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Mercury mines, Tršće, Čabar, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Croatiai
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Mercury mines- not defined -
TršćeVillage
ČabarTown
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
45° North , 14° East (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~1km
GRN:
N31E08
Köppen climate type:
Cfb : Temperate oceanic climate
Mindat Locality ID:
301585
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:301585:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Name(s) in local language(s):
Tršće, Čabar, Primorsko-goranska županija, Hrvatska


In mines near Tršće cinnabar was mined as a mercury ore from 1890 to WWII, until the small deposit was exhausted.

The cinnabar is hosted in Permian clastics, sandstones, conglomerates and shales, and also in Lower Triassic dolostones.

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1 valid mineral.

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Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘCinnabar2.CD.15aHgS

List of minerals for each chemical element

SSulfur
Sⓘ CinnabarHgS
HgMercury
Hgⓘ CinnabarHgS

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Eurasian Plate
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References

www.mineralexpo.hr (n.d.) https://www.mineralexpo.hr/en/cinabarit.htm
Šinkovec, B. and Jović, P. (1959) Rudarskogeološka istraživanja pojava cinabarita kod Tršća (in Croatian). Fond stručne dokumentacije Geološkog Zavoda, Zagreb, quoted in: Basic geological map 1:100000, sheet Delnice, L 33-90.
Šinkovec, B. (1977) Istraživanje pojave cinnabarita kod Tršća u Gorskom Kotaru. Fond stručne dokumentacije IGI, 3229, Zagreb.
Stanislav Frančišković-Bilinski, Halka Bilinski, Darko Tibljaš, and Gerd Rantitsch (2005): EFFECTS OF MERCURY MINING REGIONS FROM NW DINARIDES ON QUALITY OF STREAM SEDIMENTS. PSP Volume 14 – No 10, Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, 913-927. [https://bib.irb.hr/datoteka/204766.F_25_131_pp913_927.pdf]
Bošnjak, Nikolina, Romić, Marija, Palinkaš, Ladislav, and Bakić, Helena (2008) Mercury contamination of soil, stream and overbank sediments associated with cinnabar mineralization (Trsce, Croatia). Conference of The Soil-Society-Environment (EUROSOIL 2008), Vienna, Austria, Book of abstracts, 211.
www.tz-cabar.hr (n.d.) http://www.tz-cabar.hr/en/history_cabar.html
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