Mine detail: Tyrnyauz Mine

Previously called 'Tyrny-Auz'

Location:	Russia, Europe
Lat / long:	43.41505, 42.75152
dep_id:	10021632
mrds_id:	DE00313
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Molybdenum, Tungsten
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Producer
Reporter:	Pasitschniak, Anna
hrock_type:	Hornfels,Limestone
Structure:	Contact Aureole Of Cretaceous Granite
tectonic:	Paleozoic - Mesozoic Orogenic Belt
Year first produced:	1938
disc_yr:	1934
References:	Deposit:: KRUSHOV, N.A., 1958, TYRNYAUZ: TUNGSTEN-MOLYBDENUM SKARN DEPOSIT IN NORTHERN CAUCASUS, SOVIET GEOLOGY, NO. 2, 1958. Deposit:: ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 1977, TUNGSTEN, THIRD EDITION, LONDON, ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., P. 115-187. Deposit:: 1958, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND MINING DEVELOPMENT IN EUROPE AND IN THE U.S.S.R., MINERAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT SERIES, NO. 6, P. 140-142. Deposit:: BUROS, J. AND WAGNER, H., (EDS.), 1978, TYRNY-AUZ IN BUNDESANSTALT FUR GEOWISSENSCHAFTEN UND ROHSTOFFE, HANNOVER, ROHSTOFFWIRTSCHAFTLICHE LANDERBERICHTE: XVI UDSSR, MOLYBDAN - WOLFRAM, P. 10-14. Deposit:: SMIRNOV, V.I. (ED.), 1974, TYRNYAUZ IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE U.S.S.R., VOL. III, NEDRA PRESS, MOSCOW (ENGLISH TRANSLATION IN 977, SAN FRANCISCO, PITMAN PUBLISHING LTD.), P. 130-137. Deposit:: PUSTOVALOV, A.I., 1980, SOVIET TUNGSTEN - MOLYBDENUM MINING, GORNYI ZHURNAL, 1980, NO. 9, P. 8-11. (SUMMARIZED IN MINING MAGAZINE, VOL. 144, NO. 1, JAN. 1981, P. 104-105). Deposit:: BUNDESANSTALT FUR GEOWISSENSCHAFTEN UND ROHSTOFFE, HANNOVER, 1977, UNTERSUCHUNGEN UBER ANGEBOT UND NACHFTAGE MINERALISCHER ROHSTOFFE: IX WOLFRAM, P. 1-23. Deposit:: ANSTETT, T.F., BLEIWAS, D.I., AND HURDELBRINK, R.J., 1985, TUNGSTEN AVAILABILITY - MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, INFORMATION CIRCULAR 9025, 51 P. Deposit:: DIKINOV, G.K., IMPROVING THE CONCENTRATION METHODS AT TYRNYAUZ, TSVETNYE METALLY, FEBRUARY 1981, P. 109-122. (SUMMARIZED IN WORLD MINING, VOL. 35, NO. 9, SEPT. 1982, P. 84-86). Deposit:: SHABAD, T., 1969, BASIC INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES OF THE U.S.S.R., NEW YORK, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS, P. 146.