Maisky

Prospect in Russia with commodities Antimony, Arsenic, Gold, Silver
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. Ownership information
  9. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10255514
MAS/MILS ID 4520001036
Record type Site
Current site name Maisky
Alternate or previous names Aka Maiskoe

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 173.72934, 69.03222 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Secondary
Arsenic Critical Secondary
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 173.72934, 69.03222

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE OCCURS IN ARSENOPYRITE, PYRITE AND ANTIMONY. GOLD ASSOC. WITH SULFIDES.
  • ORE SLOPE 65-80 DEGREES AND 45-60 DEGREES IN FRACTURED ZONES 2-4 M WIDE AND 200-1100 M LONG. LARGE, DISSEMINATED AU-SULFIDE DEPOSIT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Government Of Russia

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1995
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 14 g/mt Gold Major 1995
    Silver Ag 2.6 g/mt Silver Minor 1995

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • GRADE AT B LEVEL-14 G/T AU AND 2.6 G/T AG; GRADE AT C1 LEVEL- 12.4 G/T AU AND 2.7 G/T AG; GRADE AT THE C2 LEVEL- 12.5 G/T AU AND 3 G/T AG.
  • DEPOSIT RESERVES REPORTED TO CONTAIN 19.4 MT OF AU AND 3.6 MT OF AG AT THE B LEVEL; 44.4 MT OF AU AND 9.5 MT OF AG AT THE C1 LEVEL; AND 99.8 MT OF AU AND 24.3 MT OF AG AT THE C2 LEVEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INTERFAX MINING REPORT, FEB. 5-12, 1993, P. 12.

  • Deposit

    GALLOWAY, KEN, TALK AT DENVER MINING CLUB MEETING - OCTOBER

  • Deposit

    29, 1992, PLACER DOME GOLD CORP.

  • Deposit

    METALLOGENESIS OF MAINLAND ALASKA AND THE RUSSIAN NORTHEAST,

  • Deposit

    NOLKEBERG, W. J., ET AL, 1993, USGS OFR 93-339, PG 169.

  • Deposit

    MAP OF MINERAL RESOURCES OF RUSSIA AND ADJACENT COUNTRIES,

  • Deposit

    (IN THE FORMER USSR BOUNDARIES), 1991, SCALE 1:5MIL,

  • Deposit

    PUBLISHED IN RUSSIA.

  • Deposit

    INTERFAX MINING REPORT. JAN 13-20, 1995, P. 4.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS PROBABLY IN PRODUCTION AT THIS TIME.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-JAN-95 Alaska Field Operations Center (AFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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