Tigveni Deposit

Producer in Arges, Romania with commodity Titanium
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. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10206887
MAS/MILS ID 4850050012
Record type Site
Current site name Tigveni Deposit
Alternate or previous names Tigveni, Agnes Province, Tigveni-No Other Names.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 24.58519, 45.1653 (WGS84)
Elevation 400

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Arges(province)

Romania(country)

Geographic areas

Country State
Romania Arges

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) 24.58519, 45.1653

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 42M
    Length 6000M
    Width 100M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 830727

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Milling method Unspecified

Mining district

District name Agnes Province

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Other

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Romanian Government-Ministry Of Mines
    Interest 100
    Home office Romania
    Year 1982

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method STRIP-LEVEL
    Primary Material Cover SAND, GRAVEL
    Secondary Material Cover SAND, GRAVEL
    Tertiary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Capacity 1000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DIRECTOR ANANIA

  • Deposit

    MINISTRY OF MINES

  • Deposit

    BUCHAREST

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    CARPCO

  • Deposit

    JACKSONVILLE FLA

  • Deposit

    FRANK KNOLL - PRESS

  • Deposit

    MINERAL DEPOSITS OF EUROPE

  • Deposit

    VOLUME - 2 SOUTHEAST EUROPE

  • Deposit

    PRE-PUBLICATION PROOFS

  • Deposit

    THE GEOLOGY OF EUROPE

  • Deposit

    BY DEREK V. AGER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-APR-1995 Fantel, Richard J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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