Cavnic mine

Cavnic mine
Location
Location	Cavnic
Commune	Maramureş County
Country	Romania
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
Owner

The Cavnic mine is a large mine located in the northwest of Romania in Maramureş 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]

References

↑ "Native gold from Cavnic ore deposit" (PDF). 2011. 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.

Resources in Romania

Oil	A-T Abrămuţ B-T Barchiz Băbeni Băicoi Nord Bobaia Boldești-Scăeni Brădești Bustuchin Buștenari-Runcu C-T Călacea Cobza Cuejdiu D-T Delta IV Delta VI Eugenia Eugenia South Gîsca Geamăna Gura Ocniţei Hinţeşti Iaşi-Gorj Irina Izvoru Jimbolia Veche Lapoș Lebăda Est Lebăda Vest Malu Mare Merișani-Drăganu Midia SE Mihaela Moftin Moreni Năeni Olimpiysky Oprişeneşti Pâncota Pârâieni Pescăruş Pişcolt Salcia Satchinez Săcel Sinoe Slatina Suplacu de Barcău Şiviţa Tazlăul Mare Teiş Teremia Turnu Țicleni Variaş Văleni Văluţa Videle Viperești Zegujani

Shale oil	Anina-Doman Derna

Natural gas	A-E Ana Anca Balaur Bazna Bătrâneşti Benţid Berbinceni Bianca Bilca Bilciurești Bobocu Brădeşti Brodina Călineşti Cetatea de Baltă Clara Cobălcescu Copşa Mică Cristur Cuşmed Daia Damieni Dârvari Deleni Doina Domino East Cobălcescu Filitelnic Firtuşu Florina Frasin-Gura Humorului Gherăieşti Gherceşti Ghindăoani Gina Grădiştea Ibăneşti Ilimbav Ioana Laslău Mare Lilieci Luceafărul Mamu Maria Măneşti-Vlădeni Miercurea Nirajului Miorița Muridava Mușenița Nadeș Nadia Noul Săsesc Paula Pelican South Plenița Poduri RBN-4 Roman-Secuieni Rodbav Roua Salonta Sărmaşel Sângeorgiu de Pădure Sighişoara Solca South Cobălcescu Spinoasa Şamşud Şaroş Șincai Târgu Mureș Târnăveni Teleac Torceşti Totea Voitinel Zau de Câmpie

Coal	Anina Aninoasa Bărbăteni Berbeşti Bozovici Bustuchin Căpeni Câmpulung Ceptura Comănești Filipești Husnicioara Jilţ Livezeni Lonea Lupeni Motru Paroşeni Petrila Pralea Prigoria Roşia – Peşteana Rovinari Rudăria Sărmăşag Şotânga Țebea Uricani Voivozi Vulcan

Iron	Băişoara Cacova Ierii Dognecea Gârliște Ghelari Lueta Muncelu Mic Ocna de Fier Rudăria-Bănia Teliuc

Gold and silver	Cavnic Certej Cireşata Colnic Frasin Muncelu Mic Rodu Roșia Montană Rovina Săcărâmb Țarina

Bentonite	Gurasada Oraşu Nou Petreşti Valea Chioarului

Copper	Altân Tepe Baia de Aramă Cavnic Iacobeni Leşu Ursului Moldova Nouă Roșia Poieni Sasca Montană

Lead and zinc	Cavnic Făget Valea Blaznei Valea Vinului

Manganese	Delinești Globurău Răzoare Rudăria-Bănia Șaru Dornei

Uranium	Băița Crucea – Botuşana

Salt	Bălțătești Cacica Foleşti Gura Slănic Jabeniţa Ocna Mureș Ocna Sibiului Ocnele Mari Ogra Paltin-Nistorești Praid Sărata Sărmăşel Sările-Bisoca Târgu Ocna

Potash	Frumoasa-Tazlău Gârcina

Other	Budureasa Ditrău Dobreşti Dubova Teregova

Gold cyanidation in Romania

Projects	Roșia Montană Project Certej Mine Cavnic mine

Companies involved	Gabriel Resources / Roșia Montană Gold Corporation European Goldfields Esmeralda Exploration

Disasters	1971 Certej dam failure 2000 Baia Mare cyanide spill

Related topics	2013 Romanian protests against the Roșia Montană Project Mine Your Own Business

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