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Gusevo Gora

Prospect in Russia with commodities Platinum, Iridium, Palladium, Osmium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039088
MRDS ID M046627
Record type Site
Current site name Gusevo Gora
Alternate or previous names Gusevogorsk, Gusevogorskoye

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 59.58481, 57.78123 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Comments on the location information

  • EAST END KACHKANAR COMPLEX ; RUSSIAN SFSR, URALS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary
Iridium Critical Secondary
Palladium Critical Secondary
Osmium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MAIN PT MINERAL IS PYLOXENE. PRESENCE OF NATIVE OSMIUM IN BEDROCK TI-MT ORES IS SPECIAL FEATURE OF GUSEVO GORA.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Iridosmine Ore

Analytical data

Result PYLOXENE,WT.%: PT=88.6,FE=8.6,PD=0.8,RH=0.4,CU=1.1,IR=0.9. COOPERITE,WT.%: PT=80.00,PD=5.9,RH=0.5,S=13.2. OSMIUM,WT.%: OS=95.0,I=4.0,PT=2.0,CU=0.01,NI=0.01. IN DIALLAGITE, PD=0.028,PT=0.280. PT AND PLATINOIDS REACH 0.126 G/T. FOR ADDITIONAL ANALYSES SEE FOMINYKH,ET AL,1974.

Nearby scientific data

(1) 59.58481, 57.78123
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Part Of Kachkanar Brachysyncline

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED
    Thickness 3800M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Dunites, Diallage Pyroxenites In Core Of Kachkanar Brachysyncline Are Pt - Bearing Rocks; Greatest Concentrations Are At Upper Horizons Of These Rock Bodies

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VARIATION IN COMPOSITION OF POLYXENE SUGGESTS 2 - STAGE PT MINERALIZATION. 1) ORIGINAL PYROXENITE IS MINERAL - RICH 2) HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION TO AMPHIBOLIZED PYROXENITE AND HORNBLENDITE ENRICHES PT MINERALS. PYROXENITE CONCENTRATED IN CENTER OF BRACHYSYNCLINE,; HR.AGE.MV: DUNITE, DIALLAGITE PYROXENITES , PYROXENITES, HORNBLENDITES, TI - MAGNETITE ORES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Iss River

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAZIN, L. V., YURKINA, K. V., 1971, MINERALS OF PLATINUM METALS IN ORES OF THE GUSEVA GORA TITANO - MAGNETITE DEPOSIT (CENTRAL URALS), GEOLOGIIA RUDNYKH MESTOROZHODENII, VOL. 13, NO. 2, IZDATELSTVO (NAUKA) - MOSCOW

  • Deposit

    FOMINYKH, V. G., YUSHKO - ZAKHAROVA, O. YE., AND L. S. DUBAKINA, 1974, PLATINUM MINERALS OF THE GUSEVOGORSKOYE DEPOSIT, DOKLADY AKAD. NAUK SSSR, EAR. SCI. SECT., VOL. 217, PP. 120 - 122.

  • Deposit

    SMIRNOV,V.I.,ED.,1974, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE USSR, VOL.3,IZDATELSTVO NEDRA, MOSCOW.

  • Deposit

    BEGIZOV, V.D. BORISENKO,L.F. AND USKOV,YE.D.,1975, SULFIDES AND NATURAL SOLID SOLUTIONS OF PLATINUM METALS FROM ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS OF THE GUSEVOGORSKY PLUTON, URALS: AKAD. NAUK SSSR DOKLADY, V.25,P.134-137

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POSSIBLY METAMORPHOSED, PART OF KACHKANAR COMPLEX

Reporter information

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

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