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Seligdar

Plant in Russia with commodities Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10158285
MAS/MILS ID 4520000237
Record type Site
Current site name Seligdar

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 125.03184, 58.38118 (WGS84)
Elevation 2000
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 Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Unknown
Biotite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Hornblende Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 125.03184, 58.38118
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1500M
    Length 2000M
    Width 2000M
    Area 200HA
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 STOCKWORK
    Shape of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Type of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Secondary mode of Origin OTHER
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Total Surface Area (HA) 200
    Date of Last Modification 930104

Comments on the geologic information

  • EXPLORATORY DRILLING HAS SHOWN THAT THE DEPOSIT IS OVAL/ FUNNEL SHAPED, WITH A STEEP, VERTICAL NORTHEASTERN WALL AND A SOUTHWESTERN WALL DIPPING AT 40 DEG. APATITE BEARING ROCKS PERSIST AT DEPTHS TO 1500M.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1971
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1992
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Flotation
Milling method Flotation

Comments on exploration

  • DEPOSIT DISCOVERED DURING THE SURVEYING AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE BAM RAILWAY.

Mining district

District name Aldan Shield

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only
Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Government Of Russia
    Interest 100
    Home office Russia
    Year 1992

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1985
    Inferred 300000000mt ore
    Total resources 300000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 6 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1985

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVE/RESOURCE AT THE 50% LEVEL.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 200HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Capacity 13333
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1987

Comments on other economic factors

  • THE PROSPECTIVE SELIGDAR ORE IS AN APATITE-DOLOMITE ROCK WITH 10-15% APATITE AND UP TO 60-65% DOLOMITE. USING ORE GRADING 6% P2O5, APATITE CONCENTRATES CONTAINING 33-34% P2O5 CAN BE OBTAINED BY FLOATATION WITH RECOVERIES IN THE RANGE OF 62-68%.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CONGER, DEAN, 1967, SIBERIA: RUSSIA'S FROZEN FRONTIER,

  • Deposit

    NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, 131 (3), PP. 297-347.

  • Deposit

    ISMA-SINGAPORE, 1981. NEWS ITEM ON OSHURKOV MINE.

  • Deposit

    MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1975, U.S.S.R. PHOSPHATE, P. 1028.

  • Deposit

    NOTHOLT, ARTHUR J.G., 1979, THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY AND

  • Deposit

    DEVELOPMENT OF IGNEOUS PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS IN EUROPE

  • Deposit

    AND THE U.S.S.R., ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 74(2), PP. 339-350.

  • Deposit

    PARFENOV, V.D., AND YUDIN, N.I., APATITE POTENTIAL OF THE

  • Deposit

    PRE CAMBRIAN OF THE CENTRAL ALDAN. DOKLADY, EARTH

  • Deposit

    SCIENCES SECTION, 229: 129-131. AMER. GEOL.. INST.,

  • Deposit

    SCRIPTA PUBLISHING CO.

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHORUS & POTASSIUM, 1979A, SOVIET PHOSPHATES IN THE

  • Deposit

    10TH FYP-I, NO. 102, PP. 16-17,19-20, JULY/AUGUST 1979.

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHORUS & POTASSIUM, 1979B, SOVIET PHOSPHATES IN THE

  • Deposit

    10TH FYP-II, NO. 103, PP. 21-23, 43, SEPT./OCT. 1979.

  • Deposit

    SILVA, ANTENOR FIRMINO, JR., 1979, BENEFICIATION PROCESS AND

  • Deposit

    ECONOMICS OF THE USE OF LOW GRADE PHOSPHATE ROCK.

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED REPORT, PAULO ABIB ENG., S.A., SAO PAULO,

  • Deposit

    BRAZIL, 17 P. +4 FIGURES.

  • Deposit

    STEWART, JOHN MASSEY, 1976, SIBERIA, OPTIMA, 26 (2),

  • Deposit

    PP. 85-104.

  • Deposit

    U.S.S.R., 1968, C-II. GEOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF

  • Deposit

    COMMERCIAL DEPOSITS OF MAIN KINDS OF MINERAL RAW

  • Deposit

    MATERIALS FOR FERTILIZERS IN THE U.S.S.R., IN:

  • Deposit

    PROCEEDINGS OF THE SEMINAR ON SOURCES OF RAW MATERIALS

  • Deposit

    FOR THE FERTILIZER INDUSTRY IN ASIA AND THE FAR EAST.

  • Deposit

    ECAFE MINERAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT SERIES, NO. 32,

  • Deposit

    PART 2, DOCUMENTATION, PP. 100-104.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING JOURNAL. VOL 293, NO. 7510, JULY 27, 1979, P. 70.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ILYIN, A.V. AND KRASILNIKOVA, N.A., "IGNEOUS PROTEROZOIC-

  • Reserve-Resource

    CAMBRIAN PHOSPHATE RESOURCES IN EASTERN SIBERIA,

  • Reserve-Resource

    PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF THE WORLD, CAMBRIDGE UNIV. PRESS,

  • Reserve-Resource

    1989, PP. 510-512.

  • Reserve-Resource

    BRITISH SULPHUR CORPORATION, WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE

  • Reserve-Resource

    DEPOSITS, FIFTH ED., 1987, P. 235.

  • Reserve-Resource

    BRITISH SULPHUR CORPORATION, 1980, WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE

  • Reserve-Resource

    DEPOSITS, LONDON.

  • Deposit

    ZELLARS, MICHAEL E. AND J.M. WILLIAMS, 1978, EVALUATION OF

  • Deposit

    THE PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF FLORIDA USING THE MINERALS

  • Deposit

    AVAILABILITY SYSTEM. PREPARED FOR U.S. DEPT. OF

  • Deposit

    INTERIOR, BUREAU OF MINES, CONTRACT NO. J0377000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE REMOTE LOCATION OF THE DEPOSITS MAKES THE EVENTUAL EXPLOITATION QUESTIONABLE. HOWEVER, THE NEW BAIKAL-AMUR RAILWAY IS NEAR BY, THIS IMPROVES THE CHANGES OF DEVELOPMENT. AS OF 1985, THE GOVERNMENT HAS PLANS TO BEGIN MINING IN 1992. THE RATE WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 4 MILLION MT/YR. THE DEPOSIT IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 30 KM SOUTH OF ALDAN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-APR-1995 Fantel, Richard J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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