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Klos Combine

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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10231458
MAS/MILS ID 4810050003
Record type Site
Current site name Klos Combine
Alternate or previous names Memelisht, Klosi Combine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 20.08513, 41.49878 (WGS84)
Elevation 900
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Albania(country)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country
Albania

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN THE MAT DISTRICT, ABOUT 13 KM WEST OF BULQUIZA ON THE BULQUIZA-BURREL ROAD. COORDINATES ARE OF THE TOWN OF KLOS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 20.08513, 41.49878
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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 METAMORPHISM
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FOLDING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 920716

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 Heavy Media

Mining district

District name Pogradec

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Minera Veriore Kromit (Albania Government)
    Interest 100
    Home office Albania
    Year 1991
    First year 1991

Production statistics

  • Year 1984
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Throughput (Estimated) 50000 Metric Tons Of Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Chromium Chromium 50000mt
  • Year 1985
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Throughput (Estimated) 50000 Metric Tons Of Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Chromium Chromium 50000mt
  • Year 1986
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Throughput (Estimated) 45700 Metric Tons Of Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Chromium Chromium 45700mt
  • Year 1987
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Throughput (Estimated) 26300 Metric Tons Of Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Chromium Chromium 26300mt
  • Year 1988
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Throughput (Estimated) 29100 Metric Tons Of Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Chromium Chromium 29100mt
  • Year 1989
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Throughput (Estimated) 28400 Metric Tons Of Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Chromium Chromium 28400mt
  • Year 1990
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Throughput (Estimated) 45000 Metric Tons Of Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Chromium Chromium 45000mt

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION AT KLOS BEGAN IN THE SIXTIES.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • GRADE IS REPORTED TO BE BETWEEN 20 AND 30 PERCENT CR2O3 BY C.R.U.. AN AVERAGE OF 25 PERCENT WAS USED. C.R.U. REPORTED THAT RESERVES WERE 1.2 MILLION METRIC TONS AS OF 1991. MINING JOURNAL RESEARCH SERVICES REPORT THAT THE ORE GRADE RANGES FROM 38 TO 39 PERCENT CR2O3, AND THAT THIS MINE ALSO EXPLOITS AN ALUMINO-CHROMITE DEPOSIT, WITH A POTENTIAL ANNUAL PRODUCTION OF 30,000 TONS.
  • ALL INFORMATION BECAME AVAILABLE IN EARLY 1990. AFTER THE NETWORK FLOW MODEL WAS BUILT. IN 1988, 3 DEPOSITS BEING MINED, TOTAL OF 46,000 MTPY ROM AT 38-39 % CR2O3. THERE IS A NEW HEAVY MEDIA PLANT AT KLOS WHICH STARTED OPERATION IN OCT. 1988. THIS IS A LARGE PLANT (SUPPOSEDLY 750,000 MTPY ROM FOR 500-550,000 MTPY LUMP PRODUCTS AT 41-42 % CR2O3) WITH MOST OF PLANNED FEED COMING FROM A NEW BULQUIZA-KLOS ADIT TO BE COMPLETED BY 1993. BASED ON 1992 DATA: KLOS MINE ROM CAPACITY=35,000 MTPY;ROM PROD.=31,000 MT KLOS HM MILL ROM CAP.=500,000 MTPY;ROM=40,000 MT/PROD.=19,000 ADIT RESERVE BASE GRADE=AVG.OF REPORTED RANGE OF 20-42%CR2O3 FOR FUTURE, THIS SEQ.NO. WILL INCLUDE BOTH THE KLOS MINE AND THE KLOS BENEFICIATION 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
    1st Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    2nd Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    3rd Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    Capacity 120
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1991

Comments on other economic factors

  • THE ORE IS SCREENED AND HANDSORTED. SOME OF THE ORE IS CONCENTRATED BY THE HEAVY MEDIA SEPARATOR. THE KLOS DRESSING PLANT HAS A CAPACITY OF 750,000 METRIC TONS PER YEAR AND WAS COMMISSIONED IN 1988. THE PLANT TAKES FEED FROM KLOS, BULQIZE SOUTH, BATRA, AND TERNOVE MINES. DURING 1989, ORE FEED WAS SMALL. THE LUMPY ORE PRODUCED BY THE CONCENTRATOR HAS AN AVERAGE GRADE OF 42 PERCENT CR2O3. TOTAL OPERATING DAYS PER YEAR WERE ASSUMED TO BE 250. NEAR THE KLOSI OPERATIONS IS THE PROCESSING PLANT OF MAT WHERE THE PROCESS OF HEAVY LIQUID GRAVITY SEPARATION IS USED TO CONCENTRATE THE ORES PRIOR TO SMELTING AT BURREL OR ELBASAN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMMODITIES RESEARCH UNIT, LTD., THE BASE MINERALS

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRY OF ALBANIA, LONDON, PP. A11-A12 (1991).

  • Deposit

    C. KIPPENBERGER, REPORT OF AN OFFICIAL VISIT TO ALBANIA

  • Deposit

    TO GATHER INFORMATION ON THE SITUATION IN THE MINERAL

  • Deposit

    RESOURCES SECTOR, JULY 28, 1988 TO AUGUST 11, 1988, FEDERAL

  • Deposit

    INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES, HANNOVER,

  • Deposit

    (1988).

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL RESEARCH SERVICES IN CO-OPERATION WITH

  • Deposit

    THE ALBANIAN MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, MINES, AND ENERGY, MINING

  • Deposit

    IN ALBANIA: AN EMERGING OPPORTUNITY, P. 60 (MAY 1992).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-SEP-1996 Boyle, Ed U.S. Bureau of Mines

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