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Szczerców lignite mine, Bełchatów County, Łódź Voivodeship, Polandi
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Szczerców lignite mineMine (Active)
Bełchatów CountyCounty
Łódź VoivodeshipVoivodeship
PolandCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
51° 15' 50'' North , 19° 4' 15'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
51.26392,19.07089
GRN:
N35E09
Type:
Mine (Active) - last checked 2026
Köppen climate type:
Cfb : Temperate oceanic climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Stanisławów Drugi234 (2010)4.8km
Rząśnia730 (2010)5.2km
Stanisławów Pierwszy267 (2010)5.5km
Kiełczygłów561 (2010)6.7km
Szczerców3,300 (2010)8.2km
Mindat Locality ID:
479381
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:479381:9
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Large active lignite mine.

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References

Pawelec, Sandra (2016) Economic parameters and quality assessment of lignite from the Szczerców deposit (central Poland). Geology, Geophysics & Environment, 42 (4). 459pp. doi:10.7494/geol.2016.42.4.459
Pawelec, Sandra, Bielowicz, Barbara (2016) Petrographic composition of lignite from the Szczerców deposit, Polish Lowlands. Contemporary Trends in Geoscience, 5 (2) 92-103 doi:10.1515/ctg-2016-0007
Myśkow, Elżbieta, Krzyszkowski, Darius, Wachecka-Kotkowska, Lucyna, Wieczorek, Darius (2016) Plant macrofossils from the Czyżów Complex deposits of the Szczerców outcrop, central Poland. Geology, Geophysics & Environment, 42 (3). 325pp. doi:10.7494/geol.2016.42.3.325
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
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
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