Svetlyy Bor Complex

Occurrence in Russia with commodities Palladium, 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. 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 10039090
MRDS ID M046629
Record type Site
Current site name Svetlyy Bor Complex

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 59.44374, 58.73318 (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 Tertiary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result DUNITE - PT = 0.050 PPM URALITE - PYROXENITE = 0.025 PPM

Nearby scientific data

(1) 59.44374, 58.73318

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Eugeosynclinal Zone In Folded Region

Controls for ore emplacement

  • High Chromite And Platinum Confined To Upper Portions Of Dunites And Pyroxenites (Hanging Wall) In Core Of Brachysyncline. This Section Largely Eroded, Was Source Of Iss River Placer Deposits.

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: DUNITE, PYROXENITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Iss River

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: RICHEST SECTIONS ERODED, REMAINING NOT ECONOMICAL TO MINE IN 1968, UNLESS AS BY - PRODUCT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    YUSHKO - ZAKHAROVA, O. YE., ET AL., 1967 GEOCHEMISTRY OF PT METALS, GEOCHEM. INT'L, VOL. 4, NO. 6, PP. 1106 - 1118

  • Deposit

    RESHITKO, V.A.,1968, PLATINUM IN BRACHYSYNCLINES OF KACHKANAR GABBRO-PERIDOTITIC MASSIF, URAL, INT'L GEOLOGY REV.,V.10,NO.6,PP.663-671

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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