<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A new association of ore minerals has been found in the Lower and Middle Triassic rocks in the vicinity of the village of Woźniki in the NW part of the Upper Silesian district. In addition to the typical Zn-Pb-Fe association in dolomites, copper sulphides have been detected in the sandstones and conglomerates of the Lower Bunter. Copper mineralization occurs in the sandstone matrix and is represented by bornite, chalcopyrite, chalcocite, tetrahedrite and covellite. High admixtures of zinc in Cu sulphides and admixtures of copper in Zn-Pb sulphides suggest a common source for the metal-transporting fluids and a single period of sulphide crystallization.</p></abstract>

A new association of ore minerals has been found in the Lower and Middle Triassic rocks in the vicinity of the village of Woźniki in the NW part of the Upper Silesian district. In addition to the typical Zn-Pb-Fe association in dolomites, copper sulphides have been detected in the sandstones and conglomerates of the Lower Bunter. Copper mineralization occurs in the sandstone matrix and is represented by bornite, chalcopyrite, chalcocite, tetrahedrite and covellite. High admixtures of zinc in Cu sulphides and admixtures of copper in Zn-Pb sulphides suggest a common source for the metal-transporting fluids and a single period of sulphide crystallization.

Polymetallic mineralization in Triassic strata of the NW part of the Kraków-Częstochowa Monocline

Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environment Protection, AGH - University of Science and Technology, al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland

Mineralogia

A new association of ore minerals has been found in the Lower and Middle Triassic rocks in the vicinity of the village of Woźniki in the NW part of the Upper...

Polymetallic mineralization in Triassic strata of the NW part of the Kraków-Częstochowa Monocline

Published Online: Feb 23, 2011

Page range: 35 - 53

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10002-010-0004-1

Keywords
copper mineralization, Bunter, Upper Silesian ore district

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Polymetallic mineralization in Triassic strata of the NW part of the Kraków-Częstochowa Monocline

Published Online: Feb 23, 2011

Page range: 35 - 53

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10002-010-0004-1

Keywordscopper mineralization, Bunter, Upper Silesian ore district

This content is open access.

Keywords
copper mineralization, Bunter, Upper Silesian ore district