Copper sulfide ore at Rudabánya, Hungary

What is it about?

Rudabánya is an ancient mining site for iron, copper and silver ores, but zinc and lead ores, barite and gypsum are also significant resources of the site. In a genetic point of view, several ore forming processes produced overlapping deposits in a tectonically disturbed regional strike-slip fault zone. The study deals with the primary copper sulfide mineralization and its alterations during subsequent mineralizing and tectonic events of the site.

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Why is it important?

Mining of iron ores at Rudabánya was abandoned in 1985, but the other mineral resources, which were no targets of this mining, still have a potential for mineral exploration, depending on economic and legislative conditions. These resources are easily accessible on an area affected by mining already.