Zakharowka

Past Producer in Russia with commodities Platinum, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038247
MRDS ID M045556
Record type Site
Current site name Zakharowka
Alternate or previous names Tributary of Wyssim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 59.7709, 57.64845 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Comments on the location information

  • RUSSIAN SFSR, URALS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TRACES OF PT IN OVERBURDEN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) 59.7709, 57.64845

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.07M
    Length 4498.85M
    Width 8.53M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1825

Mining district

District name Nishny-Tagil

Production statistics

  • Year 1835
    Material PT
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.236 Toz/St
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Osmium PGE 7g/mt
  • Year 1835
    Material PT
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.10 Toz/St For 54 X 5.25 X 14760 Cu Ft
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Osmium PGE 3g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • GRADE VARIED GREATLY WITH TIME. 1) FROM 1825, 2) FROM 1826, 3) FROM 1835-1842; IN 1908 WORKING TAILINGS FOR 2ND AND 3RD TIME 4= CALC. PRODUCTION WITH ESTIMATED AVERAGE GRADE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DUPARC AND TIKONOWICH,1920,LE PLATINE..

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1975 Till, Alison B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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