Mežica Mines, Mežica, Sloveniai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Mežica Mines | Group of Mines |
| Mežica | Municipality |
| Slovenia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
46° 30' 42'' North , 14° 51' 24'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Group of Mines
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Mežica | 3,254 (2014) | 1.1km |
| Podkraj pri Mežici | 113 (2014) | 2.0km |
| Leše | 586 (2014) | 3.4km |
| Žerjav | 389 (2014) | 3.7km |
| Poljana | 128 (2014) | 3.9km |
Mindat Locality ID:
3058
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:3058:1
GUID (UUID V4):
69d08dae-a137-4c15-b447-e10bf273f605
This locality name is used if the exact mining district of the particular specimen is not known.
General information about the lead-zinc ore deposit of Mežica can be found on http://www.mindat.org/loc-20078.html
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This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
27 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Anglesite Formula: PbSO4 Habit: prismatic crystals up to 4cm Colour: white to gray |
| ⓘ Arsenopyrite Formula: FeAsS |
| ⓘ Baryte Formula: BaSO4 |
| ⓘ 'Calamine' |
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 Habit: elongated prismatic; scalenohedral; twins are common Colour: milky transparent to translucent included with clay or galena |
| ⓘ Cerussite Formula: PbCO3 Description: Adamantine crystals 5-10mm in size (sometimes as trilling twins in galena (Bancroft et al., 1991) References: |
| ⓘ Chalcocite Formula: Cu2S |
| ⓘ D'Ansite-(Fe) Formula: Na21Fe2+(SO4)10Cl3 |
| ⓘ Descloizite Formula: PbZn(VO4)(OH) Colour: yellowish to reddish brown Description: Tiny (<1mm) crystals usually in association with wulfenite. Druses typically occur coating wulfenite and calcite crystals (Bancroft et al., 1991) |
| ⓘ Dolomite Formula: CaMg(CO3)2 |
| ⓘ Epsomite Formula: MgSO4 · 7H2O Description: Epsomite crystals can be found as post-mining encrustations on the walls of old workings (Bancroft et al., 1991) |
| ⓘ Fluorite Formula: CaF2 |
| ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS Habit: formless masses; poorly formed crystals in coarse intergrowths, rarely as specimens showing octahedral faces on the surfaces of lumps Description: The main ore mineral at Mežica |
| ⓘ Goethite Formula: α-Fe3+O(OH) |
| ⓘ Greenockite Formula: CdS Colour: yellow Description: Powdery coating on sulfides |
| ⓘ Gypsum Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O Description: Elongated crystals can be found embedded in marl or clay, and also as thin coatings on limestone and sulfides (Bancroft et al., 1991) |
| ⓘ Hemimorphite Formula: Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O Habit: fibrous Description: Typically occurs with smithsonite as fibrous crystals in vugs |
| ⓘ Hydrozincite Formula: Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 Habit: curtain-like sheets and small stalactites associated with smithsonite; vug fillings in galena and sphalerite Colour: white |
| ⓘ Ilsemannite Formula: Mo3O8 · nH2O |
| ⓘ 'Limonite' |
| ⓘ Litharge Formula: PbO |
| ⓘ Marcasite Formula: FeS2 Description: Large and small veins and lenses in schist, typically associated with pyrite |
| ⓘ Melanterite Formula: Fe2+(H2O)6SO4 · H2O Description: Crystals can be found as a post-mining growth on the walls of old workings |
| ⓘ 'Melnikovite' |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 Description: Ubiquitous in veins and lenses of all sizes, especially in schist |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Smithsonite Formula: ZnCO3 Habit: crusts and tuberous conglomerations Description: Always associated with hydrozincite and hemimorphite |
| ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS Habit: small grains, veins, and lenticular aggregates. Well-formed crystals are unknown Description: The principal zinc ore at Mežica |
| ⓘ Sulphur Formula: S8 |
| ✪ Wulfenite Formula: Pb(MoO4) References: |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Sulphur | 1.CC.05 | S8 |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Chalcocite | 2.BA.05 | Cu2S |
| ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| ⓘ | Greenockite | 2.CB.45 | CdS |
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| ⓘ | Marcasite | 2.EB.10a | FeS2 |
| ⓘ | Arsenopyrite | 2.EB.20 | FeAsS |
| Group 3 - Halides | |||
| ⓘ | Fluorite | 3.AB.25 | CaF2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Goethite | 4.00. | α-Fe3+O(OH) |
| ⓘ | Litharge | 4.AC.20 | PbO |
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | Ilsemannite | 4.FJ.15 | Mo3O8 · nH2O |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Smithsonite | 5.AB.05 | ZnCO3 |
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | Dolomite | 5.AB.10 | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| ⓘ | Cerussite | 5.AB.15 | PbCO3 |
| ⓘ | Hydrozincite | 5.BA.15 | Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Anglesite | 7.AD.35 | PbSO4 |
| ⓘ | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
| ⓘ | D'Ansite-(Fe) | 7.BC. | Na21Fe2+(SO4)10Cl3 |
| ⓘ | Melanterite | 7.CB.35 | Fe2+(H2O)6SO4 · H2O |
| ⓘ | Epsomite | 7.CB.40 | MgSO4 · 7H2O |
| ⓘ | Gypsum | 7.CD.40 | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| ⓘ | Wulfenite | 7.GA.05 | Pb(MoO4) |
| Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
| ⓘ | Descloizite | 8.BH.40 | PbZn(VO4)(OH) |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Hemimorphite | 9.BD.10 | Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Limonite' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Melnikovite' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Calamine' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Descloizite | PbZn(VO4)(OH) |
| H | ⓘ Epsomite | MgSO4 · 7H2O |
| H | ⓘ Goethite | α-Fe3+O(OH) |
| H | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| H | ⓘ Hemimorphite | Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O |
| H | ⓘ Hydrozincite | Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 |
| H | ⓘ Ilsemannite | Mo3O8 · nH2O |
| H | ⓘ Melanterite | Fe2+(H2O)6SO4 · H2O |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| C | ⓘ Cerussite | PbCO3 |
| C | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| C | ⓘ Hydrozincite | Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 |
| C | ⓘ Smithsonite | ZnCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Anglesite | PbSO4 |
| O | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Cerussite | PbCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Descloizite | PbZn(VO4)(OH) |
| O | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| O | ⓘ Epsomite | MgSO4 · 7H2O |
| O | ⓘ Goethite | α-Fe3+O(OH) |
| O | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| O | ⓘ Hemimorphite | Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O |
| O | ⓘ Hydrozincite | Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 |
| O | ⓘ Ilsemannite | Mo3O8 · nH2O |
| O | ⓘ Litharge | PbO |
| O | ⓘ Melanterite | Fe2+(H2O)6SO4 · H2O |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Smithsonite | ZnCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Wulfenite | Pb(MoO4) |
| O | ⓘ D'Ansite-(Fe) | Na21Fe2+(SO4)10Cl3 |
| F | Fluorine | |
| F | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
| Na | Sodium | |
| Na | ⓘ D'Ansite-(Fe) | Na21Fe2+(SO4)10Cl3 |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Mg | ⓘ Epsomite | MgSO4 · 7H2O |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Hemimorphite | Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Anglesite | PbSO4 |
| S | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| S | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
| S | ⓘ Chalcocite | Cu2S |
| S | ⓘ Epsomite | MgSO4 · 7H2O |
| S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| S | ⓘ Greenockite | CdS |
| S | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| S | ⓘ Marcasite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Melanterite | Fe2+(H2O)6SO4 · H2O |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| S | ⓘ Sulphur | S8 |
| S | ⓘ D'Ansite-(Fe) | Na21Fe2+(SO4)10Cl3 |
| Cl | Chlorine | |
| Cl | ⓘ D'Ansite-(Fe) | Na21Fe2+(SO4)10Cl3 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Ca | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
| Ca | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| V | Vanadium | |
| V | ⓘ Descloizite | PbZn(VO4)(OH) |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| Fe | ⓘ Goethite | α-Fe3+O(OH) |
| Fe | ⓘ Marcasite | FeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Melanterite | Fe2+(H2O)6SO4 · H2O |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ D'Ansite-(Fe) | Na21Fe2+(SO4)10Cl3 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcocite | Cu2S |
| Zn | Zinc | |
| Zn | ⓘ Descloizite | PbZn(VO4)(OH) |
| Zn | ⓘ Hemimorphite | Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O |
| Zn | ⓘ Hydrozincite | Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 |
| Zn | ⓘ Smithsonite | ZnCO3 |
| Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| As | Arsenic | |
| As | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| Mo | Molybdenum | |
| Mo | ⓘ Ilsemannite | Mo3O8 · nH2O |
| Mo | ⓘ Wulfenite | Pb(MoO4) |
| Cd | Cadmium | |
| Cd | ⓘ Greenockite | CdS |
| Ba | Barium | |
| Ba | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Anglesite | PbSO4 |
| Pb | ⓘ Cerussite | PbCO3 |
| Pb | ⓘ Descloizite | PbZn(VO4)(OH) |
| Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| Pb | ⓘ Litharge | PbO |
| Pb | ⓘ Wulfenite | Pb(MoO4) |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate
EuropeContinent
- The AlpsMountain Range
- Karawanks (Karavankas; Karavanks)Mountain Range
Slovenia
- ⭔Carinthia Statistical RegionStatistical Region
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References
Rečnik, A. (2010) Minerals of the lead and zinc ore deposit Mežica. Bode Verlag GmbH, Nemčija, Slovenia, & Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 112 pp.
Mežica Mines, Mežica, Slovenia