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Bukuka

Occurrence in Russia with commodity Tungsten
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055819
MRDS ID SP00018
Record type Site
Current site name Bukuka

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 116.8324, 50.99789 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE: 50-30-00N TO 52-00-00N; 116-00-00E TO 117-00-00E.. ONE OF THE KUKUL'BEY GROUP OF DEPOSITS EAST OF OLOVYANNAYA, TO THE NORTH OF BORZYA ON THE CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY FROM CHITA TO HARBIN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismuth Ore
Galena Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Fluorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Greisen
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) 116.8324, 50.99789
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Kukul'Bey Granitoid Intrusion

Comments on the geologic information

  • FORMATION NAME IS KUKUL'BEY INTRUSION. OVER 80 LOW TO STEEPLY-DIPPING QUARTZ-WOLFRAMITE VEINS ASSOCIATED WITH FRACTURES, IN GRANODIORITE, AND 2 MINERALIZED STOCKWORKS. IN MOST CASES, UPPER LEVELS RICH IN WOLFRAMITE; LOWER LEVELS ENRICHED IN SULPHIDES, DEPLETED IN WOLFRAMITE. VEINS RANGE BETWEEN 0.1 TO 0.5 AND 1 M THICK, LESS FREQUENTLY UP TO 3 M IN SWELLS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1911
Year of first production 1915

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Total resources 958000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tungsten Wo3 0.6 wt-pct Tungsten Major 1983

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • "R" DENOTES IN SITU RESOURCES WITH QUANTITIES OF ECONOMIC INTEREST FOR THE NEXT FEW DECADES. "1" DENOTES KNOWN DEPOSITS WITH RELIABLE ESTIMATES. "E" DENOTES ECONOMICALLY EXPLOITABLE. "M" DENOTES MARGINALLY ECONOMC. "S" DENOTES SUBECONOMIC.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANSTETT, T.F., BLEIWAS, D.I., AND HURDELBRINK, R.J., 1985, TUNGSTEN AVAILABILITY - MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, INFORMATION CIRCULAR 9025, P. 23..

  • Deposit

    SMIRNOV, V.I., (ED.), 1977, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE U.S.S.R., VOL. III, SAN FRANCISCO, PITMAN PUBLISHING LTD., P. 216-219..

  • Deposit

    BARABANOV, V.F., 1961, MINERALOGY OF TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE EASTERN TRANSBAIKAL REGION, LENINGRAD UNIVERSITY, 360 P. (REVIEWED BY E.A. ALEXANDROV IN INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGY REVIEW, VOL. 5, NO. 5, MAY 1963, P. 601-603..

  • Deposit

    STAFF, TUNGSTEN, INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGY REVIEW, VOL. 20, NO. 8, AUGUST, 1968, P. 103..

  • Deposit

    BUROS, J., AND WAGNER, H., 1978, ROHSTOFFWIRTSCHAFTLICHE LANDERBERICHTE: XVI UDS..

  • Deposit

    MOLYBDAN AND WOLFRAM, HANNOVER, BUNDESANSTALT FUR GEOWISSENSCHAFTEN UND ROHSTOFFE, P. 93-94..

  • Deposit

    LEVITSKII, O.D., 1964, GEOLOGIYA RUDNYKH MESTOROZHDENII ZAIBAIKAL-YA, (GEOLOGY OF THE ORE DEPOSITS OF TRANSBAIKAL), MOSCOW, IZDATEL'STVO "NAUKA", P. 99-129..

  • Deposit

    MEISTERA, A., 1920, VOL'FRAM ROSSII, (TUNGSTEN IN RUSSIA), PETROGRAD, KOMISSIYA PO IZUCHENIIU OTSETSVENNYKH PROIZVODITEL'NYKH SIL ROSSII, SOSTOYASHCHAN PRI ROSSIISKOI ACAMEMII NAUK, P. 11-12

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1985 Sinclair W. David Geological Survey of Canada
Reporter 01-NOV-1985 Werner, Antony Mineral Policy Sector, Dept. of Energy Mines & Resources, Ottawa, Canada

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