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Kovdor Phosphate

Producer in Russia with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10159831
MAS/MILS ID 4520000531
Record type Site
Current site name Kovdor Phosphate
Alternate or previous names Kovdor Mine, Kovdor, Kovdor Combine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 30.40333, 67.56518 (WGS84)
Elevation 750
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 30.40333, 67.56518
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N01E
    Dip 90
    Length 1300M
    Width 400M
    Area 50HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N01E:90
    Total Surface Area (HA) 50
    Date of Last Modification 830328

Comments on the geologic information

  • SPECIFIC DIMENSIONS OF THE MINERALIZED ZONE WERE NOT REPORTED IN THE REPORT, HOWEVER, THE KOVDOR MASSIF OCCUPIES AN AREA OF 38 SQUARE KILOMETERS AND THE APATITE-RICH ROCKS OCCUPY LESS THAN 50 ACRES.
  • THE PRINCIPAL PHOSPHATE MINERAL REPRESENTS FLUORAPATITE WHICH MAKES UP 15-20%OF THE APATITE-FORSTERITE ROCKS.
  • THE FORMATION NAME IS THE KOVDOR COMPLEX. LITHOLGIES CONSIST OF ALKALIC AND ULTRABASIC ROCKS. KOVDOR MASSIF IS A RING- DIKE COMPLEX CONSISTING OF AN OUTER BAND OF IJOLITES AND INCREASINGLY BASIC ROCKS TOWARD THE CORE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1923
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1974
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Kola Peninsula

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only
Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Kovdor Iron Ore Mining Association
    Interest 100
    Home office Russia
    Year 1995
    First year 1991
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Government Of Russia
    Interest 100
    Home office Russia
    Year 1992
    Last year 1991

Production statistics

  • Year 1980
    Description Apatite Tailings From Megnetite Recovery Concentrate Has A 12.5% P2o5 Content Output From Mill Is 35% 3400000 Mt Ore/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 13wt-pct
  • Year 1995
    Description Apatite Concentrate 700000 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 700000mt

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1979
    Indicated 708000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 708000000mt ore
    Total resources 708000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 6.6 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1979

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE P2O5%, OF ORE GOING INTO THE MAGNETITE RECOVERY PLANT IS 6.6%. THE TAILINGS FROM THE MAGNETITE RECOVERY PROCESS (MAGNETIC SEPARATION) HAVE A 12.5% P2O5 CONTENT. IT IS THESE TAILINGS THAT FEED THE APATITE RECOVERY PLANT. ADDITIONAL P2O5 (6-7WT%) RESOURCES EXIST IN THE SOUTHWESTERN PART OF THE INTRUSION. THESE ARE ALOS CONTAINED IN MAGNATITE.
  • IRON ORE RESERVES HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED AS 708000000 MT; APATITE RESOURCES TOTAL 113000000MT IN TAILINGS FROM THE MAGNETITE RECOVERY PROCESS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 50HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Capacity 10462
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 325
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1985

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    NOTHOLT, ARTHUR, J.G., 1979, THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY AND

  • Reserve-Resource

    DEVELOPMENT OF IGNEOUS PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS IN EUROPE AND

  • Reserve-Resource

    THE U.S.S.R., ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 74, PP. 339-350.

  • Deposit

    BRITISH SULPHUR CORPORATION LTD., WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS, 1987, 5TH EDITION, PP. 224,229-230.

  • Deposit

    DZHUMALIEV, T.D., 1972, PHOSPHORITE-BEARING DEPOSITS AT THE

  • Deposit

    BASE OF THE SHABAKTY FORMATION OF THE MALYL KARATAU IN

  • Deposit

    KAZAKHSTAN. LITOLOGIYA; POLEZMJE ISKAPAENIYE, 3,

  • Deposit

    PP.76-85, TRANSLATIONS AVAILABALE FROM CONSULTANTS BUREAU,

  • Deposit

    PLENUM PRESS, NEW YORK.

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    ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1973, SOVIET UNION EXPANDING

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    MINERALS INDUSTRY, JULY.

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    ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1980A, SOVIET BUREAUCRATS

  • Deposit

    SQUABBLE OVER USE OF PHOSPHATE ROCK, APRIL.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1980B, RUSSIAN MINING SECTOR

  • Deposit

    PROBLEMS NEGLECTED BY BUREAUCRATS - PRAVDA, DECEMBER, P13.

  • Deposit

    ISMA, 1981, NEWS ITEM REGARDING PHOSPHATES AT OKTYNBINSK,

  • Deposit

    U.S.S.R.

  • Deposit

    MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1981, EASTERN EUROPE PHOSPHATE, PP.

  • Deposit

    590-591.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, 1975, SUB-LEVEL CAVING IN SOVIET APATITE-

  • Deposit

    NEPHELINE ORE, NOVEMBER, P. 405.

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHORUS & POTASSIUM, 1978, NEWS ITEM REGARDING U.S.S.R.

  • Deposit

    NO. 94 (3/4).

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHORUS & POTASSIUM, 1979A, SOVIET PHOSPHATES IN TENTH

  • Deposit

    FYP-I, NO. 102 (7/8), PP. 16-17, 19-20.

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHORUS & POTASSIUM, 1979B, SOVIET PHOSPHATES IN TENTH

  • Deposit

    FYP-II, NO. 103 (9/10), PP. 21-23, 43.

  • Deposit

    SILVA, ANTENOR FIRMINO, JR., 1979, BENEFICIATION PROCESS

  • Deposit

    AND ECONOMICS OF THE USE OF LOW GRADE PHOSPHATE ROCK.

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED REPORT, PAULO ABIB ENG., S. A., SAO PAULO

  • Deposit

    BRAZIL. 18 PP. + 4 FIGURES.

  • Deposit

    STRISHKOV, E.M., 1977, MINERAL INDUSTRIES OF THE U.S.S.R.,

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINES, U.S. DEPT. OF INTERIOR, PUB. MP-2, 19P.

  • Deposit

    ZELLARS, M.E. AND J.M. WILLIAMS, 1978, EVALUATION OF THE

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF FLORIDA USING THE MINERALS AVAILA-

  • Deposit

    BILITY SYSTEM. FINAL REPORT. PREPARED FOR THE BUREAU OF

  • Deposit

    MINES, U.S. DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR, CONTRACT NO. J0377000,

  • Deposit

    ZELLARS-WILLIAMS, INC., LAKELAND, FLORIDA.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LATITUDE/LONGITUDE ARE FOR THE TOWN OF KOVDOR, THIS IS PROBOBLY THE TWON SET UP TO OPERATE THE MINE. IT WILL BE ASSUMED THAT THE MINE ITS SELF IS APPROXIMATELY 5 KM AWAY. IN 1977 THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICAL INDUSTRY DECLARED THE APATITE CONCENTRATES UNSUITABLE FOR USE IN THEIR CHEMICAL PLANTS DUE TO THE HIGH (4.5WT%) MGO CONTENT. THIS MINE MAY FEED THE KOVDOR PROCESSING PLANT: 4520007013:

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-MAR-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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