Dzhida District

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055826
MRDS ID SP00025
Record type Site
Current site name Dzhida District
Alternate or previous names Jidda

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 104.63284, 52.89777 (WGS84)
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 110 KM SSW OF IRKUTSK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH OF LAKE BAIKAL, IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE DZHIDA MOUNTAIN RANGE; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES FROM NIMA'S GEONAMES DATABASE ARE FOR BULYK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Huebnerite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) 104.63284, 52.89777

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Paleozoic Synclinorium Intruded By Late Jurassic Pervomaiskii Granite Porphyry.

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCK FORMATION NAME IS KHOKHYURTOVKA GROUP. AGE OF LST MINERALIZATION: LJUR, K-AR(?); 140. SOME 70 POTENTIALLY ECONOMIC VEINS UP TO HUNDREDS OF METERS LONG, 0.2 TO 1M THICK; STOCKWORK DEPOSIT (INKURA) ALSO PRESENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1935
Year of first production 1935
Year of last production 1939

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Total resources 10910000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tungsten Wo3 0.43 wt-pct Tungsten Major 1983

Comments on the reserve resource information

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

Comments on the workings information

  • POSSIBILITY OF UNDERGROUND MINING AS WELL.

Comments on development

  • ZAKAMENSK (FORMERLY - UNTIL 1959 - CALLED GORODOK) IS THE CHIEF CENTER OF MINING OPERATIONS FOR TUNGSTEN AND MOLYBDENUM. 1935 WAS THE FIRST YEAR OF PRODUCTION AS A HUBNERITE PLACER MINING OPERATION. YEAR OF LAST PRODUCTION: CONCENTRATOR MAY 1939. DEVELOPMENT WORK ON INKURA DEPOSIT STARTED IN 1971/72.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANSTETT, T.F., BLEIWAS, D.I., AND HURDELBRINK, R.J., 1985, TUNGSTEN AVAILABILITY - MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, INFORMATION CIRCULAR 9025, P. 23.. . SMIRNOV, V.I. (ED.), 1977, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE U.S.S.R., VOL. III, SAN FRANCISCO, PITMAN PUBLISHING LTD., P. 209-216.. . U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUSINESS AND DEFENSE SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, 1956, MATERIALS SURVEY: TUNGSTEN, P. 11-13.. . BUROS, J., AND WAGNER, H., 1978, ROHSTOFFWIRTSCHAFTLICHE LANDERBERICHTE XVI: UDSSR - MOLYBDAN AND WOLFRAM, HANNOVER, BUNDESANSTALT FUR GEOWISSENSCHAFTEN UND ROHSTOFFE, P. 86-87.. . FINK, C.G., 1941, TUNGSTEN, IN ROUSH, G.A. (ED.), THE MINERAL INDUSTRY: ITS STATISTICS, TECHNOLOGY AND TRADE DURING 1940; NEW YORK, MCGRAW-HILL BOOK COMPANY, P. 615

  • Reserve-Resource

    INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY RECORD W099

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

Beyond USGS

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