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Trepča complex, Trepča valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo

This mining complex comprises about 40 mines.

The Trepca Belt of Pb-Zn-Ag mineralization is located in the NNW-SSE trending Vardar zone, and extends for over 80 km. It supports five mines during the period 1930-2010, and contains several other Pb-Zn occurrences. The replacement and vein type mineralisation is hosted primarily by Mesozoic carbonates, but also occasionally by amphibolites. It displays a clear structural control. Mineralisation is spatially and genetically related to Neogene andesite-dacite extrusive and sub volcanic intrusive.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Actinolite
Anglesite
Ankerite
Aragonite
Arsenopyrite
Baryte
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bornite
Boulangerite
Bournonite
Calcite
var: Manganoan Calcite
Cerussite
Chalcanthite
Chalcophanite
Chalcopyrite
Childrenite
'Chlorite Group'
Coronadite
Cosalite
Covellite
Crandallite
Cubanite
Dickite
Diopside
Dolomite
Enargite
Epidote
Falkmanite
Freibergite
Galena
'Garnet'
Gold
Gypsum
Hedenbergite
Hematite
Heteromorphite
Illite
Ilvaite
Indium ?
Jamesonite
'Limonite'
Löllingite
Ludlamite
Mackinawite
Magnetite
Marcasite
Melanterite
'Melnikovite'
'Plumosite'
Polybasite
'Psilomelane'
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
Pyrostilpnite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Chalcedony
Rhodochrosite
Scheelite
Siderite
var: Oligonite
Smithsonite
Sphalerite
var: Marmatite
Stannite
Stephanite
Stibnite
Struvite
Tennantite
Tetrahedrite
Valleriite
Vivianite
Wollastonite


76 entries listed. 65 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region

Kosovo

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References

- Sommerlatte, H. (1939): The ore deposits of the Trepca Mines Limited in Jugoslavia and the dressing of these ores. Metall und Erz 36, 95-100.
- Schumacher, F. (1950): Die Lagerstätte der Trepca und ihre Umgebung. Izdavacko Preduzece Sareta za Energetiku i Ekstraktirnu Ind. Vlade Fnrj., Belgrade, Serbia, 65 pp.
- Schumacher, F. (1951): Ore deposits of Trepca (Jugoslavia), a geologic and mineralogical phenomenon. Zeitschrift für Erzbergbau und Metallhüttenwesen 4, 419-423.
- Gluscevic, B. (1956): Mining techniques at the lead-zinc mines at "Trepca" in Yugoslavia. Zeitschrift für Erzbergbau und Metallhüttenwesen 9, 373-382.
- Der Aufschluss 1975(6):225-235
- Mineralogy and Petrology 52:197-208 (1995)
- The Mineralogical Record: 4: 55-61.
- Hyseni, Sylejman; Durmishaj, Bedri; Rama, Mursel; Zabeli, Muharrem (2010): Trepca ore Belt and Beloberdo mineral deposit-geological overview and interpretation, Kosovo. Journal of International Environmental Application & Science 5, 258-263.



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