Antonovogorsk

Occurrence in Russia with commodity Tungsten
Sections on this page
  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. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055828
MRDS ID SP00027
Record type Site
Current site name Antonovogorsk
Alternate or previous names Antonova Gora

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: 96.57749, 61.94384 (WGS84)
Relative position NINETY KM NW OF THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN U.S.S.R., CHINA, AND MONGOLIA, NE OF KADABULAK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Comments on the location information

  • IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE KUKUL'BEY MASSIF, IN EASTERN TRANSBAIKAL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismuth Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Fluorite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    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

Approximate (1) 96.57749, 61.94384

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Kukul'Bey Granite Intrusion (Ljur)

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF A SERIES OF PARALLEL WOLFRAMITE-BEARING QUARTZ VEINS 800-1000 M LONG, 0.6 TO 0.7 M WIDE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1914

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Total resources 1179000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tungsten Wo3 0.8 wt-pct Tungsten Major 1983

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • "R" DENOTES IN SITU RESOURCES - QUANTITIES OF ECONOMIC INTEREST FOR THE NEXT FEW DECADES. "1" DENOTES KNOWN DEPOSITS WITH RELIABLE ESTIMATES. "E" DENOTES ECONOMICALLY EXPLOITABLE. "M" DENOTES MARGINALLY ECONOMIC. "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.. . SMIRNOV, V.I., (ED.), 1977, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE U.S.S.R., VOL. III, SAN FRANCISCO, PITMAN PUBLISHING LTD., P. 205-206. . . BUROS, J., AND WAGNER, H., 1978, ROHSTOFFWIRTSCHAFTLICHE LANDERBERICHTE: XVI UDSSR - MOLYBDAN UND WOLFRAM, HANNOVER, BUNDESANSTALT FUR GEOWISSENSCHAFTEN UND ROHSTOFFE, P. 93-94.. . LEVITSKII, O.D., 1964, GEOLOGIYA RUDNYKH MESTOROZHDENII ZAIBAIKAL'YA, (GEOLOGY OF THE ORE DEPOSITS OF TRANSBAIKAL), MOSCOW, IZDATEL'STVO "NAUKA", 335 P., P. 91-97

  • Reserve-Resource

    INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY RECORD W093

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1910-19

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

Beyond USGS

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