Upper Avam River Intrusion

Occurrence in Russia with commodities Palladium, Platinum, Gold

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10039162
MRDS ID	M046714
Record type	Site
Current site name	Upper Avam River Intrusion
Alternate or previous names	Kureisko-Gorbianchinskii Ore Center

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	89.35801, 67.36916 (WGS84)
Relative position	250-300 KM SOUTH OF TOWN OF NORIL'SK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Palladium Critical	Primary
Platinum Critical	Primary
Gold	Primary

Analytical data

Result	PT=0.03-0.038 G/T, PD=0.03-0.050 G/T AU=0.026 G/T

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
Host or associated Host

Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro > Troctolite

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro > Troctolite

Nearby scientific data

(1)	89.35801, 67.36916	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Noril'Sk District

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M046714

Bibliographic references

Deposit

DODIN, P.A., SOLOMINA, L.M., SHATKOV, V.A., 1973, NEKOTORYE ASPEKTY GEOKHIMII PLATINOVYKH METALLOV I ZOLOTA V SVYAZI S POISKAMI MEDNO-NIKELEVYKH MESTOROZDENII NORIL'SKOGO TIPA, IN: SEVERO-SIBIRSKII NIKELENOSNYI REGION I EGO PROMYSHLENNYE PERSPEKTIVY, SBORNIK STATEI, NIIGA, LENINGRAD

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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