www.geologia-croatica.hr The Ljubija geothermal field: A herald of the Pangea break-up (NW Bosnia and Herzegovina) Ladislav A. Palinkaš1, Sibila Borojević Šoštarić2, Sabina Strmić Palinkaš3, Walter Prochaska4, Zoltan Pécskay5, Franz Neubauer6 and Jorge E. Spangenberg7 1University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Institute of Mineralogy and Petrology, Horvatovac 95, HR-10000, Zagreb, Croatia (corresponding author:
[email protected], phone: ++385 1 3361189) 2University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering, Department of Mineralogy, Petrology and Mineral Resources, Pierottijeva 6, Zagreb, Croatia 3University of Tromsø, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Geology, Dramsvegen 201, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway 4Institute für Geowissenschaften, Montanuniversität, Peter-Tunner-Strasse, A-8700, Leoben, Austria 5Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Nuclear Research, Bém tér 18/C, H-4001, Debrecen, Hungary 6University of Salzburg, Department of Geography and Geology, Hellbruner Str. 34, A-5020, Salzburg, Austria 7Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics, Bâtiment GEOPOLIS, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland 3-30 26 Figs. 2 Tabs. doi: 10.4154/gc.2016.02 ABSTRACT Article history: The Ljubija ore deposits are the loci typici of siderite-barite-polysulphide deposits within Received December 07, 2015 the Inner Dinarides, Gemerides and Eastern Alps. Numerous sites of ore outcrops, smaller Revised and accepted January 26, 2016 or larger ore bodies of mineralization, consisting of Fe carbonates, sulphides, barite and Avaliable online February 29, 2016 fluorite are scattered over an area of 150 square km. The half billion tons of iron ore re- sources occur as replacement in dolostones and limestones, and as open-space fillings (veins, veinlets) in phyllites and sandstones.