Akatui

Producer in Russia with commodities Lead, Zinc
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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10207172
MAS/MILS ID 4520000179
Record type Site
Current site name Akatui

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 117.78234, 51.03119 (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

  • LOCATION TO NEAREST TOWN BASED ON DEFENSE MAPPING AGENCY MAP ONC E-8.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 117.78234, 51.03119

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE MINERALS ARE SPHALERITE, GALENA, ARSENOPYRITE AND PYRITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1965

Mining district

District name Nerchinsk

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Government Of Russia
    Interest 100
    Home office Russia
    Year 1992
  • Type Operator
    Owner Nerchinsk Polymetallic Enterprise
    Home office Russia
    Year 1991

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCT TO AKATUI CONCENTRATOR, 1.5KM FROM MINE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES SUFFICIENT FOR 5-8 YR PRODUCTION (0.4 MILLION TONS) CUTOFF GRADE IS 1.2% PB OR 2.5% COMBINED PB/ZN. RESERVES PROVEN TO 600M.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRU STUDY. 1991.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE CONSISTS OF MORE THAN 50 SMALL ORE BODIES, PIPE OR LENS SHAPED. ORE IS STEEPLY DIPPING AND HAVE INDIVIDUAL STRIKE LENGTHS OF UP TO 50M AND THICKNESS UP TO 4M.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-95 Wilburn, David R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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