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Albania, Korçë County

Guri i Kuq nickel mine, Pogradec

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: limonite, garnierite-type Ni ore, serpentine.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Nickel-iron laterite ores above Lake Ohrid, mined in the 20th century

Documented in Albanian mining records.

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Hazards noted for this site.

open pits

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