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Niasma River

Past Producer in Russia with commodities Platinum, Gold
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  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. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039073
MRDS ID M046607
Record type Site
Current site name Niasma River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 59.60097, 58.95261 (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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) 59.60097, 58.95261
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.37M
    Length 15995.9M
    Width 64.01M
    Depth to top 1.43M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SOURCE KAMENOUCHKY DUNITE - PERIDOTITE MASSIF

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kamenouchky

Production statistics

  • Year 1920
    Material PT
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.0028-0.194 Toz/Cy

Comments on the production information

  • 1= 5248 X 700 X 2.9 CUFT X 0.0108 TOZ/CY

Comments on the workings information

  • DUPARC IN 1908 DESCRIBED THE NIASMA DRAINAGE AS NOT HAVING BEEN COMPLETELY EXPLOITED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DUPARC AND TIKONOWITCH, 1920, LE PLATINE..., P. 405-407

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OTHER TRIBUTARIES OF NIASMA REPORTED AS PLATINUM BEARING ARE VOGOULKA, VOZNESSENKA, TCHERNOUCHKA, SWIETLAIA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1975 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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