Ilikyema River Upper

Past Producer in Russia with commodity Platinum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038504
MRDS ID M045882
Record type Site
Current site name Ilikyema River Upper
Alternate or previous names Verkhovya Ilikyema

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 93.43887, 51.88138 (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, TURINSKAYA ASSR

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result IN GABBRO AND GABBRO-DIABASE: PT=0.06-1.32 G/T, PD=0.71-3.48 G/T, RH=0.03-0.17 G/T, IR=0.07 G/T, RU=0.03 G/T, AU=0.02-0.17 G/T. IN OLIVINE: PT=0.73 G/T, PD=0.050 G/T, RH=0.013 G/T, RU=0.10 G/T, AU=0.023 G/T

Nearby scientific data

(1) 93.43887, 51.88138

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Kharaelakh Syncline Cut By Noril'Sko-Kharaelakh Deep Fracture (Called Ore Controlling Fracture).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name West Sayan

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BETEKHTIN, A.G., 1935, PLATINUM, IZDATELSTVO AKADEMII NAUK SSSR, (IN RUSSIAN) P. 89

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1975 Till, Alison B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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