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Reps

Plant in Mirdite, Albania with commodities Copper, Sulfur
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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 10118369
MAS/MILS ID 4810330003
Record type Site
Current site name Reps
Alternate or previous names Spac, Thira, Lajo, Thurr, Gurch, Luje Reps, Kullaaxhi, Gunth Spac, An Alternate Spelling For the Spac, Mine Is the Spaci Mine.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 20.06854, 41.88207 (WGS84)
Elevation 1680
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mirdite(province)

Albania(country)

Geographic areas

Country State
Albania Mirdite

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Sulfur Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 20.06854, 41.88207
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    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 920727

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE HOST ROCKS HAVE BEEN ALTERED BY FOLDING AND HYDROTHERMAL CONTACT. BGR REPORTED THAT THERE WAS A 70,000 METRIC TONS ZN/CU OREBODY AT GURTH SPAC GADING .9% TO 1.0% ZN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Mining method Open Stope - Sublevel
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 Reps
    Home office Albania
    Year 1991

Production statistics

  • Year 1984
    Description Pyrite Concentrate Production 25000 Metric Tons Of Concent
  • Year 1984
    Description Cu Concentrate Production 18000 Metric Tons Of Concent
  • Year 1984
    Description Ore Throughput (All Mines) 320000 Metric Tons Of Ore
  • Year 1985
    Description Pyrite Concentrate Production 25000 Metric Tons Of Concent
  • Year 1985
    Description Cu Concentrate Production 18000 Metric Tons Of Concent
  • Year 1985
    Description Ore Throughput (All Mines) 320000 Metric Tons Of Ore
  • Year 1986
    Description Pyrite Concentrate Production 25000 Metric Tons Of Concent
  • Year 1986
    Description Cu Concentrate Production 16000 Metric Tons Of Concent
  • Year 1986
    Description Ore Throughput (All Mines) 300000 Metric Tons Of Ore
  • Year 1987
    Description Pyrite Concentrate Production 25000 Metric Tons Of Concent
  • Year 1987
    Description Cu Concentrate Production 18000 Metric Tons Of Concent
  • Year 1987
    Description Ore Throughput (All Mines) 320000 Metric Tons Of Ore
  • Year 1988
    Description Pyrite Concentrate Production 25000 Metric Tons Of Concent
  • Year 1988
    Description Cu Concentrate Production 16000 Metric Tons Of Concent
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 16000mt
  • Year 1988
    Description Ore Throughput (All Mines) 300000 Metric Tons Of Ore
  • Year 1989
    Description Pyrite Concentrate Production 25000 Metric Tons Of Concent
  • Year 1989
    Description Cu Concentrate Production 18000 Metric Tons Of Concent
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Copper Copper 18000mt
  • Year 1989
    Description Ore Throughput - Thurr 25000 Metric Tons Of Ore
  • Year 1989
    Description Ore Throughput - Spac 200000 Metric Tons Of Ore
  • Year 1989
    Description Ore Throughput - Lajo 10000 Metric Tons Of Ore
  • Year 1989
    Description Ore Throughput - Gurch 85000 Metric Tons Of Ore
  • Year 1989
    Description Ore Throughput (All Mines) 320000 Metric Tons Of Ore
  • Year 1990
    Material Pyrite conc
    Ore mined 25000mt
    Description Pyrite Concentrate Production 25000 Metric Tons Of Concent
  • Year 1990
    Description Cu Concentrate Production 18000 Metric Tons Of Concent
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Copper Copper 0.01mt
  • Year 1990
    Description Ore Throughput (All Mines) 320000 Metric Tons Of Ore

Comments on the production information

  • ALL PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE APPROXIMATIONS. OPERATING DAYS PER YEAR IS ASSUMED TO BE 250. MINING JOURNAL RESEARCH SERVICES REPORT THAT THE SPACI MINING COMPLEX EXPLOITS FIVE DEPOSITS AND PRODUCES 370,000 TONS OF COPPER ORE PER YEAR. OF PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE TO FOREIGN INVESTORS, THE JOURNAL REPORTS, IS THE DEGREE OF LABOR INTENSIVE WORK INVOLVED IN THE MINING AND THE PROCESSING OF THE ORE. THE CONDITIONS AT THE MINE WARRANT IMMEDIATE MECHANISATION OF ALL SURFACE AND SUB-SURFACE OPERATIONS. THIS WILL MARKEDLY INCREASE PRODUCTION, RESERVES, AND MINE REVENUE. MINING JOURNAL RESEARCH SERVICES REPORT NOTHING ON THE GRADE OF ORE MINED AT THE SPACI MINE, NOR DOES THE JOURNAL MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT THE OTHER MINES IN THE REPS MINING GROUP.
  • PRODUCT OUTPUT REPRESENTS COPPER AND PYRITE CONCENTRATES.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE ADIT GRADE IS A WEIGHTED AVERAGE OF COPPER GRADES FROM THE FOUR MINES. THE ACTUAL INDIVIDUAL COPPER GRADES OF EACH RESOURCE ARE: GURCH, 2%; THURR, .9%; SPAC, .8%; LAJO, .6%.

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 1280
    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

  • CU CONCENTRATE GRADE IS APPROXIMATELY 16% CU. THE PYRITE CONCENTRATE GRADE IS APPROXIMATELY 45% SULPHUR. THE RECOVERY RATE FOR COPPER IS APPROXIMATELY 88%. 12,000 METRIC TONS PER YEAR OF CONCENTRATE AND 6,000 METRIC TONS PER YEAR OF ORE ARE SENT TO THE RUBIK SMELTER. 6,000 METRIC TONS PER YEAR OF CONCENTRATE IS SENT TO THE LAC SMELTER. PYRITE CONCENTRATE IS SENT TO THE LAC SMELTER AS WELL. BGR REPORTED THE CAPACITY OF THE REPS CONCENTRATION PLANT TO BE 300,000 METRIC TONS PER YEAR. THEY ALSO REPORTED CONCENTRATE OUTPUT CAPACITY TO BE 23,500 METRIC TONS PER YEAR, WITH A RECOVERY RATE OF 80% WITH A GRADE OF 12.5% CU. MILLING CAPACITY IS REPORTED TO BE 320,000 METRIC TONS PER YEAR BY CRU. THE CONCENTRATION PLANT PRODUCES 18,000 METRIC TONS OF COPPER CONCENTRATE AND 25,000 METRIC TONS OF PYRITE CONCENTRATE PER YEAR.
  • UNDERGROUND MINE WORKINGS ARE ACCESSED BY ADITS AND VERTICAL SHAFTS. MINING CAPACITY IS REPORTED TO BE 320,000 METRIC TONS PER YEAR BY CRU.

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 ALBANIA

  • Deposit

    TO GATHER INFORMATION ON THE SITUATION IN THE MINERAL

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES (BGR),

  • Deposit

    HANNOVER, 53 PAGES.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL RESEARCH SERVICES IN CO-OPERATION WITH

  • Deposit

    THE ALBANIAN MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, MINES, AND ENERGY, MINING

  • Deposit

    IN ALBANIA: AN EMERGING OPPORTUNITY, P. 79 (MAY 1992).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE ARE APPROXIMATIONS. THE REPS MINE IS LOCATED 29 KILOMETERS SOUTH OF FUSHE ARREZ. THIS EVALUATION INCLUDES SPAC, LAJO, THURR, AND GURCH MINES. BGR REPORTED THAT THE KULLAXTII MINE WAS ALSO PART OF THE REPS DISTRICT.

Reporter information

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

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