Maloi Pokap

Past Producer in Russia with commodities Platinum, Gold
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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103658
MRDS ID M045688
Record type Site
Current site name Maloi Pokap

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 59.37875, 58.82373 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Comments on the location information

  • TWO BRANCHES ; RUSSIAN SFSR, URALS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary
Gold Secondary

Analytical data

Result CONCENTRATES CONTAIN 1% AU. CONCENTRATE: OS = 2.38, PT = 78.70, CU = 0.55, NI = 0.14, FE = 11.20
Result DUPARC AND TIKONOWITCH, LX, P. 243, CALLED FERROPLATINUM AND POLYXENE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) 59.37875, 58.82373

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.42M
    Length 3733.8M
    Width 38.1M
    Depth to top 4.88M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1889-1892

Mining district

District name Weressowy - Ouwal

Comments on the production information

  • GRADE VARIABLE, AVERAGE ESTIMATED 0.137 TOZ PER CY;1 = 12,250 X 125 X 4 CUFT X 0.137 TOZ PER CY; NUGGETS UP TO 72.8 TOZ

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • IN 1908 NUGGETS OF UP TO 72.8 OZ IN TAILINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DUPARC AND TIKONOWITCH, 1920, LE PLATINE..., P. 377-378

  • Production

    DUPARC AND TIKONOWITCH

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1975 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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