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Ayat

Prospect in Russia with commodity Vanadium
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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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024944
MRDS ID ISM0697
Record type Site
Current site name Ayat

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 60.25142, 57.04789 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Comments on the location information

  • AS PER RF2. 85 KM NORTH OF PERTH AND 3 KM NORTHWEST OF GINGIN. ORE ZONE NORTH OF GINGIN BROOK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Vanadium Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TITANIUM

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Phosphorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 60.25142, 57.04789
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • NONE; NONE; ILMN + RUTL + ZRCN + KYNT (+QRTZ); THE HEAVY MINERAL CONCENTRATIONS OCCUR WITHIN QUARTZ SAND WITH A CLAYEY MATRIX, MEMBER OF A PARALIC SEQUENCE AT THE FOOT OF THE GINGIN SCARP. THE BASE OF THE DEPOSIT IS 70-80 M ABOVE SEA LEVEL. THE OREBODY CONTAINS UP TO 60% HEAVY MINERALS AND 30% CLAY. ONE ZONE OF MINERALIZATION IS OVER 5 KM LONG, UP TO 250 M WIDE, BETWEEN 2 M AND 20 M THICK. MINERALIZEDDUNE SAND (LESS THAN 10% HM) OVERLIE THE PARALIC SEQUENCE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ural

Comments on the production information

  • NONE NONE NONE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CUT OFF GRADE OF 10% HM

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). ASSESSMENT(OWING TO THE LIMITED PROSPECTS OF SHORT TERM SALES OF HEAVY MINERALS FROM THIS DEPOSIT, DEVELOPMENT WORK HAS BEEN DEFERRED UNTIL DEFINITE MARKET IS ESTABLISHED.); MINERAL RIGHTS ARE ENDOWED WITH THE LAND TITLE. NONE NONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOKOLOFF, V.P., 1963, NOTE ON VANADIUM IN THE USSR

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.). NO MINING LESS THAN 16 M, AVERAGE 0.2 M
Deposit Discovery Year: TESTED IN 1971 (BY WESTRALIAN SANDS - LENNARD EXPLORATIONS BY DRILLING)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1986 Rossouw, Cindy Geological Survey of South Africa

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