Abstract
As part of a student project in cooperation with the Tatra National Park we examined the current state of iron ore, manga- nese ore and polymetallic ore in a few drifts in the Chocholowska and Kościeliska Valleys. Information about the old mining oper- ations in the Western Tatras do not exist in the minds of tourists. An interesting way to show this history could be preparing and sharing parts of the drifts as geoturistic objects. An alternative solution would be to create a trail of old mining and metallurgy in the Tatras, which could help to increase the knowledge about the geology and mining subject among tourists. A combination of a great mining Tatra history with the attractively designed results of geological survey could be a particularly interesting project.
Highlights
Geological overviewEvery year hundreds of thousands of tourists visit the Tatra Mountains, attracted by its majestic, regal nature, and the close proximity to wilderness
As part of a student project in cooperation with the Tatra National Park we examined the current state of iron ore, manganese ore and polymetallic ore in a few drifts in the Chochołowska and Kościeliska Valleys
An alternative solution would be to create a trail of old mining and metallurgy in the Tatras, which could help to increase the knowledge about the geology and mining subject among tourists
Summary
Every year hundreds of thousands of tourists visit the Tatra Mountains, attracted by its majestic, regal nature, and the close proximity to wilderness. The tectonic movements occurring during the Oligocene have given the Tatras their current elevation and shape These disturbances began to weaken in the later period (Pleistocene and Holocene), but continue even (Bac-Moszaszwili, Gąsienica-Szostak, 1992). The existence of iron, copper, and silver was in turn verified mostly in the crystalline core (granites, gneisses, and schists) Those elements appear in the form of small ore veins: siderite, stibnite with small amounts of gold and silver, chalcopyrite, and tetrahedrite (Osika, 1987). Field studies began with examining the manganese mining drifts located in the region of Dolina Chochołowska and Dolina Lejowa (Krajewski, Myszka, 1958; Korczyńska-Oszacka, 1978; Jach, 2002). Eight mining sites have been identified in those areas (Fig. 1), five of which are located in the western slope of the Klin (those were marked with the symbols: HB0, HB1, HB2, HB3, HB5), with the remaining three at the base of Wierch Banie Mtn. (symbols: LB1, LB2, LB3)
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