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Recsk

Prospect in Heves, Hungary with commodities Copper, Lead, Molybdenum, 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. Reserves and resources
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10182658
MAS/MILS ID 4370450001
Record type Site
Current site name Recsk
Alternate or previous names No Additional Names Listed.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 20.06875, 47.94861 (WGS84)
Elevation 200
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Heves(province)

Hungary(country)

Geographic areas

Country State
Hungary Heves

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Molybdenum Secondary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Molybdenite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Tennantite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 20.06875, 47.94861
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 900M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 4
    Type of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 OTHER
    Minimum Depth to Top 700
    Date of Last Modification 920609

Comments on the geologic information

  • NOTE, THAT THE TIME OF MINERALIZATION OCCURS LATER THAN THE TRIASSIC PERIOD AND SOMETIME BEFORE THE PRESENT. THE EXACT AGE OF MINERALIZATION IS NOT EXPLICITLY MENTIONED IN THE LITERATURE. THIS DEPOSITE IS LOCATED IN THE MATRA HILLS, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 110 KILOMETERS NORTHEAST OF BUDAPEST. THE MINERALIZATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH A SUB-VOLCANIC ANDESITE INTRUSION WITHIN TRIASSIC LIMESTONES AND DOLOMITES. DIVERSIFIED ORE MINERALIZATION OCCURRED DURING AND AFTER THE PERIOD OF CONTACT METAMORPHISM. THE TYPE OF MINERALIZATION VARIES WITH THE DISTANCE FROM THE CONDUCTING CHANNEL, THE DEPTH, AND THE COMPOSITION OF THE ROCK. FOUR MAJOR CATEGORIES OF ORE CAN BE DISTINGUISHED: PROPHYRY COPPER AND MOLYBDENITE ORES; CONTACT-METASOMATIC SKARN ORES; HYDROTHERMAL, METASOMATIC POLYMETALLIC ORES; AND NOBLE METALLIFEROUS COPPER ORES. THE INTRUSION IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE REGION CONTAINS PROPHYRY COPPER ORE, AND THE ORE MINERALS HERE ARE CHALCOPYRITE, PYRITE, MOLYBDENITE, AND SPHALERITE. SKARN COPPER AND COPPER-ZINC ORES OCCUR IN RICH ORE LENSES IN THE CONTACT ZONE BETWEEN THE INTRUSION AND THE SURROUNDING CARBONATE ROCKS. THE ORE MINERALS ARE CHALCOPYRITE, PYRITE, PYRRHOTITE, MAGNETITE, TENNANTITE, BORNITE, SPHALERITE, GALENA, AND MOLYBDENITE. IN THE SURROUNDING METAMORPHIC ROCKS, POLYMETALLIC SKARN ORES DEVELOPED, AND FURTHER AWAY IN THE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS, SMALL POCKETS OF RICH ORE DEVELOPED. THE ORE MINERALS HERE ARE CHALCOPYRITE, SPHALERITE, GALENA, PYRITE, AND TENNANTITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1968
Mining method Combined Methods
Milling method Unspecified

Mineral rights holdings

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hungarocopper Plc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Hungary
    Year 1989

Comments on the production information

  • THERE WAS NO YIELD DATA FOR THE RECSK MINE IN ANY OF THE SOURCES OF INFORMATION.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1989
    Demonstrated 105000000mt ore
    Total resources 105000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.97 wt-pct Copper Major 1989
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1989
    Demonstrated 67000000mt ore
    Total resources 67000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.62 wt-pct Copper Major 1989
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1989
    Demonstrated 20500000mt ore
    Total resources 20500000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.46 wt-pct Copper Major 1989
    Silver Ag 24.7 g/mt Silver Minor 1989
    Lead Pb 2.6 wt-pct Lead Major 1989
    Zinc Zn 5.4 wt-pct Zinc Major 1989
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1989
    Total resources 700000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.7 wt-pct Copper Major 1989
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1989
    Demonstrated 172000000mt ore
    Total resources 172000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.22 wt-pct Copper Major 1989

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE OREBODY WAS DISCOVERED THROUGH SURFACE DRILLING IN THE LATE SIXTIES, AND NO PRODUCTION HAS YET TAKEN PLACE. HOWEVER, COPPER AND GOLD ORE HAD BEEN MINED FROM A NEARBY SURFACE DEPOSIT SINCE 1926, UNTIL THE RESOURCE WAS DEPLETED IN THE SEVENTIES. THREE TYPES OF COPPER ORE RESERVES HAVE BEEN PROVEN TO EXIST AT THIS MINE LOCATION AND THEY ARE: PROPHYRY AND SKARN COPPER ORE, AND POLYMETALLIC ORE. AT A CUT-OFF GRADE OF .6 PERCENT COPPER, RESERVES OF COPPER ORE ARE: PORPHYRY COPPER ORE OF 105 MILLION TONS AT .97 PERCENT COPPER, SKARN COPPER ORE OF 67 MILLION TONS AT 1.62 PERCENT COPPER, OR A TOTAL COPPER ORE RESERVE OF 172 MILLION TONS AT 1.22 PERCENT COPPER. AT A CUT-OFF GRADE EQUIVALENT TO 1.6 PERCENT LEAD, RESERVES OF POLYMETALLIC ORE ARE 20.5 MILLION TONS GRADING 5.4 PERCENT ZINC, 2.6 PERCENT LEAD, .46 PERCENT COPPER, AND 24.7 GRAMS PER TON OF SILVER. THE GOLD AND SILVER VALUES ARE FOUND IN THE COPPER ORES, AND MOLYBDENUM OCCURS IN THE PORPHYRY ORE. WITH THE USE OF HIGHER CUT-OFF GRADES, IT IS POSSIBLE TO DISTINGUISH 25 MILLION TONS OF COPPER ORE GRADING 2.3 PERCENT COPPER AND 4.2 MILLION TONS OF POLYMETALLIC ORE GRADING 7.2 PERCENT ZINC.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 1200M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method TIMBERED STOPES W/CAVING METHODS
    Percent Waste Rock 20
    Percent Recovery 90
    Number of Shafts 2
    Capacity 3000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1989

Comments on other economic factors

  • THE INVESTMENT ALREADY PUT INTO THE MINABLE DEPOSIT HAS BEEN VALUED AT 120 TO 140 MILLION DOLLARS, AND THE CAPITAL THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO BRING THE MINE INTO PRODUCTION HAS BEEN ESTIMATED TO BE APPROXIMATELY 100 MILLION DOLLARS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Commodity

    COMMODITIES RESEARCH UNIT LIMITED, PP 149-53 (1990).

  • Commodity

    COMMODITIES RESEARCH UNIT LIMITED, VOL. 19, NO. 4,

  • Commodity

    PP. 2-3 (OCT. 1991).

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING MAGAZINE, HUNGARY'S MINING INDUSTRY, PP. 16-17

  • Reserve-Resource

    (JULY 1986).

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING MAGAZINE, HUNGARIAN METAL AND INDUSTRIAL MINERALS

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING, PP. 36-7, 39 (JULY 1986).

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING JOURNAL, RECSK COPPER QUARTERLY, P. 482 (DEC. 16,

  • Reserve-Resource

    1988).

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING MAGAZINE, HUNGARIAN DILEMMA, P. 88 (FEB. 1989).

  • Reserve-Resource

    INTERNATIONAL MINING, HUNGARY, P. 80 (MAR. 1989).

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING JOURNAL, WESTERN INTEREST IN HUNGARY, P. 151

  • Reserve-Resource

    (AUG. 25, 1989).

  • Reserve-Resource

    INTERNATIONAL MINING, HUNGARY, P. 56 (DEC. 1989).

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING MAGAZINE, EXPLORTATION WORK AT RECSK, PP. 345,

  • Reserve-Resource

    347 (MAY 1989).

  • Reserve-Resource

    COMMODITY RESEARCH UNIT, CS SURVEY: HUNGARY'S COPPER

  • Reserve-Resource

    INDUSTRY, IN CRU COPPER STUDIES, PP. 1-5 (OCT. 1991).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-SEP-96 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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