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Pyrite from
Olkusz Mine, Gmina Olkusz, Olkusz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Galena1 photo of Pyrite associated with Galena at this locality.
Marcasite1 photo of Pyrite associated with Marcasite at this locality.
Schalenblende1 photo of Pyrite associated with Schalenblende at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Olkusz Mine, Gmina Olkusz, Olkusz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1318768
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1318768:2
GUID (UUID V4):3eeb3c74-40d1-4061-98bf-457306dabb94
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
1.1km (0.7 miles) 'Józef' washing plant, Gmina Bolesław, Olkusz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
2.1km (1.3 miles) Pomorzany Mine, Gmina Olkusz, Olkusz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
5.5km (3.4 miles) Bolesław mine, Gmina Bolesław, Olkusz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
17.0km (10.6 miles) Trzebionka mine, Gmina Trzebinia, Chrzanów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
18.3km (11.4 miles) Zawiercie skarn, Rokitno Szlacheckie, Gmina Łazy, Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
19.1km (11.9 miles) Pilica Cu-Au deposit, Gmina Pilica, Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
19.5km (12.1 miles) Dubie, Dębnik-Dubie area, Gmina Krzeszowice, Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
23.0km (14.3 miles) Niedźwiedzia Góra quarry, Gmina Krzeszowice, Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
24.9km (15.5 miles) Zalas quarry, Gmina Krzeszowice, Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
26.2km (16.3 miles) Rudniki iron mine, Rudniki, Gmina Włodowice, Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
References
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mining waste at the MVT Zn–Pb deposits near Olkusz, Poland Irena Jerzykowska a , Juraj Majzlan b,∗ , Marek...University, ul. Podchora˛ żych 2, PL-30-084 Kraków, Poland b a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...Mississippi-valley type Zn–Pb deposits near Olkusz in southern Poland. The ARD systems exhausted their acid-generating...mineral and geochemical transformations. Primary pyrite, marcasite, galena and sphalerite have been decomposed...oxides bind a substantial amount of arsenic, to a lesser extent also zinc, lead, and cadmium, as shown by
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SILESIA MISSISSIPPI VALLEY-TYPE ZINCLEAD DEPOSITS, POLAND By Stephen Sutley1, Maria-Sass Gustkiewicz2, Wojciech...2 University of Mining and Metallurgy, Kracow, Poland USGS Open FUe Report - 99-394 Stephen Sutley...SILESIA MISSISSIPI VALLEY-TYPE ZINC-LEAD DEPOSITS, POLAND INTRODUCTION This study is part of a joint research...Silesia, Southern Poland" conducted by the University of Mining and Metallurgy in Krakow, Poland and the U.S...Silesian Zn-Pb ore district is located in southern Poland (Fig. 1) and covers an area between the Upper Silesian
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Cu-Ag (Kupferschiefer) Sediment-Hosted Deposits in Poland Stanisław Z. Mikulski * , Sławomir Oszczepalski...Research Institute, Rakowiecka 4, 00-975 Warszawa, Poland; slawomir.oszczepalski@pgi.gov.pl (S.O.); katarzyna...stratiform (SSC) Cu-Ag (Kupferschiefer-type) deposits in Poland. They contain a number of trace elements which...potential to be mineral resources. This applies to a lesser extent to other trace elements (Bi, As, Hf, Tl...of the European Union, including Ga and Ba (to a lesser extent Hf, Nb, and Sc) in Zn-Pb deposits, and Co
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Cracow-Silesian Mississippi Valley-type district, southern Poland, with Mississippi Valley-type districts in North...cooperation with the Polish Geological Institute Warsaw, Poland This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed...Cracow-Silesian Mississippi Valley-type district, southern Poland, with Mississippi Valley-type districts in North...Cracow-Silesian Mississippi Valley-type district, southern Poland, provide new constraints on the genesis of ore...analysis shows that the dominant gas is CO2 with lesser amounts of H2S and CH/j.. The total gases in the
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photo: Agate, polished. Nowy Kościół, Lower Silesia, Poland. Sample 260x260xl30 mm. Photo R. Molenda Back cover... Agate, polished. ~owy Kościół, Lower Silesia, Poland. Photo 30x60 mm, sample 320x260xl IO mm. Fot 2...160xl50x30 mm. Sphalerite, polished. QIJ...7.1sz, Poland. Photo 30x70 mm, sample 160xl50x30 mm. , Sfale111...mm, okaz 230xl50xl5 mm. Sphaleńte, polished. Olkusz, Poland. Photo 50xl40 mm, sample 230xl50xl5 mm. Fot...the oldest and the best technical academies in Poland will celebrate its 90th jubilee in 2009. Mining
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the Silesian-Cracow Lead-Zinc Deposits, Southern Poland Maciej Rybicki,1,† Leszek Marynowski,1 Stephen...Sciences, Be˛dzińska Str. 60, 41-200 Sosnowiec, Poland History Museum, Department of Earth Sciences,...Geology, Żwirki i Wigury Str. 93, 02-089 Warszawa, Poland Abstract The molecular and petrographic characteristics...Mississippi Valley-type lead-zinc deposits in southern Poland reveal immature and well-preserved organic matter...Silesian-Cracow lead-zinc deposits from southern Poland belong to this last group. These ores are classified
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deposits in the Silesia–Cracow district, Southern Poland Vito Coppola & Maria Boni & H. Albert Gilg & Bozena...Springer-Verlag 2008 Abstract The Silesia–Cracow district in Poland has been one of the world’s principal sources of...Metallurgy, Al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Cracow, Poland e-mail: Wodnik@geol.agh.edu.pl M. Boni Geologi...until the Middle Miocene. Keywords Silesia–Cracow Poland . Nonsulfide zinc . Paleoweathering . Smithsonite...worldwide. An important increase in mining activity in Poland has been recorded after World War II, when a new
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industry. The principal occurrences in Silesia (Poland), Sardinia (Italy), and northern Spain are described...mineralization in several European countries (principally in Poland), there has been no significant exploitation or...Furthermore, there are additional nongeologic resources in mine dumps, flotation tailings, and smelter residues...in areas of ancient mining (e.g., Upper Silesia, Poland; southwest Sardinia, Italy), they will not be discussed...Zn open-pit mine of Boleslaw, Poland. c. “Calamina” sample from the old Czerna mine, Poland. The sample
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variations in the Silesia-Cracow (SC) District, Poland, a Mississippi Valley Type (MVT) system; and 2)...Mississippi Valley-Type (MVT) District, Poland The SC District, Poland comprises a number of lead-zinc deposits...range from the Pomorzany mine (1- 11 ‰) were distinct from the Olkusz mine ( (13- 15 ‰; Fig. 3a). New...that the S isotopes for light bands overlap the Olkusz data (Fig. 3b). Thus, there may have been hydraulic...Alaska3. The ore minerals include three types of pyrite (framboidal, spongey, euhedral), sphalerite, galena
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ore-bearing clays at Gnaszyn, Kraków-Silesia Homocline, Poland PRZEMYSŁAW GEDL1 AND ANDRZEJ KAIM2 1 Institute...Academy of Sciences, Senacka 1, 31-002 Kraków, Poland. E-mail: ndgedl@cyf-kr.edu.pl 2 Institute of Paleobiology...Academy of Sciences, Twarda 51/55, 00-818 Warszawa, Poland. E-mail: kaim@twarda.pan.pl ABSTRACT: Gedl. P...ore-bearing clays at Gnaszyn, Kraków-Silesia Homocline, Poland. Acta Geologica Polonica, 62 (3), 267– 280. Warszawa...ore-bearing clays exposed at Gnaszyn, southern Poland. These dark-coloured fine-clastic deposits have
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Tailing Disposal Site of an Abandoned Zn and Pb Mine Magdalena Tarnawczyk, Łukasz Uzarowicz *, Katarzyna...Nowoursynowska Str. 159, Building no. 37, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland; magdalena_tarnawczyk@sggw.edu.pl (M.T.); kasi_enkap@wp...Tailing Disposal Site of an Abandoned Zn and Pb Mine. Minerals 2021, 11, 559. Abstract: Land reclamation...abandoned mine tailing disposal site of the “Trzebionka” Zn-Pb mine in Trzebinia, southern Poland. The disposal...deposits in many part of the world [1–6], including Poland, where Zn-Pb ore deposits occur mainly in the region
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minerals Article Metal Mobility in a Mine-Affected Floodplain Dariusz Ciszewski * and Urszula Aleksander-Kwaterczak...Technology, A. Mickiewicza Av. 30, 30-059 Krakow, Poland; aleksa@agh.edu.pl * Correspondence: ciszewski@geol...accumulated over the distance of a dozen or so km from the mine, revealed variable potential for metal mobilization...something to be expected after the closure of a mine, would be accompanied by a decrease in the pH of...exchangeable cations over the short-reach downstream of the mine. However, the mobilization of contaminants may be
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Mineral Deposits,A l. Mickiewicza30, 30-059 Krakow,Poland STANISLAW DZULYNSKI, Department of Geology,Ja...-PolishAcademyof Sciences,Oleandr•q2-A, Krakow,Poland AND JOHN D. RIDGE Department o)c Geology,Universityof...DEVONIAN Zn- Pb ORE-PRODUCING AREAS • Olkusz UPPER ILESIA POLAND Fie. 1. Geologicsketchmap of the Upper...Orzel Bialy, Novy Dwor, Warynski; 7, Boleslaw;8, Olkusz;9, Trzebionka; 10, Matylda; 11, Chechlo;12, Chorozow...amongothMineralogy and Age of Mineralization ers, chalcopyrite,pyrite, marcasite,sphalerite,and The compositionof the
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beappliedor at leasttakenintoconsider- in the Olkusz mine. The brunckite shows evident ation in all zinc...interpretationof colloformtextures is of ring bandsof galena,pyrite, or calcite,separating wider significance.Similar...mineral succession,i.e., to (1965): "Melnikovite-pyrite"occurringin the same changesin the chemistryof...quite jordanite, gratonite etc. This variety of pyrite is convincing. However, some doubts arise when...intergrownwith jordanire,gratonite,or anomalousmelnikovite-pyrite. On the peripheriesof an ore bodyit commonlyformsshellsshowinga
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of Slag Properties: A Case Study from Sławków, Poland Rafał Warchulski 1, * , Monika Szczuka 2 and Krzysztof...University of Silesia, B˛edzińska 60, 41-200 Sosnowiec, Poland; krzysztof.kupczak@us.edu.pl Department of General...Protection, AGH, Al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland; szczuka@agh.edu.pl Correspondence: rafal.warchulski@us...the form of slags. They are a research topic in Poland [8,9] and in other European countries [10–14]....understanding of metal production in this period in Poland and Europe. 2. Location and Ore Exploitation Sławków
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MINERAL DEPOSITS OF POLAND By TOMASZ J. TURLEY, Chicago "We find the minerals everywhere as we walk...Therefore the most important among natural resources of Poland are useful minerals. They provide necessary basis...Owing to high diversity of geological structure Poland possesses numerous mineral deposits. Some of these...highlands of South and Middle Poland, while the flat lands of North Poland have no remarkable mineral deposits...coal. During the icetimes the territory of North Poland was covered with thick glaciers, which transported
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Silesia in Katowice, Bedzinska 60, 41-200 Sosnowiec, Poland; leslaw.teper@us.edu.pl (L.T.); Thulok@op.pl (T...Krakow, Aleja Adama Mickiewicza 21, 31-120 Kraków, Poland; Tomasz.Czech@ur.krakow.pl Correspondence: katarzyna...in the Upper Silesia Industrial Region, Southern Poland. Physical properties such as pH, total sulfur,...stratabound type. The ore minerals (galena, sphalerite, pyrite, marcasite, and secondary nonsulfides) form bodies...area 3 104 44 1.30 median for topsoil for S Poland [59] 4 200 84 2 median for topsoil in Cracow-Silesia
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Belgium, Ireland and Poland are composed of Zn-calcite, siderite, smithsonite, silica, pyrite, melnikovite,...Framboidal pyrite defined as spherical to subspherical aggregates of micron to submicron-sized pyrite is common...the redox interface (Ramdohr 1969). Individual pyrite crystals within framboids are oriented against...controversy concerns the genesis of framboidal pyrite. The aim of this paper is to study the microtextures...signature of the host sediments, synsedimentary pyrite and ore-stage galena suggests the Pb remobilized
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responsible for tungsten mineralization at Takatori mine, Japan—Kyoko Masukawa, Yoshiro Nishio, and Ken-ichiro...formation of the Mississippi Valley-type, Olkusz, southern Poland—Arkadiusz Bauerek, Małgorzata Bebek, Ondra...Geology of the Rosário-Neves Corvo antiform, Iberian Pyrite Belt, Portugal: New insights from physical volcanology...ore textures, fluid inclusions, geochronology and pyrite compositions—Yi Zheng, Li Zhang, Yan-jing Chen...Qianfanling quartz-vein Mo deposit in Songxian County, Western Henan Province, China— Yang Gao, Huishou
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carbonate-hosted Zn-Pb deposits in Belgium and Poland H . K u c h a 1 and W . V i a e n e 2 1 Institute...ubiquitous inclusions and relics in banded sphalerite, pyrite-melnikovite and galena. Banded sulfides continuously...shown by banded sphalerite and pyrite from Zn-Pb deposits of Belgium and Poland. It is therefore suggested...in carbonatehosted Zn-Pb deposits of Belgium and Poland: sulfoxylanes (M2§ $2+), subsulfites (M2+$204;...Mineral Deposits, Mickiewicza 30, PL-30-059 Krak6w, Poland *Present address: highest oxidation state of sulfur
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materials of the matrix. Quartz, calcite, pyrite, hematite (after pyrite), and minor epidote, chlorite, and...materials mainly comprise the matrix materials. The pyrite grains from the Yemi breccia can be divided into...hydrothermal. We analyzed the chemistry of pyrite and hematite (after pyrite) from the Yemi breccia with an electron...(EPMA). Invisible gold was detected within the pyrite grains by EPMA and disseminated micron-sized isolated...Au-bearing pyrite and gold particles in the Yemi breccia is especially well matched with pyrite and gold
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specimens at handinclude: (!) Framboidaltextures, e.g., pyrite; (2) "Pellet" texture (Bastin, 1950); (3) "Frog...Ontario (Lindgren, 1925b); pitchblende,coffinite,pyrite, chalcocite, aragonite(Lebedev, 1965, p. 29 and...11øMoresnetdistrict. A specimenfrom "Grube $egen 20'E). This mine lies a few kilometers south of Gottes"(USNM 106766)...(correspondingto narrowing and swelling Katowice, Poland, in transmitted light. This minutely of the galena...Silesia,Poland.--The specimens are from four of the mining areasin the vicinity of Krakow, Poland. 463
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Carbonate-Hosted Zn-Pb Deposits in Upper Silesia, Poland: Origin and Evolution of Mineralizing Fluids and...Metallurgy, al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland AND EDDY KEPPENS Isotopengeologie en evolutie...minerals of the Upper Silesian Zn-Pb deposits, Poland, along with first results of Rb-Sr geochronology...Zn-Pb deposits in the Upper Silesian district of Poland have long been classified as mineralization of...100 14° CARBONATE-HOSTED Zn-Pb, UPPER SILESIA, POLAND 913 914 HEIJLEN ET AL. Stratigraphy Lithology
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started 5.1.2. SW Sardinia – the small Paris 5.1.3. Poland – could still work? 6. Examples of “Others” 32...Zn districts were the German Upper Silesia (now Poland) (Fig. 2) and southwest Sardinia (Fig. 3a,b). Several...tarbuttite [(Zn2PO4(OH)] is very in the Skorpion mine (Namibia), together with chalcophanite MA ...in French), which was home to an important zinc mine and processing plant. The mineralized protore can...were at La Calamine (Belgium), in Upper Silesia (Poland), and SW Sardinia (Italy) (Boni and Large, 2003)
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www.elsevier.com/locate/chemgeo Reactivity of pyrite and organic carbon as electron donors for biogeochemical...Limestone Microbial respiration Denitrification Pyrite Organic carbon a b s t r a c t In this study,...concentration of electron donors (organic carbon and pyrite) that might drive subsurface microbial respiration...throughout the block transects. In contrast, sulphur and pyrite–iron concentrations were significantly higher in...those of the unweathered zones. This suggests that pyrite is operating as the main electron donor in this
 
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