with commodities Copper, Gold, PGE, Selenium, Silver
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. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10207351
MAS/MILS ID 4790252001
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Bor Refinery

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: 22.08519, 44.06537 (WGS84)
Elevation 500
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Serbia(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Serbia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
PGE Critical Tertiary
Selenium Secondary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) 22.08519, 44.06537

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Plant type Refiner
Plant subcategory Electrostatic

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Rudarski-Topionicarski Basen Bor
    Interest 100
    Home office Yugoslavia
    Year 1979

Comments on the production information

  • OUTPUT IN 1977 WAS 160000 MT CU, WHICH WAS THE 1977 CAPACITY. PROCESS USED: ELECTROLYTIC REFINING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOK HUNT AND ASSOCIATES, LTD., QUARTERLY SERVICE ISSUE 1,

  • Deposit

    COPPER, 1977, P. 3.60.

  • Deposit

    1979-80 WORLD MINES REGISTER, MILLER FREEMAN PUBLICATIONS,

  • Deposit

    INC., 1979, PP. 235-236.

  • Deposit

    PINCOCK, ALLEN & HOLT, INC.; THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGINEERING,

  • Deposit

    OPERATING AND ENVIRONMENTAL COST DATA FOR INTERNATIONAL

  • Deposit

    COPPER, SMELTING AND REFINING OPERATIONS - BOR,

  • Deposit

    YUGOSLAVIA. BUMINES CONTRACT J0290007, MAY 1991. FOR INF.

  • Deposit

    CONTACT S.W. TOWLE, TPO, BUMINES-MAFO, DENVER, CO.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE REFINERY FEED IS SUPPLIED PRIMARILY BY THE BOR SMELTER, BUT SOME FEED IS IMPORTED FROM BULGARIA AND AFRICA. AS THE VELIKI KRIVELU, BUCIM, AND MOUNT STARICA MINES COME ON LINE ,THE IMPORTS WILL PROBABLY DECREASE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-APR-93 Towle, Stewart W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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