Lovnozersk Mine

Occurrence in Russia with commodities Copper, Nickel
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10231420
MAS/MILS ID 4520000159
Record type Site
Current site name Lovnozersk Mine
Alternate or previous names Lovnozersk Deposit, Lovnoozero

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 33.08675, 68.96516 (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

  • LOVNOZERSK IS LOCATED ON KOLSKIY POLUOSTROV (KOLA PENINSULA) ADJACENT TO THE BARENTS SEA. LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE ARE TAKEN FROM MURMANSK LOCATED NORTHWEST FROM LOVNOZERSK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Nickel Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 33.08675, 68.96516

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GLAZKOVSKY, A. A., GORBUNOV, G. I., AND SYSOEV. DEPOSITS OF

  • Deposit

    NICKEL. SMIRNOV, V. I., ED. ORE DEPOSITS OF THE USSR

  • Deposit

    VOLUME 2. PITMAN PUBLISHING, LONDON, 1977, V. 2, P. 3-9.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-OCT-1994 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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