Bełchatów lignite mine, Bełchatów County, Łódź Voivodeship, Polandi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Bełchatów lignite mine | Mine |
| Bełchatów County | County |
| Łódź Voivodeship | Voivodeship |
| Poland | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
51° 14' 31'' North , 19° 17' 15'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Kleszczów | 2,000 (2010) | 2.4km |
| Łękińsko | 560 (2010) | 5.0km |
| Sulmierzyce | 1,400 (2010) | 9.0km |
| Lgota Wielka | 636 (2010) | 10.7km |
| Kluki | 800 (2010) | 11.6km |
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Bełchatów coal mine
Huge open-pit lignite mine. The lignite is fired in the nearby Bełchatów Power Station, Europe's largest coal-fired power station.
The mine is also a palaeontological site (Miocene sediments with fossil plants; a fragment of a crocodile was also found).
The mine is also a palaeontological site (Miocene sediments with fossil plants; a fragment of a crocodile was also found).
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| Wikipedia: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be%C5%82chat%C3%B3w_Coal_Mine |
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References
Worobiec, Grzegorz, Lesiak, Maria Anna (1998) Plant megafossils from the Neogene deposits of Stawek-1A (Bełchatów, Middle Poland). Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 101 (1). 179-208 doi:10.1016/s0034-6667(97)00075-4
Zieliński, Tomasz (2007) The Pleistocene climate-controlled fluvial sedimentary record in the Bełchatów mine (central Poland) Sedimentary Geology, 193 (1) 203-209 doi:10.1016/j.sedgeo.2005.06.016
Gruszka, Beata (2007) The Pleistocene glaciolacustrine sediments in the Bełchatów mine (central Poland): Endogenic and exogenic controls. Sedimentary Geology, 193 (1) 149-166 doi:10.1016/j.sedgeo.2006.01.008
Goździk, Jan, van Loon, Antonius J. (Tom) (2007) The origin of a giant downward directed clastic dyke in a kame (Bełchatów mine, central Poland) Sedimentary Geology, 193 (1) 71-79 doi:10.1016/j.sedgeo.2006.02.008
Mastej, Wojciech, Bartuś, Tomasz, Rydlewski, Jerzy (2015) Analysis of lithofacies cyclicity in the Miocene Coal Complex of the Bełchatów lignite deposit, south-central Poland. Geologos, 21 (4). 285-302 doi:10.1515/logos-2015-0021
Naworyta, Wojciech, Zajączkowski, Maciej (2018) Evaluation of exploitation possibilities of the Bełchatów – Kamieńsk field lignite deposit. Biuletyn Państwowego Instytutu Geologicznego, 472 (472) 93-104 doi:10.5604/01.3001.0012.7114
HYCNAR, Elżbieta, MUCHA, Jacek, RATAJCZAK, Tadeusz, Wasilewska-Błaszczyk, Monika (2018) THE ASSESSMENT OF USEFULNESS OF LIMESTONES FROM THE KLESZCZÓW GRABEN (BEŁCHATÓW LIGNITE DEPOSIT – SZCZERCÓW FIELD) AS POTENTIAL SO2 SORBENTS IN THE POWER INDUSTRY – PROBLEMS OF GEOLOGICAL DOCUMENTING. Biuletyn Państwowego Instytutu Geologicznego, 472 (472) 311-320 doi:10.5604/01.3001.0012.6876
Pękala, Agnieszka (2020) Silification of the Mesozoic Rocks Accompanying the Bełchatów Lignite Deposit, Central Poland. Geosciences, 10 (4) 141pp. doi:10.3390/geosciences10040141
Schnepper, Tobias; Kapusta, Krzysztof; Strugała-Wilczek, Aleksandra; Roumpos, Christos; Louloudis, Georgios; Mertiri, Eleni; Pyrgaki, Konstantina; Darmosz, Jaroslaw; Orkisz, Dorota; Najgebauer, Dariusz; et al. (2025) Potential hydrochemical impacts of pumped hydropower storage operation in two European coal regions in transition: the Szczerców-Bełchatów mining complex, Poland, and the Kardia Mine, Greece. Environmental Earth Sciences, 84 (9). doi:10.1007/s12665-025-12198-0
