Lovozero Massif

Past Producer in Russia with commodity Niobium (Columbium)
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. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10158291
MAS/MILS ID 4520000160
Record type Site
Current site name Lovozero Massif
Alternate or previous names Monchegorsk Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 33.08675, 68.96516 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Comments on the location information

  • LAT-LONG-FROM MURMANSK.
  • MONCHEGORSK DEPOSIT IS LOCATED ON KOLSKIY-POLUOSTROV (KOLA PENINSULA) ADJACENT TO THE BARENTS SEA. LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE ARE TAKEN FROM MURMANSK DIRECTLY NORTH OF THIS DEPOSIT. MONCHEGORSK IS A DEPOSIT AND WAS ALSO A PROCESSING PLANT FROM 1939-1945. CURRENT STATUS IS UNKNOWN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 33.08675, 68.96516

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Government Of Russia
    Interest 100
    Home office Russia
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STRISHKOV, V. V. THE COPPER INDUSTRY OF THE USSR. MINING

  • Deposit

    MAGAZINE. MARCH 1979, P. 242-253.

  • Deposit

    GLAZKOVSKY, A. A., GORBUNOV, G. I., AND SYSOEV. DEPOSITS OF

  • Deposit

    NICKEL. SMIRNOV, V. I., ED. ORE DEPOSITS OF THE USSR

  • Deposit

    VOLUME 2. PITMAN PUBLISHING, LONDON, 1977, V. 2, P. 3-9,

  • Deposit

    25-29.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-OCT-1994 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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