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Tyrnyauz Mine

Producer in Russia with commodities Tungsten, Molybdenum
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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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021632
MRDS ID DE00313
Record type Site
Current site name Tyrnyauz Mine
Alternate or previous names Tyrny-Auz

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 42.75152, 43.41505 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Comments on the location information

  • THE MAIN ADIT OF THE MINE IS LOCATED ON THE SLOPES OF TYRNYAUZ -TAU MOUNTAIN, 2,757 M ABOVE SEA LEVEL, IN THE BAKSAN RIVER VALLEY. ; UR11

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) 42.75152, 43.41505
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Contact Aureole Of Cretaceous Granite

Comments on the geologic information

  • PRINCIPAL MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES: SCLT + MLBD + POWELLITE + PLGC + PRXN + GRNT + SLPD; CLCT + QRTZ + FLRP. APPROXIMATELY 20 OREBODIES OCCUR OVER AN AREA 1,600 M BY 500 M AND TO A DEPTH OF 900 M. TWO ORE TYPES; ONE WITH A SILICEOUS GANGUE, AND A SECOND WITH A CARBONATE GANGUE (DIKINOV, G.K., 1982). GEOLOGY IS COMPLEX; AT LEAST THREE DIFFERENT STAGES OF MINERALIZATION ARE SUPERIMPOSED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1934
Year of first production 1938

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Tyrnyauz Tungsten And Molybdenum Combine Of The Ministry Of Ferrous Metallurgy

Comments on development

  • CONCENTRATOR OPENED IN 1940, DESTROYED IN WORLD WAR II, REBUILT IN 1945 AND EXPANDED IN 1950'S AND 1960'S (SHABAD, T., 1969). NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS.: PROCESSING--SCHEELITE RECOVERY COMPLICATED BY PRESENCE OF MOLYBDENUM MINERALS (DIKINOV, G.K., 1981); WEATHER CONDITIONS AT HIGH ELEVATION HAS LIMITED OPEN PIT MINING ACTIVITIES. ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT IN MINE: YES. ACTIVE EXPLORATION IN DISTRICT: YES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRUSHOV, N.A., 1958, TYRNYAUZ: TUNGSTEN-MOLYBDENUM SKARN DEPOSIT IN NORTHERN CAUCASUS, SOVIET GEOLOGY, NO. 2, 1958.

  • Deposit

    ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 1977, TUNGSTEN, THIRD EDITION, LONDON, ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., P. 115-187.

  • Deposit

    1958, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND MINING DEVELOPMENT IN EUROPE AND IN THE U.S.S.R., MINERAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT SERIES, NO. 6, P. 140-142.

  • Deposit

    BUROS, J. AND WAGNER, H., (EDS.), 1978, TYRNY-AUZ IN BUNDESANSTALT FUR GEOWISSENSCHAFTEN UND ROHSTOFFE, HANNOVER, ROHSTOFFWIRTSCHAFTLICHE LANDERBERICHTE: XVI UDSSR, MOLYBDAN - WOLFRAM, P. 10-14.

  • Deposit

    SMIRNOV, V.I. (ED.), 1974, TYRNYAUZ IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE U.S.S.R., VOL. III, NEDRA PRESS, MOSCOW (ENGLISH TRANSLATION IN 977, SAN FRANCISCO, PITMAN PUBLISHING LTD.), P. 130-137.

  • Deposit

    PUSTOVALOV, A.I., 1980, SOVIET TUNGSTEN - MOLYBDENUM MINING, GORNYI ZHURNAL, 1980, NO. 9, P. 8-11. (SUMMARIZED IN MINING MAGAZINE, VOL. 144, NO. 1, JAN. 1981, P. 104-105).

  • Deposit

    BUNDESANSTALT FUR GEOWISSENSCHAFTEN UND ROHSTOFFE, HANNOVER, 1977, UNTERSUCHUNGEN UBER ANGEBOT UND NACHFTAGE MINERALISCHER ROHSTOFFE: IX WOLFRAM, P. 1-23.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    DIKINOV, G.K., IMPROVING THE CONCENTRATION METHODS AT TYRNYAUZ, TSVETNYE METALLY, FEBRUARY 1981, P. 109-122. (SUMMARIZED IN WORLD MINING, VOL. 35, NO. 9, SEPT. 1982, P. 84-86).

  • Deposit

    SHABAD, T., 1969, BASIC INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES OF THE U.S.S.R., NEW YORK, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS, P. 146.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRODUCT UPGRADED BEFORE EXPORT: CONCENTRATES SENT TO NAL'CHIK PLANT OPENED IN 1962, FOR THE PRODUCTION OF TUNGSTEN METAL.

Reporter information

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

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