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Iul'Tin Mine

Producer in Russia with commodities Tungsten, Tin
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021631
MRDS ID DE00312
Record type Site
Current site name Iul'Tin Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 178.92955, 67.71568 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Comments on the location information

  • GREAT TENASSERIM RIVER VALLEY AREA.
  • IN EASTERN END OF EKIATAP SKIY KHREBET (MOUNTAIN RANGE) IN CHUKOTKA PENINSULA. CONNECTED BY ROAD TO PORT OF EGVEKINOT ON ZALIV KRESTA (BERING SEA). ; UR11

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Tin Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Iul'Tin Grou[;Iul'Tin Massif
    Rock description Iul'Tin Grou[;Iul'Tin Massif
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 178.92955, 67.71568
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Contact Aureole Above Cretaceous Granite

Comments on the geologic information

  • PRINCIPAL MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES: QRTZ + WLFM + CSTR; MLBD + PYRT + CLCP + TRML + FLRT + LPDL (BENDER, F., 1983). LODE DEPOSITS CONSIST OF QUARTZ VEINS AND VEINLETS IN ALTERED GRANITE AND ASSOCIATED COUNTRY ROCKS. IN ALL, 77 ORE VEINS ARE KNOWN (HOLLAND AND FERMOR, 1910). PLACER DEPOSITS OCCUR IN STREAMS AND ALLUVIAL FLATS (GOOSENS, P.J., 1978).
  • PRINCIPAL MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES: WLFM + QRTZ + MSCV + ALBT + FLRT + CSTR + ARPR + CLCP + PYRT + PYTT. MORE THAN 100 OREBODIES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED. INDIVIDUAL OREBODIES CONSIST OF EN ECHELON VEIN ZONES, FROM TENS OF METERS UP TO 1,250 M ALONG STRIKE, AND FROM TENS OF METERS TO 330 M DOWN DIP. INDIVIDUAL VEINS ARE 0.3 M TO 1 M WIDE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1959

Mining district

District name Chukchi Autonomous Region (Magadan Region)

Comments on the production information

  • ANNUAL ITEMS 1-6: REPORTED AS AN AVERAGE 1970-1975. YADABON MINE ONLY; ALSO 5 MT/YR OF TIN CONCENTRATE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • YADANABON MINE, IN 10,000,000 CUBIC YARDS OF MATERIAL.

Comments on development

  • ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT IN MINE: YES, GRAVEL PUMP MINING OPERATIONS AT BOKPYIN ON EASTERN FLANK OF YANGGWA RANGE (KINNEY, G.L.). ACTIVE EXPLORATION IN DISTRICT: YES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LUGUV, S.F., 1965, GENETIC TYPES AND ECONOMIC VALUE OF TIN AND TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN CHUKOTKA, INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGY REVIEW, VOL. 7, NO. 4, APRIL 1965, P.621-629.

  • Deposit

    SHCHEGLOV, A.D., AND BUTKEVICH, T.V., 1977, DEPOSITS OF TUNGSTEN, IN V.I. SMIRNOV (ED.), ORE DEPOSITS OF THE U.S.S.R., VOL. III, SAN FRANCISCO, PITMAN PUBLISHING, P. 199-202.

  • Deposit

    BUROS, J. AND WAGNER, H. (EDS.), 1978, IUL'TINSKY - LAGERSTATTEN IN BUNDESANSTALT FUR GEOWISSENSCHAFTEN UND ROHSTOFFE, HANNOVER, ROHSTOFFWIRTSCHFTLICHE LANDERBERICHTE XVI: UDSSR, MOLYBDAN - WOLFRAM, P. 112-113.

  • Deposit

    ANSTETT, T.F., BLEIWAS, D.I., AND HURDELBRINK, R.J., 1985, TUNGSTEN AVAILABILITY - MARKET COUNTRIES, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, INFORMATION CIRCULAR 9025, 51 P.

  • Deposit

    SHABAD, T., 1950, BASIC INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES OF THE U.S.S.R., NEW YORK, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS, P. 50.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINING METHOD: UNDERGROUND AND OPEN PIT (YADANABON).
Deposit Discovery Year: 1905 (IN SITU)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1985 Pasitschniak, Anna Geological Survey of Canada

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