Balan - Pb/Zn

Plant in Harghita, Romania with commodities Lead, Zinc
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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10279599
MAS/MILS ID 4850430002
Record type Site
Current site name Balan - Pb/Zn
Alternate or previous names Balan

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 25.71863, 46.71524 (WGS84)
Elevation 1000
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Harghita(province)

Romania(country)

Geographic areas

Country State
Romania Harghita

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 25.71863, 46.71524

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Plant type Smelter

Mining district

District name East Carpathian Mt

Mineral rights holdings

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

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOMSEL AND VON HIRSCHHAUSEN, THE MINING AND

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    JULY 1991.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AS OF SEPTEMBER 1992, NO DATA WAS AVAILABLE CONCERNING THE OPERATIONS FOR LEAD AND ZINC PRODUCTION AT THE BALAN MINE. GENERAL INFORMATION FOR BALAN OPERATIONS CAN BE FOUND IN MAS SEQUENCE NUMBER 4850430001.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-SEP-92 Difrancesco, Carl A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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