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Inaglinsk Placer

Past Producer in Russia with commodities Platinum, Palladium, Iridium, Rhodium, Osmium, Gold, Copper, Nickel, Chromium, Antimony, Arsenic, Iron
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039086
MRDS ID M046625
Record type Site
Current site name Inaglinsk Placer
Alternate or previous names Inagla River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 124.66521, 58.67594 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Comments on the location information

  • YAKUTSKAYA ASSR

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary
Palladium Critical Primary
Iridium Critical Primary
Rhodium Critical Primary
Osmium Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Nickel Critical Secondary
Chromium Critical Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sperrylite Ore

Analytical data

Result ANALYSIS OF PLATINUM FROM PLACER: PT = 77.02 - 80.01%, IR = 0.93 - 2.41%, RH = 0.41 - 1.05%, PD = 0.26%, OSIR = 2.54 - 7.97%, FE = 8.08 - 9.84%, NI = 0.11 - 0.14%, CU = 0.36 - 0.88%, AU = 0 - 0.03%. ROZHKOV, KITSUL ET AL, 1962
Result MERTIEITE: PD = 72.0%, SB = 16.7%, AS = 6.4%, CU = 1.6% RH = 0.5%, PT = 0.1%. FORMULA = (PD 3.023 CU 0.11 RH 0.021 PT 0.022) 3.156 (SB 0.616 AS 0.384) 1.000

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 124.66521, 58.67594
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.6M
    Length 5000M
    Width 130M
    Depth to bottom 8M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Terraces Of Streams Draining Inaglinsk Massif.

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: ALLUVIUM

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1951
Discoverer Gerakov

Mining district

District name Aldan Shield

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROZHKOV, I. S., V. I. KITSUL, ET AL 1962, PLATINA ALDANSKOGO SHCHITA (PLATINUM OF THE ALDAN SHIELD), IZDAT. AKAD. NAUK SSSR, MOSCOW

  • Deposit

    RAZIN,L.V.,DUBAKINA,L.S.,1974, NEW FINDINGS OF ARSENOANTIMONIDES AND ARSENNOSTANNIDES O PALLADIUM IN THE PT DEPOSITS IN THE USSR, ZAPISKI VSES. MIN. OBSHCH., SER.2,CH.103,VYP.5,PP.581-594

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Till, Alison B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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