Cavnic mine

Cavnic mine
Location
Location Cavnic
Commune Maramureş County
Country Romania
Owner
None State owned
Production
Products Lead, Zinc
Production 6,000 tonnes of lead and 8,000 tonnes of zinc
Financial year 2008
History
Opened 1958

The Cavnic mine is a large mine in the northwest of Romania in Maramureş County, 26 km southwest of Baia Mare and 576 km north of the capital, Bucharest. Cavnic represents the largest lead and zinc reserve in Romania having estimated reserves of 2.5 million tonnes of lead and 8 million tonnes of zinc.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Cavnic mine" (in Romanian). www.crainou.ro. 2009-05-29. http://bioge.ubbcluj.ro/minfield/13-3.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-29.