CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
53 Austria 46.40.00 N -- 013.40.00 E Bleiberg Zn; Pb
 
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): Bleiberg
Political location(s): Austria
Deposit clan (type): Mississippi Valley-type
Deposit status: past producer
Commodities: Zn; Pb
Mineralization styles: discordant collapse breccia cement; cavity fill; fissure fill
Geological ages: Middle Triassic - Late Triassic (host rocks)
Tectonic setting: continental rift (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; carbonate; Depositional setting: Shallow-water carbonates
Individual lithologies:dolostone
limestone
Mineralogy: galena, sphalerite, wurtzite, marcasite, pyrite, quartz, fluorite, barite, calcite, dolomite
References:
Brigo, L.; Kostelka, L.; Omenetto, P.; Schneider, H. J.; Schrool, E.; Schulz, O.; Strucl, I., 1977
Comparative Reflections on Four Alpine Pb-Zn Deposits
in Time- and Strata-Bound Ores, Edited by Klemm, D. D.; Schneider, H. -J., Springer Verlag, 444 p, p. 273 - 293

Schroll, E.; Kurzl, H.; Weinzierl, O., 1994
Geochemical Studies Applied to the Pb-Zn Deposit Bleiberg/Austria
Section European Deposits, in Sediment-Hosted Zn-Pb Ores, Edited by Fontbote, L.; Boni, M., Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits, Springer-Verlag, 10, 471 p, p. 228 - 245

Zeeh, S.; Bechstadt, T., 1994
Carbonate-Hosted Pb-Zn Mineralization at Bleiberg-Kreuth (Austria): Compilation of Data and New Aspects
Section European Deposits, in Sediment-Hosted Zn-Pb Ores, Edited by Fontbote, L.; Boni, M., Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits, Springer-Verlag, 10, 471 p, p. 271 - 296

Production data: Report period: until 1980; 35 million metric tons ore; Provisional entry?: no; Yearly or summary?: S
Weight-commodity information:Zn: 2.17 million metric tons
Pb: 0.43 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%
Resource data:
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Estimate date: 1989; 8 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: no; Resource category: proven
Grade-commodity information:Zn: 4.5 percent
Pb: 0.5 percent
Reference: Cerny, I., 1989: Current Prospecting Strategy for Carbonate-Hosted Pb-Zn Mineralization at Blieberg-Kreuth (Austria); Economic Geology, Volume 84, p. 1430 - 1435
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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