Cavnic mine | |
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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]
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