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Fushe-Arrez

Producer in Puke, Albania with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc
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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. 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 10255677
MAS/MILS ID 4810390002
Record type Site
Current site name Fushe-Arrez
Alternate or previous names Tuc, Munella, Quaf Bari, Paluca, Lak Roshi

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 20.05185, 41.99877 (WGS84)
Elevation 2000
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Puke(province)

Albania(country)

Geographic areas

Country State
Albania Puke

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDES AND LONGITUDES ARE APPROXIMATES.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 20.05185, 41.99877
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 10M
    Length 100M
    Width 200M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 4
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control UNKNOWN
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 920722

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE OREBODY IS DISSEMINATED WHICH IN PARTS CONTAINS HIGH LEVELS OF CHALCOPYRITE AND PYRITE MINERALIZATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Mining method Open Stope - Sublevel
Year of first production 1982
Milling method Flotation

Mineral rights holdings

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

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Government Of Albania
    Interest 100
    Home office Albania
    Year 1991
  • Type Operator
    Owner Minera Fushe Arrez
    Home office Albania
    Year 1991

Production statistics

  • Year 1984
    Description Pyrite Concentrate 17000 Metric Tons Of Concent
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Conc. Pyrite Pyrite 17000mt
  • Year 1984
    Description Cu Concentrate 8000 Metric Tons Of Concent
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Copper Copper 8000mt
  • Year 1984
    Description Ore Throughput 120000 Metric Tons Of Ore
  • Year 1985
    Description Pyrite Concentrate 32000 Metric Tons Of Concent
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Conc. Pyrite Pyrite 32000mt
  • Year 1985
    Description Cu Concentrate 16000 Metric Tons Of Concent
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Copper Copper 16000mt
  • Year 1985
    Description Ore Throughput 220000 Metric Tons Of Ore
  • Year 1986
    Description Pyrite Concentrate 42000 Metric Tons Of Concent
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Conc. Pyrite Pyrite 42000mt
  • Year 1986
    Description Cu Concentrate 21000 Metric Tons Of Concent
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Copper Copper 21000mt
  • Year 1986
    Description Ore Throughput 300000 Metric Tons Of Ore
  • Year 1987
    Description Pyrite Concentrate 46000 Metric Tons Of Concent
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Conc. Pyrite Pyrite 46000mt
  • Year 1987
    Description Cu Concentrate 23000 Metric Tons Of Concent
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Copper Copper 23000mt
  • Year 1987
    Description Ore Throughput 330000 Metric Tons Of Ore
  • Year 1988
    Description Pyrite Concentrate 50000 Metric Tons Of Concent
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Conc. Pyrite Pyrite 50000mt
  • Year 1988
    Description Cu Concentrate 25000 Metric Tons Of Concent
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Copper Copper 25000mt
  • Year 1988
    Description Ore Throughput 350000 Metric Tons Of Ore
  • Year 1989
    Description Pyrite Concentrate 50000 Metric Tons Of Concent
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Conc. Pyrite Pyrite 50000mt
  • Year 1989
    Description Cu Concentrate 25000 Metric Tons Of Concent
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Copper Copper 25000mt
  • Year 1989
    Description Ore Throughput 350000 Metric Tons Of Ore
  • Year 1990
    Description Pyrite Concentrate 50000 Metric Tons Of Concent
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Conc. Pyrite Pyrite 50000mt
  • Year 1990
    Description Cu Concentrate 25000 Metric Tons Of Concent
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Copper Copper 25000mt

Comments on the production information

  • THE CONCENTRATOR AT THE SITE PRODUCES CONCENTRATES OF PYRITE AND COPPER. THE CONCENTRATOR CAPACITY OUTPUT REPRESENTS PYRITE PRODUCT (50,000 METRIC TONS OF CONCENTRATE PER YEAR) AND COPPER CONCENTRATE (25,000 METRIC TONS OF CONCENTRATE PER YEAR).

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE 50%-10% RESERVE ESTIMATES INCLUDE 6.2 MILLION METRIC TONS FROM THE MUNELLA EXPLORATION DEPARTMENT AND .5 MILLION METRIC TONS FROM LAK ROSHI EXPLORATION DEPARTMENT.
  • INFORMATION CONCERNING RESERVES IS SPARSE, BUT PALUCA IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE 1.0 MILLION METRIC TONS AS OF 1988. MUNELLA IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE APPROXIMATELY 6.2 MILLION METRIC TONS OF MINABLE RESERVES. LAK ROSHI IS BELIEVED TO HAVE 300,000 METRIC TONS OF MINABLE RESERVES. THE RESERVES ARE ALSO ESTIMATED TO HAVE APPROXIMATELY 1.47 GRAMS PER TON OF GOLD.

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
    Mine Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    1st Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    2nd Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    3rd Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    Capacity 1400
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1991

Comments on the workings information

  • TAILINGS WHICH CONTAIN LESS THAN .1% CU ARE PUMPED TO A NEARBY DAM.

Comments on other economic factors

  • UNDERGROUND MINES ARE ACCESSED BY ADITS AND VERTICAL SHAFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMMODITIES RESEARCH UNIT LIMITED, THE BASE METAL

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRY OF ALBANIA, 1991, LONDON, 55 PAGES.

  • Deposit

    KIPPENBERGER, C., FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND

  • Deposit

    NATURAL RESOURCES, REPORT OF AN OFFICIAL VISIT TO GATHER

  • Deposit

    INFORMATION ON THE SITUATION IN THE MINERAL RESOURCE SECTOR

  • Deposit

    OF ALBANIA, JULY 28, 1988 TO AUGUST 11, 1988, HANNOVER,

  • Deposit

    53 PAGES.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL RESEARCH SERVICES IN CO-OPERATION WITH

  • Deposit

    THE ALBANIAN MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, MINES, AND ENERGY,

  • Deposit

    MINING IN ALBANIA, AN EMERGING OPPORTUNITY, P. 78

  • Deposit

    (MAY 1992).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-MAR-97 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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