Istok Valley

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039142
MRDS ID M046692
Record type Site
Current site name Istok Valley

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 59.82369, 57.74233 (WGS84)
Relative position AT LAKE TSCHERNOISTOCHNIK

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
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PT FINE, ROUNDED, CONTAINS 16% GOLD

Analytical data

Result .0005 TO .013 TOZ/ST

Nearby scientific data

(1) 59.82369, 57.74233

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.53M
    Length 149.35M
    Depth to top 5.85M

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: ALLUVIUM

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nishny-Tagil

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DUPARC AND TIKONOWITCH, 1920, LE PLATINE..., P. 461

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOWER PART OF VALLEY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1977 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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