Kusinskoye Kusinkoe Deposit

Producer in Russia with commodities Iron, Vanadium, Titanium, Metal
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Production statistics
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107624
MRDS ID D000242
Record type Site
Current site name Kusinskoye Kusinkoe Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 58.50133, 52.33129 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Comments on the location information

  • ABOVE LAT. AND LONG. IS A CENTRAL POINT FOR B.C.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • RE PRESENT AT LIME CREEK; W PRESENT AT HUDSON BAY

Nearby scientific data

(1) 58.50133, 52.33129

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRANODIORITE (L.C.; H.B.; LOR.) QTZ. DIORITE (H.V.) SYENITE (MT.C.). YOUNGER COMPLEX, QTZ DIORITE, BRECCIA.
  • GEOL.DESC: DISSEMINATED TITANOMAGNETITE IN MAFIC AND ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name S. Urals (W. Slope)

Production statistics

  • Year 1970
    Period 1935 - 70
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^48 - 51 % Fe, 13 - 14 % Tio2 , 0.68 % V2o5 , 0.65 Cr2o3 (Concentrates = 0.95 - 1.0 % V2o5
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Cr2O3 Ore Chromium Chromium 1wt-pct
    Ore Vanadium Vanadium 1wt-pct
    TiO2 TiO2 Ore Titanium Titanium 14wt-pct
    Ore Iron Iron 50wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM 1: L.C; ITEM 2-3: LORNEX
  • REF. 2 GIVES 800,000 MT ORE FOR 1966. TOTAL V PROD. 1935-70, PROBABLY 7,000-14,000 ST V (RPF EST). I. G. MAGAK'YAN (SEE INTERNAT. GEOL. REVIEW, V. 10, NO. 7, 8, 9, P. 10, 1968) INDICATES TIO2 PRODUCTION AND LARGE RESERVES.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ITEM 1: L.C.; ITEM 2: H.V.; ITEM 3: H.B.; ITEMS 4-6: P.H; LORNEX HAS RESERVES OF 293 X 10 TO THE 6TH TONS ORE AT 0.427% CU AND 0.014% MOS2
  • ITEM 1 CONTAINS 12,000 ST V. (LAWTHERS, 1957, GIVES 66,800,000 ST ORE RESOURCES, CONTAINING 14.2% TIO2 OR 9,486,000 ST TIO2)

Comments on the workings information

  • L.CK., H.V., P.H., ARE OPEN PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    POLYAKOV, 1959; BARDIN, 1957 (SEE USGS BULL. 1316)

  • Deposit

    U. N., 1970, IRON RESOURCES OF THE WORLD

  • Deposit

    LAWTHERS, ROBT., 1957 USBM I. C. 7791

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1964 (MT.C.)
Deposit First Production Year: 1970 (MT.C.)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1973 Fischer, Richard P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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