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Kondyorskii Placer

Past Producer in Russia with commodities Palladium, Platinum, Chromium, Osmium, Iridium
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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 10039109
MRDS ID M046648
Record type Site
Current site name Kondyorskii Placer
Alternate or previous names Kondyor River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 134.44905, 57.66633 (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, KHABAROVSKII KRAI

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Palladium Critical Primary
Platinum Critical Primary
Chromium Critical Secondary
Osmium Secondary
Iridium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result RAW PLATINUM,WT. %, PT=84.4, PD=0.4, RH=0.6, IR=2.1,OSIR=2.2, AU=0.02, FE=9.8, CU=0.35, NI=0.1

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) 134.44905, 57.66633
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 8M
    Length 300M
    Width 300M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Terraces Of Streams Draining Kondyorskii Massif, Most Often At Contact With Bedrock

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1956
Discoverer Government Expedition

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

    SMIRNOV,V.I.,ED.,1974,ORE DEPOSITS OF THE USSR,VOL.3,IZDATELSTVO NEDRA, MOSCOW,PP.114-115.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-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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