Lopatinsk Mine

Plant in Russia with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
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. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10182308
MAS/MILS ID 4520000217
Record type Site
Current site name Lopatinsk Mine
Alternate or previous names Lopatino, Podmoskovsk Combine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 38.71875, 55.3149 (WGS84)
Elevation 500
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chert Unknown
Glauconite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 38.71875, 55.3149

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3M
    Depth to top 12M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 921229

Comments on the geologic information

  • THIS DEPOSIT IS COMPRISED OF TWO PHOSPHATE-BEARING HORIZONS, SEPARATED BY A BAND OF QUARTZ. THE ZONES INCREASE IN THICKNESS TO THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST FROM 1.5 TO 8 M.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1932
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Flotation
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Moscow Oblast

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only
Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

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

Comments on the production information

  • LOPATINSK WAS THE SECOND LARGEST PHOSPHATE PRODUCER IN THE USSR BEFORE WORLD WAR II. MAXIMUM OUTPUT WAS ACHIVED IN 1933 AT 265,000 MTPY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, BRITISH SULPHUR CORP.

  • Deposit

    LTD., 5TH EDITION, PP 244, 231.

  • Deposit

    OFFICIAL STANDARD NAMES, U.S.S.R. VOL. IV, L-N, UNITED

  • Deposit

    STATES BOARD ON GEOGRAPHIC NAMES, PAGE 137.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-JAN-1995 Fantel, Richard J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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