Mine detail: Tyrnyauz Mine

Previously called 'Tyrny-Auz'

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Location

Lat / long: 43.41505, 42.75152

Resource(M)

Primary: Molybdenum, Tungsten
Discovery year: 1934

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1938

Geology

Host type:Hornfels,Limestone
Structure:Contact Aureole Of Cretaceous Granite
Tectonic:Paleozoic - Mesozoic Orogenic Belt

References

MRDSDE00313
DEP10021632
Reference{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.}
ReporterPasitschniak, Anna