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No Other Known Name.

Producer in Serbia with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10134130
MAS/MILS ID 4790250001
Record type Site
Current site name No Other Known Name.
Alternate or previous names Bor

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 22.10189, 44.08197 (WGS84)
Elevation 450
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
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Geographic areas

Country
Serbia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 22.10189, 44.08197
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Ore body information

  • Strike N45W
    Dip 60S
    Width 1200M
    Length 5000M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 STOCKWORK
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Type of Orebody #3 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 POTASSIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 CARBONATE SILIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N45W
    Date of Last Modification 921102

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1967
Milling method Flotation

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Rudarsko Topionicarski Basen (Rtb) Bor.
    Interest 100
    Home office Yugoslavia
    Year 1990

Production statistics

  • Year 1985
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Throughput (Estimated) 4041000 Metric Tons Of Ore.
  • Year 1986
    Period 1965-1986
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Approximate Ore Mined 1965-1986 4500000 Metric Tons Per Year
  • Year 1986
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Throughput (Estimated) 4205000 Metric Tons Of Ore.
  • Year 1987
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Throughput (Estimated) 4164000 Metric Tons Of Ore.
  • Year 1988
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Throughput (Estimated) 4519000 Metric Tons Of Ore.

Comments on the production information

  • METALLGESELLSCHAFT ESTIMATED THAT 1984 AND 1985 PRODUCTION AT 47,200 AND 60,000 METRIC TONS. THIS INCLUDES VELIKI KRIVELJ. ORE THROUGHPUT FOR THE COMBINED SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND MINES AT BOR IS ESTIMATED AT 26 MILLION METRIC TONS PER YEAR. THIS DATA IS ESTIMATED FOR THE YEAR 1989.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1989
    Inferred 60,000,000mt ore
    Total resources 60,000,000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.7 wt-pct Copper Major 1989

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • OPEN PIT RESERVES AS OF 12/31/86. UNDERGROUND RESERVES AS OF 12/31/86. THERE IS 50 PERCENT CONFIDENCE THAT THE TOTAL RESERVES FOR THE BOR MINE IS APPROXIMATELY 60 MILLION METRIC TONS. THIS INFORMATION WAS THE LATEST ESTIMATE AS OF 1989.
  • 5,000 TO 6,000 OZ. PT/YR.
  • E/MJ, 10/83, P70. (12/31/81) E/MJ, 10/83, P70. (12/31/81)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 600HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Primary Material Cover HARD ROCKS
    Hardness of Ore HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 14
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 42
    Capacity 10290
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 350
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1986
  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method INCLINED CUT AND FILL 10-65
    Percent Recovery 85
    Hardness of Rock UNKNOWN
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 2570
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 350
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1986
  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 2
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Capacity 6860
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 350
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1986

Comments on other economic factors

  • THE PRODUCTS ARE SHIPPED THROUGH PORT AT PRAHOVO (ON THE DANUBE RIVER), RTB BOR HAS ITS OWN CARGO FLEET. HIGH ARSENIC ORE REQUIRES THAT SOME CONCENTRATE BE EXPORTED FOR SMELTING. THE LARGER PORTION IS SMELTED AND REFINED AT BOR.
  • UNIT PRODUCTION COST AND INVESTMENT FOR UNDERGROUND AND SURFACE DATA SETS ARE COMBINED AND LISTED IN THE UNDERGROUND DATA SET. SURFACE OPERATIONS WERE SCHEDULED TO STOP IN 1990. UNDERGROUND SHOULD CONTINUE, BUT OVERALL PRODUCTION WILL DECREASE SIGNIFICANTLY FROM 15,000 METRIC TONS PER DAY.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines Minerals Availability System MAS 4790250001

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    YUGOSLAVIA'S METAL WITH A FUTURE. DEC., 1979. META BULLETIN

  • Deposit

    YUGOSLAVIA'S METAL WITH A FUTURE. DEC 1979. META BULLETIN

  • Deposit

    MONTHLY.

  • Deposit

    DEPOSIT PROFILE RTB BOR, YUGOSLAVIA. BOR MINE, MADJANPEK

  • Deposit

    MINE, AND VELIKI KRIVELJ MINE. PARTS I AND II.

  • Deposit

    SEPT. 1980. GOLDER ASSOCIATES, INC.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, DEVELOPMENTS IN THE BOR BASIN, YUGOSLAVIA,

  • Deposit

    1971, P. 222.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, COPPER INDUSTRY GIANT

  • Deposit

    PLANNED IN YUGOSLAVIA, APRIL 1971, P. 32.

  • Deposit

    JEREMIE, M.L., A CASE HISTORY OF GROUND BEHAVIOR IN

  • Deposit

    TRANSVERSE CUT-AND-FILL MINING AT CHOKA DULKAN, BOR

  • Deposit

    COPPER MINE, YUGOSLAVIA, MINING ENGINEERING, APRIL 1978,

  • Deposit

    PP. 374-378.

  • Deposit

    WWORLD MINING, DECEMBER 1979, P. 11.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, ...AS BOR CLOSES, APRIL 1981, P. 290.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING, MARCH 1982, P. 87.

  • Deposit

    LEWIS, ALVIN, YUGOSLAVIA'S "RTB BOR" COPPER COMBINE, IN

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, OCTOBER 1983, PP. 70-74.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, YUGOSLAV MINING INDUSTRY, AUGUST 12, 1988,

  • Deposit

    P. 126.

  • Deposit

    COMMODITIES RESEARCH UNIT LIMITED, LONDON, THE BASE

  • Deposit

    METAL INDUSTRIES OF EASTERN EUROPE, VOL. 3, PP. 139-40

  • Deposit

    (NOV. 1990).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN TYPE OF ORE BODY, "OTHER" IS MASSIVE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-MAR-1997 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines