CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
51 Yugoslavia 46.18.00 N -- 014.31.12 E Mezica Zn; Pb; Mo
 
Database name: World Mississippi Valley-type deposits
Custodial agency: Geological Survey of Canada
Compilers: D. F. Sangster
Release date: 2015-02-06
   
Deposit name(s): Mezica
Political location(s): Yugoslavia
Deposit clan (type): Mississippi Valley-type
Deposit status: past producer
Commodities: Zn; Pb; Mo
Mineralization styles: discordant collapse breccia cement; veins
Geological ages: Late Triassic (host rocks)
Tectonic setting: continental rift (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; carbonate; Depositional setting: Shallow-water carbonates
Individual lithologies:limestone
Mineralogy: sphalerite, galena, pyrite, marcasite, arsenopyrite
(supergene): wulfenite
References:
Bancroft, P.; Zorz, M.; Krivograd, F.; Kobler, G., 1991
Famous Mineral Localities: The Mezica Mine, Slovenia, Yugoslavia
The Mineralogical Record, Mar-Apr 1991 issue, p. 97

Production data: Report period: until 1980; 16.2 million metric tons ore; Provisional entry?: no; Yearly or summary?: S
Weight-commodity information:Zn: 0.4 million metric tons
Pb: 0.8 million metric tons
Reference: Klau, W.; Mostler, H., 1983: Alpine Middle and Upper Triassic Pb-Zn Deposits ; Section Invited Major Papers, in International Conference on Mississippi Valley-Type Lead-Zinc Deposits: Proceedings Volume, Edited by Kisvarsanyi, G.; Grant, S. K.; Pratt, W. P.; Koenig, J. W., University of Missouri-Rolla, 603 p, p. 113 - 128
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%



Report period: from 1800 until 1964; 14 million short tons ore; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: S
Weight-commodity information:Pb: 1 million short tons
Zn: 0.2 million short tons
Mo: 400 short ton
Reference: Bancroft, P.; Zorz, M.; Krivograd, F.; Kobler, G., 1991: Famous Mineral Localities: The Mezica Mine, Slovenia, Yugoslavia; The Mineralogical Record, Mar-Apr 1991 issue, p. 97
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%



300 metric ton molybdenum meta; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: S
Weight-commodity information:Pb: 1 million short tons
Zn: 0.2 million short tons
Mo: 400 short ton

Reference: Laznicka, P.; Wolf, K. H., 1981: Bibliography and Ore Occurrence Data, and Indexes Volumes 8 - 10; Volume 10, Chapter 2, Section Data on the Worldwide Distribution of Stratiform and Strata-Bound Ore Deposits, in Handbook of Strata-Bound and Stratiform Ore Deposits , Edited by Wolf, K. H., Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, p. 79 - 390
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%



180,000 metric ton zinc metal; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: S
Weight-commodity information:Pb: 1 million short tons
Zn: 0.2 million short tons
Mo: 400 short ton

Reference: Laznicka, P.; Wolf, K. H., 1981: Bibliography and Ore Occurrence Data, and Indexes Volumes 8 - 10; Volume 10, Chapter 2, Section Data on the Worldwide Distribution of Stratiform and Strata-Bound Ore Deposits, in Handbook of Strata-Bound and Stratiform Ore Deposits , Edited by Wolf, K. H., Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, p. 79 - 390
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%



240,000 metric ton lead metal; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: S
Weight-commodity information:Pb: 1 million short tons
Zn: 0.2 million short tons
Mo: 400 short ton

Reference: Laznicka, P.; Wolf, K. H., 1981: Bibliography and Ore Occurrence Data, and Indexes Volumes 8 - 10; Volume 10, Chapter 2, Section Data on the Worldwide Distribution of Stratiform and Strata-Bound Ore Deposits, in Handbook of Strata-Bound and Stratiform Ore Deposits , Edited by Wolf, K. H., Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, p. 79 - 390
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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