Todo Manco Mine

Producer in Albania with commodity Chromium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024347
MRDS ID ISM0055
Record type Site
Current site name Todo Manco Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 20.1685, 41.41545 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Albania(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Albania

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) 20.1685, 41.41545

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ultramafic Portion Of Ophiolite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1937
Year of first production 1972

Mining district

District name Bater-Martanesh District (Mat Valley)

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner The Ministry Of Heavy Industry And Mining (State Owned)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSSI, G., 1979, A REVIEW OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF ALBANIA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO CHROME: SOUTH AFRICA MINERALS BUREAU INTERNAL REPORT 37, 134 P. (C1-C3, C9, C17, C18, G2, G13, REP4)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1982 Lipin Bruce R U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.