ISSN 1855-4733 REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF THE ECONOMY Kotnikova 5, 1000 LJUBLJANA BULLETIN MINERAL RESOURCES in Slovenia 2009 CONTENTS · FOREWORD · INTRODUCTION · MINING WITHIN MINISTRY OF THE ECONOMY IN 2009 · STATE OF AFFAIRS IN THE FIELD OF MINERAL RESOURCES IN SLOVENIA IN 2009 · OVERVIEW OF DATA ON PRODUCTION, RESERVES AND RESOURCES OF NONMETALS · SUSTAINABLE AGGREGATES RESOURCE MANAGEMENT - SARMa GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SLOVENIA Dimičeva ulica 14, 1000 Ljubljana GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SLOVENIA Dimičeva ulica 14, 1000 Ljubljana GEOLOŠKI ZAVOD SLOVENIJE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SLOVENIA Dimičeva ulica 14, Ljubljana HH a c i n č u K U R E P U B L I C O F S L O V E N I A N R E P U B L I C O F S L O V E N I A N M u G MM EE TTAA LL OO RR EE DD EE PP OO SS II TT SS MM AA PP ra A MURSKA R Remšnik (Pb, Zn, Cu, Ag) L e SOBOTA da va AA ^ Y II MARIBOR RR Mura – Vučja vas (Au) Drava - Fala (Au) TT P ^ e sn S i S c Kopa (Fe) a U Ščavnic A U K ^ a Mežica - Mučevo (Zn, Pb) Mežica - Kotlje (Pb, Zn) Mežica - Topla (Zn, Pb) Savske jame (Fe) KMežica -K Graben (Pb, Zn) Mislin Mežica - Peca (Pb, Zn, Mo) ja S ava $ D K Mežica - centralno rudišče (Pb, Zn, Mo) Mež olin JESENICE ^ a Šancetova ruda (Zn, Pb, Ba) ka ^ Korošica (Zn, Pb) ^ PTUJ Belščica (Fe) PTUJ K KPodljubelj (Hg) Begunjščica I (Mn) Dr R av a K Puharje - Šoštanj (Zn, Pb) a d ov ^ Stegovnik (Zn, Cu, Pb, Hg) na ^ Lepa njiva (Sb) Felicijan (Fe) D Drava – Sv. Marko pri Ptuju (Au) Bric (Fe) ra Rudno polje - Pokljuka (Fe) v O i p K K n l o j t ^ a n ic P a ^ Sava a k ^ a Bo a a Gloše (Fe) hin c jk k a i ^ š r i t Vranja peč (Al) ž s i ^ r Zavrh (Pb, Zn) T B a kr Kamniška Bistrica (Al) o Dreta Bohinj - Rudnica (Al) K K K ^ Kokarje - Žifernik (Al) Galicija (py) ica K K gatn K Ro a Železno (py) ret Dreta K K D B K a m i ža s CELJE di t n Y a r Y i N i c š k Knape (Pb, Zn) KRANJ a a Savinja Selška č V So a Sora oglaj Marija Reka (Hg, Pb, Ba) na ča a Vancovec (Mn) Češnjice (Zn, Pb, Cu) B L L ^ Počenska gora (Mn) ^ G K Sv. Valentin (U) Sora KTrojane – Kraljev rov (Sb) a Rudnica I (Fe) j i r d Idr a I ij ic ^ c kn a ^ er Škofje - Cerkno (Cu) C A A EE XX PP LL AA NN AATTII OO NN KK EE YY Knapovže (Pb, Zn, Hg) ^ Lokavec (Pb, Zn) Fužine (Fe) B Sovodenj (Cu) Žirovski vrh (U) S Ponoviče (Zn, Pb) i ^ G a s v a G tr SIZES AND SHAPES OF ORE DEPOSITS ic a G G Bohor (Zn, Pb) r Maljek (Pb, Zn) K a T P T d Zavrsnik (Pb, Zn) G Small ore veins o G Ö aš l č S j i a c G a ^ o n : Zagorica (Pb, Zn) r s a k GG Large stratiform ore deposits a LJUBLJANA Sitarjevec - Litija (Pb, Zn, Hg, Cu, Ba) Cerovec – Led^ ina (Pb, Zn) Small stratiform ore deposits ica : jan I l I Podlipa (Al, Fe) ub Idrija (Hg) Lj Pleše (Pb, Zn, Hg, Ba) Hrastno (Fe) I š k ^ T S a e o 9 NOVA Large irregular ore deposits m t $ l e a ) n GORICA i GORICA B K c Small irregular ore deposits a ^ o Mokronog (Pb, Zn) r o ^ KRŠKO KRŠKO v 2 M n irna Škovec (Tržišče) (Pb, Zn) i š č i c ORE CHEMISTRY a ^ ^ Kopitov grič (Al, Fe) Sulfides V ip av Cu, py (pyrite) a Rjavi grič (Al, Fe) U n Pb, Zn, subordinated Mo, Ba, Hg, Cu i T c a ^ e m e n NOVO Hg, Sb, subordinated Pb, Ba i NOVO c ^ a MESTO Logarje (Al) MESTO AA Oxides, carbonates, native metals a N c an i oš č šč Fe, Mn i i c n a POSTOJNA k Cer I ^ Krka I U B is tr Al, subordinated Fe a i c a k v i Au P TT Ob rh a ž n i AA R KOČEVJE R KOČEVJE a e e Kozina (Al) ka s OO K c Č i ab ra n k t a Adapted by: Tomaž BUDKOVIČ L a a RR h p l a i n o Adapted from "Metallogenic map of SR Slovenia" j R a i i K KOPER žana r KOPER (Authors: F. DROVENIK, M. DROVENIK, U. PREMRU, d « F. MIKLIČ, M. BIDOVEC, M. KARER, 1980) Hrast (Al) CC Design and digital cartography: Matija KRIVIC A K D r Ljubljana, 2009 ag onja K m 00 55 1100 2200 3300 4400 Topography: Void-filled seamless SRTM data V1, 2004, International Centre for Tropical Agricultura (CIAT), C R O A In 2008 Slovenia had no active metal ore mines. CGIAR-CSI SRTM 90m Database: http://srtm.csi.cgiar.org C T II A FOREWORD Dear Reader, It seems that each year is shorter and shorter, and although this is not really the case, another year has already passed and we have released already the second edition of the bulletin MINERAL RESOURCES. It is also available on http://www.geo-zs.si . Last year was strongly marked by the continued economic crisis in Slovenia, the European Union and the world, which is also evident in the substantial decrease in production of mineral resources (considering the years of conjuncture). In Slovenia, the drop was nearly 30 % compared to 2007. Regarding the structure of mineral resources production in Slovenia, this points to the difficult state of the construction business, which we can follow in the media practically on a daily basis. The lasting trend of the previous year is still continuing and we are not yet seeing much recovery. The field of mineral resources has also been marked in the past year by a lively debate regarding changes and additions to mining legislation, which came to a climax in July 2010 with the ratification of the Mining Act (ZRud-1). The law became effective in August, and will come into force as of 1 January 2011. At the European Union level, the past year was a year of intensive work for two working groups (group I – critical mineral resources; group II – best practice transmission in the area of forming policies/ directions, furthering spatial planning, procedures for issuing permits and the exchange of geological expertise). The working groups were organised within the Raw Materials Supply Group – RMSG. In July 2010 they published their reports, which can be found on the website of the Commission: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/raw-materials/critical/index_en.htm MINERAL RESOURCES http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/raw-materials/sustainable-supply/index_en.htm. ©2010, Mineral Resources Some good news from the last year is absolutely the increased number of active Published by: Geological Survey of European projects in the field of mineral resources. Some Slovene researchers and experts Slovenia, Dimičeva ulica 14, Ljubljana are also participating as partners in some of these. We will give a report on one of these Financially supported by: Ministry of projects in this issue. the Economy, Directorate for Energy, Kotnikova ulica 5, Ljubljana, Slovenia I hope and expect that next years there will be a more optimistic outlook on the future, primarily on the basis of renewed economic momentum, as well as faster societal Editor: Dr. Slavko V. Šolar Editorial assistance: Andreja development. Senegačnik, Ana Burger, Jože Štih Design: Vida Pavlica In closing, I wish to thank my colleagues, the contributing authors, for their part in Translation: Tamara Jušić the release of this bulletin and I invite the readers to take it in their hands, read it and send Printed by: Birografika BORI the editors their comments, whether complimentary or critical. Printing: 300 copies ISSN 1855-4733 BEST WISHES! Dr. Slavko V. Šolar Ljubljana, August 2010 Editor Cover print: Quarry Sadinja vas, Photo by: Ana Burger Other photos by: Ana Burger, Vida Pavlica, Miloš Markič, Stelios Mavrigiannakis 1 INTRODUCTION Dear Reader, Before you is the 6th bulletin of Mineral Resources in Slovenia, which presents to you a summary of the state of affairs for the year 2009. The bulletin has, as in past years, come about through the cooperation of experts from the Geological Survey of Slovenia and the Division for Mining under the Directorate for Energy at the Ministry of the Economy of the Republic of Slovenia. Through its contents it can also prove to the broader public the usefulness of carrying out public geological services for mining purposes in Slovenia, which the Geological Survey of Slovenia performs for the Directorate for Energy at the Ministry of the Economy of the Republic of Slovenia. That the above-mentioned work is not an end in itself is attested to by the fact that mineral resources are gaining importance every day. While it is true that non-metal mineral resources and some energy resources, which represent the bulk of the activities of public geological services for mining purposes, are more or less connected to a narrower area of extraction and therefore have less of a globally strategic value, they are just as important for economic development as metal mineral resources and the majority of fossil fuels, for which these assertions do not hold true.