Lipovsk

Producer in Russia with commodities Cobalt, 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 10303882
MAS/MILS ID 4520000168
Record type Site
Current site name Lipovsk

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 61.1681, 57.44788 (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
Cobalt Critical Primary
Nickel Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 61.1681, 57.44788

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1936
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1957

Mining district

District name Rezh

Ownership information

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

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CURRENT DEPTH OF MINING 141 M, PIT DEPTH 170 M. BENCH HEIGHT 8 M. WATER INFLOW HAS PREVENTED COMPLETION OF MINING. ORE NEAR EXHAUSTION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BGR. UDSSR, XXII, 1979.

  • Deposit

    SMIRNOV. ORE DEPOSITS OF THE USSR. 1977.

  • Deposit

    MUELLER. TRIP REPORT-CITIZEN AMBASSADOR PROGRAM. 1990.

  • Deposit

    MAP OF MINERAL RESOURCES OF RUSSIA AND ADJACENT

  • Deposit

    COUNTRIES (IN THE FORMER USSR BOUNDARIES), 1991, SCALE

  • Deposit

    1:5,000,000. PUBLISHED IN RUSSIA.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATION BASED ON DEFENSE MAPPING AGENCY MAP ONC D-4. ACCORDING TO THE MAP OF RUSSIA, THIS DEPOSIT CONTAINS BOTH NICKEL AND COBALT ORE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-MAR-1995 Wilburn, David R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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