Kachkanar Deposit

Producer in Russia with commodities Titanium, Metal, Vanadium, Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024847
MRDS ID ISM0599
Record type Site
Current site name Kachkanar Deposit
Alternate or previous names Mt Kachkanar Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 59.48485, 58.66457 (WGS84)
Relative position ORE BODY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Commodities

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

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 Kachkanar Massif
    Rock description Kachkanar Massif
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) 59.48485, 58.66457

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Magmatic Intrusiions Into Geosynclinal Succession

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1790
Year of first production 1980
Year of last production 1985

Mining district

District name Middle Urals

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Soviet Government

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1971
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Titanium, Metal TiO2 1.3 wt-pct Titanium Major 1971

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ZITZMANN, A. (ED) 1978, THE IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF EUROPE, V. 1 & 2, HANNOVER

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU OF MINES, 1982, USSR MULTIPLE DEPOSIT SUMMARY: MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM, FOREIGN TITANIUM PROPERTIES.

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1982, TITANIUM MINERALS - FOCUS ON PRODUCTION: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, JULY 1982.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.