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Tuganskoe

Prospect in Russia with commodities Titanium, Zirconium
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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 10230769
MAS/MILS ID 4520000264
Record type Site
Current site name Tuganskoe

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 85.00037, 56.49771 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN THE TOMSK REGION 15-20 KM FROM TOMSK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium Critical Primary
Zirconium Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 85.00037, 56.49771
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Mining method Dredging

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Ural-Titan
    Home office Russia
    Year 1993
    First year 1993

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • REPORTED RESERVES OF 163 MILLION CUBIC METERS OF SANDS.

Comments on other economic factors

  • PROPOSED OUTPUT OF THE BENEFICIATION PLANT IS 170,000 TPA ILMENITE CONCENTRATE AND 100 TPA ZIRCON CONCENTRATE. REPORTED ILMENITE CONC. EXTRACTABLE 8% WITH ILMENITE CONTENT OF 95.8%. REPORTED LEUCOXENE-RUTILE CONC EXTRACTABLE AT 80% CONTAINING 83% TIO2. ZIRCONIUM CONC. EXTRACTABLE AT 89% WITH ZRO2 GRADE OF 65.4%.
  • IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THIS DEPOSIT WILL BE MINED AT A RATE OF 4 MILLION CUBIC METERS OF SAND PER YEAR WITH A MINE LIFE OF 28-30 YEARS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INTERFAX MINING AND METALS REPORT. "TOMSK ATTRACTS WESTERN

  • Deposit

    INVESTORS TO MINE TITANIUM AND ZIRCONIUM." APR. 2-9, 1993.

  • Deposit

    P. 7.

  • Deposit

    INTERFAX MINING REPORT. SEPT. 30-OCT. 7, 1993, P. 16.

  • Deposit

    INTERFAX MINING REPORT. AUG. 5-12, 1994, P. 6-7.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE FOUND IN 5 FIELDS, TWO OF WHICH ARE COMMERCIAL. COMMERCIAL RESERVES AT DEPTH OF 5-7M. COSTS OF EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT ARE ESTIMATED AT 52 BILLION RUBLES (IN 1992 PRICES).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-OCT-1994 Coffman, Joe U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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