Rybnaja River Deposit

Past Producer in Russia with commodities Copper, Nickel, Platinum

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10038314
MRDS ID	M045646
Record type	Site
Current site name	Rybnaja River Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	88.57919, 69.2478 (WGS84)
Relative position	6.2 MILES SE OF RUDNAYA GORA NEAR NORIL'SK AND DUDINKA IN YENNISEY DRAINAGE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Comments on the location information

MERTIE (1969) LOCATIONS, SECONDS INACCUR. ; RUSSIAN SFSR, KRASNOYARSKII KRAI

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Copper	Primary
Nickel Critical	Primary
Platinum Critical	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Platinum	Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1)	88.57919, 69.2478	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Noril'Sk District

Comments on development

NORIL'SK PT PRODUCTION BEGAN 1940, BY 1947 WAS 30% UR PRODUCTION.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M045646

Bibliographic references

Deposit

MERTIE, J.B., JR., 1969, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF PLATINUM METALS, U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 630, P. 60-63

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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