Dalnegorsk

Producer in Russia with commodity Boron-Borates
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106952
MRDS ID RL10025
Record type Site
Current site name Dalnegorsk

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 135.49864, 44.49825 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR TOWN OF DALNEGORSK. SITE IS ABOUT 200 MILES NE OF VLADIVOSTOK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Comments on the location information

  • AREA GIVEN AS WITHIN 35-40S TO 37S AND 70-20W TO 70-40W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DATOLITE = CABSIO4(OH)

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Datolite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) 135.49864, 44.49825

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO DATA AVAILABLE ON DEPOSIT- POSSIBLY WITHIN PALEOGENE VOLCANICS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1956

Mining district

District name Sihote-Alin Region

Comments on the workings information

  • BORIC ACXID PLANT COMMISSIONED 1966, PRODUCTION BEGAN 1967: PRODUCES TOP QUALITY BORIC ACID

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: 1.2
  • ECON.COM: PLANT AT SITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TERRY MASSOTH (BHP) PERSONAL COMMUNICATION - 1993

  • Deposit

    ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 1993, THE ECONOMICS OF BORON 1993, 7TH ED.: LONDON, ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 156 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AREA OF 285 SQ. KM, PLACERS AT A DEPTH OF 0.1 TO 5 M WITH THICKNESS OF 0.28-3M.
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD I003027 OF G.J. ORRIS WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1993 Langford, R.P. BHP Utah Industries
Updater 01-NOV-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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