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Shkoder

Plant in Shkoder, 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. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10256084
MAS/MILS ID 4810430001
Record type Site
Current site name Shkoder
Alternate or previous names Shkodres, Palaj Mine, Karma Mines, Mjeda

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 20.06855, 42.08206 (WGS84)
Elevation 100
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shkoder(province)

Albania(country)

Geographic areas

Country State
Albania Shkoder

Comments on the location information

  • THE LATITUDES AND LONGITUDES FOR THE SHKODER MINE ARE BASED ON APPROXIMATIONS FOR THE PALAJ MINE. SHKRODER INCLUDES PALAJ, KARMA I, AND KARMA II MINES. PALAJ IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 25 KILOMETERS ENE OF SHKRODA ON THE DRIN RIVERL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 20.06855, 42.08206
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 60M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 4
    Type of Orebody #1 STRATIFORM
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control UNKNOWN
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 920724

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Mining method Open Stope - Sublevel
Year of first production 1982
Plant type Smelter
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 Shkoder
    Home office Albania
    Year 1991

Production statistics

  • Year 1984
    Description Ore Throughput 78500 Metric Tons Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 78500mt
  • Year 1985
    Description Ore Throughput 99500 Metric Tons Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 99500mt
  • Year 1986
    Description Concentrate Production 5000 Metric Tons Concent
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Copper Copper 5000mt
  • Year 1986
    Description Ore Throughput 120000 Metric Tons Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 120000mt
  • Year 1987
    Description Concentrate Production 5000 Metric Tons Concent
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Copper Copper 5000mt
  • Year 1987
    Description Ore Throughput 120000 Metric Tons Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 120000mt
  • Year 1988
    Description Ore Throughput 79500 Metric Tons Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 79500mt
  • Year 1988
    Description Concentrate Production 5000 Metric Tons Concent
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Copper Copper 5000mt
  • Year 1989
    Description Ore Throughput 75000 Metric Tons Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 75000mt
  • Year 1989
    Description Concentrate Production 5000 Metric Tons Concent
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Copper Copper 5000mt
  • Year 1990
    Description Ore Throughput 85000 Metric Tons Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 85000mt
  • Year 1990
    Description Concentrate Production 5000 Metric Tons Concent
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Copper Copper 5000mt

Comments on the production information

  • IN AN EFFORT TO REDUCE DILUTION, IT IS PLANNED TO INCREASE THE VERTICAL SPACING OF THE SUB-LEVELS FROM 6 TO 20 METERS AND TO BACK-FILL USING DEVELOPMENT WASTE TAILINGS AND SAND OR GRAVEL. LOADING IS CARRIED OUT USING SEVEN FRENCH LOADER MICROSCOOPS. SOME OF THE WASTE IS REMOVED UNDERGROUND BY HANDSORTING. BETWEEN 1982 AND 1989, 650,000 METRIC TONS OF ORE GRADING AN AVERAGE OF 2.6% CU WERE PRODUCED. OPERATING DAYS PER YEAR WERE ASSUMED TO BE 250. MINING JOURNAL RESEARCH SERVICES REPORT THAT THE ORE FROM THE SHKODER MINE, WHICH TYPICALLY GRADES 1 PERCENT COPPER, IS PROCESSED WITHIN THE MINE SITE. APPROXIMATELY 20,000 TONS PER YEAR OF ORE GRADING 2.8 PERCENT COPPER IS PRODUCED AND RAILED TO LAC FOR SMELTING. EXPLORATION TO INCREASE THE ORE RESERVES IS CONTINUING IN THE SURROUNDING AREA.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE KARMA II MINE HAS RESERVES OF APPROXIMATELY 600,000 METRIC TONS AT 2.5% CU. THESE ARE INCLUDED IN THE TOTAL RESERVE FIGURE.

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
    Percent Recovery 84
    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 300
    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 other economic factors

  • ALL OF THE MINES HAVE WORKINGS AT DEPTHS BETWEEN 100 AND 300 METERS. ONE MAIN SHAFT IS USED IN THE MINE WHICH MEASURES 3 METERS IN DIAMETER AND 120 METERS DEEP WITH A CAPACITY OF 60,000 METRIC TONS PER YEAR. THERE ARE ALSO SEVERAL ADITS AND AN INCLINE WHICH WILL EXTEND INTO THE KARMA II MINE. TUNNELS ARE SPREAD 6 METERS APART (VERTICAL) AND 7 TO 10 METERS APART HORIZONTALLY. BLOCKS OF 30 METERS ARE PRE-DRILLED AND BLASTED; ORE IS THEN DRAWN OFF IN ORE PASSES. 88% TO 90% OF THE ORE IS RECOVERED WITH A DILUTION OF APPROXIMATELY 10% TO 15%. ROOF CONDITIONS ARE CONSIDERED TO BE GOOD. THE CAPACITY OF THE THREE MINES IS 75,000 METRIC TONS PER YEAR. A NEW 100,000 METRIC TONS PER YEAR CAPACITY VERTICAL SHAFT IS PLANNED.
  • 15,000 TO 16,000 METRIC TONS PER YEAR OF HIGHER GRADE ORE AND 4,000 TO 5,000 METRIC TONS PER YEAR OF CU CONCENTRATES ARE SENT TO THE LAC SMELTER IN ALBANIA. 22,000 METRIC TONS PER YEAR OF HIGHER GRADE ORE IS SENT DIRECTLY TO THE RUBIK SMELTER. ORE THAT IS GREATER THAN 50 MM IS SENT DIRECTLY TO EITHER THE LAC OR RUBIK SMELTER. ORE LESS THAN 50 MM IS SENT TO THE ADJACENT DRESSING PLANT, WHICH HAS A CAPACITY OF 60,000 METRIC TONS PER YEAR.
  • THE PALAJ MINE IS EXPECTED TO CLOSE AT THE END OF 1990 AND THE KARMA I MINE IS EXPECTED TO CLOSE AT THE END OF 1992. THE KARMA II MINE IS UNDER DEVELOPMENT BUT IS SUPPOSED TO COME ON-STREAM IN 1992.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMMODITIES RESEARCH UNIT LIMITED, THE BASE METAL

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRY OF ALBANIA, LONDON, 1991, 55 PAGES.

  • Deposit

    KIPPENBERGER, C., REPORT OF AN OFFICIAL VISIT TO

  • Deposit

    ALBANIA TO GATHER INFORMATION ON THE SITUATION IN THE

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL

  • Deposit

    RESOURCES (BGR), HANNOVER, 56 PAGES.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL RESEARCH SERVICES IN CO-OPERATION

  • Deposit

    WITH THE ALBANIAN MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, MINES, AND

  • Deposit

    ENERGY, MINING IN ALBANIA, AN EMERGING OPPORTUNITY, P. 80

  • Deposit

    (MAY 1992).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE OREBODY CONSISTS OF STRATIFIELD LENSES VARYING FROM 25 TO 60 METERS WIDE AND 60 METERS HIGH.

Reporter information

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

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