Mainsk Deposit

Occurrence in Russia with commodity Copper
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. Production statistics
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10279913
MAS/MILS ID 4520000411
Record type Site
Current site name Mainsk Deposit
Alternate or previous names No Other Known Name.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 91.91674, 53.06444 (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

  • THE EXACT LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES FOR THE MAINSK DEPOSIT WERE UNKNOWN AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT, SO THE SAME COORDINATES THAT WERE USED FOR THE SUBBOTINSK DEPOSIT WERE USED, SINCE BOTH DEPOSITS ARE LOCATED IN THE SAME REGION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 91.91674, 53.06444

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ABOUT 3 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL COPPER RESERVES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION ARE CONCENTRATED IN THE PYRITE-POLYMETALLIC DEPOSITS. THESE ARE PRIMARILY THE NUMEROUS DEPOSITS OF THE RUDNY ALTAI, IN WHICH COPPER IS THE MAIN INDUSTRIAL COMPONENT. A NUMBER OF COPPER DEVELOPMENTS OF THIS KIND HAVE BEEN LOCALIZED IN THE PRE-CAMBRIAN LAYERS OF WESTERN SAYAN (MAINSK) AND NORTHEAST TUVA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
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 1992

Production statistics

  • Year 1992
    Description Unknown Production.

Comments on the production information

  • THE PRODUCTION FROM THIS DEPOSIT WAS UNKNOWN AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE RESOURCES FOR THIS DEPOSIT WERE UNKNOWN AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INTERFAX, MINING REPORT, P. 7 (APRIL 6-13, 1992).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-OCT-1994 Collins, Dan U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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