Mir Pipe

Occurrence in Russia with commodities Osmium, Rhodium
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 10039172
MRDS ID M046727
Record type Site
Current site name Mir Pipe

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 114.16025, 62.7839 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTHERN DIAMOND-BEARING PROVINCE, LOCATION APPROXIMATE ; YAKUTSKAYA ASSR

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Osmium Tertiary
Rhodium Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result ILUPIN FINDS 0.37 G/TON OSMIUM, 0.10 G/TON OSMIUM

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Kimberlite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 114.16025, 62.7839

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Malaya Botuoba Field

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ILUPIN, I.P., IVANOV, V.V., MILLER, A.D., 1975, RHENIUM AND OSMIUM IN YAKUTIA KIMBERLITES, GEOCHEMISTRY INT'L., VOL. 12, NO. 3, PP. 209-212

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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