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Crimea

Producer in Russia with commodity Boron-Borates
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  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 10055360
MRDS ID RL10028
Record type Site
Current site name Crimea

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 34.00175, 44.99846 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Comments on the location information

  • IN IBAR VALLEY IN KOSOVO. BORATE OCCURRENCES FROM OBRADOVIC ET. AL, 1992: TWO DRILL SITE INTERSECTIONS, 2 AND 6 KM NE OF VILLAGE OF BELLA STENA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Brine Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) 34.00175, 44.99846
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • BASIN COVERS AN AREA OF 100 SQ KM PRESENTLY, BUT WAS ONCE AS LARGE AS 200 SQ KM. SHALLOW LACUSTRINE BASIN AVERAGE SED THICKNESS 850 M (LOCALLY UP TO 1,500 M). ANDESITE LAVAS, BRECCIAS AND AGGLOMERATE, CLAYSTONES, CARBONATES VARIABLE SEDIMENTATION. BORON-RICH HOT AND COLD SPRINGS EXIST IN THE PRESENT DAY BASIN (UP TO 2,000 PPM BORON). INITIALLY BASIN DOMINATED BY MG-RICH FLUIDS, LATER VOLCANIC EMANATIONS ENRICHED IN B, SI, CA AND NA IONS FORMED BORATES. ALTERATION OCCURRED POSSIBLY FROM INITIAL ULEXITE OR INYOITE TO FORM COLEMANITE AND LATER SI-RICH FLUIDS FORMED HOWLITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Crimea Peninsula

Comments on the production information

  • CONSTRUCTION PLANNED FOR A 5,000 T BORIC ACID PLANT.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • POTENTIAL PRODUCER.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: POSSIBLE POTENTIAL BORATE DEPOSIT; COAL IS PRESENTLY MINED IN THE BASIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LYDAY, P.A., 1992, HISTORY OF BORON PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, DECEMBER 1992, P. 19-35

  • Production

    LYDAY, 1992

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD I003025 OF G.J. ORRIS WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS.
Deposit BORATE DEPOSITS OCCUR STRATIGRAPHICALLY HIGHER THAN BASAL COAL AND MAGNESITE IN TUFFS AND SEDIMENTS: DRILL SITE 1 COLEMANITE, MINOR HOWLITE, ORE CONFINED BY FAULTS, MINOR SEARLESITE AND LUNEBURGITE OCCURS AS FRACTURE FILLINGS IN UNDERLYING MAGNESITE BODY. DRILL SITE 2 OCCURS WITHIN TUFFACEOUS ROCKS, COLEMANITE CONTENT INCREASES WITH DEPTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1993 R.P. Langford BHP Utah Industries

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