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Tsentralnyy

Producer in Russia with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10133875
MAS/MILS ID 4520000529
Record type Site
Current site name Tsentralnyy
Alternate or previous names Kola Combine, Tsentralny, Khibiny Massif

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 33.73655, 67.74842 (WGS84)
Elevation 1000
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 33.73655, 67.74842
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45E
    Dip 18W
    Thickness 200M
    Length 11000M
    Width 2000M
    Area 104HA
    Depth to top 200M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N45E:18W
    Total Surface Area (HA) 104
    Date of Last Modification 921218

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE BODY CONSISTS OF PHOSPHATE BEARING LAYERS, 10-200 METERS THICK, WITHIN A NEPHELINE-SYENITE PLUTON. THE FORMATION NAME IS THE KHIBINY MASSIF. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE KHIBINY MASSIF SEE THE BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1926
Year of first production 1964

Mining district

District name Khibiny Massif

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only
Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Government Of Russia
    Interest 100
    Home office Russia
    Year 1992

Production statistics

  • Year 1980
    Description Phosphate Input 16.5%; Output Is 39.5% 23000000 Mt Ore/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 17wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ONE PRODUCT GOES TO TWO SEPARATE MILLS, ANOF 1 AND 2. INVESTMENT CAPITAL FROM I SET MILL CAP TOTAL IS DIVIDED EVENLY BETWEEN THE TWO MILLS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 200
    Hardness of Ore HARD ROCKS
    Capacity 61538
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 325
    Operating Shifts per Day 3

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, BRITISH SULPHUR CORP.

  • Deposit

    LTD. 5TH EDITION, 1987, PP 224, 227-229.

  • Deposit

    DZHUMALIEV, T.D., 1972, PHOSPHORITE-BEARING DEPOSITS AT THE

  • Deposit

    BASE OF THE SHABATKY FORMATION OF THE MALYI KARATAU IN

  • Deposit

    KAZAKHSTAN. LITOLOGIYA; POLEZMJE ISKAPAENIYE, 3,

  • Deposit

    PP76-85, TRANSLATIONS AVAILABALE FROM CONSULTANTS BUREAU,

  • Deposit

    PLENUM PRESS, NEW YORK.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1973, SOVIET UNION EXPANDING

  • Deposit

    MINERALS INDUSTRY, JULY.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1980A, SOVIET BUREAUCRATS

  • Deposit

    SQUABBLE OVER USE OF PHOSPHATE ROCK, APRIL.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1980B, RUSSIAN MINING SECTOR

  • Deposit

    PROBLEMS NEGLECTED BY BUREAUCRATS, PRAVDA, DECEMBER, P13.

  • Deposit

    ISMA, 1981, NEWS ITEM REGARDING PHOSPHATES AT OKTYNBINSK,

  • Deposit

    U.S.S.R.

  • Deposit

    MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1981, EASTERN EUROPE PHOSPHATE, PP590-

  • Deposit

    591.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, 1975, SUB-LEVEL CAVING IN SOVIET APATITE-

  • Deposit

    NEPHELINE ORE, NOVEMBER, P 405.

  • Deposit

    NOTHOLT, ARTHUR J.G., 1979, THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY AND

  • Deposit

    DEVELOPMENT OF IGNEOUS PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS IN EUROPE

  • Deposit

    AND THE U.S.S.R., ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 74, PP. 339-350.

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHORUS & POTASSIUM, 1978, NEWS ITEM REGARDING U.S.S.R.

  • Deposit

    NO. 94 (3/4).

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHORUS & POTASSIUM, 1979A, SOVIET PHOSPHATES IN TENTH

  • Deposit

    FYP-I, NO. 102 (7/8), PP. 16-17, 19-20.

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHORUS & POTASSIUM, 1979B, SOVIET PHOSPHATES IN TENTH

  • Deposit

    FYP-II, NO. 103 (9/10), PP. 21-23, 43.

  • Deposit

    STRISHKOV, E.M., 1977, MINERAL INDUSTRIES OF THE U.S.S.R.

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINES, U.S. DEPT. OF INTERIOR, PUBLICATION MP-2,

  • Deposit

    19 PP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    SILVA, ANTENOR FIRMINO, JR., 1979, BENEFICIATION PROCESS

  • Reserve-Resource

    AND ECONOMICS OF THE USE OF LOW GRADE PHOSPHATE ROCK,

  • Reserve-Resource

    UNPUBLISHED REPORT, PAULO ABIB ENG., S. A., SAO PAULO,

  • Reserve-Resource

    BRAZIL, 18 PP, 4 FIGURES.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ZELLARS, M.E. AND J.M. WILLIAMS, 1978, EVALUATION OF THE

  • Reserve-Resource

    PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF FLORIDA USING THE MINERALS AVAIL-

  • Reserve-Resource

    ABILITY SYSTEM. FINAL REPORT. PREPARED FOR THE BUREAU OF

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINES, U.S. DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR, CONTRACT NO. J0377000,

  • Reserve-Resource

    ZELLARS-WILLIAMS, INC., LAKELAND, FLORIDA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-OCT-94 Fantel, Richard J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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