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Bleiberg Mine

Plant in Burgenland, Austria with commodities Cadmium, Germanium, Lead, 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 10280036
MAS/MILS ID 4330050001
Record type Site
Current site name Bleiberg Mine
Alternate or previous names Bleiberg-Kreuth

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 14.83534, 46.58203 (WGS84)
Elevation 920
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Burgenland(province)

Austria(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Austria Burgenland

Comments on the location information

  • LAT-LONG FOR TOWN OF BLEIBERG. OB VILLACH NO SPECIFIC COSTS IN BH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cadmium Secondary
Germanium Critical Secondary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 14.83534, 46.58203
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 60M
    Length 1800M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 STRATABOUND
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Date of Last Modification 830718

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE DIPS 60-70 DEGREES SOUTH

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1480
Mining method Combined Methods
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Flotation
Milling method Flotation

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Bleiberger Bergwerks Union
    Interest 100
    Home office Austria
    Year 1989

Production statistics

  • Year 1974
    Description Zinc-Lead Ore 355700 01
  • Year 1975
    Description Zinc-Lead Ore 378800 01
  • Year 1976
    Description Zinc-Lead Ore 405400 01

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Demonstrated 3000000mt ore
    Total resources 3000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 6.5 wt-pct Zinc Major 1991
    Lead Pb 0.5 wt-pct Lead Major 1991
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Demonstrated 3000000mt ore
    Total resources 3000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 4.6 wt-pct Lead Major 1993

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method HORIZ CUT & FILL W/TAILINGS 10-60
    Percent Recovery 80
    Hardness of Rock UNKNOWN
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Mine Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 2273
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 220
    Year of Information 1989

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    E&MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING, 1991

  • Reserve-Resource

    AME MINERAL ECONOMICS QUARTERLY MINE ANALYSIS, JUN 93,P. 38.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, MINING ACTIVITY IN THE WESTERN WORLD,

  • Deposit

    JANUARY 1979, P. 56.

  • Deposit

    NIGHTINGALE, WM. G., MINING INTERNATIONAL YEAR BOOK, 1978,

  • Deposit

    THE FINANCIAL TIMES LIMITED, 1978, P. 139.

  • Deposit

    STAFF, 1978 ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

  • Deposit

    DIRECTORY OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS,

  • Deposit

    MCGRAW-HILL, NEW YORK, 1978, P. 270.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING, WHAT'S GOING ON IN WORLD MINING, V. 30, NO. 11

  • Deposit

    OCTOBER 1977, P. 169.

  • Deposit

    BLEIGERGER BERWERKS UNION ANNUAL REPORT, 1980.

  • Deposit

    HOLL, R., AND MAUCHER A., 1976 STRATA-BOUND DEPOSITS IN THE

  • Deposit

    EASTERN ALPS; IN WOLF, V.H., ED., HANDBOOK OF STRATA-

  • Deposit

    BOUND AND STRATAFORM ORE DEPOSITS, VOL. 5, ELSEVIER,

  • Deposit

    AMSTERDAM, PP. 1-36

  • Deposit

    KOSTELKA, L., 1971, INTRODUCTION TO THE LEAD-ZINC DEPOSITS

  • Deposit

    OF BLEIGERG-KREUTH (KARNTEN, AUSTRIA): IN MULLER, GERMANY

  • Deposit

    ED., SEDIMENTOLOGY OF PARTS OF CENTRAL EUROPE 8TH

  • Deposit

    INTERNAL. SEDIMENTOL. CONG., HEIDELBERG, VERLAG WALDEMAR

  • Deposit

    KRAMER, FRANKFORT, PP. 273-283.

  • Deposit

    KOSTELKA, L., AND PETRASCHECK, W.E., 1967, GENESIS OF

  • Deposit

    STRATIFORM LEAD-ZINC-BARITE-FLUORITE DEPOSITS IN BROWN

  • Deposit

    I.S., ED., GENESIS OF STRATAFORM PB-ZN DEPOSITS IN

  • Deposit

    LIMESTONES. ECON. GEOL. MONOGRAPH NO. 3, PP.138-146.

  • Deposit

    TUFAR, W., 1980, THE EASTERN ALPS AND THEIR ORE DEPOSITS:

  • Deposit

    ERZMETALL., VOL. 33, PP. 153-162.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE HAS HIGH MAGNESIUM CONTENT WHICH CAUSES PROBLEMS AT THE ELECTROLYTIC ZINC PLANT. SCHLAINING, CARINTHIA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-MAR-1997 Difrancesco, Carl A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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