Khatyrka-Velikaya Intrusions

Occurrence in Russia with commodities Chromium, Platinum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  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 10039168
MRDS ID M046720
Record type Site
Current site name Khatyrka-Velikaya Intrusions

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 174.66351, 63.31214 (WGS84)
Relative position BETWEEN KHATYRKA AND VELIKAYA RIVERS

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, CHUKOTSKII RAYON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) 174.66351, 63.31214

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Cenozoic Anadyr-Koryak Folded System

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chukotskii-Anadyr

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHILO, N.A., ET AL., 1975, NEW SCHEME OF TECTONIC AND METALLOGENIC ZONING OF THE NORTHEASTERN USSR, DOKLADY AKAD. NAUK SSSR, VOL. 223, PP. 110-113

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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