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Polish sulphur deposits occur in the northern, marginal part of the Carpathian Foredeep, in the s.c. chemical horizon of the Lower Tortonian (Miocene, Neogene). This horizon in the productive series is made up of gypsums and post-gypsum formations, especially sulphur-bearing limestones (sulphur content more than 5%). The thickness of seam sulphur deposits is from few to over 40 meters, generally 10-20 m, and average geological yield exceeds 8 Mg/m2. The bottom of the chemical series create sandstones, mudstones, s...

The Lublin Coal Basin (LCB) is situated in the eastern part of Poland. Bituminous coals occur in Carboniferous Layers under the thin overburden built from Jurassic, Cretaceous and Neogene sediments. Most attractive seams (8 -12 to 18 balanced seams), with the mean thickness of about 1,3 ? 1,7 m (rarely under 2 ? 3 m) appear deep, most often at depth 750 ? 1000 m. They are cut by rare net of faults. Within the surface 1 200 km2 eleven deposits were documented, of which the only one is exploited. Total resources of ...

The deposits in Poland are appearing in the Miocene gypsum sediments located on the northern, marginal part of the Carpathians Foredeep subsidence basin. Up to the fifties of 20th century and the discover of the biggest sulphur deposits in all the world, the sulphuric mining existed only in Swoszowice near Krakow, Czarkowy near Stasz?w, Psz?w near Rybnik and also Pos?dza, located about 30 km northeast of Krakow. The first record of organised mining in Swoszowice appears in document dated 1415. It was a licence for...

Krakow ? the former capital of Poland ? is situated on border Krakow-Silesian monocline and Carpathians Flysch separated by narrow zone of the Carpathian Foredeep. In the geological structure of Krakow, the Jurassic and Cretaceous are exposed on the surface sediments. The Neogene sediments fill the Vistula valley. For thousands of years the sacred and secular constructions have been built using Jurassic limestones coming from local quarries. These quarries were founded on fault ridges, from the early Middle Ages t...