Database name: |
World Mississippi Valley-type deposits |
Custodial agency: |
Geological Survey of Canada |
Compilers: |
D. F. Sangster |
Release date: |
2015-02-06 |
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Deposit name(s): |
Silesia District; Silesia Cracow District |
Political location(s): |
Poland |
Deposit clan (type): |
Mississippi Valley-type |
Deposit object located: |
centroid of district |
Commodities: |
Zn; Pb |
Geological ages: |
Middle Triassic (host rocks) |
Tectonic setting: |
continental platform (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; carbonate; Depositional setting: Shallow-water carbonatesIndividual lithologies: | dolostone |
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Mineralogy: |
sphalerite, galena, marcasite, pyrite, dolomite, calcite, barite |
Radiometric ages: |
Object dated: ore; Age - Ma: 46; +20; -20; Dating method: Paleomagnetism; Concentrate: Whole ore; Source rock: Disseminated sulphide; Event dated: mineralization; Reference: Symons, D. T. A.; Sangster, D. F.; Leach, D. L., 1995: A Tertiary Age from Palomagnetism for the Mississippi Valley-Type Zinc-Lead Mineralization in Upper Silesia; Economic Geology, Volume 90, p. 782 - 794 |
References: |
Leach, D. L.; Viets, J. G.; Kozlowski, A.; Kibitlewski, S., 1996 |
Geology, Geochemistry and Genesis of the Silesia-Cracow Zinc-Lead District, Southern Poland |
2, Section District or Thematic Overviews, in Carbonate-Hosted Lead-Zinc Deposits, Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Volume, Edited by Sangster, D. F., Special Publication, Society of Economic Geologists, 4, 664 p, p. 144 - 170 |
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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: 1996; 500 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: yes; Provisional entry?: yesGrade-commodity information: | Zn+Pb: 5 percent | Reference: Leach, D. L.; Viets, J. G.; Kozlowski, A.; Kibitlewski, S., 1996: Geology, Geochemistry and Genesis of the Silesia-Cracow Zinc-Lead District, Southern Poland; 2, Section District or Thematic Overviews, in Carbonate-Hosted Lead-Zinc Deposits, Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Volume, Edited by Sangster, D. F., Special Publication, Society of Economic Geologists, 4, 664 p, p. 144 - 170 Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
Estimate date: 1995; 208.3 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: no; Resource category: indicatedWeight-commodity information: | Zn: 8.14 million metric tons Pb: 3.6 million metric tons | Reference: Przenioslo, S., 1996: Mineral Resources of Poland 1995; Polish Geological Institute, Ministry of Environmental Protection, Natural Resources and Energy, 92 p. Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
Estimate date: 1995; 45.7 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: no; Resource category: provenWeight-commodity information: | Zn: 2 million metric tons Pb: 0.83 million metric tons | Reference: Przenioslo, S., 1996: Mineral Resources of Poland 1995; Polish Geological Institute, Ministry of Environmental Protection, Natural Resources and Energy, 92 p. Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0% |