Zapolyarni Mine

Past Producer in Russia with commodities Platinum, Palladium
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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039075
MRDS ID M046609
Record type Site
Current site name Zapolyarni Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: 96.57749, 61.94384 (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, KRASNOYARSKII KRAI

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary
Palladium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sperrylite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) 96.57749, 61.94384

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Noril'Sk District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GENKIN, A. D., 1968, MINERALS OF THE PLATINUM METALS.... MOSCOW, (IN TRANSLATION)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1976 Till, Alison B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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