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Bitincke Mine

Prospect in Albania with commodities Nickel, Cobalt, Iron
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  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. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024535
MRDS ID ISM0258
Record type Site
Current site name Bitincke Mine
Alternate or previous names Bitinske

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 20.98513, 40.64879 (WGS84)
Elevation 1100

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Albania(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Albania

Comments on the location information

  • 18 KM ENE OF KORCE, 2.5 KM NNW OF BILISHT, SOUTHERN ALBANIA NEAR GREEK BORDER.
  • CENTROID IS CENTER OF ORE BODY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Cobalt Critical Primary
Iron Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) 20.98513, 40.64879
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Eastern Ultramafic Belt

Comments on the geologic information

  • FAULTING; GTHT, HYDRO-GTHT, NI-SILICATES; SERPENTINIZED PERIDOTITES ARE COVERED BY: ZONE OF SILICATIC NI-ORE (1.12-1.67% NI, .02-04% CO); LIMONITIC ZONE (2--4 M THICK); MARLS AND LIMESTONES (EO). OVERLYING LAYERS ARE -GENTLY DIPPING SE. FAULT SYSTEMS STRIKE N-S AND SW-NE. STEEP--DISSECTING ORES (UP TO 50 M RELATIVE DISPLACEMENT) ARE POST-E-OCENE.
  • ; ARCH; RB/SR; 2615 +/- 30 MA; PYTT + PNLD + PYRT + CLCP + MGNT + CRMT + MLRT; KAMBALDA SEQUENCE COMPRISES FROM BASE: FOOTWALL BASALT, ULTRAMAFIC SEQUENCE (OLIVINE PERIDOTITE AND PICRITE), HAN-GING-WALL BASALT, PLUS ASSOCIATED SEDIMENTS AND FELSIC INTRUSI-VES. SEQUENCE NOW DOMED AS A RESULT OF FOLDING/INTRUSION. 80-% OF ORE OCCURS IN FOOTWALL BASALT/ULTRAMAFIC CONTACT; REMAIND-ER OCCURS WITHIN ULTRAMAFIC SEQUENCE. ORE CONTAINS MASSIVE, M-ATRIX, AND DISSEMINATED SULPHIDES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Korca Region

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner State Owned

Comments on the production information

  • A MINE IS BEING DEVELOPED AT PRESENT (OCT 84). OPERATIONS FOR OPENING BITINCKE MINE ARE TO COMMENCE SHORTLY AND A- COMPLEX DEPOSIT OF FE-NI (40-45% FE, 1% NI) WILL BE EXPLOITED- (RF4, P. 246). PLANNED PRODUCTION CAPACITY IS POSSIBLY ABOUT- 800 000 MT/YR.
  • PRODUCTION DATA INCLUDED WITH OTHER DATA FOR THE KAMBALDA-ST. IVES-TRAMWAYS DISTRICT IN TOTALS FOR JUAN MINE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SEE REP4.
  • RESOURCE DATA INCLUDED WITH OTHER DATA FOR THE KAMBALDA-ST. IVES-TRAMWAYS DISTRICT IN TOTALS FOR JUAN MINE.

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). FE-NI ORE: 0.79% NI, 37.3% FE, 12.1% SIO2, 2.68% CR2O3, 0.06% CO, 10.7% AL2O3, 2.3% MGO. ALTERED SERPENTINITE: -1.05% NI, 18.6% FE, 26.8% SIO2, 1.42% CR2O3, 0.35% CO, 8.1% AL-2O3, 13% MGO. SERPENTINITE: 0.39% NI, 7.6% FE, 27.6% SIO2, 0-82% CR2O3, 0.02% CO, 1.15% AL2O3, 27.6% MGO. (RF3)
  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. ( X; WEAK NICKEL DEMAND AND WORLD-WIDE OVERCAPACITY). DEVELOPMENT(YES; ORE BLOCKING); EXPLORATION(YES; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING, DRILLING, SOIL GEOCHEMICAL SURVEYS); ASSESSMENT(RESERVES AT OPERATING MINES ARE DECLINING, BUT LARGE RESOURCES EXIST IN NEW ORE ZONES; LARGE POTENTIAL FOR EXPANSI-ON OF PRODUCTION, BUT IMPLEMENTATION DEPENDS ON IMPROVEMENT IN- WORLD DEMAND.);

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PUMO, F., 1973, DONNEES GENERALES SUR LES GITES MINERAUX DE L'ALBANIE ET CARACTERES PARTICULIERS DE SES IMPORTANTS- GISEMENTS DE NICKEL LATERITIQUE: PARIS, BUREAU DE RECHERCHES- GEOLOGIQUES ET MINIERES BULLETIN, SEC. 2, NO. 6, P. 451.

  • Deposit

    ZITZMANN, A., 1977: THE IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF ALBANIA, IN ZITZMANN, A., ED., THE IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF EUROPE AND A-DJACENT AREAS--EXPLANATORY NOTES TO THE INTERNATIONAL MAP OF T-HE ORE DEPOSITS OF EUROPE, 1/12,500,000, VOLUME I: HANNOVER (-GERMANY, FEDERAL REPUBLIC), BUNDESANSTALT FUR GEOWISSENSCHAFTE-EN UND ROHSTOFFE, P. 81-82.

  • Deposit

    MERTKE, M., 1963, DER GEOLOGISCHE BAU UND DIE ERZTYPEN DER FE-NI-LAGERSTATTE BITINCKE (ALBANIEN): ZEITSCHRIFT FUR- ANGEWANDTE GEOLOGIE, V. 9, NO. 4, P. 185-189. (C18)

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, 1982, MINING DIGEST--A LOOK AT ALBANIA'S MINING AND MINERALS INDUSTRY: MINING MAGAZINE, V. 147, -NO. 3, SEP., P. 245-246. (PA8)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.). NO DETAILED AND CONSISTENT FIGURES ARE AVAILABLE ON PRODUCTION AND RESOURCES OF ALBANIAN NI-FE MINES. TOTAL ANNUA-L ORE PRODUCTION OF ALBANIA IS ESTIMATED TO BE SOME 1 MILLION -METRIC TONS AT PRESENT. TOTAL MINE CAPACITY IS AT LEAST 1.2 M-ILLION METRIC TONS OF ORE PER YEAR. TOTAL ALBANIAN WORKABLE N-I-FE RESOURCES MAY BE NEAR 70 MILLION METRIC TONS OF ORE, MOST- OF WHICH ARE IN THE LIBRAZHDI-POGRADECI REGION.
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.). UNDERGROUND SMELTED/REFINED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1984 Krauss, Ulrich H. Bundesanstalt Fuer Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffee (Germany)

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