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Bladogat Krifa Feja

Producer in Montenegro with commodities Lead, Zinc
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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. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10279844
MAS/MILS ID 4790200002
Record type Site
Current site name Bladogat Krifa Feja
Alternate or previous names Besna Kobila, Krifa Feja

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 22.23514, 42.53201 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montenegro(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Montenegro

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 22.23514, 42.53201
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Date of Last Modification 921028

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1974

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Rudnik Olovo I Cinka Bladogat
    Interest 100
    Home office Yugoslavia
    Year 1989

Production statistics

  • Year 1987
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Throughput (Estimated) 265000 Metric Tons Of Ore.
  • Year 1988
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Throughput (Estimated) 260000 Metric Tons Of Ore.
  • Year 1989
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Throughput (Estimated) 260000 Metric Tons Of Ore.
  • Year 1990
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Throughput (Estimated) 260000 Metric Tons Of Ore.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1989
    Total resources 5200000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 7 wt-pct Zinc Major 1989
    Lead Pb 4 wt-pct Lead Minor 1989

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FEED GRADES ARE ESTIMATED AT 4 PERCENT LEAD AND 7 PERCENT ZINC.
  • THERE IS 10 PERCENT CONFIDENCE THAT THE TOTAL RESERVES FOR THIS MINE ARE 5,200,000 METRIC TONS CONTAINING A LEAD GRADE OF 4 PERCENT AND A ZINC GRADE OF 7 PERCENT.
  • RESERVES FOR THIS MINE ARE CONSIDERED TO BE "VERY SIGNIFICANT". TWENTY YEARS WAS ASSUMED IN ASSESSING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF RESERVES FOR THIS MINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMMODITIES RESEARCH UNIT LIMITED, LONDON, THE BASE

  • Deposit

    METAL INDUSTRIES OF EASTERN EUROPE, VOL. 3, PP. 159-60

  • Deposit

    (NOV. 1990).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-JAN-1995 Difrancesco, Carl A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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