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Kondyorskii Massif

Prospect in Russia with commodities Platinum, Palladium, Osmium, Iridium, Ruthenium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097115
MRDS ID M046650
Record type Site
Current site name Kondyorskii Massif

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 134.48239, 57.54967 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Comments on the location information

  • EASTERN END OF ALDAN SHIELD, BY OMNYA AND MAIMAKAN RIVERS IN BASIN OF MAI RIVER ; RUSSIAN SFSR, KHABAROVSKII KRAI

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary
Palladium Critical Primary
Osmium Secondary
Iridium Critical Secondary
Ruthenium Critical Secondary

Analytical data

Result EARLY ACCESSORY CHROME SPINEL = 1.8 - 2 G/TON OS, 7 G/TON RU. FURTHER ANALYTICAL DATA IN RAZIN AND KHOMENKO, 1969

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Pyroxenite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 134.48239, 57.54967
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ultramafic Body Lies In Fault Zone In Shield Area

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pt Minerals Occur In And With Early And Late Magmatic Chrome Spinels In Dunite

Comments on the geologic information

  • ULTRAMAFIC BODY CONE - SHAPED, ZONED FROM DUNITE IN CENTER TO PYROXENITE, GABBROID ROCKS ON OUTSIDE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1956
Discoverer A. A. Elyanov

Mining district

District name Aldan Shield

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROZHKOV, I.S., V. I. KITSUL, ET AL, 1962, PLATINA ALDANSKOGO SHCHITA (PLATINUM OF THE ALDAN SHIELD), IZDAT. AKAD. NAUK SSSR, MOSCOW.

  • Deposit

    RAZIN, L. V., KHOMENKO, G. A., 1969, ACCUMULATION OF OSMIUM, RUTHENIUM, AND THE OTHER PT - GROUP METALS IN CHROME SPINEL IN PT - BEARING DUNITES, GEOCHEMISTRY INT'L, VOL. 6, NO. 3 PP. 546 - 557

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Till, Alison B. U.S. Geological Survey

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