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Wyssim River

Past Producer in Russia with commodity Platinum
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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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103649
MRDS ID M045583
Record type Site
Current site name Wyssim River
Alternate or previous names Vissim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 59.59703, 57.67957 (WGS84)
Relative position WEST & STH OF MT. SOLOVIEF

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
Platinum Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result CONCENTRATES: OS= 0.71, PT= 78.75, IR+RH= 3.96, PD= 0.15, CU=0.56, FE= 15.67, (DUPARC AND TIKONOWITCH, P. 240, XXVII) CALLED FERROPLATINUM AND POLYXENE, CONTAINED 2.94% AU
Result OS= 1.39, PT= 77.28, IR+RH+PD= 3.28, CU= 4.17, FE= 13.88, (DUPARC AND TIKONOWITCH, P. 240, XXIX), CALLED FERROPLATINUM AND POLYXENE,MAGNETIC.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) 59.59703, 57.67957
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.18M
    Length 9697.52M
    Width 199.95M
    Depth to top 7.01M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: DUPARC BREAKS UP RIVER INTO SEGMENTS 1) DOWNSTREAM FROM NOVO1-LOG. HAVE THICKNESS= 14-42 INCHES, OVERBURDEN= 23-39 FEET, GRADE= 0.0063 TOZ/ST WHICH VARIES DOWN TO 7 INCH PAY HORIZON OF SAND. 2) FURTHER DOWNSTREAM TO THE INTERSECTION OF THE WYSSIM WITH THE ZAKHAROWKA TO WYSSIMO-CHAITANSK RAILROAD HAVE 2 PAY HORIZONS EACH 28-35 INCHES THICK WITH OVERBURDEN= 35-40 FEET, GRADE= 0.0062 TO 0.0091 TOZ PER ST, CONTAINS NUGGETS UP TO 0.034 TOZ, PT CONTAINS 0.5 TO 2% AU

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nishny-Tagil

Comments on the production information

  • 1= 18,696 X 656 X 2.6 CU. FT. X 0.006 TOZ/ST + 13,120 X 656 X 5.25 X .006 TOZ/ST

Comments on the workings information

  • 18,696 FT OF HIGHER GRADE GRAVELS, 13,120 FEET OF LOWER GRADE GRAVELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOUIS, HENRY (1898) MINERAL INDUSTRY, VOL. VI, P. 540

  • Deposit

    DUPARC AND TIKONOWITCH, 1920, LE PLATINE..., P. 356-357

  • Production

    DUPARC AND TIKONOWITCH

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1975 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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