Solovyev Mtn. Complex

Occurrence in Russia with commodities Palladium, Platinum, Osmium, Iridium, Rhodium, Ruthenium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039089
MRDS ID M046628
Record type Site
Current site name Solovyev Mtn. Complex
Alternate or previous names Gosshakhta

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 59.81618, 57.629 (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
Palladium Critical Primary
Platinum Critical Primary
Osmium Secondary
Iridium Critical Secondary
Rhodium Critical Secondary
Ruthenium Critical Secondary

Analytical data

Result DUNITE - PD = 0.027 PPM, PT = 0.110 PPM KHVOSTSOVA FOUND PT = .0000093 WT. %, PD = .0000038 WT. %, IR = .00000078 WT. %, RH = .00000081 WT. %, OS = .00000056 WT. %, RU = .0000081 WT. %, IN WEAKLY SERPENTINIZED DUNITE. RAZIN AND KHOMENKO (1969) INCLUDE DATA ON OS AND RU.

Nearby scientific data

(1) 59.81618, 57.629

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: DUNITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nishny-Tagil

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    YUSHKO - ZAKHAROVA, O. YE., ET AL., 1967, GEOCHEMISTRY OF PT METALS, GEOCHEMISTRY INT'L., VOL. 4, NO. 6, PP. 1106 - 1118

  • Deposit

    FOMINYKH, V. G., KHVOSTSOVA, V. P., 1970, PLATINUM CONTENT OF URAL DUNITE, DOKLADY AKAD. NAUK SSSR, ESS, VOL. 191, PP 184 - 186

  • Deposit

    RAZIN, L. V., KHOMENKO, G. A., 1969, ACCUMULATION OF OS, RU, AND OTHER PT - GROUP METALS IN CHROME SPINEL IN PLATINUM - BEARING DUNITES. GEOCHEMISTRY INT'L, VOL. 6, NO. 3, PP 546 - 557.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ULTRAMAFIC BODY CONCENTRICALLY ZONED ELONGATED LACCOLITH, DUNITE CORE, THEN PYROXENITE, THEN GABBROID ROCKS

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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