Khibiny

Producer in Murmanskaya Oblast', Russia with commodities Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Cement Rock
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. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000694
MRDS ID ISM0451
Record type District
Current site name Khibiny
Alternate or previous names Khibinskaya Gora, Khibinian Tundra

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 33.83654, 67.64841 (WGS84)
Relative position CENTRAL SOUTHERN DEPOSIT AREA MINES: RASVUMCHORR (33 DEG. 53'E; 67 DEG. 37'N); KIROV-KUKISVUMCHORR (33 DEG. 42'E; 67 DEG. 42'N); YUKSPOR (33 DEG. 44'E; 67 DEG. 42'N); KOASHVA (33 DEG. 57'E; 67 DEG. 38'N); TSENTRALNY (33 DEG. 55'E; 67 DEG. 37'N)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Murmanskaya Oblast'(province)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Russia Murmanskaya Oblast'

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Aluminum Critical Primary
Cement Rock Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 33.83654, 67.64841

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Discovery year 1926

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner STATE OWNED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THE BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., P.216, LONDON

  • Deposit

    NOTHOLD, A.J.G., 1979: THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT OF IGNEOUS PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS IN EUROPE AND THE USSR. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL.74, NO.2

  • Deposit

    WOODROOFLE, H.M., 1972: PHOSPHATE IN THE KOLA PENINSULA, USSR; IN: MINING ENGINEERING, VOL.24, NO.12, DEC. 1972, P.54-56

  • Deposit

    FIVEG, M.P., 1937: THE APATITE DEPOSITS OF THE KHIBINIAN TUNDRAS; IN: GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF AGRICULTURAL ORES USSR. TRANSACT. SCI. INST. FERTILIZERS AND INSECTO-FUNGICIDES, NO.142

  • Deposit

    FAYZULLIN, R.M., 1984: APATITES; IN: NONMETALLIC USABLE RAW MATERIALS OF THE USSR; PETROV, V.P., (EDITOR), (RUSSIAN), MOSCOV, NEDRA, 1984

  • Deposit

    ONOKHIN, F.M., 1981: THE KHIBINA APATITE-NEPHELINE DEPOSIT; IN: MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE KOLA PENINSULA, (RUSSIAN), GORBUNOV, G.J., (EDITOR), LENINGRAD

Beyond USGS

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