Tilai River

Past Producer in Russia with commodity Platinum
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. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038591
MRDS ID M045983
Record type Site
Current site name Tilai River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 58.96825, 59.54068 (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

Analytical data

Result CONCENTRATE: OS = 4.35, PT = 78.54, IR+RH+PD+AU = 4.48 FE = 13.07, (LXVII)
Result OS = 6.09, PT = 78.62, IR = 1.22, RH = 0.58, PD = 0.22, CU = 1.83, FE = 11.33, (DUPARC AND TIKONOWITCH, P. 245, LXIX). CALLED FERRO PLATINUM

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) 58.96825, 59.54068

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.73M
    Length 8766.05M
    Width 121.01M
    Depth to top 1.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1911
Discoverer Duparc And Tikonowitch
Production years POST 1910

Mining district

District name Koswinsky District

Production statistics

  • Year 1920
    Material PT
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.0002 To 0.003 Toz/Cy

Comments on the production information

  • 28760 X 463 X 5.1 CU FT X 0.00081 TOZ/CY; MAX. GRADE = 0.003 TOZ/CY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DUPARC AND TIKONOWITCH, 1920, LE PLATINE..., P. 413-414

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROBABLY PLACER IN LATER YEARS AFTER DUPARC WAS THERE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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