Khanar River Intrusion

Prospect in Russia with commodities Copper, Nickel, Platinum, Palladium, Gold, Rhodium, Cobalt
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  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 10039161
MRDS ID M046713
Record type Site
Current site name Khanar River Intrusion
Alternate or previous names Khanarskaya

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 97.52494, 70.1681 (WGS84)
Relative position NORTHEAST TUNGUSSKAYA SYNCLINE, EAST OF NORIL'SK, TRIBUTARY OF BOYARKA RIVER

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, KRASNOYARSKII KRAI

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Nickel Critical Primary
Platinum Critical Primary
Palladium Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Rhodium Critical Primary
Cobalt Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cubanite Ore
Pentlandite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Contact Aureole 1 M Thick, Pyroxene-Cordierite Hornfels

Analytical data

Result NI=0.2-0.5%, CU=0.4-1.0%
Result PROBE ANALYSIS: NI=1.7%, CU=2.3%, AU=0.02 G/T, PT=0.2-0.4 G/T, PD=0.5-0.7 G/T. (URVANTSEV). STARITSYNA REPORTS FOR DISSEMINATED ORES: CU=0.72-0.4%, NI=0.20-0.14%, CO=0.05-0.11%, PT=0.13-0.05%, PD=0.61-0.12%, RH=0.04-0.01%, AU=0.02-0.03 G/T. IN MASSIVE ORES: CU=2.1-1.1%, NI=1.7-0.7%, CO=0.16-0.1%, PT=0.31-0.13%, PD=0.38-1.1%, RH=0.09-0.06%, AU=0.04-0.18%.

Nearby scientific data

(1) 97.52494, 70.1681

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description On Northeast Corner Of Tungusskaya Syncline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Changadinskii And Yenesei-Gulinskii Fractures Crosscut Taimyr-Tungusska Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • COMPLEX, POORLY UNCOVERED INTRUSION, ROOF ERODED. THICKNESS APPROXIMATELY 80-100 M, AREA AROUND 60 SQUARE KM, INCLINED TO THE WNW 5-7 DEGREES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Northeast Tungusskaya Syncline

Comments on development

  • STUDIED 1965-1967 WITH TEN OTHER CENTERS, RECOMMENED FOR FURTHER STUDY, 1973.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    URVANTSEV, N.N., KAVARDIN, G.I., ET AL., 1973, PROSPECTS FOR BROADENING THE MINERAL-RESOURCE BASE OF COPPER-NICKEL ORES IN THE NORTH KRASNOYARSKII KRAI, IN: SEVERO-SIBIRSKII NIKELENOSNYI REGION I EGO PROMYSHLENNYE PERSPEKTIVY; SBORNIK STATEI, LENINGRAD, NIIGA. (IN RUSSIAN)

  • Deposit

    STARITSYNA, G.N., 1973, NIKELENOSNYE TRAPPY SEVERO-VOSTOCHNOGO BORTA TUNGUSSKOI SINEKLIZY, IN: SEVERO-SIBIRSKII NIKELENOSNYI REGION I EGO PROMYSHLENNYE PERSPEKTIVY, SBORNIK STATEI, LENINGRAD, NIIGA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1977 Till, Alison B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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