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Noril'Sk Ii

Prospect in Russia with commodities Copper, Nickel, Platinum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038313
MRDS ID M045645
Record type Site
Current site name Noril'Sk Ii

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 88.28588, 69.30447 (WGS84)
Relative position N.E. CORNER OF NORIL'SK PLATEAU, ON TABLE MTN., 6 KM FROM TOWN OF NORIL'SK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Comments on the location information

  • MERTIE (1969) LOCATIONS, SECONDS INACCUR. ; RUSSIAN SFSR, KRASNOYARSKII KRAI

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Nickel Critical Primary
Platinum Critical Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) One Of The More Altered Of The Noril'Sk Intrusions

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Rock unit name Marine Sediments;Shallow Marine Sediments;Tunguska Series, Continental And Lagoonal Sediments
    Rock description Marine Sediments;Shallow Marine Sediments;Tunguska Series, Continental And Lagoonal Sediments
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) 88.28588, 69.30447
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form CHONOLITHS, NORTH INTRUSION ELLIPSE IN CROSS-SECTION, LONG AXIS DIPS SE, INTRUSION RISES TO SOUTH. HANGING WALL IS STEEPER THAN FOOT WALL. SOUTH INTRUSION IS SIMILAR, BUT BRANCHES AND RISES TO THE NORTH
    Thickness 230M
    Length 6000M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PICRITIC AND TAXITIC GABBRO-DIABASES ALTERNATE. "ROOTS TAP SAME MAGMATIC HEARTH AS NORIL'SK I AND MT. CHERNAYA INTRUSIONS. NORTH END IN DEVONIAN SEDIMENTS; SOUTH END IN TUNGUSKA SERIES, FIRST AND SECOND TRIASSIC VOLCANIC CYCLES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Noril'Sk District

Comments on development

  • NORIL'SK PT PRODUCTION BEGAN 1940, BY 1947 WAS 30% UR PRODUCTION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MERTIE, J.B.,JR,1969, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF PLATINUM METALS, U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 630, P. 60-63.

  • Deposit

    SMIRNOV, M.F., 1966, THE STRUCTURE OF NORIL'SK NICKEL-BEARING INTRUSIONS AND THE GENETIC TYPES OF THEIR SULPHIDE ORES. VSESOYUZNYI-NAUCHNO ISSLEDOVATEL'SKII INSTITUT MINERAL 'NOGO SYRIA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit "NORTH" AND "SOUTH" INTRUSIONS ARE LARGEST AND MOST INTENSIVELY MINERALIZED AT NORIL'SK II.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1974 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1976 Till, Alison B. U.S. Geological Survey

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