Tazheran

Occurrence in Russia with commodities Boron-Borates, Titanium, Metal, Magnesite
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. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095911
MRDS ID RL10027
Record type Site
Current site name Tazheran
Alternate or previous names Lake Baikal

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 103.99956, 51.74779 (WGS84)
Relative position SW CORNER OF LAKE BAKAIL; DEPOSIT ON WESTERN SIDE OF LAKE NEAR MONGOLIAN BORDER- NO LOCATION DETAILS AVAILABLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Primary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary
Magnesite Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AZOPROIT

Analytical data

Result HIGH GRADE BORATE DEPOSIT-- AZOPROIT IS ABOUT 19% B2O3.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) 103.99956, 51.74779

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • LITTLE DATA AVAILABLE ON DEPOSIT. MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN MANGENESIAN SKARN IN THE CONTACT AUREOLE OF THE TRAZHERAN ALKALAI MASSIF.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lake Bakail

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • HIGH GRADE BORATES IN THE REGION AMOUNTED TO OVER 350,000 TONNES WITH 7 MILLION TONNES OF RESOURCES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LYDAY, P.A., 1992, HISTORY OF BORON PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 303, P. 19-37.

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, G.R., CAMPBELL, T.J., AND RAPP, G.R., 1990, ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MINERALS: NEW YORK, VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD.

  • Deposit

    ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES, 1993, THE ECONOMICS OF BORON 1993, 7TH ED.: LONDON, ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 156 P.

  • Reserve-Resource

    LYDAY, 1992.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ASSOCIATED WITH OTHER MINERALIZATION- NO DATA AVAILABLE.
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD I003029 OF G.J. ORRIS WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS.
Deposit TAZHERAN ALKALINE MASSIF

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1993 Langford, R.P. BHP Utah Industries

Beyond USGS

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