Arsenic

2022

Arsenic ore resources are related to occurrences of arsenic minerals like löellingite (FeAs₂) and arsenopyrite (FeAsS), hosted in the vein hydrothermal or metasomatic intrusive metal ore types.

Arsenic ores are not being exploited due to the limited demand for arsenic and because of the toxic properties of arsenic. In Poland, arsenic ores were documented in 1954 in the contact-metasomatic (skarn) Złoty Stok deposit located in the Sudety Mts. The anticipated economic resources documented in this deposit amounted to 714.4 thousand tonnes of ore, yielding 25.5 thousand tonnes of As. The exploitation from the Złoty Stok deposit was abandoned in 1960. The remaining resources of this deposit are estimated to be equal 536.5 thousand tonnes of ore yielding 19.6 thousand tonnes of As and 1,500 kilograms of Au. The other abandoned arsenic deposit, with the minor resources of arsenic ores documented in 1955, is the Czarnów deposit in the Sudety Mts. The anticipated economic resources estimated in a C2 category amount to about 20.5 thousand tonnes of arsenopyrite ore with a mean content of As equal about 10.15%. Sulphide ores are accompanied by gold with a content to a few grams per tonne.

Nowadays, in the world, arsenic is obtained in the form of arsenic trioxide (As₂O₃) during the roasting process of sulphide ores of copper, lead and other metals. Arsenic trioxide is used for the wood preservatives production and the pest control.

Table 1 shows the current state of the exploration and development of the arsenic and tin deposits.

Table 1. List of arsenic and tin deposits – thousand tonnes

Prepared by: Stanisław Z. Mikulski

2021

Arsenic ore resources are related to occurrences of arsenic minerals like löellingite (FeAs₂) and arsenopyrite (FeAsS), hosted in the vein hydrothermal or metasomatic intrusive metal ore types.

Arsenic ores are not being exploited due to the limited demand for arsenic and because of the toxic properties of arsenic. In Poland, arsenic ores were documented in 1954 in the contact-metasomatic (skarn) Złoty Stok deposit located in the Sudety Mts. The anticipated economic resources documented in this deposit amounted to 714.4 thousand tonnes of ore, yielding 25.5 thousand tonnes of As. The exploitation from the Złoty Stok deposit was abandoned in 1960. The remaining resources of this deposit are estimated to be equal 536.5 thousand tonnes of ore yielding 19.6 thousand tonnes of As and 1,500 kilograms of Au. The other abandoned arsenic deposit, with the minor resources of arsenic ores documented in 1955, is the Czarnów deposit in the Sudety Mts. The anticipated economic resources estimated in a C2 category amount to about 20.5 thousand tonnes of arsenopyrite ore with a mean content of As equal about 10.15%. Sulphide ores are accompanied by gold with a content to a few grams per tonne.

Nowadays, in the world, arsenic is obtained in the form of arsenic trioxide (As₂O₃) during the roasting process of sulphide ores of copper, lead and other metals. Arsenic trioxide is used for the wood preservatives production and the pest control.

Table 1 shows the current state of the exploration and development of the arsenic and tin deposits.

Table 1. List of arsenic and tin deposits – thousand tonnes

Prepared by: Stanisław Z. Mikulski

2020

Arsenic ore resources are related to occurrences of arsenic minerals like löellingite (FeAs₂) and arsenopyrite (FeAsS), hosted in vein hydrothermal or metasomatic intrusive metal ore types.

Arsenic ores are not being exploited due to the limited demand for arsenic and because of toxic properties of arsenic. In Poland, arsenic ores were documented in 1954 in the contact-metasomatic (skarn) Złoty Stok deposit located in the Sudety Mts. The anticipated economic resources documented in this deposit amounted to 714.4 thousand tonnes of ore, yielding 25.5 thousand tonnes of As. The exploitation from Złoty Stok deposit was abandoned in 1960. The remaining resources of this deposit are estimated to be equal 536.5 thousand tonnes of ore yielding 19.6 thousand tonnes of As and 1,500 kilograms of Au. The other abandoned arsenic deposit, with the minor resources of arsenic ores documented in 1955, is Czarnów in the Sudety Mts. The anticipated economic resources estimated in a C2 category amount to about 20.5 thousand tonnes of arsenopyrite ore with a mean content of As equal about 10.15%. Sulphide ores are accompanied by gold with a content to a few grams per tonne.

Nowadays in the world, arsenic is obtained in the form of arsenic trioxide (As₂O₃) during the roasting process of sulphide ores of copper, lead and other metals. Arsenic trioxide is used for the wood preservatives production and the pest control.

Table 1 shows the current state of the exploration and development of the arsenic and tin deposits.

Table 1. List of arsenic and tin deposits – thousand tonnes

Prepared by: Stanisław Z. Mikulski

2019

Arsenic ore resources are related to occurrences of arsenic minerals like löellingite (FeAs₂) and arsenopyrite (FeAsS), hosted in vein hydrothermal or metasomatic intrusive metal ore types.

Arsenic ores are not being exploited due to the limited demand for arsenic and because of toxic properties of arsenic. In Poland, arsenic ores were documented in 1954 in the contact-metasomatic (skarn) Złoty Stok deposit located in the Sudety Mts. The anticipated economic resources documented in this deposit amounted to 714.4 thousand tonnes of ore, yielding 25.5 thousand tonnes of As. The exploitation from Złoty Stok deposit was abandoned in 1960. The remaining resources of this deposit are estimated to be equal 536.5 thousand tonnes of ore yielding 19.6 thousand tonnes of As and 1,500 kilograms of Au. The other abandoned arsenic deposit, with the minor resources documented in 1955, is Czarnów in the Sudety Mts. The anticipated economic resources estimated in a C2 category amount to about 20.5 thousand tonnes of arsenopyrite ore with a mean content of As equal about 10.15%. Sulphide ores are accompanied by gold with a content to a few grams per tonne.

Nowadays in the world, arsenic is obtained in the form of arsenic trioxide (As₂O₃) during the roasting process of sulphide ores of copper, lead and other metals. Arsenic trioxide is used for the wood preservatives production and the pest control.

Table 1 shows the current state of the exploration and development of the arsenic and tin deposits.

Table 1. List of arsenic and tin deposits – thousand tonnes

Prepared by: Stanisław Z. Mikulski

2018

Arsenic ore resources are related to occurrences of arsenic minerals like löellingite (FeAs₂) and arsenopyrite (FeAsS), hosted in vein hydrothermal or metasomatic intrusive metal ore types.

Arsenic ores are not being exploited due to the limited demand for arsenic and because of toxic properties of arsenic. In Poland, arsenic ores were documented in 1954 in the contact-metasomatic (skarn) Złoty Stok deposit located in the Sudety Mts. The anticipated economic resources documented in this deposit amounted to 714.4 thousand tonnes of ore, yielding 25.5 thousand tonnes of As. The exploitation from Złoty Stok deposit was abandoned in 1960. The remaining resources of this deposit are estimated to be equal 536.5 thousand tonnes of ore yielding 19.6 thousand tonnes of As and 1,500 kilograms of Au. The other abandoned arsenic deposit, with the minor resources documented in 1955, is Czarnów in the Sudety Mts. Anticipated economic resources estimated in a C2 category amount to 20.5 thousand tonnes of arsenopyrite ore with a mean content of As equal about 10.15%. Sulphide ores are accompanied by gold with a content to a few grams per tonne.

Nowadays in the world, arsenic is obtained in the form of arsenic trioxide (As₂O₃) during the roasting process of sulphide ores of copper, lead and other metals. Arsenic trioxide is used for the wood preservatives production and the pest control.

Table 1. List of arsenic and tin deposits – thousand tonnes

Prepared by: Stanisław Z. Mikulski

2017

Arsenic ore resources are related to occurrences of arsenic minerals like löellingite (FeAs₂) and arsenopyrite (FeAsS), hosted in vein hydrothermal or metasomatic intrusive metal ore types.

Arsenic ores are not being exploited due to the limited demand and toxic properties of arsenic. In Poland, arsenic ores were documented in 1954 in the contact-metasomatic (skarn) Złoty Stok deposit located in the Sudety Mts. The anticipated economic resources documented in this deposit amounted to 714.4 thousand tonnes, yielding 25.5 thousand tonnes of metallic As. The exploitation from Złoty Stok deposit was abandoned in 1960. The remaining resources of this deposit are estimated to be equal 536.5 thousand tonnes of As ores yielding 19.6 thousand tonnes of arsenic and 1,500 kilograms of gold. The other abandoned arsenic deposit, documented in 1955, is Czarnów in the Sudety Mts. Anticipated economic resources are estimated at about 20.5 thousand tonnes of arsenopyrite ore with a mean content of arsenic equal about 10.15%. Sulphide ores are accompanied by gold with a content to a few grams per tonne.

Nowadays in the world, arsenic is obtained in the form of arsenic trioxide (As₂O₃) during the roasting process of sulphide ores of copper, lead and other metals. Arsenic trioxide is used for the wood preservatives production and the pest control.

Table 1. List of arsenic and tin deposits – thousand tonnes

Prepared by: Stanisław Z. Mikulski

2016

Arsenic ore resources are related to occurrences of arsenic minerals like loellingite (FeAs₂) and arsenopyrite (FeAsS), hosted in vein hydrothermal or metasomatic intrusive metal ore types.

In Poland, the arsenic minerals have been reported from the major deposit situated at Złoty Stok and from numerous ore-bearing veins at Czarnów and Miedzianka near Kamienna Góra and other sites in the Sudety Mts. Arsenic ores were exploited at Złoty Stok in the period of XVI to XX century AD. The anticipated economic resources documented in this deposit amounted to 714.4 thousand tonnes, yielding 25.5 thousand tonnes of metallic As. After the Second World War, Złoty Stok deposit was exploited in the years 1954-1960 to be abandoned thereafter because of a very limited demand and high toxicity of arsenic. The amount remaining after all previous extraction is estimated at 536,500 tonnes of As ores yielding 19,600 tonnes of arsenic and 1,500 kg of gold. The other abandoned arsenic deposit is Czarnów in the Sudety Mts. Anticipated economic resources were estimated at about 20,500 tonnes of arsenopyrite ore with mean content of arsenic equal about 10.15%. Sulphide ores are accompanied by gold to a few grams per tonne.

Table 1. List of arsenic and tin deposits – thousand tonnes

Prepared by: Stanisław Z. Mikulski

2015

Arsenic ore resources are related to occurrences of arsenic minerals like loellingite (FeAs₂) and arsenopyrite (FeAsS), hosted in vein hydrothermal or metasomatic intrusive metal ore types.

In Poland, the arsenic minerals reported from the major deposit situated at Złoty Stok and from numerous ore-bearing veins at Czarnów and Miedzianka near Kamienna Góra and other sites in the Sudety Mts. Arsenic ores were exploited at Złoty Stok in the period of XVI to XX century AD. Besides arsenic, gold was also extracted from rich ore with arsenic contents up to 40% being also a high grade gold ore, containing up to 40 grams of that metal per tonne. After the Second World War, the Złoty Stok deposit was exploited in the years 1954-1960 to be abandoned thereafter because of a very limited demand and high toxicity of arsenic. According to mining records c.a. 16 tonnes of gold was extracted from this deposit. The amount remaining after all previous extraction is estimated at 536,500 tonnes of As ores (table 1) yielding 19,600 tonnes of arsenic and 1,500 kg of gold. The other abandoned arsenic deposit is that from Czarnów in the Sudety Mts. According to results of a general exploration made in 1955, resources of that deposit are relatively small. Inferred resources were estimated at about 20,500 tonnes of arsenopyrite ore with mean content of arsenic equal about 10.15%. Sulphide ores are accompanied by gold with content of maximum a few grams per tonne.

Table 1. List of arsenic and tin deposits – thousand tonnes

Prepared by: Stanisław Z. Mikulski

2014

Rudy arsenu

Arsen występuje w postaci rud metali w żyłowych złożach hydrotermalnych, kontaktowo-metasomatycznych i skarnowych, w których występują minerały arsenowe: arsenopiryt (FeAsS) i loelingit (FeAs₂).

Rudy arsenu nie są wydobywane ze względu na brak zapotrzebowania na arsen oraz na jego toksyczne własności. Rudy arsenu udokumentowano w 1954 roku w Sudetach w złożu Złoty Stok, w ilości 714,4 tys. t rud bilansowych zawierających 25,5 tys. t As. Wydobycie rud arsenu z tego złoża zostało zaniechane w 1960 r. Pozostałe w złożu zasoby wynoszą 536,5 tys. t rudy, zawierającej 19,6 tys. t As oraz około 1 500 kg Au. Innym zarzuconym złożem z udokumentowanymi w 1955 roku niewielkimi zasobami rud arsenu jest złoże Czarnów w Sudetach. Zasoby bilansowe oszacowane w kat. C₂ wynoszą ok. 20,5 tys. t rudy arsenopirytowej przy średniej zawartości As ok. 10,15 %. Rudom siarczkowym towarzyszy złoto do kilku g/t rudy.

Obecnie na świecie pozyskuje się arsen w postaci arszeniku (As₂O₃) z siarczkowych rud miedzi, ołowiu i innych metali w procesie prażenia tych rud. Arszenik stosuje się do produkcji konserwantów drewna i zwalczania szkodników.

Stopień rozpoznania zasobów i stan zagospodarowania złóż arsenu i cyny zestawiono w tabeli 1.

Tabela 1. Wykaz złóż rud arsenu i cyny – tys. t

Opracował: Stanisław Z. Mikulski

2013

Arsenic ore resources are related to occurrences of arsenic minerals like loellingite (FeAs₂) and arsenopyrite (FeAsS), hosted in vein hydrothermal or metasomatic intrusive metal ore types.

In Poland, the arsenic minerals reported form the major deposit situated at Złoty Stok and from numerous ore-bearing veins at Czarnów and Miedzianka near Kamienna Góra and other sites in the Sudety Mts. Arsenic ores were exploited at Złoty Stok in the period of XVI to XX century AD. Besides arsenic, gold was also extracted from rich ore with arsenic contents up to 40 % being also a high grade gold ore, containing up to 40 grams of that metal per tonne. After the Second World War, the Złoty Stok deposit was exploited in the years 1954-1960 to be abandoned thereafter because of a very limited demand and high toxicity of arsenic. According to mining records c.a. 16 tonnes of gold was extracted from this deposit. The amount remaining after all previous extraction is estimated at 537,000 tonnes of As ores yielding 19,600 tonnes of arsenic and 1,500 kg of gold. The other abandoned arsenic deposit is that from Czarnów in the Sudety Mts. According to results of a general exploration from the year 1955, resources of that deposit are relatively small. Inferred resources were estimated at about 20,500 tonnes of arsenopyrite ore with mean content of arsenic equal about 10.15 %. Sulphide ores are accompanied by gold to a few grams per tonne.

Table 1. List of arsenic and tin deposits – thousand tonnes

Prepared by: Stanisław Z. Mikulski

2012

Arsenic ore resources are related to occurrences of arsenic minerals like loellingite (FeAs₂) and arsenopyrite (FeAsS), hosted in vein hydrothermal or metasomatic intrusive metal ore types.

In Poland, the arsenic minerals reported form the major deposit situated at Złoty Stok and from numerous ore-bearing veins at Czarnów and Miedzianka near Kamienna Góra and other sites in the Sudety Mts. Arsenic ores were exploited at Złoty Stok in the period of XVI to XX century AD. Besides arsenic, gold was also extracted from rich ore with arsenic contents up to 40 % being also a high grade gold ore, containing up to 40 grams of that metal per tonne. After the Second World War, the Złoty Stok deposit was exploited in the years 1954-1960 to be abandoned thereafter because of a very limited demand and high toxicity of arsenic. According to mining records c.a. 16 tonnes of gold was extracted from this deposit. The amount remaining after all previous extraction is estimated at 537,000 tonnes of As ores yielding 19,600 tonnes of arsenic and 1,500 kg of gold. The other abandoned arsenic deposit is that from Czarnów in the Sudety Mts. According to results of a general exploration from the year 1955, resources of that deposit are relatively small. Inferred resources were estimated at about 20,500 tonnes of arsenopyrite ore with mean content of arsenic equal about 10.15 %. Sulphide ores are accompanied by gold to a few grams per tonne.

Table 1. List of arsenic and tin deposits – thousand tonnes

Prepared by: Stanisław Z. Mikulski

2011

Arsenic ore resources are related to occurrences of arsenic minerals like loellingite (FeAs₂) and arsenopyrite (FeAsS), hosted in vein hydrothermal or metasomatic intrusive metal ore types.

In Poland, the arsenic minerals reported form the major deposit situated at Złoty Stok and from numerous ore-bearing veins at Czarnów and Miedzianka near Kamienna Góra and other sites in the Sudety Mts. Arsenic ores were exploited at Złoty Stok in the period of XVI to XX century AD. Besides arsenic, gold was also extracted from rich ore with arsenic contents up to 40 % being also a high grade gold ore, containing up to 40 grams of that metal per tonne. After the Second World War, the Złoty Stok deposit was exploited in the years 1954-1960 to be abandoned thereafter because of a very limited demand and high toxicity of arsenic. According to mining records c.a. 16 tonnes of gold was extracted from this deposit. The amount remaining after all previous extraction is estimated at 537,000 tonnes of As ores yielding 19,600 tonnes of arsenic and 1,500 kg of gold. The other abandoned arsenic deposit is that from Czarnów in the Sudety Mts. According to results of a general exploration from the year 1955, resources of that deposit are relatively small. Inferred resources were estimated at about 20,500 tonnes of arsenopyrite ore with mean content of arsenic equal about 10.15 %. Sulphide ores are accompanied by gold to a few grams per tonne.

Table 1. List of arsenic and tin deposits – thousand tonnes

Prepared by: Stanisław Z. Mikulski