Beloruskaliy Combine/Enterprise

Plant in Belarus with commodity Potassium
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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10158134
MAS/MILS ID 4530000001
Record type Site
Current site name Beloruskaliy Combine/Enterprise
Alternate or previous names Soligorsk, Soligorsk Mining Region/Area, Starobin/Soligorsk Deposit, Soligorsk #1, Soligorsk #2, Soligorsk #3, Soligorsk #4, Nezhin Nizhin Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 27.53546, 52.79842 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Belarus(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Belarus

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Potassium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anhydrite Unknown
Carnallite Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Gypsum Unknown
Halite Unknown
Sylvite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 27.53546, 52.79842

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 10M
    Area 35000HA
    Depth to top 400M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin EVAPORATION
    Secondary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Minimum Depth to Top 245
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 400
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 245
    Total Surface Area (HA) 35000
    Date of Last Modification 921203

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1940
Mining method Combined Methods
Year of first production 1963
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Flotation
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name U Dev. Pripyat

Ownership information

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

Comments on the ownership information

  • COMPANY NAME FIELD PERTAINS TO THE COMBINE/ENTERPRISE NAME.

Production statistics

  • Year 1991
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Total Rated Mined Ore Capacity; 4 Mines 40000000 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Potassium Potassium 4000000mt

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FOR REFERENCE SOURCE SEE LINES 012-013 IN THE BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS. POTASH--INDUSTRY RESHAPED IN GOVERN-

  • Deposit

    MENT HANDS. FEBRUARY 1977, PP. 15, 23-26, 28-29.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL. SOVIET PROJECTS ADVANCE. OCTOBER 21, 1977,

  • Deposit

    P. 336.

  • Deposit

    GRUNDSTEDT, H. G. SOVIETS TRIPLE POTASH OUTPUT; SOLIGORSK

  • Deposit

    MINES LEAD EXPANSION. WORLD MINING, DECEMBER 1967, PP.

  • Deposit

    24-27.

  • Deposit

    U. S. BUREAU OF MINES. THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF THE U.S.S.R.

  • Deposit

    IN MINERALS YEARBOOK, V. I, 1973, P. 897.

  • Deposit

    SUTULOV, A. MINERAL RESOURCES AND THE ECONOMY OF THE USSR.

  • Deposit

    MCGRAW-HILL, INC., NEW YORK, 1973, PP. 170-174.

  • Deposit

    WORLD SURVEY OF POTASH RESOURCES, THE BRITISH SULPHUR CORP.

  • Deposit

    LTD, 1984 4TH ED. PP76-81.

  • Deposit

    SOVIET UNION, THE POTASH INDUSTRY OF BYELORUSSIA - SURVIVING

  • Deposit

    HARD TIMES; PHOSPHORUS AND POTASSIUM #174, JULY-AUGUST,

  • Deposit

    1991, THE BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE ARE FOR THE TOWN OF SOLIGORSK. FOUR MINES ARE INCLUDED IN THIS COMBINE/ENTERPRISE. ROOM & PILLAR, AND LONGWALL MINING METHODS ARE USED. THE NEZHIN (NIZHIN) DEPOSIT IS LOCATED CLOSE BY AND IS RELATED TO THE OTHER DEPOSITS IN THE AREA. IT WILL BE INCLUDED WITH THIS SEQ#.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-SEP-96 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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