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Serovsk

Prospect in Russia with commodities Chromium, Sulfur-Pyrite, Nickel
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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. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10230862
MAS/MILS ID 4520000430
Record type Site
Current site name Serovsk
Alternate or previous names No Other Known Name.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 60.58481, 59.56458 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Comments on the location information

  • THE SAME LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES WERE USED AS THE COORDINATES FOR THE SEROVSK NICKEL MINE, USING THE TOWN OF SEROVSK AS A REFERANCE POINT. REFERENCE SOURCE IS DMA MAP D-4. MINING DISTRICT IS THE REZH DISTRICT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Primary
Nickel Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 60.58481, 59.56458
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Government Of Russia
    Interest 100
    Home office Russia
    Year 1993

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Indicated 770000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 770000000mt ore
    Total resources 770000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron FeS2 36.64 wt-pct Iron 1993
    Nickel Ni 0.2 wt-pct Nickel Major 1993
    Chromium Cr 1.7 wt-pct Chromium Major 1993

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE SEROVSKOE BROWN IRON ORE DEPOSIT, WHICH HAS 770 MILLION METRIC TONS OF ORE RESERVES, WITH 36.64 PERCENT AVERAGE IRON, 0.2 PERCENT AVERAGE NICKEL, AND 1.7 PERCENT AVERAGE CHROME CONTENT. SEROVSKOE DEPOSIT IS CURRENTLY BEING PREPARED FOR EXPLOITATION; HOWEVER, THE REGION NEEDS TECHNOLOGY TO PROCESS NATURALLY HARDENED ORE, BEFORE WORK IS BEGUN AT THE SITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMIRNOV. ORE DEPOSITS OF THE USSR. 1977.

  • Deposit

    BGR. UDSSR. XXII. 1979.

  • Deposit

    INTERFAX. MINING REPORT. MAY 7-14, 1993.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-DEC-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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