Mine detail: Balan

Previously called 'Balan Mining ComplexEastern Carpathian Mountains Dist.'

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Location: Harghita, Romania, Europe
Lat / long: 46.71524, 25.71863
dep_id: 10134121
mas_id: 4850430001
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Underground
Development status: Plant
other_matl: Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
work_type: Underground
Reporter: Porter, Kenneth E.
References:
  • Deposit:: HANNOVER, BUNDESANSTALT FUR GEOWISSENSCHAFTEN UND
  • Deposit:: ROHSTOFFE, RUMANIEN, DEC. 1977.
  • Deposit:: ATLAS OF EASTERN EUROPE, CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY,
  • Deposit:: AUGUST 1990.
  • Deposit:: COMMODITIES RESEARCH UNIT LIMITED, THE BASE METAL
  • Deposit:: INDUSTRIES OF EASTERN EUROPE, NOV. 1990.
  • Deposit:: BOMSEL AND VON HIRSCHHAUSEN, THE MINING AND
  • Deposit:: METALLURGICALL INDUSTRIES OF EASTERN EUROPE, CERNA, VOL. 1,
  • Deposit:: VOL. 2, VOL. 3, JULY 1991.
  • Geology:: GEOMIN, GENERAL PRESENTATION OF THE GEOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK
  • Geology:: AND ORE PROSPECTS OF ROMANIA - SUMMARY, OCT. 29, 1991.
  • Geology:: HURLBUT, CORNELIUS S., DAN* MANUAL OF MINERALOGY,
  • Geology:: EIGHTEENTH EDITION, 1971.
  • Production:: MINERAL FACTS AND PROBLEMS, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
  • Production:: THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 675, EDITION 1985.
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