CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
284 Poland 51.24 N -- 016.08 E Lubin Area Cu; Ag; Pb; V; Ni; Co; Mo; Zn; Re
 
Database name: World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits
Compilers: R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born
Release date: 2015-01-27
   
Deposit name(s): Lubin Area
Political location(s): Poland; Nearest community: Lubin Mine
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: paralic marine; as fine impregnations in ss/ shale/ dolomite-lmst
Geologic province: Fore-sudetic Monocline
Commodities: Cu; Ag; Pb; V; Ni; Co; Mo; Zn; Re
Geological ages: Late Permian (host rocks)
Tectonic setting: continental rift-graben; divergent (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; mudstone-carbonate-sandstone
Individual lithologies:sandstone (carbonaceous - clayey)
shale (bituminous)
limestone (dolomitic)
Host rock stratigraphy:Kupferschiefer Bed, Zechstein 1 Sequence
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) as fine impregnations in ss/ shale/ dolomite-lmst; 5 mines along cis-sudeten arch for 40 km & traced along dip for 10 km; ore mineralization confined to sed rocks enriched in organic matter
References:
Jowett, E. C.; Rydzewski, A.; Jowett, R. J., 1987
The Kupferschiefer Cu-Ag Ore Deposits in Poland: a Re-Appraisal of the Evidence of their Origin and Presentation of a New Genetic Model
Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, Volume 24, p. 2016 - 2037

Jowett, E.C., 1989
Effects of Continental Rifting on the Location and Genesis of Stratiform Copper-silver Deposits
Section Introduction, General Principles and Geochemical Aspects, in Sediment Hosted Stratiform Cu Deposits, Ottawa, May 1986, Edited by Boyle, R. W.; Brown, A. C.; Jefferson, C. W.; Jowett, E. C.; Kirkham, R. V., Special Paper, Geological Association of Canada, 36, 710 p, p. 53 - 66

Production data: Report period: from 1994; 915 metric ton metal; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: S
Grade-commodity information:Ag: 100 percent
weight-commodity information:Ag: 915 metric ton
Reference: Anonymous, 1995: Poland: KGHM Float; Mining Journal, August 4 issue, p. 81
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%



Report period: from 1994; 405,093 metric ton metal; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: S
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 100 percent
weight-commodity information:Cu: 405,093 metric ton
Reference: Anonymous, 1995: Poland: KGHM Float; Mining Journal, August 4 issue, p. 81
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
Resource data:
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Resource and reserve figures are historical in nature. The Data source provided with each set of figures should be cited if the Data are re-reported.

Estimate date: 1981; 1,360,777,088 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: reserve
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 1 percent
Reference: United States Bureau of Mines (Editor(s)), 1981: Minerals Yearbook 1981; Volume, United States Bureau of Mines, 3
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


Estimate date: 1985; 2,600,000,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: proven recoverable reserve to 1500M
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 2 percent
Reference: Kennedy, A., 1985: Poland's Mining Industry; Mining Magazine, August issue, p. 92
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


1,000,000,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: mineable reserve - recoverable Pb and Zn
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 1.5 percent
Ag: 30 grams/metric ton
Reference: Jowett, E. C.; Rydzewski, A.; Jowett, R. J., 1987: The Kuperschiefer Cu-Ag Ore Deposits in Poland: A Reappraisal of the Evidence of Their Origin and Presentation of a New Model; Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, Volume 24, p. 2016 - 2037
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


Estimate date: 1977; 1,360,777,088 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: estimated reserve
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 2 percent
Ag: 90 grams/metric ton
Reference: Anonymous, 1977: Massive Development Plans Herald Poland's Entry into World Copper Market; Engineering and Mining Journal, February issue, p. 27
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


5,200,000 metric ton metal; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: estimated reserve in Pb metal
Weight-commodity information:Pb: 5,200,000 metric ton
Reference: Wodzicki, A.; Piestrzynski, A., 1994: An Ore Genetic Model for the Lubin-Sieroszowice Mining District, Poland; Mineralium Deposita, Volume 29, p. 30 - 43
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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