Mine detail: Kovdor

Previously called 'Yeno-Kovdor'

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Location: Russia, Europe
Lat / long: 67.54848, 30.50333
dep_id: 10024704
mrds_id: ISM0441
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Iron, Zirconium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
Reporter: Hofmann, Ursula
hrock_type: Pyroxenite,Intrusive Carbonatite
Year first produced: 1964
ylp_ba: >
yr_lst_prd: 1982
References:
  • Deposit:: THE BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., LONDON
  • Deposit:: NOTHOLD, A.J.G., 1979: THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT OF IGNEOUS PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS IN EUROPE AND THE USSR, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL.74, NO.2, P.339-350
  • Deposit:: PHOSPHORUS & POTASSIUM, NO.102, JULY/AUG. 1979, P.16-20, LONDON
  • Deposit:: KHARLAMOV, Y.S., 1981: ORIGIN OF THE CARBONATITES OF THE KOVDOR DEPOSIT, INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGY REVIEW, VOL.23, NO.8, P.865-880
  • Deposit:: SMIRNOV, V.I., (EDITOR), 1977: ORE DEPOSITS OF THE USSR, VOL.1,- RUSSIAN ORIGINAL 1974; ENGLISH EDITION 1977, PITMAN PUBLISHING CO. S.A. JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
  • Deposit:: ONOKHIN, F.M., 1981: THE KHIBINA APATITE-NEPHELIN DEPOSIT; IN: MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE KOLA PENINSULA (RUSSIAN), GARBUNOV, G.J.,(EDITOR), LENINGRAD, 1981
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