Bolshoi Pokap River

Past Producer in Russia with commodities Platinum, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038350
MRDS ID M045691
Record type Site
Current site name Bolshoi Pokap River
Alternate or previous names Andreewsky - Priisk

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 59.45736, 58.80873 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Comments on the location information

  • RUSSIAN SFSR, URALS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary
Gold Secondary

Analytical data

Result CONCENTRATES CONTAIN: 4-7% AU LOCALLY
Result CONCENTRATES: OS=1.35, PT=80.10, IR+RH= 3.39, CU=1.52, NI= 1.14, FE= 12.50 (LV1)
Result OS= 0.55, PT= 87.53, RH= 2.03, CU= 0.80, FE= 9.09 (LV11)
Result OS= 0.68, PT= 87.00, IR+RH= 3.02, CU= 0.80, FE= 8.50 (LV111)
Result OS= 0.61, PT= 87.23, IR= 1.01, RH= 0.66, PD= 0.49,CU= 0.31, FE= 8.24 (L1X)
Result DUPARC AND TIKONOWITCH, P. 243, CALLED FERRO PLATINUM AND POLYXENE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) 59.45736, 58.80873

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.13M
    Length 10134.6M
    Width 91.44M
    Depth to top 4.27M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Weressowy - Ouwal

Comments on the production information

  • AVERAGE GRADE ESTIMATED TO BE 0.135 TOZ/CY, 1= 33250 X 300 X 4 CU FT X 0.135 TOZ/CY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DUPARC AND TIKONOWITCH, 1920, LE PLATINE..., P. 376 - 377

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1975 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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