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Kalimash Mine

Producer in Albania with commodity Chromium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024337
MRDS ID ISM0040
Record type Site
Current site name Kalimash Mine
Alternate or previous names Kalimesh

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 20.38518, 42.09875 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Albania(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Albania

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES TAKEN FROM RF1.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) 20.38518, 42.09875
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ultramafic Portion Of Ophiolite

Comments on the geologic information

  • THRUST FAULTING, WEATHERING; MMIO-PLIO; GRNR AND OTHER HYDRATED NI-MG SILICATES + CRMT; MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN LATERITE MANTLE WHICH HAS DEVELOPED OVER A MAFIC-ULTRAMAFIC COMPLEX UNDER FAVOURABLE WEATHERING CONDITIONS AND BY SECONDARY ENRICHMENT FROM CIRCULATING GROUNDWATER. FIELDS G2-G5 AND G8-G11 ABOVE REFER TO THE ULTRAMAFIC SOURCE ROCK. LATERITE COMPRISES 3 LAYERS (FROM THE TOP): CHROMITE-RICH LIMONITE; NI-CO RICH LIMONITE; NI-RICH SAPROLITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1937
Year of first production 1963

Mining district

District name Tropoje-Kukes District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner The Ministry Of Heavy Industry And Mining (State Owned)

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. ( TRANSPORT/ACCESS;). EXPLORATION(YES); ASSESSMENT(SHORT-TERM DEVELOPMENT OF DEPOSIT UNLIKELY BECAUSE OF LOW GRADE AND POOR MARKET OUTLOOK FOR NICKEL. LATERITIC DEPOSITS HAVE SPECIAL TREATMENT PROBLEMS.); STUDIES CONTINUING TO DETERMINE FEASIBILITY OF VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS, SUCH AS SELECTIVE MINING OF CHROMITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSSI, G., 1979, A REVIEW OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF ALBANIA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO CHROME ORE: SOUTH AFRICA MINERALS BUREAU INTERNAL REPORT 37,134 P. (C1-3,C9,C17,C18,G2,G13,REP4)

  • Deposit

    DUKE, V. W. A., 1982, CHROMIUM--A MINERAL COMMODITY REVIEW: SOUTH AFRICA MINERALS BUREAU INTERNAL REPORT 86, 317 P. (C1,C14,REP4)

  • Deposit

    KRAMER, D., ISLAM, S., FURUKAWA, T., AND TEPLITZ, B., 1983, SOVIET CHROME OUTPUT UP SLIGHTLY, IN AMERICAN METAL MARKET CHROMIUM SUPPLEMENT: AMERICAN METAL MARKET, V. 91, NO. 244 (16 DEC.) P. 10, 11, 14. (PA1)

  • Deposit

    ABRAHAMS, A.E., 1980, ALBANIA--DARK HORSE IN CHROME?: AMERICAN METAL MARKET, FERROALLOYS SUPPLEMENT, V. 88, NO. 99 (21 MAY).

  • Production

    PA1: RF3, P.11; PA2: RF4

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.). 0 M

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1982 Lipin Bruce R U.S. Geological Survey

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