Albania, Elbasan County
Prrenjas nickel laterite mines
Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: limonitic laterite, garnierite-type Ni ore, chromite grains.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Iron-nickel laterite over ophiolite near Lake Ohrid, mined since the mid 1900s
Documented Albanian Fe-Ni district in geological literature.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
pit walls
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