Abakan

Producer in Krasnoyarskiy Kray, Russia with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107486
MRDS ID W701538
Record type Site
Current site name Abakan
Related records 10304134

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 89.6668, 52.58108 (WGS84)
Relative position 176 KM TO THE SOUTHWEST OF ABAKAN IN THE KHAKAS AUTONOMOUS DISTRICT OF THE KRASNOYARSK REGION.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Krasnoyarskiy Kray(province)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Russia Krasnoyarskiy Kray

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Safflorite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Albite Gangue
Apatite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue
Zoisite Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE AMOUNT OF IRON IN THE QUALITY ORES IS 45.3 PER CENT
Result SULFUR, 2.39 PER CENT
Result AND PHOSPHORUS, 0.19 PER CENT

Nearby scientific data

(1) 89.6668, 52.58108

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Located In The Area Where West Sayan And The Minusinsk Basin Join ... Restricted To The Southeastern Limb Of An Anticline, Consisting Of Lower Cambrian Volcanogenic-Sedimentary Rocks... (Smirnov 1977, Vol . I, P. 67)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • THE DEPOSIT IS BEING WORKED IN A QUARRY AND BY SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMIRNOV, V.I., ED., 1977, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE USSR: LONDON, PITMAN PUBLISHING, VOL. I P. 67

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1990 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1994 Jenness, Jane E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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