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Martian River

Past Producer in Russia with commodities Platinum, Gold
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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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038250
MRDS ID M045561
Record type Site
Current site name Martian River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 59.66286, 57.68178 (WGS84)
Relative position 5TH-WEST OF MT. SOLOVIEF

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Comments on the location information

  • FLOWS SSE 43,750 FT ; RUSSIAN SFSR, URALS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result AWRORINSKY CONCENTRATE OS= 4.15, PT= 74.56, IR+RH+PD= 5.00, CU= 4.17, FE= 12.12
Result JOSIPHOWSKY PLACER, OS= 1.95, PT= 75.34, IR= 2.20, RH= 0.25, PD= 0.20, CU= 3.96, NI= 0.70
Result FE= 13.80 (DUPARC AND TIKONOWITCH)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Pyroxenite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) 59.66286, 57.68178
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.09M
    Length 6699.81M
    Width 106.68M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1825

Mining district

District name Nishny-Tagil

Production statistics

  • Year 1920
    Material PT
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.1002 Oz/St
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Platinum PGE 3g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • 1= EST BASED ON AVERAGE MEASUREMENTS= 1,530,000 STONS OF GRAVELS CALC. FROM 21,981 X 350 X 3.58 CU. FT. (TOTAL PROD.)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOUIS, HENRY,1898, MINERAL INDUSTRY, VOL.VI,P.540

  • Deposit

    DUPARC & TIKONOWITCH (1920) LE PLATINE, P. 351-353

  • Production

    EST ON DUPARC AND TIKONOWITCH

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE ARE SEVERAL CLAIM AREAS ON MARTIAN RIVER. (1) NTHNMOST BIELOGORSKY CLAIM: LENGTH= 2800 FEET; WIDTH= 35-280 FEET; OVERBURDEN 13.76 FEET; THICKNESS OF PLATINUM-BEARING SANDS AND GRAVELS= 21 TO 42 INCHES; GRADE= 0.362 TOZ/ST (2) AWRORINSKY CLAIM: 2 PT HORIZONS, FIRST: THICKNESS O PLATINUM BEARING SANDS AND GRAVELS-3.966 FEET; GRADE .253-.884 OZ/ST AVERAGE= .247 OZ/ST. SECOND: BETWEEN MALAIA CHOURPIKHA RIVER AND WARLAMIKHA RIVERS; WIDTH= 28-49 INCHES, OVERBURDEN= 24-40 FEET PRODUCTION: 19.8-23.1 OZ PER DAY; CONSIDERABLE AMT. LEFT IN TAILINGS (3) WARLAMINSKY-AT MOUTH OF WARLAMIKHA; WIDTH= 7 FEET OVERBURDEN= 19-34 FEET. GRADE= .091 OZ/ST SOUTH AS FLOWS INTO GABBROS: OVERBURDEN= 14-30 FT AVE GRADE= .081 OZ/ST (4) IOSIPHOVSKY-WIDTH= 210-280 FT; THICKNESS 28 INCHES-10.5 FEET OF WHICH 28 INCHES-7 FEET BARREN; GRADE= .132 OZ/ST SOUTH TO DIKHY MARTIAN: WIDTH= 700-1400 FEET; OVERBURDEN AVERAGES 56 FEET NR. ACTUAL COARSE TO 105 NEAR EAST EDGE OF BED; GRADE .052-.091 OZ/ST DOWNSTREAM OF
Deposit SOUKHOI MARTIAN WIDTH= 140-350 FEET AVE. GRADE= .043 OZ/ST AT LIPIN LOG THICKNESS 14-28 INCHES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Till, Alison B. U.S. Geological Survey

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