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Srebrenica and Brskovo Mines

Producer in Montenegro with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073169
MRDS ID W019025
Record type Site
Current site name Srebrenica and Brskovo Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 19.61855, 42.91541 (WGS84)
Relative position SREBRENICA IS IN BOSNIA AND HERCEGOVINA. BRSKOVO MINE IS NEAR MOJKOVAC IN CRNA GORA (MONTENEGRO)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montenegro(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Montenegro

Comments on the location information

  • LAT. AND LONG. ARE FOR BRSKOVO MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) 19.61855, 42.91541
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1962

Mining district

District name Western Yugoslavia

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Energoinvest (Sreb.), Trepca (Brskovo)

Comments on the production information

  • SREBRENICA MINE WAS EXPECTED TO INCREASE CAPACITY TO 400,000 MTPY ORE TREATED TO PRODUCE 31,500 MTPY PB AND 18,500 MTPY ZN CONTAINED METAL BY 1975. BRSKOVO'S PLANNED '71 OUTPUT WAS 33,000 MT ZN CONC., 18,000 MT PB CONC. AND 125,000 MT PYRITES.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Name SREBRENICA
    Estimate year 1971
    Total resources 20000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 8 wt-pct Lead Major 1971
    Zinc Zn 5 wt-pct Zinc Major 1971
  • Type In-situ
    Name BRSKOVO
    Estimate year 1965
    Total resources 7500000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 4 wt-pct Lead Major 1965
    Zinc Zn 8 wt-pct Zinc Major 1965

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ITEMS 1, 2 - GRADE ESTIMATED FROM MINE CAPACITY GIVEN IN PRODUCTION COMMENTS.
  • SEE COMMENTS FOR RESV. & POT. RESO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAFF, U. S. BU MINES MIN. YBK. - 1971 V. I P. 677, 1965 V. IV P. 738, 1962 V. 1 P. 783

  • Production

    SEE GEN. REF.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit First Production Year: SREBRENICA 1962, BRSKOVO 1971

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1976 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey

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