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Vares Lead & Zinc Mine

Producer in Bosnia and Herzegovina with commodities Copper, Lead, Mercury, 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10304170
MAS/MILS ID 4790050010
Record type Site
Current site name Vares Lead & Zinc Mine
Alternate or previous names No Other Name.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 18.33523, 44.16543 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bosnia and Herzegovina(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Secondary
Mercury Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 18.33523, 44.16543
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 STRATIFORM
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Date of Last Modification 921021

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION OCCURS AS A STRATAFORM MINERALIZATION AND BRECCIAS IN TRIASSIC DOLOMINES AND LIMESTONES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1983

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Government Of Yugoslavia
    Interest 100
    Home office Yugoslavia
    Year 1989
  • Type Operator
    Owner Energoinvest
    Home office Yugoslavia
    Year 1989

Production statistics

  • Year 1989
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Throughput (Estimated) 600000 Metric Tons Of Ore.
  • Year 1990
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Zinc Concentrate Production (Estimated) 8000 Metric Tons Of Conc.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Zinc Zinc 8000mt
  • Year 1990
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Throughput (Estimated) 600000 Metric Tons Of Ore.
  • Year 1990
    Description Barite Concentrate Production (Est.) 32000 Metric Tons Of Conc.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Barium-Barite Barium 32000mt
  • Year 1990
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Lead Concentrate Production (Estimated) 8000 Metric Tons Of Conc.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Conc. Lead Lead 8000mt

Comments on the production information

  • LEAD CONCENTRATES ASSAY AT 68 PERCENT LEAD, 9.8 PERCENT ZINC, 4.4 PERCENT BASO4, 0.22 PERCENT MERCURY, AND 2,200 GRAMS PER METRIC TON OF SILVER. ZINC CONCENTRATES ASSAY AT 50 PERCENT ZINC, 3.3 PERCENT LEAD, 6.9 PERCENT BASO4, 0.4 PERCENT COPPER, 0.45 PERCENT MERCURY, AND 400 GRAMS PER TON OF SILVER. ONLY ZINC IS PAYABLE IN THE ZINC CONCENTRATE. MERCURY IS PENALIZED, SUCH AS $220,000.00 IN 1989. PYRITE CONCENTRATE IS BEING STOCKPILED, OWING TO ITS HIGH SILVER CONTENT OF 600 GRAMS PER METRIC TON OF PYRITE CONCENTRATE.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1989
    Indicated 22000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 22000000mt ore
    Total resources 22000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 2.05 wt-pct Lead Minor 1989

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THERE IS A 75 PERCENT CONFIDENCE THAT TOTAL RESERVES ARE APPROXIMATELY 22 MILLION METRIC TONS. THE GRADES OF THE RESERVES ARE 2.05 PERCENT FOR LEAD, 1.37 PERCENT FOR ZINC, AND 3.12 GRAMS PER METRIC TON FOR SILVER.
  • RESOURCE ESTIMATE IS BASED ON PROBABLE 35 YEAR MINE LIFE. OPERATION ALSO RECOVERS BARITE, COPPER, SILVER, AND MERCURY. SILVER GRADE OF 3.12 GRAMS PER METRIC TON IS BASED ON A 75 PERCENT MILL RECOVERY AND A 5 PERCENT GRADE DILUTION. FEED GRADES RANGE FROM 1.7 TO 2.2 PERCENT LEAD AND 1.2 TO 1.4 PERCENT ZINC.
  • A 5 PERCENT DILUTION FACTOR HAS BEEN FACTORED INTO THE ESTIMATE. C.R.U. STATES THAT THE VARES LEAD AND ZINC MINE HAS A PROBABLE LIFE OF 35 YEARS.

Comments on other economic factors

  • LEAD CONCENTRATE IS SHIPPED ABROAD FOR SMELTING. THERE ARE TWO SMELTERS USED AND THEY ARE THE HOBOKEN IN BELGIUM AND THE PROTO VESME IN SARDINIA. ABOUT 50 PERCENT OF THE LEAD CONCENTRATE GOES TO EACH OF THESE SMELTERS, BUT ALL OF THE ZINC CONCENTRATE GOES TO THE HOBOKEN SMELTER. BARITE IS EXPORTED TO THE CIS, CUBA, ROMANIA, AND OTHER MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMMODITIES RESEARCH UNIT LIMITED, LONDON, THE BASE

  • Deposit

    METAL INDUSTRIES OF EASTERN EUROPE, VOL. 3, PP. 177-78

  • Deposit

    (NOV. 1990).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-JAN-1995 Difrancesco, Carl A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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