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Mt. Chernaya

Prospect in Russia with commodity Nickel
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  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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039116
MRDS ID M046660
Record type Site
Current site name Mt. Chernaya
Alternate or previous names Chernogorsk

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 88.30199, 69.19669 (WGS84)
Relative position WEST OF NORIL'SK I, S.W. PART OF ORE FIELD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Comments on the location information

  • APPROXIMATE ; RUSSIAN SFSR, KRASNOYARSKII KRAI

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Rock unit name Shallow Marine Sediments;Carb Perm Tunguska Series, Continental And Lagoonal Sediments
    Rock description Shallow Marine Sediments;Carb Perm Tunguska Series, Continental And Lagoonal Sediments

Nearby scientific data

(1) 88.30199, 69.19669
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form CHONOLITH
    Thickness 214M

Comments on the geologic information

  • INTRUDES TUNGUSKA SERIES (LAGOONAL AND CONTINENTAL SEDIMENTS), DEVONIAN SEDIMENTS (SHALLOW MARINE);

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Noril'Sk District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMIRNOV, M. F., 1966, THE STRUCTURE OF THE NORIL'SK NICKEL-BEARING INTRUSIONS AND THE GENETIC TYPES OF THEIR SULPHIDE ORES. VSESOYUZNYI - NAUCHNO ISSLEDOVATEL'SKII INSTITUT MINERAL'NOGO SYRIA. TRANSLATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STEEP SIDED, WITH APOPHOSES INTRUDING WALL ROCKS. ORIENTED IN LATITUDINAL DIRECTION, RISING EASTWARD. AREA GREATER THAN 6 SQ. KM.

Reporter information

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

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