Kuntykakhskaya Intrusion

Prospect in Russia with commodities Nickel, Copper, Platinum, Gold, Palladium

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Alteration
Nearby scientific data
Geologic structures
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10097119
MRDS ID	M046722
Record type	Site
Current site name	Kuntykakhskaya Intrusion
Alternate or previous names	Changadinskii Ore Center

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	100.19003, 69.79282 (WGS84)
Relative position	NORTHEAST TUNGUSSKAYA SYNCLINE, EAST OF NORIL'SK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Comments on the location information

LOCATION APPROXIMATE ; RUSSIAN SFSR, KRASNOYARSKII KRAI

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Nickel Critical	Primary
Copper	Primary
Platinum Critical	Primary
Gold	Primary
Palladium Critical	Primary

Alteration

(Local) Near Suture Of Siberian Platform And Taimyr Folded Region.

Analytical data

Result	NI=0.1-0.3%, CU=0.2-0.6%, PT=0.8 G/T, PD=0.2 G/T, AU=0.02 G/T

Nearby scientific data

(1)	100.19003, 69.79282	ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure	Local
Structure description	At Intersection Of Changadinskaya And Khantaisko-Tukalendinskaya Fracture Zones.

Comments on the geologic information

COMPLEX, STEEP-LYING IRREGULAR BODY 60-80 M. THICK, 15-18 KM WIDE, HALF CIRCLE IN PLAN VIEW.; HR.AGE.MV: DIFFERENTIATED INTRUSION (BOTTOM TO TOP): LOCAL MICRODIABASES, TAXITIC GABBRO - DIABASES WITH SULFIDE MINERALS (CONTAINS PICRITE, MGO=17%, TROCTOLITE (MGO=12%), OLIVINE AND PEGMATOIDAL QTZ-BEARING GABBRO-DIABASES), PORPHYRITIC OLIVINE AND OLIVINE-BEARING GABBRO-DIABASES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Prospect
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Northeast Tungusskaya Syncline

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M046722

Bibliographic references

Deposit

URVANTSEV, N.N., KAVARDIN, G.I., ET AL., 1973, PROSPECTS FOR BROADENING THE MINERAL-RESOURCE BASE OF COPPER-NICKEL ORES IN THE NORTH KRASNOYARSKII KRAI, IN: SEVERO-SIBIRSKII NIKELENOSNYI REGION I EGO PROMYSHLENNYE PERSPEKTIVY; SBORNIK STATEI, LENINGRAD, NIIGA. (IN RUSSIAN)

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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