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Kossia 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 10038357
MRDS ID M045698
Record type Site
Current site name Kossia River
Alternate or previous names Tributary of Iss, Koutchoumowsky

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 59.47346, 58.78623 (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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) 59.47346, 58.78623
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.85M
    Length 9753.6M
    Width 182.88M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Svetlii Bor

Production statistics

  • Year 1920
    Material PT
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.919 Toz/Cy = Average. See Comments(Description Of Workings)

Comments on the production information

  • 1= ROUGH ESTIMATE = 32000 X 600 X 2.8 CU FT X 0.0919 TOZ/CY

Comments on the workings information

  • ESTIMATED VALUES GIVEN ABOVE BUT DUPARC BROKEN RIVER UP INTO SECTIONS: 1) BEDROCK= SCHISTS; LENGTH = 4592 FEET, WIDTH= 300 FEET, OVERBURDEN = 13.3 FEET, THICKNESS= 3.5 FEET, GRADE= 0.130 TOZ/CY. 2) RAILROAD CROSSING TO LOG NO.6 BEDROCK = MAINLY SCHISTS, LENGTH = 5900 FEET, WIDTH = 490 FEET, OVERBURDEN= 23 FEET, THICKNESS = 1.5 FEET, GRADE 0.011 TO 0.054 TOZ/CY. 3) DOWNSTREAM FROM LOG NO.6 TO WHERE RIVER TURNS NORTH, BEDROCK = SCHISTS, LENGTH = 1968 FEET, WIDTH = 600 FEET, OVERBURDEN= 12 TO 44 FEET, THICKNESS = 5.8 FEET, GRADE= 0.065 TO 0.13 TOZ/CY. 4) AT THE CURVE IN THE RIVER BEDROCK = SCHISTS, GRADE= 0.108 TO 0.216 TOZ/CY 5) BETWEEN BEND AND JOIN WITH OUTIANKA, GRADE= 0.0323 TO 0.054 TOZ/CY 6) PART OF RIVER THAT FLOWS BETWEEN SWETLI -BOR AND KATCHKANAR: LENGTH = 8530 FEET, WIDTH= 410 FEET, THICKNESS= 1.75 TO 2.9 FEET, OVER BURDEN= 9.3 FEET, GRADE= 0.119 TOZ/CY 7) PART OF RIVER WITHIN SWETLI-BOR , LENGTH= 8528 FEET, WIDTH= 1400 FEET, OVERBURDEN = UP TO 27 FEET, THICKNESS= 7 TO 28
  • INCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DUPARC AND TIKONOWITCH, 1920, LE PLATINE..., P. 370-372

  • Production

    DUPARC AND TIKONOWITCH

Reporter information

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

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