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Monchegorsk

Producer in Russia with commodities Nickel, Copper, Palladium, Platinum, Cobalt, Tellurium, Bismuth
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038260
MRDS ID M045574
Record type Site
Current site name Monchegorsk
Alternate or previous names Moncha, Monche-Tundra

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 32.96136, 67.92844 (WGS84)
Relative position KOLA PENINSULA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Comments on the location information

  • IN SW KOLA PENINSULA ; RUSSIAN SFSR, KOLA PENINSULA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Palladium Critical Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary
Cobalt Critical Secondary
Tellurium Critical Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MONCHEGORSK SMALLER ORE TONNAGE THAN PETSAMO; CABRI (1972, MIN. SCI. ENG. S. AF.) REFERENCE TO PT MINERALS, PD:PT=10:1

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chromite Ore
Cobaltite Ore
Cubanite Ore
Hessite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pentlandite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Silver Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Talc-Carbonate Within Cm Of Veins

Analytical data

Result PERIDOTITE 16 PPB PD, 56 PPB PT
Result PYROXENITE 29 PPB PD, 49-55 PT
Result NORITE 21 PPB PD, 63 PPB PT
Result GABBRO 23 PPB PD, 42PPB PT
Result GABBRO-PEGMATITE 23 PPB PD, 40 PPB PT
Result (YUSHKO-ZAKHAROVA, 1974). IN CHALCOPYRITE PD=0-12 PPM, PT=0-2.2 PPM, RH=0-1.0 PPM, IN PYRRHOTITE PD=0.5-5.0 PPM, PT=TR-0.2 PPM, RH=0-0.5 PPM , PD:PT=1. SMIRNOV,1974 GIVES AVERAGE CONCENTRATION (STATISTICAL) OF PD,PT,RH IN CHALCOPYRITE AND PYRRHOTITE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro > Norite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
    Rock unit name Layered Basic Massif-Peridotite, Pyroxenite, Norite, Gabbro Pegmatite;Basic Dikes Cut Complex
    Rock description Layered Basic Massif-Peridotite, Pyroxenite, Norite, Gabbro Pegmatite;Basic Dikes Cut Complex
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Pyroxenite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Rock unit name Gneiss Complex-Greenstones In Fault Contact
    Rock description Gneiss Complex-Greenstones In Fault Contact

Nearby scientific data

(1) 32.96136, 67.92844
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Veins Parallel Se Plunging Syncline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Intrusive V-Shaped Form-W. Tongue Has Synclinal Bottom Plunging Sw, Layering Dips Sw. Intrusion Spreads Ne From Steep Nw Striking Fault

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATIONS, MASSIVE, VEINS
    Strike NE
    Dip VERTICAL
    Length 9816.73M
    Width 1287.44M
    Depth to bottom 0.5M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pt Minerals Occur In Fine-Grained Magnetite Veinlets, Mt Contains Inclusions Of Bornite , Ore Minerals In Fracture Zones Near Base Of Massif, Sulphides More Abundant Where Hydrothermal Alteration Most Intense (Brecciated Dissemination Ores).Greatest Concentration Pd Is In Pentlandite, Pt In Chalcopyrite, In Veins Rather Than Disseminated.

Comments on the geologic information

  • INTRUSION SURROUNDED AND UNDERLAIN BY ARCHAEN GNEISS COMPLEX.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Petsamo, Pechenga-Monchegorsk

Comments on the production information

  • HAAPALA (1969) SAYS VEINS ARE COMMERCIAL PRODUCERS

Comments on the workings information

  • SIZE MEASURED FROM MAPS GIVEN BY HAAPALA (1969) MASSIVE ORE BODIES SCATTERED IN VARIOUS PARTS OF MASSIF; DISSEMINATIONS OCCUR IN PYROXENITE PART AND ABOVE FOOTWALL CONTACT; VEINS IN UPPER PART OF W. TONGUE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MERTIE, J.B., JR, 1969, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE PLATINUM METALS, USGS PROF. PAPER 630, P. 62

  • Deposit

    SHIMKIN, D.B., 1953, MINERALS, A KEY TO SOVIET POWER, CAMBRIDGE, MASS., HARVARD UNIV. PRESS, P. 452

  • Deposit

    YUSHKO-ZAKHAROVA,O.YE.,ET AL,1967,GEOCHEMISTRY OF PLATINUM METALS,GEOCHEMISTRY INT'L.,VOL.4,NO.6,PP.1106-1118.

  • Deposit

    SMIRNOV,V.I.,ED.,1974,ORE DEPOSITS OF THE USSR,VOL.3,IZDATELSTVO NEDRA, MOSCOW

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1974 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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