Bolshaya Gusevka

Past Producer in Russia with commodities Platinum, Palladium, Iridium, Rhodium, PGE
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039122
MRDS ID M046667
Record type Site
Current site name Bolshaya Gusevka

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 59.61846, 58.79539 (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
Platinum Critical Primary
Palladium Critical Primary
Iridium Critical Primary
Rhodium Critical Primary
PGE Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result "RAW PLATINUM", WT. %: PT = 88.6, PD = 1.0, RH = 0.8, IR = 1.2, OSIR = 0.3, FE = 7.5, CU = 0.6

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) 59.61846, 58.79539

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Iss River

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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-DEC-1976 Till, Alison B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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