Bom Gorkhom

Producer in Russia with commodity Tungsten
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. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  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 10279380
MAS/MILS ID 4520000510
Record type Site
Current site name Bom Gorkhom
Alternate or previous names Bom Gorkhon, Bom Gorkhom Deposit, Bom-Gorkhom

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 108.91607, 51.21452 (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
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Huebnerite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 108.91607, 51.21452

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45E
    Dip 23S
    Thickness 1M
    Length 2500M
    Width 600M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 STOCKWORK
    Shape of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N45E:23S
    Date of Last Modification 830902

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes

Mining district

District name W-Trans Baikal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Russian Government
    Interest 100
    Home office Belarus
    Year 1993
    First year 1991
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner U.S.S.R.
    Interest 100
    Home office Ussr
    Year 1983
    Last year 1991

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Demonstrated 400000mt ore
    Total resources 400000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tungsten Wo3 1 wt-pct Tungsten Major 1983

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ADIT DATA ENTERED IN 1997; BASED ON CONTRACTOR DATA AS OF 81 OR 83; NOT SURE. ADIT COMMENTS 004-006 WERE ENTERED PRIOR TO ADIT DATA ENTRY; PROBABLY IN 93 OR 94, BY IFOC. THE ESTIMATED CURRENT ANNUAL CAPACITY FOR THE BOM GORKHON MINE IS 60,000 METRIC TONS OF TUNGSTEN ORE FOR THE PERIOD 1993 THROUGH 1994.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Percent Waste Rock 9.1
    Capacity 100
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Year of Information 1983

Comments on other economic factors

  • UNDERGROUND MINING METHOD: SHALLOW DIP WILL REQUIRE SCRAPER ASSIST IN STOPES FOR MUCK REMOVAL. EITHER OPEN STOPING OR PANEL BACKFILL DEPENDING ON GROUND CONDITIONS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Commodity

    INTERFAX, MINING REPORT, P. 8 (JUNE 18-25, 1993).

  • Deposit

    DAVY MCKEE CORP. MINE/DEPOSIT PROFILE REPORT-CENTRALLY

  • Deposit

    CONTROLLED ECONOMY COUNTRIES-BOM GORKHON, USSR.

  • Deposit

    APRIL, 1983.

  • Deposit

    RABCHEVSKY, GEORGE A., THE TUNGSTEN INDUSTRY OF THE U.S.S.R.

  • Deposit

    MINERAL ISSUES: AN ANALYTICAL SERIES, USDOI, BUREAU OF

  • Deposit

    MINES, NOVEMBER 1988, P. 35.

  • Deposit

    SMIRNOV, V. IL ORE DEPOSITS OF THE U.S.S.R. VOL. 3,

  • Deposit

    PITTMAN PUBLISHING, 1977, PP.206-209.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CHARACTERIZED BY CONTINUOUS NARROW VEINS, PINCHING AND SWELLING, HAVING A LOCALLY SINUOUS TRACK IN THE STRIKE DIRECTION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-MAR-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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