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Kovdor

Producer in Russia with commodities Phosphorus-Phosphates, Iron, Zirconium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024704
MRDS ID ISM0441
Record type Site
Current site name Kovdor
Alternate or previous names Yeno-Kovdor

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 30.50333, 67.54848 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Iron Primary
Zirconium Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Pyroxenite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Carbonatite, Intrusive

Nearby scientific data

(1) 30.50333, 67.54848
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Year of first production 1964
Year of last production 1982

Mining district

District name Kola Peninsula

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., 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, P.339-350

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHORUS & POTASSIUM, NO.102, JULY/AUG. 1979, P.16-20, LONDON

  • Deposit

    KHARLAMOV, Y.S., 1981: ORIGIN OF THE CARBONATITES OF THE KOVDOR DEPOSIT, INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGY REVIEW, VOL.23, NO.8, P.865-880

  • Deposit

    SMIRNOV, V.I., (EDITOR), 1977: ORE DEPOSITS OF THE USSR, VOL.1,- RUSSIAN ORIGINAL 1974; ENGLISH EDITION 1977, PITMAN PUBLISHING CO. S.A. JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1982 Hofmann, Ursula Bundesanstalt Fuer Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffee (Germany)

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

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