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Banska Stiavnica

Producer in Slovakia with commodities 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. Reserves and resources
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10182569
MAS/MILS ID 4360000010
Record type Site
Current site name Banska Stiavnica
Alternate or previous names No Other Known Names.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 18.90208, 48.44863 (WGS84)
Elevation 800

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Slovakia(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Slovakia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Secondary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 18.90208, 48.44863
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.5M
    Length 3000M
    Width 600M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 OTHER
    Date of Last Modification 920819

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE GEOLOGY OF THE MINING DEPOSIT IS MADE UP OF HYDROTHERMAL SUBVOLCANIC VEINS DISTRIBUTED WITHIN A LARGE AND COMPLEX MINERALIZED AREA. THE VEINS ARE UP TO THREE KILOMETERS IN LENGTH AND .5 TO 5 METERS THICK. THEIR VERTICAL EXTENT IS ABOUT 600 METERS. THE MAIN ORE MINERALS ARE PYRITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE, CHALCOPYRITE, QUARTZ, AND CARBONATES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 770

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Federal Lease

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ore Mines Banska Bystrica
    Interest 100
    Home office Czechoslovakia
    Year 1990

Production statistics

  • Year 1984
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Lead & Zinc Ore Throughput (Estimated). 0 Metric Tons Of Ore.
  • Year 1985
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Lead & Zinc Ore Throughput (Estimated). 0 Metric Tons Of Ore.
  • Year 1986
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Lead & Zinc Ore Throughput (Estimated). 0 Metric Tons Of Ore.
  • Year 1987
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Lead & Zinc Ore Throughput (Estimated). 0 Metric Tons Of Ore.
  • Year 1988
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Lead & Zinc Ore Throughput (Estimated). 0 Metric Tons Of Ore.
  • Year 1989
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Lead & Zinc Ore Throughput (Estimated). 188000 Metric Tons Of Ore.
  • Year 1990
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Lead & Zinc Ore Throughput (Estimated). 188000 Metric Tons Of Ore.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Indicated 2620000mt ore
    Demonstrated 2620000mt ore
    Total resources 2620000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 1.3 wt-pct Zinc Major 1990

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE PRODUCTS OF THE BANSKA STIAVNICA MINE ARE LEAD AND ZINC CONCENTRATES. HEAD GRADES OF THE LEAD AND ZINC ORES ARE .90 PERCENT LEAD, 1.3 PERCENT ZINC, AND .12 PERCENT COPPER, FOR THE YEAR 1989. CONCENTRATE PRODUCTION FOR THE YEAR 1989 CONSISTS OF 4,266 METRIC TONS OF ZINC CONCENTRATES AND 2,836 METRIC TONS OF LEAD CONCENTRATES. THE GRADES FOR THESE TWO CONCENTRATES ARE AS FOLLOWS: THE LEAD CONCENTRATE CONTAINS 52.4 PERCENT LEAD, 456 GRAMS PER TON OF SILVER, 23.2 GRAMS PER TON OF GOLD, AND 4.4 PERCENT COPPER. THE ZINC CONCENTRATE CONTAINS 48.3 PERCENT ZINC, 128 GRAMS PER TON OF SILVER, AND .37 PERCENT CADMIUM. MINING JOURNAL REPORTS THAT THE TOTAL PRODUCTION OF LEAD AND ZINC FOR THE COUNTRY OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA FOR THE YEAR OF 1991 WAS 780,000 METRIC TONS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Hardness of Rock UNKNOWN
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    1st Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    Capacity 720
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1990

Comments on other economic factors

  • THE LEAD AND ZINC CONCENTRATES ARE EXPORTED TO WEST GERMANY BY METALIMEX, IN PRAGUE. THE BANSKA STIAVNICA MINE IS LOCATED IN BANSKA STIAVNICA, ABOUT 47 KILOMETERS SOUTH-WEST OF BANSKA BYSTRICA, IN SLOVAKIA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SEPT 75, ATLAS CSSR, KARTOGRAFIE, PRAHA, P. 34-35 (1972).

  • Deposit

    OCT 75, SKOLNI ZEMEPISNY ATLAS CESKOSLOVENSKE

  • Deposit

    SOCIALISTICKE KY, USTREDNI SPRAVA GEODEZIE A KARTOGRAFIE,

  • Deposit

    P. 20 (1960).

  • Deposit

    COMMODITIES RESEARCH UNIT LIMITED, THE BASE METAL

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIES OF EASTERN EUROPE, VOL. 2, PP. 85-86 (NOV. 1990).

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, CZECHOSLOVAKIA'S MINING INDUSTRY,

  • Deposit

    P. 45 (JULY 17, 1992).

  • Deposit

    CERNA, THE MINING AND METALLURGICAL INDUSTRIES IN

  • Deposit

    EASTERN EUROPE, VOL. II, PP. 35-36 (JULY 1991).

  • Deposit

    TESTIMONY OF MR. PETER FEDORIK FROM GEOFOND IN

  • Deposit

    BRATISLAVA.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE CAPACITY WAS 12000 MTPY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-JAN-1995 Difrancesco, Carl A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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