Bobrowka River

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 10103674
MRDS ID M045771
Record type Site
Current site name Bobrowka River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 59.80564, 57.70928 (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, URALS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result CONCENTRATES CONTAIN UP TO 50% AU. CONCENTRATE: OS = 1.57, PT = 73.02, IR = 1.68, RH = 0.98, PD = 0.51, CU = 3.20, NI = 1.05, FE = 16.42 (DUPARC AND TIKONOWITCH, XXXV11, P. 240) MAGNETIC. NATIVE PT,WT. PERCENT: OSIR=1.66,PT=76.51,CU=3.12,FE=17.78,NI=0.98,SUM=100.00 (BETECHTIN,1935).

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) 59.80564, 57.70928

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.42M
    Length 4267.2M
    Width 124.97M
    Depth to top 15.54M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: TWO SEPARATE CHANNELS FROM DUPARC'S. MAP

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nishny-Tagil

Comments on the production information

  • 1 = 14000 X 410 X 4 CUFT X 0.0001 TOZ PER CU YD.; 2 = SMALL CHANNEL ON SOUTH BANK

Comments on the workings information

  • MOST THICKNESS 42-56 INCHES; LENGTH AND WIDTH FROM MAP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DUPARC AND TIKONOWITCH, 1920, LE PLATINE..., P. 361-362

  • 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.