Iov River

Past Producer in Russia with commodities Platinum, Osmium, Iridium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038603
MRDS ID M045998
Record type Site
Current site name Iov River
Alternate or previous names Kanjakowsky Laverie, Severne Jow

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 59.15436, 59.68373 (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
Osmium Secondary
Iridium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result CONCENTRATES: OS = 20.21, PT = 60.39, IR = 6.80, RH = 0.80, PD = 0.19, CU = 0.49, FE = 11.16, (LXXIII)
Result OS = 20.07, PT = 64.65, IR = 1.55, RH = 1.57, PD = 0.14, CU = 0.32, FE = 11.47, (DUPARC AND TIKONOWITCH, P. 246, LXXIV)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) 59.15436, 59.68373

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.43M
    Length 11068.81M
    Width 143.26M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kanjakowsky District

Production statistics

  • Year 1920
    Material PT
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.086 To 0.162 Toz/Cy

Comments on the production information

  • MAX. GRADE = 0.324 TOZ/CY; 1 = 36315 X 470 X 4.7 CU FT X 0.124 TOZ/CY

Comments on the workings information

  • PAY STREAK (MAIN ONE) 28-70 FEET WIDE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DUPARC AND TIKONOWITCH, 1920, LE PLATINE..., P. 430-431

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.