Trepča complex, Trepča valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo

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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.

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.

External Links

- http://www.spathfluor.com/_open/open_us/us_op_mines/us_trepca_kosovo_mine.htm
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trep%C4%8Da_Mines

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

Actinolite Anglesite Ankerite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bismuth 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' Galena 'Garnet' Gold Gypsum Hedenbergite

Hematite Illite Ilvaite Indium ? Jamesonite Limonite Löllingite Ludlamite Magnetite Marcasite Melanterite 'Melnikovite' 'Plumosite' 'Psilomelane' Pyrargyrite Pyrite Pyrrhotite

Quartz var: Chalcedony Rhodochrosite Scheelite Siderite var: Oligonite Smithsonite Sphalerite var: Marmatite Stannite Stibnite Struvite Tennantite Tetrahedrite Valleriite Vivianite Wollastonite

68 entries listed. 57 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region

Kosovo Kosovska Mitrovica Trepča valley Trepča complex Beloberdo deposit Tisovak Mine Trepča Stan Terg Mine (Stari Trg Mine; Trepča Mine)