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Batra/Martanesh

Producer in Mat, Albania with commodity Chromium
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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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10231268
MAS/MILS ID 4810310002
Record type Site
Current site name Batra/Martanesh
Alternate or previous names Kalimash, Batra, Bater I, Bbater Ii, Martanesh

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 20.30183, 41.41548 (WGS84)
Elevation 800
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mat(province)

Albania(country)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State
Albania Mat

Comments on the location information

  • THE MINES ARE LOCATED ON THE SOUTHERN FLANK OF THE BULQIZA MOUNTAIN RANGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 20.30183, 41.41548
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 STRATABOUND
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control FOLDING
    Date of Last Modification 920707

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT IS A FOLDED STRATABOUND OREBODY IN ULTRABASIC AND BASIC HOST ROCKS. HOST ROCKS INCLUDE DUNITE AND HARZBURGITES. GANGUE MINERALS INCLUDE OLIVINE, SERPETINE, AND TALC. THE AGE OF THE HOST ROCK IS PALEOZOIC, WHICH HAS BEEN INTENSELY DEFORMED. C.R.U. REPORTS THAT BATER I AND II PRODUCE MOST OF THE ORE, WHILE MARTANESH PRODUCES A SMALLER PORTION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Mining method Open Stope - Sublevel
Milling method Gravity

Mining district

District name Mat

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown
Type of mineral rights Unknown
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Government Of Albania
    Interest 100
    Home office Albania
    Year 1975
  • Type Operator
    Owner Minera Veriore Kromit-Bater Combine
    Home office Albania
    Year 1991

Production statistics

  • Year 1984
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Concentrate Production (Estimated) 30000 Metric Tons Of Conc./Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Chromium Chromium 30000mt
  • Year 1984
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Throughput (Estimated) 400000 Metric Tons Of Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Chromium Chromium 400000mt
  • Year 1985
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Concentrate Production (Estimated) 30000 Metric Tons Of Conc./Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Chromium Chromium 30000mt
  • Year 1985
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Throughput (Estimated) 400000 Metric Tons Of Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Chromium Chromium 4000000mt
  • Year 1986
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Concentrate Production (Estimated) 30000 Metric Tons Of Conc./Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Chromium Chromium 30000mt
  • Year 1986
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Throughput (Estimated) 380700 Metric Tons Of Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Chromium Chromium 380700mt
  • Year 1987
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Concentrate Production (Estimated) 30000 Metric Tons Of Conc./Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Chromium Chromium 30000mt
  • Year 1987
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Throughput (Estimated) 357800 Metric Tons Of Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Chromium Chromium 357800mt
  • Year 1988
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Concentrate Production (Estimated) 30000 Metric Tons Of Conc./Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Chromium Chromium 30000mt
  • Year 1988
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Throughput (Estimated) 333100 Metric Tons Of Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Chromium Chromium 333100mt
  • Year 1989
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Concentrate Production (Estimated) 30000 Metric Tons Of Conc./Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Chromium Chromium 30000mt
  • Year 1989
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Throughput (Estimated) Metric Tons Of Ore/Year

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 160,000 MTPY (AT ABOUT 28 % CR2O3) IS SENT TO ONSITE (BATRA) MILL (REFERRED TO AS THE KRASTRA MILL). 1992 ADIT DATA: BATRA MINE CAPACITY(ROM)=220,000 MTPY; PROD.=120,000 MT ROM RESERVE BASE GRADE = AVG. OF 16-40 PCT CR2O3 RANGE GIVEN. ALL INFORMATION BECAME AVAILABLE IN EARLY 1990 (AFTER NETFLOW MODEL BUILT). LOCATED 5-12 KM S OF CITY OF BULQUIZA IN THE MAT DISTRICT ON THE S. FLANK OF THE BULQUIZA MTN. RANGE. COORDINATES ARE OF THE TOWN OF GJON. AS OF 1988, 4 MINES PRODUCING 400,000 MTPY ROM AT 32 % CR2O3. OF THIS TONNAGE 110,000 MTPY (AT ABOUT 29 % CR2O3) SENT TO MILL AT BULQUIZA, 130,000 MTPY (AT 40 % CR2O3) IS EXPORTED, AND THE CHROMITE MINE AT BATRA, LOCATED NORTHEAST OF KRASTA, PRODUCES AROUND 100,000 TONS PER YEAR OF HIGH QUALITY CHROMITE. IN RECENT YEARS, PRODUCTION LEVELS HAVE SUFFERED AT THE EXPENSE OF PROVING UP FURTHER ORE RESERVES. DUE TO THE HIGH QUALITY OF BATRA CHROMITE, APPROXIMATELY HALF IS EXPORTED AS ORE, WITH THE REST CONCENTRATED IN THE KRASTA PROCESSING PLANT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method SUBLEVEL 10-43
    Hardness of Rock UNKNOWN
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    1st Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    Capacity 1640
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1991

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Commodity

    COMMODITIES RESEARCH UNIT, LTD., THE BASE METAL INDUSTRY

  • Commodity

    OF ALBANIA, LONDON, PP. 55 (1991).

  • Commodity

    FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES

  • Commodity

    (BGR), REPORT OF AN OFFICIAL VISIT TO ALBANIA TO GATHER

  • Commodity

    INFORMATION ON THE SITUATION IN THE MINERALS RESOURCES

  • Commodity

    SECTOR, JULY 28, 1988 TO AUG. 11, 1988.

  • Commodity

    MINING JOURNAL RESEARCH SERVICES, MINING IN ALBANIA: AN

  • Commodity

    EMERGING OPPORTUNITY, P. 58 (MAY 1992).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-SEP-92 Boyle, Ed U.S. Bureau of Mines

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