Taimyr Mine

Past Producer in Russia with commodities Platinum, Palladium
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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098407
MRDS ID M046621
Record type Site
Current site name Taimyr Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 88.29449, 69.24058 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Comments on the location information

  • RUSSIAN SFSR, KRASNOYARSKII KRAI

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary
Palladium Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PD: PT = 3 : 1; PD, MINERALS PREDOMINATE PT MINERALS RARELY FOUND IN PYRRHOTITE VEINS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sperrylite Ore

Analytical data

Result SPERRYLITE = PT, 57%
Result AS, 40%
Result SN 2 - 4%, RH, 1% (AVERAGE OF FOUR GRAINS)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) 88.29449, 69.24058

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Noril'Sk Intrusive And Surrounding Rocks

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Noril'Sk District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GENKIN, A. D., 1968, MINERALS OF THE PLATINUM METALS.... MOSCOW, (IN TRANSLATION)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1976 Till, Alison B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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