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Volkovo Mine

Producer in Russia with commodities Copper, Iron, Lead, Vanadium
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10158389
MAS/MILS ID 4520000049
Record type Site
Current site name Volkovo Mine
Alternate or previous names No Other Known Name., Volkovo Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: 60.0015, 58.41459 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Comments on the location information

  • THE VOLKOVO DEPOSIT IS LOCATED IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE CENTRAL URALS ON ITS EASTERN SLOPES.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Primary
Lead Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Unknown
Chalcocite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Covellite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) 60.0015, 58.41459
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Date of Last Modification 921208

Comments on the geologic information

  • PORPHYRY-STYLE DISSEMINATED SULPHIDE MINERALIZATION OCCURS ALONG A 600 METER STRIKE LENGTH IN PLAGIOCLASE RICH GABBROS AND DIORITES. THE TRUE THICKNESS OF THE ORE ZONE RANGES FROM 5 TO 60 METERS AND DIPS AT 47 DEGREES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1981

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Government Of Russia
    Interest 100
    Home office Russia
    Year 1992
  • Type Operator
    Owner Miners' Co-Operative Society
    Home office Russia
    Year 1992

Production statistics

  • Year 1988
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Throughput At 0.9% Cu (Estimated) 877000 Metric Tons Of Ore.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 877000mt 1wt-pct
  • Year 1989
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Throughput At 0.8% Cu (Estimated) 1245000 Metric Tons Of Ore.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 1245000mt 1wt-pct
  • Year 1990
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Throughput At 0.8% Cu (Estimated) 1245000 Metric Tons Of Ore.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 1245000mt 1wt-pct
  • Year 1991
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Throughput At 0.9% Cu (Estimated) 1510000 Metric Tons Of Ore.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 1510000mt 1wt-pct

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1992
    Inferred 12000000mt ore
    Total resources 12000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.9 wt-pct Copper Major 1992

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES ARE SUFFICIENT FOR A FURTHER 10 YEARS OR APPROXIMATELY 12 MILLION METRIC TONS. GRADES OF THE RESERVES ARE EXPECTED TO DECLINE DURING THE REMAINING YEARS. THE CUT-OFF GRADE IS 0.3 PERCENT COPPER AND THE MINIMUM MINING WIDTH IS 36 METERS.

Comments on other economic factors

  • ALL ORE IS DELIVERED BY RAIL TO THE KRASNOURALSK CONCENTRATOR, 27 KILOMETERS FROM THE MINE.
  • THE DEPOSIT IS MINED BY OPEN PIT METHODS. THE PIT IS CURRENTLY 900 BY 600 METERS AND 78 METERS DEEP. ITS FINAL PLANNED DEPTH IS 210 METERS. THE MINE USES 5 CUBIC METER SHOVELS, 40 METRIC TON BELAZ 548 DUMP TRUCKS, AND SOVIET ROTARY DRILLING RIGS. THERE ARE NO PLANS TO EXPAND THE MINE. HOWEVER, THE INCREASING DEPTH OF THE OPEN PIT AND THE DECLINING ORE GRADE ARE PROBLEMS WHICH MIGHT BE OVERCOME BY SWITCHING TO UNDERGROUND MINING. THIS WOULD REQUIRE AN INVESTMENT IN SHAFT SINKING AND UNDERGROUND DEVELOPMENT. THE MINE HAS A SIZEABLE STOCKPILE OF OXIDE ORE. AT PRESENT THERE ARE NO PLANS TO TREAT THIS MATERIAL BUT IT IS NECESSARY TO ISOLATE THE RUN-OFF FROM THE PILE IN ORDER TO PREVENT GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAMONOV, I. Z., AND POZHARISKY, I. F. DEPOSITS OF COPPER.

  • Deposit

    SMIRNOV, V. I., ED. ORE DEPOSITS OF THE USSR VOLUME 2.

  • Deposit

    PITMAN PUBLISHING, LONDON, 1977, V. 2, P. 107-112.

  • Deposit

    COMMODITIES RESEARCH UNIT LIMITED, LONDON, THE COPPER,

  • Deposit

    LEAD, AND ZINC INDUSTRIES OF THE FORMER USSR, VOL. 2,

  • Deposit

    PP. 93-94 (1992).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-OCT-1993 Collins, Dan U.S. Bureau of Mines

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