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Olenegorsk

Unknown in Russia with commodity Iron
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  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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10158296
MAS/MILS ID 4520000071
Record type Site
Current site name Olenegorsk
Alternate or previous names Olenegorsk Mine, Olenegorsky., Olenegorskoe.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 33.25332, 68.13174 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 33.25332, 68.13174
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner State (Russia)
    Home office Russia
    Year 1989

Comments on the production information

  • THE COMBINE PRODUCES IRON ORE CONCENTRATES GRADING 65% FE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE COMPLEX IS TO BE PRIVATIZED IN 1993, 22,124 SHARES TO BE AUCTIONED. CIS MAP DATA INDICATES MINE RESERVES ARE MINED OUT.
  • THE OLENEGORSK DEPOSIT, WHICH IS OPENCAST MINED, HAS 284,000,000 METRIC TONS OF ORE DEPOSITS WITH AN AVERAGE IRON CONTENT OF 33.1 PERCENT. THE OLENGORSK MINING AND ORE ENRICHMENT PLANT PRODUCES 4.8 MILLION METRIC TONS OF ORE A YEAR AND 1.8 MILLION METRIC TONS OF CONCENTRATE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INTERFAX MINING JOURNAL. JUNE 3-10, 1994, P. 18.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    UNIV PRESS, NEW YORK, 1969, P. 117-118.

  • Deposit

    SOVIET GEOGRAPHY. VOL. 12. 1971, P. 712

  • Deposit

    SOVIET GEOGRAPHY. VOL. 15. 1974, P. 377

  • Deposit

    BUMINES MYB MINERAL INDUSTRY OF THE USSR. 1973, P. 24.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL. MAR. 4, 1994, P. 160.

  • Deposit

    SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES. UNITED NATIONS NEW YORK.

  • Deposit

    1970, PP. 385, 388, 392.

  • Deposit

    ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 68. NO. 7, P. 1049; 1973

  • Deposit

    IRON AND STEEL WORKS OF THE USSR. METAL BULLETIN BOOKS LTD.

  • Deposit

    1992, P. 5.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINING EQUIPMENT IS TO BE REPLACED BY MEANS OF A 10-YR, $15 LOAN FROM EBRD. IT IS UNCLEAR HOW MUCH MINING IS CURRENTLY ONGOING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-DEC-1994 Coffman, Joe U.S. Bureau of Mines

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