Tsagin Tsaginsk Deposits

Occurrence in Russia with commodities Iron, Titanium, Metal, Vanadium
Sections on this page
  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. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090541
MRDS ID D000246
Record type Site
Current site name Tsagin Tsaginsk Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 36.00322, 67.99839 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Comments on the location information

  • LAT. AND LONG. LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE ; KARELIA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 36.00322, 67.99839

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: DISSEMINATED, LAYERED, AND LENTICULAR BODIES OF TITANOMAGNETITE IN GABBRO AND ANORTHOSITE; 36% FE, 7% TIO2, 0.26% V2O5 (CONCENTRATES = 58% FE AND 0.5-0.6% V2O5; 40-50% TIO2) (YUDIN & ZAK, 1970; KAVARDIN, 1960; POLYAKOV, 1959)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kola Peninsula

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION BUT CONSIDERED FOR EXPLOITATION

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LARGE POTENTIAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    YUDIN AND ZAK, 1970, INTERNAT. GEOL. REVIEW, V. 13, NO. 6, P. 864-872 (1971)

  • Deposit

    KAVARDIN, 1960; POLYAKOV, 1959-SEE USGS BULL. 1316.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1973 Fischer, Richard P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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