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Occurrence in Russia with commodity Zirconium
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025001
MRDS ID ISM0753
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown
Alternate or previous names Lovozersk

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 35.08654, 67.76506 (WGS84)
Relative position CENTROID

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON THE DUVAL UPLAND IN NE FLORIDA, ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTH OF GREEN COVE SPRINGS ALONG ROUTE 17.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zirconium Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ZIRCONIUM

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean

Nearby scientific data

(1) 35.08654, 67.76506
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; ALTERED ILMN (64% TIO2) + RUTL + LCXN + ZRCN + MNZT (-+QRTZ); THE DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF A NUMBER OF STRNDLINES CONTAINING NON INDURATED SAND AND A HIGH PROPORTION OF HNUMAS MATERIAL. IT IS 19 KM LONG, 1 KM WIDE, AND IS 16 M THICK. THE GRADE OF HEAVY MINERALS VARIES FROM 2-5%, WITH SMALL LENSES (LESS THAN 60 M LONG) CONTAINING 40% HM. THE HM SUITE CONSISTS OF 60-70% ILMN + LCXN, 10% RUTL, AND UP TO 10% ZRCN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • ILMN 60-70 000 TPA. RUTL 30 000 TPA. LCXN 10 000 TPA. ZRCN 30 000 TPA. PRODUCTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO 2011.UNAVAILABLE. MAX. CAPACITY NONE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • IN ORE HAVING 0.35% ZRCN. REFERS TO DEMONSTRATED RESERVES AT BOTH THE HIGHLAND AND GREEN COVE SPRINGS DEPOSITS. CALCULATED USING GEOLOGY COMMENTS (G13). APPROXIMATELY 0.35% ZRCN ORE. INFERRED RESOURCES AT BOTH THE HIGHLAND AND GREEN COVE SPRINGS DEPOSITS. CLACULATED USING GEOLOGY COMMENTS (G13).

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). DEVELOPMENT(NO);

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY DATA BASE

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.). PLACER (DREDGING) 50.00 CM NONE DATE OF ORIGINAL: 10-APR-89; DATE OF LAST CHANGE: 05-MAY-89

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1995 Richardson, D. G. Geological Survey of South Africa

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