Mine detail: Prrenjas Mine

Previously called 'CervenakaPrenjas'

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Location: Albania, Europe
Lat / long: 41.06546, 20.55182
dep_id: 10024534
mrds_id: ISM0257
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Nickel, Iron, Chromium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
Reporter: Krauss, Ulrich H.
hrock_unit: Gosan
hrock_type: Peridotite,Serpentinite,Limestone
Structure: Eastern Ultramafic Belt
tectonic: Dinarides Mountains, Internal Ophiolites
Year first produced: 1966
ylp_ba: >
yr_lst_prd: 1984
References:
  • Deposit:: PUMO, F., 1973, DONNEES GENERALES SUR LES GITES MINERAUX DE *LBANIE 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: REPORTE* ESTIMATE
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