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Vostok-2

Occurrence in Primorskiy Kray, Russia with commodity Tungsten
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  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. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055812
MRDS ID SP00011
Record type Site
Current site name Vostok-2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 135.58194, 45.58154 (WGS84)
Relative position 230 KM SSE OF KHABAROVSK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Primorskiy Kray(province)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Russia Primorskiy Kray

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIKHOTE-ALIN MOUNTAIN RANGE. NEAR IMAN AND TATIBE RIVERS IN THE USSURI DISTRICT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismuth Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Apatite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Pyroxene Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) 135.58194, 45.58154
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Contact Of Late Permian Limestone And Intrusion Of Early Cretaceous Granite

Comments on the geologic information

  • OREBODY IS MORE THAN 600M LONG AND 70M THICK. SCHLEELITE IS THE PRINCIPAL TUNGSTEN MINERAL AND OCCURS IN QUARTZ VEINS AND VEINLETS CUTTING SKARN AND GREISENIZED GRANITE, AND IN MASSIVE PYRRHOTITE-RICH ZONES THAT ARE SUPERIMPOSED ON THE QUARTZ VEINS AND VEINLETS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1968

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Total resources 22025000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tungsten Wo3 0.58 wt-pct Tungsten Major 1983

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • "R" DENOTES IN SITU RESOURCES - QUANTITIES OF ECONOMIC INTEREST FOR THE NEXT FEW DECADES. "1" DENOTES KNOWN DEPOSITS - RELIABLE ESTIMATES. "E" DENOTES ECONOMICALLY EXPLOITABLE. "M" DENOTES MARGINALLY ECONOMIC. "S" DENOTES SUBECONOMIC.

Comments on development

  • THE VOSTOK (EAST) COMBINE, BEGUN IN 1967, IS BELIEVED TO TREAT ORES FROM VOSTOK AND AN OPEN-PIT OPERATION AT LUCHEGORSK ON THE TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY.

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1985 Sinclair W. David Geological Survey of Canada
Reporter 01-NOV-1985 Werner, Antony Mineral Policy Sector, Dept. of Energy Mines & Resources, Ottawa, Canada

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