Berezniki Mines Uralkali Combine

Plant in Russia with commodities Potassium, Sodium
Sections on this page
  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. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10257207
MAS/MILS ID 4520000522
Record type Site
Current site name Berezniki Mines Uralkali Combine
Alternate or previous names Berezhniki Mines, Alt. Spell of Berezniki/Bereznyaki, Verkhnekamsk, Berezniki 3, Berezniki 1, Berezniki 2, Berezniki 4, Verkhne Kamsk

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 56.76836, 59.39793 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Potassium Primary
Sodium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anhydrite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Carnallite Unknown
Halite Unknown
Sylvite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 56.76836, 59.39793

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 100M
    Length 110000M
    Width 40000M
    Area 600000HA
    Depth to top 400M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin EVAPORATION
    Secondary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control FOLDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Minimum Depth to Top 500
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 400
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 500
    Total Surface Area (HA) 600000
    Date of Last Modification 921202

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1824
Mining method Open Stope - Room and Pillar
Year of first production 1930
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Flotation
Milling method Pyrometallurgy Unspecified

Mining district

District name Upper Kama Basn

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only
Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

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

Comments on the ownership information

  • COMPANY NAME FIELD PERTAINS TO THE COMBINE/ENTERPRISE NAME.

Production statistics

  • Year 1990
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Estimated Annual Ore Production 2900000 Mt Ore
  • Year 1995
    Description Trona Capacity 1080 Mt
  • Year 1995
    Description Potash Capacity 3000000 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Potassium Potassium 3000000mt

Comments on the production information

  • RECORDS DESCRIBE THE THREE KCL (POTASSIUM CHLORIDE PRODUCTS FROM THE BEREANIKI COMBINE; PA IS CLASS I INDUSTRAIL, PB CLASS II AND PC CLASS III, ARE AGRICULTURAL.
  • TOTAL INCLUDES RATED ANNUAL CAPACITIES OF ALL FOUR MINES. SEE REFERENCE LINE 012. IN 1993, THE DEPOSIT MINED 33 MILLION MT OF SYLVANITE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 500M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC FISSURED MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics NO PLANES OF WEAKNESS
    Rock Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Mine Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Number of Shafts 7
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    2nd Condition of Workings OPEN
    3rd Condition of Workings FLOODED
    Year of Information 1991

Comments on other economic factors

  • FEED GRADE IS THE ESTIMATED AVERAGE K2O CONTENT FOR THE BEREZ- NIKI MINING AREA.
  • NUMBER OF SHAFTS IS AN ESTIMATE BASED ON 2 TO 3 SHAFTS PER MINE THE DEEPEST SHAFT IS 526M, THE SHALLOWEST IS 250M. WORKING CONDITIONS ARE "OPEN" AT MINES #1 AND #2 BUT "FLOODED" AT MINES #3 AND #4.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRUNDSTEDT, H. G. SOVIETS TRIPLE POTASH OUTPUT; SOLIGORSK

  • Deposit

    MINES LEAD EXPANSION. WORLD MINING, DECEMBER 1967, PP.

  • Deposit

    24-27.

  • Deposit

    SUTULOV, A. MINERAL RESOURCES AND THE ECONOMY OF THE USSR.

  • Deposit

    MCGRAW-HILL, INC., NEW YORK, 1973, PP. 170-174.

  • Deposit

    U. S. BUREAU OF MINES. THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF THE U.S.S.R.

  • Deposit

    IN MINERALS YEARBOOK, V. I. 1973, P. 897.

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS. POTASH--INDUSTRY RESHAPED IN GOVERN-

  • Deposit

    MENT HANDS. FEBRUARY 1977, PP. 15, 23-26.

  • Deposit

    WORLD SURVEY OF POTASH RESOURCES, 4TH EDITION, 1984, THE

  • Deposit

    BRITISH SULPHUR CORPORATION LIMITED, PP. 81-87.

  • Deposit

    ROSKILL, THE ECONOMICS OF POTASH 1989, 2 EDITION, PP. 54-58.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES ARE FOR THE TOWN OF BEREZNIKI, 200 KM NORTH OF PERM. THIS PROPERTY FILE INCLUDES ALL THE BEREZNIKI MINES, OF THE URALKALI COMBINE/ENTERPRISE. MOST OF THESE MINES ARE LOCATED WITHIN 20KM OF BEREZNIKI. THE SOLIKAMSK MINES, ALSO PART OF THE URALKALI COMBINE/ENTERPRISE WILL BE LLISTED UNDER A SEPARATE SEQ# 4520000523. BEREZNIKI 3 AND 4 ARE REPORTED AS CLOSED, BOTH DUE TO FLOODING.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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