Kangalas - Uele River

Occurrence in Russia with commodities Platinum, Palladium, Copper, Nickel, PGE
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. 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 10038975
MRDS ID M046469
Record type Site
Current site name Kangalas - Uele River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 117.16308, 72.11549 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Comments on the location information

  • UPPER COURSE ENRICHED ; YAKUTSKAYA ASSR

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary
Palladium Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Nickel Critical Primary
PGE Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SHPUNT GIVES X - RAY DATA

Nearby scientific data

(1) 117.16308, 72.11549

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Uplift Blocks Associated With Pt "Highs"

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In Quaternary Sediments In Lower Profile With Ferruginized Pebblestone; In Recent Alluvium, In Pebbly - Sandy Layer At Base Of Deposit

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: MIDDLE - UPPER QUATERNARY LACUSTRINE - ALLUVIAL SEDIMENTS, SILTS, SANDS, PEBBLY SANDS WITH FLINT AND QUARTZITE GRAVEL, FERRUGINIZED PEBBLESTONES AT BASE ; RECENT ALLUVIUM

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Anabar - Olenek Interstream

Reference information

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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