Mt. Tolstaya 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039092
MRDS ID M046631
Record type Site
Current site name Mt. Tolstaya Complex

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 59.62427, 58.03261 (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 PT = 0.020 PPM

Nearby scientific data

(1) 59.62427, 58.03261

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: INTRUSIVE BRACHYSYNCLINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nishny-Tagil

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: RESHIT'KO, 1968, SUGGESTS THAT BRACHYSYNCLINE SIMILAR TO THOSE OF KACHKANAR (SEE KACHKANAR GEOL. DESCRIP.) AND THEREFORE HAVE PT - RICH CORES OF DUNITE AS YET UNEXPOSED, AT RELATIVELY SHALLOW DEPTHS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    YUSHKO - ZAKHAROVA, O. YE., ET AL., 1967, GEOCHEM. 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

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