The Cavnic mine is a large mine located in the northwest of Romania in Maramureș County, 26 km southwest of Baia Mare and 576 km north of the capital, Bucharest. Cavnic represents one of the largest polymetallic reserves in Romania having significant reserves of gold, silver, copper, lead and zinc amounting to 20 million tonnes of ore grading 1g/t gold, 30g/t silver, 2% lead, 3% zinc and 1% copper. The resources amount to 640,000 oz of gold, 19.2 million oz of silver, 400,000 tonnes of lead metal, 600,000 tonnes of zinc metal, and 200,000 tonnes of copper metal.[1][2]
| Location | |
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| Location | Cavnic |
| Commune | Maramureș County |
| Country | Romania |
| Coordinates | 47°38′33″N 23°52′26″E / 47.6425°N 23.8738°E |
| Production | |
| Products | Lead, Zinc, Gold, Silver, Copper |
| Production | 6,000 tonnes of lead and 8,000 tonnes of zinc |
| Financial year | 2008 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1958 |
In the early 1950s, a communist prison camp operated at the mine.
References
edit- ^ "Native gold from Cavnic ore deposit" (PDF). 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
- ^ "Cavnic mine" (in Romanian). www.crainou.ro. 2009-05-29. Archived from the original on October 12, 2007. Retrieved 2009-05-29.