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Rai-Iz Massif

Prospect in Russia with commodities Chromium, Platinum, Palladium, Rhodium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Controls for ore emplacement
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097116
MRDS ID M046664
Record type Site
Current site name Rai-Iz Massif

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 65.52362, 66.93429 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Comments on the location information

  • RUSSIAN SFSR, URALS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary
Palladium Critical Secondary
Rhodium Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CHROMITE ORES IN LENSES, SHEETS, BANDS, SCHLIEREN ASSOCIATED WITH DUNITES. GREATEST CONCENTRATION IN VERY COARSE GRAINED DUNITE (OLIVINE UP TO 50 CM IN LENGTH)

Analytical data

Result CHROMITE ORES - PT = .0002 - .0000033%, PD = .00007 - .0000001%, RH = .000012 - .0000001%
Result DUNITES - PT = .00003 - .000001%, PD = .0000025 - .0000005%, RH = .000001 - .0000001%
Result HARZBURGITES
Result PT = .0000056 - .0000006%, PD = .000001 - .0000001%, RH = .0000007 - .0000001%. FURTHER ANALYSES, MORE DETAIL SEE KHVOSTOVA ET AL. PP. 374 - 375.

Nearby scientific data

(1) 65.52362, 66.93429
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Tectonic Zone 15 X 1 - 3 Km.

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: CHROMITE ORE, HARZBURGITE, VERY COARSE GRAINED DUNITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Polar Urals

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KHVOSTOVA, V. P., GOLOVNYA, S. V., CHERNYSHEVA, N. V., BUKHANOVA, A.. I., 1976, PECULARITIES OF PLATINUM METAL DISTRIBUTION IN CHROMITE ORES AND HYPERBASITES OF THE RAI-IZ MASSIF (POLAR URALS), GEOKHIMIYA, NO. 3., PP. 373 - 377

Reporter information

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

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

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