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Sasa Mine

Producer in Macedonia with commodities Sulfur-Pyrite, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10256021
MAS/MILS ID 4790150001
Record type Site
Current site name Sasa Mine
Alternate or previous names Zletovo - Sasa.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 22.59372, 42.01872 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Macedonia(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Macedonia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Marcasite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 22.59372, 42.01872
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 STRATIFORM
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 OTHER
    Date of Last Modification 921008

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION OCCURS AS LENSES IN SCHISTS, AND IS DESCRIBED AS HAVING A TYPICAL SKARN MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE, COULD BE, HOWEVER, A METAMORPHOSED VOLCANOGENIC MASSIVE SULFIDE. OTHER ORE MINERALS INCLUDE CHALCOPYRITE AND MARCASITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Mining method Caving Methods - Sublevel Caving
Year of first production 1966
Milling method Flotation

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Zletovo - Sasa
    Home office Yugoslavia
    Year 1989

Production statistics

  • Year 1988
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Throughput (Estimated) 600000 Metric Tons Of Ore.
  • Year 1989
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Throughput (Estimated) 600000 Metric Tons Of Ore.
  • Year 1990
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Throughput (Estimated) 600000 Metric Tons Of Ore.
  • Year 1991
    Description Ore Throughput (Projected) 750000 Metric Tons Of Ore.
  • Year 1992
    Description Ore Throughput (Projected) 800000 Metric Tons Of Ore.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • STATED TO HAVE MANY YEARS OF PROVEN RESERVES. THE ASSUMPTION FOR QUANTITY ESTIMATES WAS 20 YEARS. GRADES ARE IN-SITU.
  • HEAD GRADES ARE ESTIMATED AT 3.4 PERCENT LEAD AND 3.0 PERCENT ZINC.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method SUBLEVEL CAVING 10-75
    Hardness of Rock UNKNOWN
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    1st Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    Capacity 2400
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1989

Comments on other economic factors

  • 1990 CONCENTRATE PRODUCTION IS ESTIMATED AT 55,000 METRIC TONS OF BULK PB-ZN CONCENTRATE AT 35 PERCENT LEAD, 26.2 PERCENT ZINC AND 250 GRAMS PER METRIC TON OF SILVER. PYRITE IS USED FOR ACID PRODUCTION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMMODITIES RESEARCH UNIT LIMITED, LONDON, THE BASE

  • Deposit

    METAL INDUSTRIES OF EASTERN EUROPE, VOL. 3, PP. 167-68

  • Deposit

    (NOV. 1990).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-JAN-1995 Difrancesco, Carl A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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