Kytlymski Complex

Occurrence in Russia with commodities Palladium, Platinum, Chromium, Osmium, Ruthenium, Iridium, Rhodium
Sections on this page
  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. 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 10039087
MRDS ID M046626
Record type Site
Current site name Kytlymski Complex
Alternate or previous names Novoye Telo, Kos'Vinski Kamen

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 59.21713, 59.54151 (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
Palladium Critical Primary
Platinum Critical Primary
Chromium Critical Primary
Osmium Secondary
Ruthenium Critical Secondary
Iridium Critical Secondary
Rhodium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result DUNITE = 0.020 PPM, PT = 0.040 PPM KHVOSTSOVA GIVES PT = .000056 WT. %, PD = .000033 WT. %, IR = .0000062 WT. %, RH = .0000058 WT. %, OS = .0083 WT. %, RU = .0069 WT. % (MAXIMUM VALUES)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro > Norite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro > Troctolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite
    Rock unit name Sedimentary And Volcanic Deposits;Metamorphics(Gneisses, Amphibolites)
    Rock description Sedimentary And Volcanic Deposits;Metamorphics(Gneisses, Amphibolites)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) 59.21713, 59.54151

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MASSIF IS 30X47 KM, HAS 3 RADIATING LIMBS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Koswinsky District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    YUSHKO-ZAKHAROVA,O.YE.,ET AL,1967, GEOCHEMISTRY OF PLATINUM METALS, GEOCHEM. INT'L, VOL.4, NO.6,PP.1106

  • Deposit

    FOMINYKH, V. G., KHVOSTSOVA, V. P., 1970, PLATINOID CONTENT OF URAL DUNITE, DOKLADY AKAD. NAUK SSSR, ESS., VOL. 191, PP. 184 - 186

  • Deposit

    YEFIMOV,A.A.,YEFIMOVA,L.P.,1967,KYTLYMSKII PLATINONOSNYI MASSIF, MATERIALY PO GEOLOGII I POLEZNYM ISKOPAEMYM URALA, VYPUSK 13, MOSKVA, IZDATELSTVO 'NEDRA'

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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