Verkhneye

Occurrence in Russia with commodity Nickel
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 10279469
MAS/MILS ID 4520000122
Record type Site
Current site name Verkhneye

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 30.30362, 69.41523 (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
Nickel Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 30.30362, 69.41523

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pechenga District

Ownership information

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BGR. UDSSR, KOLA HALBINSEL, XXXII, 1988.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STATUS UNCERTAIN. REPORTED TO BE IN PRODUCTION IN 1988 BUT THIS COULD NOT BE VERIFIED. LOCATION GIVEN BY BGR AND CHECKED ON DEFENSE MAPPING AGENCY MAP ONC C-2.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-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.