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Por'Ya Bay, White Sea Sediments

Occurrence in Russia with commodities Palladium, Platinum, Gold
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  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. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. General comments
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039158
MRDS ID M046708
Record type Site
Current site name Por'Ya Bay, White Sea Sediments
Alternate or previous names Poryaya Bay

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 33.69868, 66.77423 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATE ; RUSSIAN SFSR, KOLA PENINSULA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Palladium Critical Primary
Platinum Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result PD = 7-150 PPB (MEAN=30)
Result PD = 3-240 PPB (MEAN=45)
Result AU = 3-19 PPB (MEAN 10)
Result MEAN SUM (PT+PD) = 75 PPB (2-3 FOLD VARIATION IN ADJACENT SAMPLES
Result SUM (PT+PD) DOES NOT DROP BELOW 10 PPB, CAN REACH 100-300 PPB.

Nearby scientific data

(1) 33.69868, 66.77423
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MOST LIKELY SOURCES OF PT METALS ARE BEDROCK AND WEATHERED MANTLE EXPOSED ON SHORE, RIVERS FEEDING BAY. GORYAINOV, ET AL. SUSPECT ADDITIONAL SOURCES (UNDERWATER SPRINGS)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: GORYAINOV, ET AL, 1975

  • Deposit

    GORYAINOV, I. N., EL'ZENGER, M. L., RYBALKO, A. YE., 1975, PLATINUM AND PALLADIUM IN WHITE SEA SEDIMENTS, DOKL. AKAD. NAUK SSR, ESS, VOL. 221, PP. 250 - 25

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEDIMENTS DREDGED AT SEA LEVEL AND DOWN TO 96 M BELOW SEA LEVEL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1977 Till, Alison B. U.S. Geological Survey

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