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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Galena
Formula:PbS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Schalenblende22 photos of Galena associated with Schalenblende at this locality.
Marcasite2 photos of Galena associated with Marcasite at this locality.
Cerussite2 photos of Galena associated with Cerussite at this locality.
Pyrite1 photo of Galena associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Sphalerite1 photo of Galena associated with Sphalerite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Galena data
Locality Data:Click here to view Olkusz Mine, Gmina Olkusz, Olkusz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
Photo GalleryView Gallery (6 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:5496
Long-form Identifier:1:3:5496:6
GUID (UUID V4):60537a2e-8e68-4031-a7ec-f99d312c8c27
Nearest other occurrences of Galena
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
16.5km (10.3 miles) Kawa, Dąbrowa Górnicza, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
17.0km (10.6 miles) Trzebionka mine, Gmina Trzebinia, Chrzanów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
19.1km (11.9 miles) Pilica Cu-Au deposit, Gmina Pilica, Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
24.9km (15.5 miles) Zalas quarry, Gmina Krzeszowice, Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
34.8km (21.6 miles) 144-Ż borehole, Żarki-Kotowice area, Kraków-Lubliniec tectonic zone, Myszków County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
37.5km (23.3 miles) Myszków Cu-Mo deposit, Gmina Żarki, Myszków County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
38.0km (23.6 miles) Dabrówka Mine, Dąbrówka Wielka, Piekary Śląskie, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
References
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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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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...geochemical transformations. Primary pyrite, marcasite, galena and sphalerite have been decomposed but the acidity...oxides bind a substantial amount of arsenic, to a lesser extent also zinc, lead, and cadmium, as shown by
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of Silesia, 60 Będzińska St, 41-200 Sosnowiec, Poland b c a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...contamination sources near the Olkusz Pb–Zn smelter in southern Poland together with the main industrial...composition corresponding to the processed ore (Olkusz sphalerite). © 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved...is also found as an impurity in Pb ores, such as galena (PbS) (USGS (U.S. Geological Survey), 2013). These...and smelting area around the town of Olkusz in southern Poland. Sampling sites were chosen with respect
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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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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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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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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...(ZnS) growth bands are associated with massive galena (PbS) and marcasite (FeS2) as illustrated in Fig...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
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theUpperSilesian (Mississippi Valley-Type) Zn-PbDeposits, Poland MARIASASS-(3USTKIEWICZ ANDBARBARA KWIECII•SKA ...andEnvironmental Sciences, al. Mickiewicza30, 30 059 Krak6w, Poland Abstract Organic mattercontained in largeamounts...southeru Chrzan6w area,withtheoperating Trzebionka mine, the western Bytom area, which closed more than10...intruded during middistrict islocated in southeru Poland(Fig.1).Fiveclusters of magmaticactivity.The Cracoworebodieshave...Cracoworebodieshave been discovered:the eastern Olkusz area, dle and late Paleozoic Myszkow structural
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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...1970; Mochnackaand Sass-Gustkiewicz, 1978). The galena and all other more massivesulfideores appear later
Report (issue)
characteristics of the Cracow-Silesia Zn-Pb ores, southern Poland By S.E. Church and R.B. Vaughn Open-File Report...characteristics of the Cracow-Silesia Zn-Pb ores, southern Poland by S.E. Church and R.B. Vaughn Abstract New lead-isotope...supported by the lead-isotopic data from the Kozieglowy mine. Hypothesis two calls for leaching of lead from...samples. However, two samples from the Kozieglowy mine, one hosted by the Buntsandstein, have analytically...data (table 2) were determined on small pieces of galena ore selected on the basis of the paragenetic sequence
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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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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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Operation in the Silesian-Cracovian Region (Southern Poland) Jerzy Cabała 1, *, Rafał Warchulski 1 , Dariusz...Silesia, Bedzinska 60 Street, 41-200 Sosnowiec, Poland; rafal.warchulski@us.edu.pl (R.W.); dorota.srodek@us...Legionów Polskich 69, 41-300 Dabrowa-Górnicza, ˛ Poland; rozmusd@poczta.onet.pl Correspondence: jerzy.cabala@us...minerals like goethite, ferrihydrite, sphalerite, galena, smithsonite, minrecordite, cerussite, gypsum,...be found in the Silesian-Cracow area (southern Poland) [1]. Shallow deposits are represented by supergene
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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...We mayinfer that,perhaps,the discussed tex- Olkusz mine). tures of sphaleriteoresare due to peculiarpaternal...brunckitefilling veins,as well as in view of the mine, Orzet BiMy mine). abovementionedfacts,one may suggestthat...sphaleriteores are perhapsdue CR^cow,AVE. INVALIDOV6, POLAND, to rhythmicpulsationof adiabaticexpansion of hydroFeb
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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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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,...belong to the stratabound type. The ore minerals (galena, sphalerite, pyrite, marcasite, and secondary nonsulfides)...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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Deposits" S. Dzulynski and M. Sass-Gustkiewicz Krakdw,Poland Sedimentary sulfide ores in the Eastern-Alpine...Yugoslavia and of Austrian geologists in the mines of Poland led to vivid discussions which are now presented...(1970) - Caves Fil~ed with Clastic Dolomite and Galena Mineralization in Disaggregated Dolomites. Ann...the Triassic Rocks of the CracowSilesian Region (Poland). in press Goodman, L.R. : Planes of Repose in...Breccias in the Ore-bearing Dolomite of the Olkusz Mine (Cracow-Silesian Ore District). Ann. Soc. Geol
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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
Report (chapter)
Frazer's Grove carbonate hosted Pb/Zn fluorspar mine, north Pennines, UK K. L. Johnson and P. L. Younger...Frazer's Grove carbonate hosted Pb/Zn fluorspar mine, north Pennines, UK K. L. J O H N S O N & R L. Y...Abstract: The problems associated with predicting where mine water will emerge and what the quality will be in...world-wide. The closure of Frazer's Grove, a fluorspar mine in the North Pennines in the UK has given the opportunity...During the rebound phase the mine water was stratified. Since the mine water emerged in August 1999,
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in zinc-blende. Besides gold, magnetic-iron-ore, galena in connexion with zinc-blende, copper-pyrites,...Devonian Formation West of the Jurassic Sills in Poland forms small isolated cliffs in the surrounding...south-eastern part of the Coalbasin of Upper Silesia, in Poland. Near Erzcszowice a considerable number of fossils...Coal-measures. The Coal-basin of Upper Silesia and Poland is covered by deposits of Diluvium over nearly...and Mahrisch-Ostrau, in Austria, to Siewierz, in Poland, and again from Tenezynek, near Krzeszowice, beyond
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GENESIS OF ZINC-LEAD DEPOSITS IN THE OLKUSZ REGION (UPPER SILESIA, POLAND). PP. 127-129 Photocopy 8pp, ...5G61 - 4 - 5 A brief description of sphalerite-galena ores in Middle Triassic dolomites. Deposits fill
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Chodzież Z c b Y X a celestyn – Krasiejów piryt, galena, molibdenit Halogenki 8 10 Przykłady minerałów...Wyróżnia się połysk metaliczny (miedź, złoto, piryt, galena), półmetaliczny (grafit, sfaleryt, hematyt, magnetyt...odznaczają się: grafit, muskowit, gips; bardzo dobrą – galena, halit, kalcyt, baryt, skalenie; wyraźną (dobrą)...amfibole); trójkierunkową (kostkową, sześcienną – galena; romboedryczną – kalcyt); czterokierunkową (ośmiościenną...szkło 4 2 Łupliwość trójkierunkowa, kostkowa, galena – Kozi Grzbiet, Miedzianka k. Chęcin, Góry Świętokrzyskie;
 
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