Val'Kumey

Producer in Russia with commodity Tin
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. Ownership information
  9. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10134004
MAS/MILS ID 4520000323
Record type Site
Current site name Val'Kumey

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 170.19597, 69.64886 (WGS84)
Elevation 100
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 170.19597, 69.64886

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1941

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Government Of Russia

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tin Sn 87 wt-pct Tin Major 1993

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHABAD, T., BASIC INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES OF THE USSR,

  • Deposit

    COLUMBIA UNIV. PRESS, NEW YORK, 1969, PP. 274-275.

  • Deposit

    MINING, ANNUAL REVIEW, 1981, P. 588.

  • Deposit

    METALLOGENESIS OF MAINLAND ALASKA AND HTE RUSSIAN NORTHEAST,

  • Deposit

    NOKLEBERG, W. J., ET AL, 1993, USGS OFR 93-339, PG 168.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LARGE SN-SILICATE-SULFIDE VEIN DEPOSIT. SN GRAD IS 0.87%. DISCOVERED IN 1935 AND MINED FROM 1941 TO PRESENT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-OCT-94 Alaska Field Operations Center (AFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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