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Sotnikovskol Deposit

Past Producer 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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038315
MRDS ID M045647
Record type Site
Current site name Sotnikovskol Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 88.13423, 69.3317 (WGS84)
Relative position ADJACENT TO RUDNAYA GORA NEAR NORIL'SK AND DUDINKA IN YENNISEY DRAINAGE.

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Coal

Nearby scientific data

(1) 88.13423, 69.3317
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Planes.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
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% OF 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

  • Production

    MERTIE (1969)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1974 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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