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Guri Kuq Mine

Producer 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. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024536
MRDS ID ISM0259
Record type Site
Current site name Guri Kuq Mine
Alternate or previous names Gurikuq

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 20.63514, 40.91546 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Albania(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Albania

Comments on the location information

  • 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
    Rock unit name Santon, Campan
    Rock description Santon, Campan
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) 20.63514, 40.91546
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Eastern Ultramafic Belt

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; ARCH; RB/SR; 2615 +/-30 MA; PYTT + PNLD + PYRT + CLCP + MGNT + CRMT + MLRT; KAMBALDA SEQUENCE COMPRISES FROM BASE: FOOTWALL BASALT, ULTRAMAFIC SEQUENCE (OLIVINE PERIODOTITE AND PICRITE), HA-NGING-WALL BASALT, PLUS ASSOCIATED SEDIMENTS AND FELSIC INTRUS-IVES. SEQUENCE NOW DOMED AS A RESULT OF FOLDING/INTRUSION. 8-0% OF ORE OCCURS IN FOOTWALL BASALT/ULTRAMAFIC CONTACT; REMAIN-DER OCCURS WITHIN ULTRAMAFIC SEQUENCE. ORE CONTAINS MASSIVE, -MATRIX, AND DISSEMINATED SULPHIDES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1978
Year of last production 1984

Mining district

District name Librazhdi-Pogradeci Region

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner State Owned

Comments on the production information

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

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1984
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Nickel Ni 0.9 wt-pct Nickel Major 1984

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 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. ( X; WEAK NICKEL DEMAND AND WORLD-WIDE OVERCAPACITY). DEVELOPMENT(YES; ORE BLOCKING); EXPLORATION(YES; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING, DRILLING); 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 AD-JACENT AREAS--EXPLANATORY NOTES TO THE INTERNATIONAL MAP OF TH-E ORE DEPOSITS OF EUROPE, 1/12,500,000, VOLUME I: HANNOVER (G-ERMANY, FEDERAL REPUBLIC), BUNDESANSTALT FUR GEOWISSENSCHAFTEN- UND ROHSTOFFE, P. 81-82.

  • Production

    PA1: REPORTER'S ESTIMATES

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.). 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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