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Sadon and Zgidski Mines

Producer in Russia with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc
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  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 10255076
MAS/MILS ID 4520002007
Record type Site
Current site name Sadon and Zgidski Mines
Alternate or previous names Sadon

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 44.00148, 42.79838 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
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

  • THE LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES ARE FOR THE TOWN OF SADON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 44.00148, 42.79838
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE MINERALS ARE SPHALERITE, GALENA, AND PYRRHOTITE. ORE MINERALS ARE SPHALERITE, PYRITE, GALENA, AND CHALCOPYRITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1853
Year of first production 1929

Mining district

District name Severo-Ossetiya

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Russia Government
    Interest 100
    Home office Russia
    Year 1992
  • Type Operator
    Owner Sadon Lead-Zinc Enterprise
    Home office Russia
    Year 1991

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION STARTED IN 1929 AT THE SADON MINE AND IN 1942 AT THE ZGRISKI MINE.
  • PRODUCTS DELIVERED BY RAIL TO THE MIZUR CONCENTRATOR, 4KM FROM MINE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES ARE SUFFICIENT FOR 6 YR OF PRODUCTION AT SADON. RESERVES ARE SUFFICIENT FOR 8 YR OF PRODUCTION AT ZGIDSKI. RESERVES PROVEN DOWN TO 1200M LEVEL.

Comments on other economic factors

  • BOTH MINES ACCESSED BY SHAFTS AND ADITS. MINING METHODS ARE SUBLEVEL CAVING AND ROOM AND PILLAR. BACKFILL IS USED BUT NO CONCENTRATOR TAILINGS. DILUTION IS 39.1% AT SADON AND 32% AT ZGIDSKI. MINES OPERATE 3 SHIFT PER DAY, 300 DPY. SOVIET EQUIPMENT INCLUDES TRACKED HAULAGE WITH 0.8M3 AND 2.2 M3 DUMP CARS.
  • CRU COST ESTIMATE IN 1989 WAS R18.33 PER MT ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    METALLGESELLSCHAFT. WORLD MINING MAP. 1987.

  • Deposit

    CRU STUDY. 1991.

  • Deposit

    MIRTSCHING, A. LEAD AND ZINC ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SOVIET

  • Deposit

    UNION. ERZMETALL, V. 30, JULY-AUGUST, 1977, PP. 339-343.

  • Deposit

    SMIRNOV, V. I. DEPOSITS OF LEAD AND ZINC. IN ORE DEPOSITS

  • Deposit

    OF THE USSR, V. II, PITMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY, LONDON,

  • Deposit

    1977, P. 182, 197-201.

  • Deposit

    COMMODITIES RESEARCH UNIT LIMITED, THE COPPER, LEAD AND ZINC

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIES OF THE FORMER U.S.S.R., VOL. II: PROFILES OF

  • Deposit

    MINES AND CONCENTRATORS, 1992. PP. 7, 113-114.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE SADON MINE EXPLOITS A COMPLEX VEIN DEPOSIT ALONG A STRIKE LENGTH OF 4KM AND DOWNDIP 1500M. THICKNESS VARIES FROM A FEW CENTIMETERS TO 12M. THE ZGIDSKI EXPLOITS A VEIN DEPOSIT THAT STRIKES NE AND DIPS 60-80 DEGREES. MINERALIZATION OCCURS ALONG A STRIKE LENGTH OF 3.5KM. THICKNESS VARIES FROM 0.4-10M.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-MAR-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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