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Talnakh Deposit

Past Producer in Russia with commodities Copper, Nickel, Palladium, Platinum, Rhodium, Iridium, Osmium, Gold, Cobalt, Ruthenium, Tin, Lead, Bismuth
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038448
MRDS ID M045822
Record type Site
Current site name Talnakh Deposit
Alternate or previous names Mayak Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 88.44476, 69.56587 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE APPROXIMATE ; RUSSIAN SFSR, KRASNOYARSKII KRAI

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Nickel Critical Primary
Palladium Critical Primary
Platinum Critical Primary
Rhodium Critical Primary
Iridium Critical Primary
Osmium Primary
Gold Secondary
Cobalt Critical Secondary
Ruthenium Critical Secondary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • UNNAMED MINERALS FROM CABRI (1972, MIN. SCI ENG.)

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cubanite Ore
Galena Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pentlandite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Silver Ore
Sperrylite Ore

Analytical data

Result GENKIN ETAL (1973) GIVE ANALYSES OF PT METALS IN SULFIDE MINERALS.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) 88.44476, 69.56587
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Economic information

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 the production information

  • PD IN PN RANGES FROM 20 TO 123 PPM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GENKIN, A.D., DISTLER, V.V., LAPUTINA, I.P., FILIMONOVA, A.A., 1973, GEOCHEMISTRY OF PALLADIUM IN COPPER-NICKEL ORES, GEOKHIMIYA, NO. 9, P. 1336-1343

  • Deposit

    GENKIN ET AL, 1978, MAJAKITE: INTERNAT. GEOL. REVIEW, V.20, NO.1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE TYPES IN AGE SEQUENCE (1) PO + PN + CCP = (2) CCP + PN, (3) CUBANITE + TALNAKHITE - CONC. OF PD IN ORES IN RATIO (1):(2):(3) = 1:4:15.

Reporter information

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

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

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