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Vostok-2

Producer in Russia with commodities Copper, Molybdenum, REE, Tungsten
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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. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10157964
MAS/MILS ID 4520000184
Record type Site
Current site name Vostok-2

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 135.56533, 44.61494 (WGS84)
Elevation 300
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
REE Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Scheelite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 135.56533, 44.61494
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45E
    Dip 69N
    Thickness 110M
    Length 475M
    Width 650M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONATE SILIC
    Strike And Dip N45E:69N
    Date of Last Modification 830826

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Mining method Filled Stopes
Year of first production 1982

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Russian Government
    Interest 100
    Home office Ussr
    Year 1983

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Demonstrated 22481000mt ore
    Total resources 22481000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tungsten Wo3 0.58 wt-pct Tungsten Major 1983
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Demonstrated 22481000mt ore
    Total resources 22481000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tungsten Wo3 0.58 wt-pct Tungsten Major 1983

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • EXACT QUANTITY = 22481250 METRIC TONS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method FILLED STOPES
    Hardness of Rock UNKNOWN
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Mine Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    1st Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    Capacity 1500
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 333
    Year of Information 1983

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    USBM, MINERAL ISSUES, NOVEMBER, 1988, PP. 38.

  • Deposit

    RABCHEVSKY, G.A., THE TUNGSTEN INDUSTRY OF THE U.S.S.R.,

  • Deposit

    USBM, MINERAL ISSUES, NOVEMBER, 1988, PP. 38-39.

  • Deposit

    SMIRNOV, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE USSR, VOL III, 1977.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE PROCESSED AT PRIMORSKY PLANT (4520000309)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-SEP-96 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.

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