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Found Here
Geology and deposit
- Host rock
- Marine Sediments — Diabase, Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
- Orebody form
- CHONOLITH, LONG AXIS STRIKING NNE, WITH A SLIGHT S-SHAPED IN PLAN VIEW, TROUGH SHAPED, STEEP-SIDED IN CROSS SECTION
Major Fault To The East Along Medvezh River Is Largest Structure. Numerous Fracture Discontinuities Of Small Amplitude Exist, One Crossing The Se Part Of Noril'Sk I, "Controlling" Its Sw Branch.
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Mining history
- Status
- Past Producer
- Production size
- Small
Records and references
SMIRNOV,M.F.,1966, THE STRUCTURE OF THE NORIL'SK NICKEL-BEARING INTRUSIONS AND THE GENETIC TYPES OF THEIR SULFIDE ORES. VSESOYUZNYI-NAUCHNO ISSLEDOVATEL'SKII INSTITUT,MINERAL'NOGO SYRIA. TRANSLATION. MERTIE, J.B.,JR.,1969, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF PLATINUM METALS, USGS PROF. PAPER 630,PP.60-63CABRI, LOUIS J.,1972, THE MINERALOGY OF THE PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS, MIN. SCI. ENGINEER.,VOL.4,NO.3,PP.3-29TARASOV, A.V.,1975, THE MATERIAL AND COMPOSITIONAL ZONALITY OF THE NORIL'SK COPPER-NICKEL ORE DEPOSIT: SOVIET GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS (GEOLOGIYA I GEOFIZIKA) V.16,NO.7,P.37-45
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10098408 — view the source record
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Location on Map
Coordinates: 69.34725, 88.19089
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