Commodities
PrimaryNickel, Cobalt, Iron
Commodity typeM
Geology
Host rockPeridotite,Limestone
StructureEastern Ultramafic Belt
Tectonic settingDinarides Mountains, Internal Ophiolite
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10024535
MRDS IDISM0258
Alternate namesBitinske
RegionEU
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.64879, 20.98513
References
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.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.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)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)