Sorsk

Producer in Russia with commodities Molybdenum, Copper, Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. General comments
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107491
MRDS ID W701795
Record type Site
Current site name Sorsk

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 90.20011, 54.0144 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE SPURS OF THE EASTERN SLOPE OF THE KUZNETS ALATAU, IN THE REGION OF THE BATENEVSK UPLIFT, INVOLVED IN THE FOLD SYSTEM OF THE CALEDONIDES OF THE ALTAI-SAYAN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 90.20011, 54.0144

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMIRNOV, V.I., ED., ORE DEPOSITS OF THE USSR: LONDON, PITMAN PUBLISHING, VOL. III, PAGE 168-173

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STOCKWORK COPPER-MOLYBDENUM DEPOSIT, CONFINED TO THE NEAR-AXIAL, CENTRAL PORTION OF THE UIBAT PLUTON (CALEDONIAN AGE), OCCURRING IN THE CORE OF AN ANTICLINORIUM OF THE SAME NAME, STRIKING IN THE NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION

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.