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Sorsk

Producer in Russia with commodities Copper, Molybdenum
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  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. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10255365
MAS/MILS ID 4520000234
Record type Site
Current site name Sorsk

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 90.20011, 54.01443 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Molybdenite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 90.20011, 54.01443
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 1000M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 STOCKWORK
    Shape of Orebody #1 DOMELIKE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Date of Last Modification 920710

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT IS A HIGH TEMPERATURE HYDROTHERMAL STOCKWORK SYSTEM. DIKES AND STOCKS OF SUB-ALKALINE GRANITE PORPHYRIES FORM SEPARATE INTRUSIONS.
  • ORE OCCURS MAINLY IN VEINLETS AND IMPREGNATIONS(80% OF ORE). MINERALIZATION CONNECTED PARAGENETICALLY WITH SUB-ALKALINE PORPHYRIES. TWO ORE BEARING ZONES, WESTERN AND EASTERN, ARE SEPARATED BY BARREN ZONE. MINERALIZATION IS UNEVEN. ZONES OF PREDOMINANTLY COPPER MINERALIZATION ARE ALTERNATED WITH ZONES OF MOLYBDENUM MINERALIZATION. BRECCIATED ORE IS TYPICAL OF THE NORTHERN PARTS OF THE DEPOSIT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1953

Mining district

District name Sorsk

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Government Of Russia
    Interest 100
    Home office Russia
    Year 1992
  • Type Operator
    Owner Sorsk Molybdenum Kombinat
    Home office Russia
    Year 1992

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION STARTED IN 1953 AND CONTINUES TO THE PRESENT. CURRENT PRODUCTION AT CONCENTRATOR IS 6000 TPY MO CONC CONTAINING 3700 MT MO, AND 10,000 TPY CU CONC, CONTAINING 2000 MT CU. IMPURITY LEVELS LOW AT 0.01%P AND 0.001% AS. CU IS 0.5%.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method OPEN PIT

Comments on other economic factors

  • EQUIPMENT INCLUDES: ROTARY BIT DRILLS, DREDGES, RUSSIAN- MADE DUMP TRUCKS.
  • BENEFICIATION INCLUDES: FOUR-STAGE CRUSHING(CONE CRUSHERS); ONE-STAGE WET GRINDING(SPHERICAL MILL AND SPIRAL CLASSIFIERS); SELECTIVE FLOTATION; GRINDING CIRCUITS; DRYING; SORTING; DEWATERING. RECOVERY IS 89.1% MO AND 53% CU.
  • MINE DEPTH IN THE WESTERN PART IS 320M; EASTERN PART-140M. (1986 DATA) STRIPPING IS MADE BY SEPARATE DRIVES DOWN. TRANSPORTATION BY TRUCK. ORE RECOVERY IS ABOUT 96%, DILUTION IS 6.4%.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GALKIN, A.M., IN GORNAYA ENCYCLOPEDIA, V.4, 1989, P. 622.

  • Deposit

    POKALOV, J.T., GEOLOGICAL FOUNDATION OF EXPLORATION AND

  • Deposit

    EVALUATION OF ENDOGENITIC MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS(MOSCOW),

  • Deposit

    1983.

  • Deposit

    SMIRNOV, V.I., ORE DEPOSITS OF THE U.S.S.R., VOL. III, 1977,

  • Deposit

    P. 169-173.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FACILITY CONSISTS OF OPEN PIT OPERATION AND BENEFICIATION PLANT. INFRASTRUCTURE WELL DEVELOPED, ACCESS BY PAVED ROADS AND RAILROAD. OPEN FOR JOINT VENTURE.

Reporter information

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

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