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Syssim River

Past Producer in Russia with commodities Platinum, Gold
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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. 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 10038268
MRDS ID M045585
Record type Site
Current site name Syssim River
Alternate or previous names Syssym River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 59.25565, 57.55623 (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 Secondary

Analytical data

Result PLATINUM CONTAINS 0.25 TO 3 PERCENT AU CONCENTRATE.MAGNETIC. OS=1.02,PT=79.56,IR+RH=3.40,PD=0.22,CU=0.59,FE=14.04 BETECHTIN(1935).ORIGINAL SAMPLE CONTAINED 1.61% AU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) 59.25565, 57.55623
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.18M
    Length 9601.2M
    Width 64.01M
    Depth to top 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1836
Production years 1836 TO 1908 PLUS

Mining district

District name Nishny-Tagil

Production statistics

  • Year 1920
    Material PT
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.0126 To 0.0378 Toz/St
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Platinum PGE 1g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • 1= 31,500 X 330 X 2 CUFT X 0.025 TOZ PER ST

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MERZ, A.R. (1918) JOUR. OF INDUST. & ENGIN. CHEM. VOL. 10, NO. 11 P. 921

  • Deposit

    DUPARC AND TIKONOWITCH, 1920, LE PLATINE..., P. 357-358

Reporter information

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

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

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