EU is currently heavily dependent on mineral and metal imports and the trade balance in the field is negative. For some strategic metals, EU is totally dependent on import. The efficiency of the overall production chain of minerals and metals in Europe should be enhanced by putting higher quality and added value products on the market. This was addressed by the four year long project ProMine starting on May 2009. The ProMine consortium led by Geological Survey of Finland (GTK) included 27 partners from 11 EU member states. Industry partners in the ProMine consortium produce more than 70% of metals in the EU.
Read more on the project website.
Interactive map
ProMine mineral deposits map
- Base Metals: lead+zinc; copper; tin; zinc only; lead; aluminium (bauxite ore)
- Precious Metals: gold; silver; platinoids
- Iron and ferro-alloy metals: iron; chrome (Cr2O3); manganese; vanadium; wolfram; molybdenum; nickel; cobalt; niobium – columbium (Nb2O5)
- Speciality and rare metals: lithium (Li2O); beryllium (BeO); tantalum (Ta2O5); rare earths (RE2O3); cesium (Cs2O); rubidium (Rb2O); scandanium; zirconium (ZrO2) and hafnium; germanium; gallium; indium; cadmium; selenium and rhenium; bismuth; tellurium and mercury; antimony; titanium; general
- Energy commodities: uranium and thorium; coal; lignite and peat; bituminous rocks (tons of oil); petroleum and gas; geothermal energy
- Minerals for chemical use: borates (B2O3); barite (BaSO4); fluorite (CaF2); magnesium (magnesite – MgCO3); sodium sulphate (Na2SO4); sodium carbonate (natron – Na2CO3); pyrite (FeS2); sulphur; rock salt (NaCl); strontium (SrCO3 or SrSO4); zeolites
- Ceramic and refractory minerals: common clays (brick, tile); white-firing clays (refractory and ceramic); dolomite; feldspar; nepheline; kaolin and kyanite
- Fertilizer minerals: phosphate (P2O5) and potash (sylvite and carnallite – K2O)
- Building raw materials, dimension stones: aggregate; other ornamental stone except gabb-gran; gypsum; anhydrite; cement limestone; limestone for lime and marble
- Precious and semi-precious stones: gemstones; semiprecious stone
- Speciality and other industrial rocks and minerals: abrasive minerals (garnet and staurolite); asbestos; attapulgite; sepiolite; bentolite; calcite (filler for paper – CaCO3); diatomite (kieselguhr); graphite; mica (sheet); perlite; massive quartz (blocks) for ferrosilicon (SiO2); quartz for optical and piezoelectrical use (SiO2); silica; silica sand; talc; vermiculite and wollastonite
- Critical mineral raw materials
ProMine anthropogenic concentration map
- Precious Metals: gold; silver; platinoids
- Iron and ferro-alloy metals: iron; chrome (Cr2O3); manganese; vanadium; wolfram; molybdenum; nickel; cobalt; niobium – columbium (Nb2O5)
- Speciality and rare metals: lithium (Li2O); beryllium (BeO); tantalum (Ta2O5); rare earths (RE2O3); cesium (Cs2O); rubidium (Rb2O); scandanium; zirconium (ZrO2) and hafnium; germanium; gallium; indium; cadmium; selenium and rhenium; bismuth; tellurium and mercury; antimony; titanium; general
- Energy commodities: uranium and thorium; coal; lignite and peat; bituminous rocks (tons of oil); petroleum and gas; geothermal energy
- Critical mineral raw materials (Anthropogenic concentration)
ProMine density maps
- Alkaline Peralkaline: Commodity association: Nb, REE, P, (Ta, Zr, Sc, F, U, Fe)
- Epithermal: Commodity association: Au, Ag, Sb, Hg, Te, Cu, In
- Igneous Felsic: Commodity association: Sn, W, Ta, Nb, (Mo, Li, Be, B, In, F)
- Igneous Intermediate: Commodity association: Cu, Mo, Au, (Re)
- Igneous Replacement: Commodity association: Fe, W, Pb, Zn, Cu, Au
- IOCG: Commodity association: Fe, Cu, Au, (P, REE, U, Co)
- Mafic Intrusion: Commodity association: Fe, Ti, V
- Mafic Ultramafic: Commodity association: Ni, Cr, Cu, PGE, (Co, Bi, U, Ag)
- Orogenic Gold: Commodity association: Au, (Ag, As, W, Cu, Sb, Bi)
- Pegmatites: Commodity association: Nb, Ta, Sn, Li, Be, (U, REE)
- Carbonate Hosted: Commodity association: Zn, Pb, Ag, Ba
- Sandstone and shale hosted: Commodity association: Cu, U, Pb, (Ni, Co, Zn, V, PGE, Re)
- Sedimentary Deposits: Commodity association: Fe, Mn, Ba, K, Na, Sr
- VMS: Commodity association: Cu, Zn, Pb, (Ag, Au, Te, Sn, In)
- Residual Deposits: Commodity association: Fe, Al, Ni, Cu, (Mn, Au, P, REE)
- Base Metals Veins: Commodity association: Pb, Zn, Cu, U, (Ba, F)
ProMine district / province mineral potential maps
- Alkaline Peralkaline: Commodity association: Nb, REE, P, (Ta, Zr, Sc, F, U, Fe)
- Epithermal: Commodity association: Au, Ag, Sb, Hg, Te, Cu, In
- Igneous Felsic: Commodity association: Sn, W, Ta, Nb, (Mo, Li, Be, B, In, F)
- Igneous Intermediate: Commodity association: Cu, Mo, Au, (Re)
- Igneous Replacement: Commodity association: Fe, W, Pb, Zn, Cu, Au
- IOCG: Commodity association: Fe, Cu, Au, (P, REE, U, Co)
- Mafic Intrusion: Commodity association: Fe, Ti, V
- Mafic Ultramafic: Commodity association: Ni, Cr, Cu, PGE, (Co, Bi, U, Ag)
- Orogenic Gold: Commodity association: Au, (Ag, As, W, Cu, Sb, Bi)
- Pegmatites: Commodity association: Nb, Ta, Sn, Li, Be, (U, REE)
- Carbonate-Hosted: Commodity association: Zn, Pb, Ag, Ba
- Sandstone-and-shale-hosted: Commodity association: Cu, U, Pb, (Ni, Co, Zn, V, PGE, Re)
- Sedimentary Deposits: Commodity association: Fe, Mn, Ba, K, Na, Sr
- VMS: Commodity association: Cu, Zn, Pb, (Ag, Au, Te, Sn, In)
- Residual Deposits: Commodity association: Fe, Al, Ni, Cu, (Mn, Au, P, REE)
- Base Metals Veins: Commodity association: Pb, Zn, Cu, U, (Ba, F)
ProMine Cobalt map
- Cobalt Occurences
- Cobalt Ranking
- Cobalt
ProMine Cuivre map
- Cuivre Geological favorability scores
- Cuivre Deposits
- Cuivre Showings
ProMine Fluorite map
- Fluorite Geological favorability scores
- Fluorite Deposits
- Fluorite Showings
ProMine Gallium map
- Gallium Occurences
- Gallium Ranking
ProMine Germanium map
- Germanium Occurences
- Germanium Ranking
ProMine Indium map
- Indium Occurences
- Indium Ranking
ProMine Antimony map
- Antimony Geological favorability scores
- Antimony Deposits
- Antimony Showings
ProMine Tin map
- Tin Geological favorability scores
- Tin Deposits
- Tin Showings
ProMine Tantalium map
- Tantalium Occurences
- Tantalium Ranking
ProMine Tungsten map
- Tungsten Geological favorability scores
- Tungsten Deposits
- Tungsten Showings
ProMine Zinc Carbonate Hosted map
- Zinc Carbonate Hosted Geological favorability scores
- Zinc Carbonate Hosted Deposits
- Zinc Carbonate Hosted Showings
ProMine Geophysical maps
- Magnetic anomaly (WDMAM)
- Gravity (CGMW / GTK)
- Moho depth (BRGM, based on Tesauro et al., 2007 – EurCRUST-07)
- Heat flow (BRGM)
ProMine Geological maps
- Lithostratigraphy at 1:1,500,000
- Structures at 1:1,500,000