Upper Seimchan

Past Producer in Russia with commodities Arsenic, Cobalt
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. Mining district
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10255427
MAS/MILS ID 4520000026
Record type Site
Current site name Upper Seimchan
Alternate or previous names Seynchan

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 152.41398, 62.93164 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Cobalt Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 152.41398, 62.93164

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Seimchan

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Russia Government
    Interest 100
    Home office Russia
    Year 1991

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMIRNOV. ORE DEPOSITS OF THE USSR. 1977.

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 93-339, 1993.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATION TO NEAREST TOWN BASED ON US ARMY GAZETTEER AND DEFENSE MAPPING AGENCY MAP ONC D-8. USGS REPORT INDICATES PROPERTY MINED OUT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-OCT-94 Wilburn, David R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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