Malaia Koswa 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 10103686
MRDS ID M045982
Record type Site
Current site name Malaia Koswa River
Alternate or previous names Ierkovskaia, Tourichevskaia, Bielaievskaia, Boyandinskaia, Malaia Koswa, Jarkowska

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 59.03963, 59.47207 (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 Secondary

Analytical data

Result CONCENTRATE: OS = 0.90, PT = 87.23, IR = 1.61, RH = 0.77, PD = 0.37, CU = 0.21, FE = 8.97, (DUPARC AND TIKONOWITCH, P. 245, LXXII). CONTAINED 2.93% AU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) 59.03963, 59.47207

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.21M
    Length 9997.44M
    Width 249.94M
    Depth to top 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years PRE AND POST 1910

Mining district

District name Koswinsky District

Comments on the production information

  • 32800 X 820 X 2.2 CU FT X 0.0086 TOZ/CY; LARGE PART PROBABLY PRODUCED POST 1910 YEARLY PRODUCTION, IN TOZ X .0001 : {1903-1904 0.0224 {1904-1905 0.0157 {1905-1906 0.0277 {1906-1907 0.0395 {1907-1908 0.0486 {1908-1909 0.0433 {1909-1910 0.0277 {1910-1911 0.0382 {1911-1912 0.0448 {1912-1913 0.0303 {1913-1914 0.0749 {1914-1915 0.1024 { TOTAL PRODUCTION, 1903-1915 = 5.155 X 10,000 TOZ

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DUPARC AND TIKONOWITCH, 1920, LE PLATINE..., P. 415-41

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1975 Till, Alison B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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