Yegor'Yevsk

Plant in Russia with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
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. 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 10305709
MAS/MILS ID 4520000216
Record type Site
Current site name Yegor'Yevsk
Alternate or previous names Yegorjevsk, Yegor'Evskoe, Egor'Evskoe, Egorjevsk

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 39.03534, 55.3815 (WGS84)
Elevation 500
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chert Unknown
Glauconite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 39.03534, 55.3815

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3M
    Depth to top 12M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 910906

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1920
Year of first production 1921
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Flotation
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Moscow Oblast

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 production information

  • ORE IS CONCENTRATED VIA FLOATATION AND SIEVED TO LESS THAN 0.5MM. THIS IS THEN GROUND TO PRODUCE "PHOSPHORITE POWDER" (20-21% P2O5), SOME OF WHICH IS USED FOR DIRECT APPLICATION FERTILIZER. THE MAJORITY OF THE CONCENTRATE IS USED FOR PHOSPHORIC ACID PRODUCTION.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1989
    Demonstrated 87000000mt ore
    Total resources 87000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 21.5 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1989

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • M1C1=M9C4. ORE GRADE RANGES FROM 18-25% P2O5.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Capacity 3333
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1985

Comments on other economic factors

  • THE MINING METHOD WAS SURFACE OPEN PIT, HOWEVER THESE RESERVES MAY HAVE BEEN DEPLETED. OTHER MINING METHODS ARE BEING CONSIDERED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRITISH SULPHUR CORPORATION, WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS, FIFTH ED., PP. 224, 231, 1987.

  • Deposit

    OFFICIAL STANDARD NAMES, U.S.S.R. VOL. VII, U-Z, UNITED

  • Deposit

    STATES BOARD OF GEOGRAPHIC NAMES, PAGE 514.

  • Deposit

    OXFORD WORLD ATLAS, OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 1973.

  • Deposit

    SHABAD, THEODORE, BASIC INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES OF THE U.S.S.R.

  • Deposit

    COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS, NEW YORK AND LONDON, 1969,

  • Deposit

    PAGE 101.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ILYIN, A.V. AND KRASILNIKOVA, N.A.,"LATE MESOZOIC PHOSPHOR-

  • Reserve-Resource

    ITE BASINS, USSR", PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF THE WORLD, V.2,

  • Reserve-Resource

    CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, PP. 518-527, 1989.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-JAN-1995 Fantel, Richard J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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