Lebedi

Plant in Russia with commodity Iron
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. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Production statistics
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10134209
MAS/MILS ID 4520000003
Record type Site
Current site name Lebedi
Alternate or previous names Lebedi Deposit Open Pit Mine, Lebedinsky Iron Mine.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 37.53519, 51.28156 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 37.53519, 51.28156

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Mining method Open Pit
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Flotation
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Gubkin

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Russia
    Interest 100
    Home office Russia
    Year 1993

Production statistics

  • Year 1989
    Description Pellet Production From Total 8900000 Metric Tons Of Pellets.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Iron Iron 8900000mt
  • Year 1989
    Description Concentrate Production From Total 17600000 Metric Tons Of Conc.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Iron Iron 1760000mt
  • Year 1989
    Description Total Crude Ore Production 42800000 Metric Tons Of Ore.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Iron Iron 4280000mt

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1989, LEBEDINSKY PRODUCED 17.6 MILLION METRIC TONS OF CONCENTRATES AND 8.9 METRIC TONS OF PELLETS FROM 42.8 MILLION METRIC TONS OF CRUDE ORE. ALTHOUGH ITS TOTAL PRODUCTION IS LIKELY TO HAVE DECLINED IN RECENT YEARS SINCE THIS RECORD WAS ESTABLISHED.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1976
    Measured 187000000mt ore
    Indicated 190000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 377000000mt ore
    Inferred 6000000mt ore
    Total resources 383000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe3o4 57 wt-pct Iron Major 1976
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1976
    Measured 309000000mt ore
    Indicated 793000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 1102000000mt ore
    Inferred 499000000mt ore
    Total resources 1601000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 35 wt-pct Iron Major 1976

Comments on other economic factors

  • IN JANUARY OF 1993, THE LEBEDINSKY ENTERPRISE EXPORTED 182,000 METRIC TONS OF CONCENTRATE TO POLAND, AND 15,000 METRIC TONS OF CONCENTRATE TO CZECHIA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHABAD, T. BASIC INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES OF THE USSR. COLUMBIA

  • Deposit

    UNIVERSITY PRESS. NEW YORK. 1969, P. 99.

  • Deposit

    SOVIET GEOGRAPHY. VOL. 12, 1971, P. 125.

  • Deposit

    MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1972, P. 424.

  • Deposit

    METAL BULLETIN. JUNE 24, 1993, P. 23.

  • Deposit

    INTERFAX. MINING REPORT. FEB. 12-19, 1992.

  • Deposit

    IRON AND STEEL WORKS OF THE USSR. METAL BULLETIN BOOKS LTD.

  • Deposit

    1992, P. 4.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE KURSK MAGNETIC ANOMALY (KMA) MAS FILE 4520000720 FOR MORE DETAILS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-MAR-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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