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Ugol'Nyi Ruchei Deposit

Prospect in Russia with commodities Copper, Nickel, Platinum, Cobalt
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038450
MRDS ID M045824
Record type Site
Current site name Ugol'Nyi Ruchei Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 88.13366, 69.2978 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.6 MILES S. OF 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
Cobalt Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sperrylite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase

Nearby scientific data

(1) 88.13366, 69.2978
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED SULFIDES
    Thickness 28.96M

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% 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.

  • Deposit

    GENKIN,A.D.,1968,MINERALS OF THE PLATINUM METALS AND THEIR ASSOCIATIONS IN THE CU-NI ORES OF THE NORIL'SK DEPOSIT,MOSCOW.(IN TRANSLATION)

  • Production

    MERTIE (1969)

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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