Aleksandrovskii Log Placer

Past Producer in Russia with commodities Platinum, Chromium
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 10038253
MRDS ID M045565
Record type Site
Current site name Aleksandrovskii Log Placer
Alternate or previous names Tributary of Martian River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 59.75146, 57.61928 (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
Chromium Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result CONCENTRATE: OS=3.97, PT=78.11, IR=0.55, RH=1.32, PD=0.50, CU=3.55, FE=11.98 (NO. XXIV)
Result OS=4.46, PT=74.33, IR+RH+PD=4.22, CU=4.33, FE=12.66 (NO. XXIV) (DUPARC AND TIKONOWITCH,P.239) - CALLED FERROPLATINE AND POLYXENE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) 59.75146, 57.61928

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.36M
    Length 1200M
    Width 42.67M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1827

Mining district

District name Nishny-Tagil

Production statistics

  • Year 1920
    Material PT
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.385 Toz/St
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Platinum PGE 11g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • 3,386 NUGGETS 1.37-2668.1 TOZ= ABOUT 37,609 TOZ; EARLY GRADE HIGHER, DECREASED IN LATER YEARS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DUPARC AND TIKONOWITCH, 1920, LE PLATINE..., P. 350

  • Production

    DUPARC AND TIKONOWITCH

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1975 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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