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Gjegjan Mine

Past Producer in Kukes, Albania with commodity Copper
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10231478
MAS/MILS ID 4810230004
Record type Site
Current site name Gjegjan Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 20.55184, 42.04875 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kukes(province)

Albania(country)

Geographic areas

Country State
Albania Kukes

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 20.55184, 42.04875
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 OTHER
    Date of Last Modification 920722

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Mining method Open Stope - Sublevel

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Minera Gjegian
    Interest 100
    Home office Albania
    Year 1991

Production statistics

  • Year 1984
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Throughput (Estimated) 180000 Metric Tons Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 180000mt
  • Year 1985
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Throughput (Estimated) 170000 Metric Tons Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 170000mt
  • Year 1986
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Throughput (Estimated) 130000 Metric Tons Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 130000mt
  • Year 1987
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Throughput (Estimated) 110000 Metric Tons Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 110000mt
  • Year 1988
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Throughput (Estimated) 100000 Metric Tons Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 100000mt
  • Year 1989
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Throughput (Estimated) 100000 Metric Tons Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 100000mt
  • Year 1990
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Throughput (Estimated) 100000 Metric Tons Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 100000mt

Comments on the production information

  • MINING JOURNAL RESEARCH SERVICES REPORT THAT THE GJEGJAN MINE IN THE RECENT PAST HAS PRODUCED OVER 300,000 TONS PER YEAR OF COPPER ORE WHICH GRADED 4 PERCENT CU.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ALL PRODUCTION STATISTICS ARE ESTIMATED. ASSUMED NUMBER OF OPERATING DAYS PER YEAR IS 250. THE LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE VALUES WERE APPOXIMATED.

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 400
    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 MINE IS ACCESSED BY ADITS AND VERTICAL SHAFTS.
  • ALL ORE FROM THE GJEGJAN MINE IS SMELTED IN ALBANIA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Commodity

    COMMODITIES RESEARCH UNIT, LTD., THE BASE METAL INDUSTRY

  • Commodity

    OF ALBANIA, PP. A17-A18 (1991).

  • Commodity

    C. KIPPENBERGER, FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND

  • Commodity

    NATURAL RESOURCES, REPORT OF AN OFFICIAL VISIT TO ALBANIA

  • Commodity

    TO GATHER INFORMATION ON THE SITUATION IN THE MINERAL

  • Commodity

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

  • Commodity

    HANNOVER, P. 53.

  • Commodity

    MINING JOURNAL RESEARCH SERVICES IN CO-OPERATION WITH

  • Commodity

    THE ALBANIAN MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, MINES AND ENERGY, MINING

  • Commodity

    IN ALBANIA: AN EMERGING OPPORTUNITY, P. 79 (MAY 1992).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IS CONTAINED WITHIN STRATIFIED LENSES OF VARYING SIZES, DIPPING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 DEGREES SOUTHEAST. THE ORE OCCURS AS MASSIVE, VEIN-LIKE BRECCIATED ORES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-MAR-1997 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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