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
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Mineralogy: | sphalerite, galena, pyrite, marcasite, arsenopyrite (supergene): wulfenite | ||||||||||
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Production data: | Report period: until 1980; 16.2 million metric tons ore; Provisional entry?: no; Yearly or summary?: S
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
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0% 300 metric ton molybdenum meta; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: S
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
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
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% |