Bauxite - Croatia

Occurrence in Croatia with commodity Aluminum
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093380
MRDS ID W001954
Record type Site
Current site name Bauxite - Croatia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 15.68417, 44.19933 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Croatia(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Croatia

Comments on the location information

  • SPEC ANALYSES GIVEN HIGH CR & V; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES FROM NIMA'S GEONAMES DATABASE ARE FOR OBROVAC

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bauxite Ore
Boehmite Ore
Gibbsite Ore

Analytical data

Result BLIZANCI I CRVENAZEMLJA KRUSEVO { PATE OOLITIC {SIO2 2.76 0.69 1.19 0.96 {TIO2 2.70 1.72 2.84 1.71 {AL2O3 54.54 52.31 52.05 40.93 {FE2O3 14.86 17.67 17.65 30.37 {FEO 0.21 0.24 0.23 0.49 {MNO TR TR 0.68 1.26 {MGO TR TR TR 0.81 {CAO - - - TR {NA2O TR TR TR - {K2O TR TR TR - {P2O5 - - - TR {H2O+110 DEG C24.15 27.18 24.54 23.29 {H2O-110 DEG C 0.71 0.63 0.78 0.44

Nearby scientific data

(1) 15.68417, 44.19933

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Obrovac (Blizanci I, Krusevo, Crvena Zemlja)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MARIC, L., 1970, SUR LA MORPHOLOGIE DES GISEMENTS ET LA COMPOSITION MINERALOGIQUE QUANTITATIVE DES BAUXITES D'OBROVAC (DALMATIE SEPTENTRIONALE), IN CONFERENCE ON BAUXITE GEOLOGY: ANN. INST. GEOL. PUBL. HUNGAR., V. 54, NO. 3, P. 403-409

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORIGIN FROM CARBONATE ROCKS AND TERRA ROSSA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Bannigan, Jane L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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