Mine detail: Kachkanar Deposit

Previously called 'Mt Kachkanar Deposit'

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Location

Lat / long:

58.66457, 59.48485

Resource(M)

Primary:	Titanium, Metal, Vanadium, Iron
Ore:	Ilmenite
Discovery year:	1790

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1980
Last production ended:	1985

Geology

Host rock:	Kachkanar Massif
Host type:	Pyroxenite
Structure:	Magmatic Intrusiions Into Geosynclinal Succession
Tectonic:	Geosyncline

References

MRDS	ISM0599
DEP	10024847
Reference	{Deposit:: ZITZMANN, A. (ED) 1978, THE IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF EUROPE, V. 1 & 2, HANNOVER}{Deposit:: US BUREAU OF MINES, 1982, USSR MULTIPLE DEPOSIT SUMMARY: MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM, FOREIGN TITANIUM PROPERTIES.}{Deposit:: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1982, TITANIUM MINERALS - FOCUS ON PRODUCTION: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, JULY 1982.}
Reporter	Gray, Jonathan M. (Porter, Lyn M.)