Download MINERAL CLASSIFICATION in SLOVENIA and how we

MINERAL CLASSIFICATION in SLOVENIA
and how we mapp on UNFC
Duška Rokavec, M. Sc. Head of Department of Mineral Resources
Geological Survey of Slovenia
Ankara, sept 2011
20.000 km2 national area
cca 2 mil citizens
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SOME GENERAL DATA OF SLOVENIAN MINERAL
COMMODITIES / MINING
250 mineral deposits (open pits and quarries)
cca 200 mining right holders
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MINERAL EXTRACTION / PRODUCTION:
28 mil t mil t8 mNonmetals (including construction materials)
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Metals
(all metal mines closed, Hg, Zn/Pb, U)
Energy
4-5 mil t coal
3.000 - 5.000 t oil+gas
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NONMETALS
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INDUSTRIAL MINERALS and ROCKS
cca 1 mil t /year
(chert, bentonite, tuff, quartz sand, ceramic clay..)
 CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS
cca 5 mil t / year
(brick clay, building stone, raw materials for lime and cement..)
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construction materials - AGGREGATES
cca 23 mil t / year
(crushed stone, sand and gravel)
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LEGISLATION
 Mining Act (1999, 2011)
 National mining stategy (2009)
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Book of regulation of classification and categorization
of solid minerals and their calculation (2006)
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Book of regulation of classification and categorization
of hydrocarbons and their calculation (2006)
 Republic commission for classifying mining reserves
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Preliminary mapping of SLO classification to UNFC
fundamental
characterization
economic
efficiency
economic
proved
reserves
potentially
economic
non‐economic
measured
resources
kategories
(Russian
classification)
UNFC
Eaxis
UNFC
Faxis
UNFC
Gaxis
A, B, C1, C2
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1, 2, 3
A, B, C1, C2
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2
1, 2 , 3
A, B, C1, C2
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1, 2, 3
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Annual Report of:
Extracted mineral commodities from the site
Degraded area
Reserves/resources remaining in place
The Mineral commodities data are collected :
a)Geological Survey (National MR Database)
b)Republic commission
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Categories used in SLO system
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