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Gosshakhta

Past Producer in Russia with commodities Platinum, Chromium, Gold
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  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. Workings at the site
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039120
MRDS ID M046665
Record type Site
Current site name Gosshakhta

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 59.78896, 57.62706 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATE ; RUSSIAN SFSR, URALS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary
Chromium Critical Primary
Gold Secondary

Analytical data

Result PLATINUM MINERALS, WT. PERCENT: { PT 76.98 73.68 75.01 { IR 10.39 7.48 7.20 { OSIR 5.90 { PD 0.18 { RH 0.70 { CU 0.01 2.14 0.50 { FE 11.56 13.63 10.86 { NI 0.86 3.17 0.50 { SUM 99.80 100.10 100.85

Nearby scientific data

(1) 59.78896, 57.62706
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS, COLUMNS, SCHLIEREN, LENSES PARALLEL
    Plunge 60
    Plunge direction ESE
    Thickness 0.2M
    Length 40M
    Width 0.2M
    Depth to bottom 70M

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: BRECCIATED DUNITE WITH CHROME - IRON - PLATINUM COMPOUNDS IN CAVITIES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1909

Mining district

District name Nishny-Tagil

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 7M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ZAVARITSKY, A. N., 1928, PRIMARY PLATINUM DEPOSITS OF URALS, P. 13, 28 (IN RUSSIAN)

  • Deposit

    MERTIE, J. B., JR. (1969) ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF PLATINUM METALS, USGS PROF. PAPER 630

  • Deposit

    BETEKHTIN, A. G., (1935), PLATINUM, IZDATELSTVO AKADEMII NAUK SSSR, (IN RUSSIAN) P. 125

  • Production

    ZAVARITSKY

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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