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Chita Oblast' Fluorspar Deposits

Producer in Russia with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Quartz, Calcium, Barium-Barite
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069459
MRDS ID W006996
Record type Site
Current site name Chita Oblast' Fluorspar Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 117.99904, 50.9979 (WGS84)
Relative position KALANGUEV MINE IS 57 KM NE. OF KHADABULAK. THE SOLNECHNOYE DEPOSIT IS SE. OF SRETENSK. ALL DEPOSITS ARE SE. OF CHITA IN EASTERN TRANSBAIKAL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Comments on the location information

  • CHITA OBLAST' AREA MINES INCLUDE KALANGUEV, ABAGAYTUYSK, SOLNECHNOYE AND USUGLINSK ; TRANSBAIKAL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Quartz Tertiary
Calcium Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Adularia Gangue
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Marcasite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Analytical data

Result KALANGUEV MINE: CAF2 - 50 TO 70%
Result ABAGAYTUYSK MINE: CAF2 - 90 TO 92%
Result SOLONECKNOYE MINE: CAF2 - 70 TO 80%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granites
    Rock description Granites
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granites, Sandstones, Clayey Shales
    Rock description Granites, Sandstones, Clayey Shales

Nearby scientific data

(1) 117.99904, 50.9979
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Yablonovoi Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Normal Faults

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR EXCEPT ABAGAYTUYSK (VERTICAL RINGS)

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Fissure Filling

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1926

Mining district

District name Chita Oblast' Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner State Operated
  • Type Owner
    Owner State Owned

Production statistics

  • Year 1938
    Material F
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^72. % Caf2 (Crude Ore(Abagaytuysk))
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 72wt-pct
  • Year 1938
    Material F
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^50. % Caf2 - 70. % Caf2 (Crude Ore - Kalanguev)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major CaF2 Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 60wt-pct

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Name KALANGUYEV
    Estimate year 1938
    Total resources 307000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Fluorine-Fluorite CaF2 65 wt-pct Fluorine Major 1938
  • Type In-situ
    Name ABAGAYTUYSK
    Estimate year 1938
    Total resources 46000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Fluorine-Fluorite CaF2 72 wt-pct Fluorine Major 1938
  • Type In-situ
    Name SOLONECHNOYE
    Estimate year 1938
    Total resources 309000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Fluorine-Fluorite CaF2 75 wt-pct Fluorine Major 1938

Comments on the workings information

  • KALANGUEV VEIN: LENGTH - 900 M., WIDTH 1.6 M. AVERAGE, DIP - 55 TO 90 DEG. ABAGAYTUYSK MINE: EXPLORED DEPTH - 100 M. SOLONECHNOYE VEIN: LENGTH - 700 M, WIDTH - 0.2 TO 35 M., DIP - 70 TO 90 DEG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    , 1958, MINERAL TRADE NOTES: U.S. BU MINES, V. 46, N. 2, FEB. 1958, P. 22 TO 33

  • Deposit

    GROGAN, R.M., 1960, FLUORSPAR AND CRYOLITE, IN INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND ROCKS, AIME, P. 367 - 368

  • Deposit

    HOSE, H.R., 1955, EUROPEAN FLUORSPAR SUPPLIES: MINING ENGINEERING, AIME TRANSACTIONS, V. 7, N. 4, APRIL 1955, P. 390

  • Deposit

    1970, 1971, 1972, MINERALS YEARBOOKS, VOL. III, U.S. BU MINES, P. 797, 854, 839 RESPECTIVELY

  • Production

    1958, MINERAL TRADE NOTES, P. 27

  • Reserve-Resource

    1958, MINERAL TRADE NOTES, P. 32

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1926 (KALANGUEV MINE)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1975 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey

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