Ak-Tash

Producer in Altayskiy Kray, Russia with commodity Mercury
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085869
MRDS ID W701654
Record type Site
Current site name Ak-Tash

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 87.73353, 50.2978 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Altayskiy Kray(province)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Russia Altayskiy Kray

Comments on the location information

  • IN THE GORNYI ALTAI

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Orpiment Ore
Pyrite Ore
Realgar Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) 87.73353, 50.2978

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Kurai Regional Zone Of Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Deposit Is Restricted To The Zone Of The Ak-Tash Overthrust, Arranged En Echelon With The Chaganuzun Overthrust

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMIRNOV, V.I., ED., 1977, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE USSR: LONDON, PITMAN PUBLISHING, VOL. II P. 325

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1990 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1994 Jenness, Jane E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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