The perspective and prognostic areas of zinc and lead ores in the Upper Silesia Zn-Pb Ore District

Mikulski Stanisław Z. (), Strzelska-Smakowska Bożena and Retman Wojciech ()
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Mikulski Stanisław Z.: Polish Geological Institute-National Research Institute, Warszawa, Poland
Strzelska-Smakowska Bożena: AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland
Retman Wojciech: Rathdawney Polska sp. z o.o., Krakow, Poland

Gospodarka Surowcami Mineralnymi / Mineral Resources Management, 2013, vol. 29, issue 2, 173-191

Abstract: The largest perspective of zinc and lead ore resource are located in the area of Upper Silesia District, where in the Middle Triassic and Devonian carbonate rocks occurs Zn-Pb sulfide ore mineralization of the Mississippi Valley Type (MVT). Prognostic amounts of Zn-Pb ores resources estimated in the Olkusz region are close to 50 million tons, and in the Zawiercie region 15 million tons. Actually, a total of prognostic resources of sulfide Zn-Pb ores represent 76-84.3% of all economic documented deposits. Zn-Pb sulfide ores resources have been verified according to the criteria from 2007 and their quantity evaluation based on autocorrelation around the boreholes locating economic mineralisation. In the zones of documented deposits a significant increase of resources is expected, because the actual data are based on too rare drilling grid. It is appropriate to carry out further geophysical works (e.g. IP - Inductive Polarization method) and, anomalous areas should be explored by drilling.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.2478/gospo-2013-0024

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