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Pljevlja

Producer in Montenegro with commodity Barium-Barite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023277
MRDS ID I000084
Record type Site
Current site name Pljevlja

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 19.35189, 43.34873 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Estimated, Precision Is Unknown., Estimated, Precision Is Unknown.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montenegro(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Montenegro

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE-LONGITUDE IS FOR THE TOWN OF PLJEVLJA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) 19.35189, 43.34873
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1983

Comments on the production information

  • PLANNED PRODUCTION RATE IS 30,000 TPA (1983).

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SEVERAL MILLION TONNES OF 60% BARITE WAS ADDED TO RESERVES IN 1983.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: ORE IS CONCENTRATED IN A MOBILE FLOTATION PLANT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY, 1983: V. 9, NO. 13, P. 9

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IT IS ASSUMMED THAT THE DEPOSIT IS PART OF THE KNOWN BEEDED DEPOSITS NEAR SAREJEVO BECAUSE OF THE LARGE TONNAGE AND GRADE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-89 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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