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Jeziorko Mine

Producer in Poland with commodity Sulfur
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023641
MRDS ID I001026
MAS/MILS ID 4550810003
Record type Site
Current site name Jeziorko Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: 21.81881, 50.56521 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Estimated Location, Unknown Precision. (MAS claims location within 1 km, but not verified)., Within 1000 m.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Poland(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country
Poland

Comments on the location information

  • LAT-LONG IS FOR THE TOWN OF BAYOVAR.
  • IN THE TARNOBRZEG AREA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sulfur Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) 21.81881, 50.56521
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE CARPATHIAN FOREDEEP EXTENDS FROM WEST TO EAST ACORSS POLAND.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Well
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant Yes
Mining method Auger Mining - Frasch Process

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Siarkopol Tarnobrzeg ( A Government Enterprise)

Comments on the production information

  • IN RECENT YEARS (RELATIVE TO 1991), ANNUAL OUTPUT WAS 3.5MT SULFUR A YEAR (NOTHOLT, 1991).

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1991, THE JEZIORKO MINE WAS THE LARGEST FRASCH-TYPE MINE IN THE WORLD.

Comments on development

  • IN JAN, 1995, ANNOUNCED THAT THESE DEPOSITS WILL BE PRIVATIZED. ; ECON.COM: ESTIMATE OF US$12,000,000 TO DEVELOP THIS DEPOSIT FOR 300,000 TPA PRODUCTION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NOTHOLT, ARTHUR, 1991, MINING IN CENTRAL EUROPE: MINING MAGAZINE, V. 164, NO. 4, P. 198-202

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SULFUR IS EXTRACTED FROM A BED AVERAGING 10 M IN THICKNESS AT A DEPTH OF 120 M.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-91 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 01-JUN-95 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 06-JUN-08 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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