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Mt. Zub - Mt. Marksheiderskaya

Prospect in Russia with commodities Copper, Nickel, Platinum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039117
MRDS ID M046661
Record type Site
Current site name Mt. Zub - Mt. Marksheiderskaya
Alternate or previous names Gorozubovskoe

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 87.87341, 69.16447 (WGS84)
Relative position ON WEST FLANK OF NORIL'SK I ORE FIELD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Comments on the location information

  • APPROXIMATE ; RUSSIAN SFSR, KRASNOYARSKII KRAI

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Nickel Critical Primary
Platinum Critical Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Most Intensely Metamorphosed Of Intrusions Of Noril'Sk Region

Nearby scientific data

(1) 87.87341, 69.16447
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form CHONOLITH, ELONGATE ALONG STRIKE OF SURROUNDING ROCKS
    Thickness 287M

Comments on the geologic information

  • S.E. PART OF INTRUSION IN MIDDLE DEVONIAN SEDIMENTS, THE N.W. PART IN UPPER DEVONIAN ROCKS; HR.AGE.MV: OLIVINE RICH GABBRO - DIABASE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Noril'Sk District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMIRNOV, M. F., 1966, THE STRUCTURE OF NORIL'SK NICKEL-BEARING INTRUSIONS AND THE GENETIC TYPES OF THEIR SULPHIDE ORES. VSESOYUZNYI-NAUCHNO ISSLEDOVATEL'SKII INSTITUT MINERAL'NOGO SYRIA. TRANSLATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WEST AND EAST END FORM HUGE BULGES, BRIDGED BY NARROW CENTRAL PART. STEEP SIDES FORM STRAIGHT ANGLES WITH THE FLOOR. AREA GREATER THAN 9 SQ. KM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-76 Till, Alison B. U.S. Geological Survey

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