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Zaybakal Apatite Complex

Plant in Russia with commodities Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Titanium
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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. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10279686
MAS/MILS ID 4520000238
Record type Site
Current site name Zaybakal Apatite Complex
Alternate or previous names Oshurkov, Oshurkovo, Oshurkovskoe, Oshurkov Phosphate Mine, Zaybakal Apatite Combine, Oshurkov Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 107.46611, 51.9645 (WGS84)
Elevation 3000
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Titanium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Unknown
Biotite Unknown
Diopside Unknown
Hornblende Unknown
Plagioclase Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 107.46611, 51.9645
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 100M
    Length 3500M
    Width 1000M
    Area 350HA
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 350
    Date of Last Modification 930104

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE BODY IS IN A STEEPLY DIPPING, OVAL INTRUSION OF HIGHLY METAMORPHOSED HOST ROCKS. HOST ROCK IS A BIOTITE- HORNBLENDE DIORITE. APATITE IN ORE IS PRESUMED TO BE METASOMATIC IN ORIGIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1962
Mining method Strip-Level
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Flotation
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Oshurkov

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only
Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

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

Comments on the ownership information

  • MINERAL HOLDINGS ARE GOVERNMENT OWNED.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1979
    Indicated 500000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 500000000mt ore
    Total resources 500000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 4.7 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1979

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MATRIX 1 COL 2 PUBLISHED RESERVE/RESOURCE ESTIMATE. SEE THE RESOURCE DATA TABLE FOR BIBLIOGAPHY REFERENCE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 350HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 10
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 80
    Capacity 28615
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 1.38
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 325
  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 350HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 2
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 10
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 80
    Capacity 57231
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 1.38
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 325

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRITISH SULPHUR CORPORATION, 1980, WORLD SURVEY OF

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH EDITION.

  • Names

    OFFICIAL STANDARD NAMES, U.S.S.R. VOL., V, O-R, UNITED

  • Names

    STATES BOARD ON GEOGRAPHIC NAMES, PAGE 93.

  • Reserve-Resource

    DEVELOPMENT OF IGNEOUS PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS IN EUROPE AND THE

  • Reserve-Resource

    BRITISH SULPHUR CORPORATION, WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE

  • Reserve-Resource

    DEPOSITS, 5TH EDITION, 1987, PP. 224, 234.

  • Deposit

    CONGER, DEAN, 1967, SIBERIA: RUSSIA'S FROZEN FRONTIER,

  • Deposit

    NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, 131 (3), PP. 297-347.

  • Deposit

    ISMA-SINGAPORE, 1981. NEWS ITEM ON OSHURKOV MINE.

  • Deposit

    MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1975, U.S.S.R. PHOSPHATE, P. 1028.

  • Deposit

    NOTHOLT, ARTHUR J.G., 1979, THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY AND

  • Deposit

    DEVELOPMENT OF IGNEOUS PHSOPHATE DEPOSITS IN EUROPE AND THE

  • Deposit

    U.S.S.R., ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 74 (2), PP. 339-350.

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHORUS & POTASSIUM, 1979A, SOVIET PHOSPHATES IN THE

  • Deposit

    10TH FYP-I, NO. 102, PP. 16-17, 19-20, JULY/AUGUST 1979.

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHORUS & POTASSIUM, 1979B, SOVIET PHOSPHATES IN THE

  • Deposit

    10TH FYP-II, NO. 103, PP. 21-23, 43, SEPT./OCT. 1979.

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHORUS & POTASSIUM, 1980, NEWS ITEM ON THE U.S.S.R.

  • Deposit

    -ZABAYKALSKIY APATITE COMPLEX, NO. 109, SEPT./OCT. 1980.

  • Deposit

    SILVA, ANTENOR FIRMINO, JR., 1979, BENEFICIATION PRO-

  • Deposit

    CESS AND ECONOMICS OF THE USE OF LOW GRADE PHOSPHATE ROCK.

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED REPORT, PAULO ABIB ENG., S. A., SAO PAULO,

  • Deposit

    BRAZIL, 17 PP. & 4 FIGURES.

  • Deposit

    STEWART, JOHN MASSEY, 1976, SIBERIA, OPTIMA, 26 (2),

  • Deposit

    PP. 85-104.

  • Deposit

    U.S.S.R., 1968, C-11. GEOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF

  • Deposit

    COMMERCIAL DEPOSITS OF MAIN KINDS OF MINERAL RAW MATERIALS

  • Deposit

    FOR FERTILIZERS IN THE U.S.S.R., IN: PROCEEDINGS OF THE

  • Deposit

    SEMINAR ON SOURCES OF RAW MATERIALS FOR THE FERTILIZER

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRY IN ASIA AND THE FAR EAST. ECAFE MINERAL RESOURCES

  • Deposit

    DEVELOPMENT SERIES, NO. 32, PART 2, DOCUMENTATION,

  • Deposit

    PP. 100-104.

  • Deposit

    ZELLARS, MICHAEL E. AND J.M. WILLIAMS, 1978, EVALUATION

  • Deposit

    OF THE PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF FLORIDA USING THE MINERALS

  • Deposit

    AVAILABILITY SYSTEM, PREPARED FOR U.S. DEPT. OF INTERIOR,

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINES, CONTRACT NO. J0377000.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-JAN-1995 Fantel, Richard J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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