Kachkanar Pit Ii

Producer in Russia with commodities Iron, Vanadium
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. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10182857
MAS/MILS ID 4520000519
Record type Site
Current site name Kachkanar Pit Ii
Alternate or previous names Kachkanar Ii, Kachkanarsky

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 59.95147, 57.91459 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 59.95147, 57.91459

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Mining method Open Pit

Mining district

District name Kachkanar

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Russian Government
    Interest 100
    Home office Russia
    Year 1979

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1970
    Indicated 6219000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 6219000000mt ore
    Inferred 6100000000mt ore
    Total resources 6219000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Vanadium V 0.35 wt-pct Vanadium Major 1970
    Iron Fe 0.17 wt-pct Iron Major 1970

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THIS DEPOSIT WOULD FEED PLANTS THAT ARE PART OF THE KACHKANAR INTEGRATED MINING AND ENRICHMENT COMPLEX.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL. SOVIET UNION. NEW PELLET PLANT. SEPTEMBER

  • Deposit

    25, 1970, P. 262.

  • Deposit

    SMIRNOV, V. I. ORE DEPOSITS OF THE USSR, V. I. PITMAN PUB-

  • Deposit

    LISHING COMPANY, LONDON, 1977, PP. 256-270.

  • Deposit

    FISCHER, R. P. VANADIUM RESOURCES IN TITANIFEROUS MAGNETITE

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS. U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 926-

  • Deposit

    B, 1975, 10 P.

  • Deposit

    SOKOLOV, G. A. IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNION OF SOVIET

  • Deposit

    SOCIALIST REPUBLICS. IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RE-

  • Deposit

    SOURCES. UNITED NATIONS DEPT. OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AF-

  • Deposit

    FAIRS, 1970, PP. 381-410.

  • Deposit

    DEHUFF, G. L. JR. VANADIUM. ENGINEERING AND MINING JOUR-

  • Deposit

    NAL, MARCH 1968, PP. 141-143.

  • Deposit

    INTERFAX MINING & METALS REPORT. JAN. 27-FEB. 3, 1995. PP.

  • Deposit

    8-9.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-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.