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Gusevogorsk Deposit

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024846
MRDS ID ISM0598
Record type Site
Current site name Gusevogorsk Deposit
Alternate or previous names Guseva Gora Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 59.60152, 58.69789 (WGS84)
Relative position ORE BODY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Comments on the location information

  • 20KM SE OF HORSHAM

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ZIRCONIUM

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Pyroxenite
    Rock unit name Gusevogorsk Massif
    Rock description Gusevogorsk Massif
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) 59.60152, 58.69789
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Magmatic Intrusions Into Geosynclinal Succession.

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; ILMN + RUTL + ANTS + ZRCN + MNZT + XNTM + QRTZ; THE UNIT CONSISTS OF YELLOW-BROWN, FINE WELL SORTED QUARTZ SAND, SANDSTONE WITH MINOR CLAY, SILT AND PEBBLE CONGLOMERATE. SAND IS FRIABLE, UNCONSOLIDATED. HM (GRADING 2%) ARE DISSEMINATED THROUGHOUT. SEQUENCE CAPPED BY 4M OF CLAY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1931
Year of first production 1963
Year of last production 1985

Mining district

District name Central Ural Mountains

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Soviet Government

Comments on the production information

  • NONE REPORTED.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1981
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Titanium, Metal TiO2 1.15 wt-pct Titanium Major 1981

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CRA PRESS RELEASE, 11/1/88

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). DEVELOPMENT(YES); ASSESSMENT(DETAILED FEASIBILITY STUDIES UNDERWAY ON MINING AND FURTHER PROCESSING.); FINE-GRAINED NATURE OF THE HEAVY MINERALS CURRENTLY EFFECTING THE RECOVERY RATE AND HAS SOME PROBLEMS WITH FURTHER PROCESSING EG RUTILE TO TIO2 PIGMENT.WIM 150 DEPOSIT OF 2000HA IS PART OF A MUCH LARGER RESOURCE WHICH IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. A SMALL PILOT PLANT AT THE PROPOSED MINE SITE. FURTHER DRILLING TO DELINATE DISTRIBUTION OF HEAVY MINERALS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.). NONE 0.00 M DATE OF ORIGINAL: 23-NOV-88; DATE OF LAST CHANGE: 05-MAY-89

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1985 Gray, Jonathan M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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