ASGP (2009), vol. 79: 177-185
PRELIMINARY MINERALOGICAL AND PETROGRAPHICAL STUDIES OF VEINS WITHIN THE COUNTRY ROCKS OF THE NEOGENE VOLCANITES OF THE PIENINY KLIPPEN BELT AS INDICATORS OF POTENTIAL GEOTHERMAL PROCESSES
Maciej PAWLIKOWSKI (1), Beata KĘPIŃSKA (4), Magdalena SIKORSKA (3), Lucyna NATKANIEC-NOWAK (1), Magdalena DUMAŃSKA-SŁOWIK (1) & Marian KOSUTH (2)
1) Department of Mineralogy, Petrography and Geochemistry, Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection, AGH-University of Science and Technology, Al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland, e-mails: pawlik at uci.agh.edu.pl, natkan at uci.agh.edu.pl, dumanska at agh.edu.pl
2) Faculty of Mining, Ecology, Process Control and Geotechnology, Institute of Geosciences, The Technical University of Koëice, 15 Komenskú Park, 042 00 Koëice, Slovakia, e-mail: Marian.Kosuth at tuke.sk
3) Polish Geological Institute, 4 Rakowiecka Str., 00-975 Warsaw, Poland, e-mail: mjaw at pgi.gov.pl
4) Polish Academy of Sciences, Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute, ul. Wybickiego 7, 31-261 Kraków, Poland, e-mail: labgeo_bk at interia.pl
Pawlikowski, M., Kępińska, B., Sikorska, M., Natkaniec-Nowak, L., Dumańska-Słowik, M. & Kosuth, M., 2009. Preliminary mineralogical and petrographical studies of veins within the country rocks of the Neogene volcanites of the Pieniny Klippen Belt as indicators of potential geothermal processes. Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae, 79: 177-185.
Abstract: Field and as mineralogical and petrographical examinations of sedimentary rocks present in the area surrounding the Pieniny Klippen Belt were performed. The aim of these investigations was to identify the symptoms of hydrothermal processes within the studied rocks. Moreover, the areas prospective for the occur- rences of geothermal waters, alternative source of thermal energy instead of traditional power production using fossil fuels, were indicated. Analytical investigations were focused mainly on mineralogical composition of rocks as well as on the frequency of occurrences of various veins (mainly built of carbonate minerals) intersecting the rocks from the neighbourhood of Neogene andesitic rocks from the Pieniny Klippen Belt. The highest quantity and thickness of the veins was observed in the rocks from the area of Piekiełko stream near Krościenko. The clastic rocks (sandstones) from this area contain many fractures which are crucial for potential geothermal water circulation.
