Mine detail: Monchegorsk

Previously called 'MonchaMonche-Tundra'

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Location: Russia, Europe
Lat / long: 67.92844, 32.96136
dep_id: 10038260
mrds_id: M045574
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Nickel, Copper, Palladium
Minor mineral: Platinum, Cobalt
Trace mineral: Tellurium, Bismuth
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Chromite, Cobaltite, Cubanite, Hessite, Magnetite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite, Silver
orebody_fm: DISSEMINATIONS, MASSIVE, VEINS
alteration: Talc-Carbonate Within Cm Of Veins
ore_ctrl: Pt Minerals Occur In Fine-Grained Magnetite Veinlets, Mt Contains Inclusions Of Bornite , Ore Minerals In Fracture Zones Near Base Of Massif, Sulphides More Abundant Where Hydrothermal Alteration Most Intense (Brecciated Dissemination Ores).Greatest Concentration Pd Is In Pentlandite, Pt In Chalcopyrite, In Veins Rather Than Disseminated.
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Gneiss Complex-Greenstones In Fault Contact
hrock_type: Mafic Intrusive Rock
arock_unit: Layered Basic Massif-Peridotite, Pyroxenite, Norite, Gabbro Pegmatite;Basic Dikes Cut Complex
arock_type: Norite,Peridotite,Dunite,Pyroxenite
Structure: Veins Parallel Se Plunging Syncline, Intrusive V-Shaped Form-W. Tongue Has Synclinal Bottom Plunging Sw, Layering Dips Sw. Intrusion Spreads Ne From Steep Nw Striking Fault
References:
  • Deposit:: MERTIE, J.B., JR, 1969, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE PLATINUM METALS, USGS PROF. PAPER 630, P. 62
  • Deposit:: SHIMKIN, D.B., 1953, MINERALS, A KEY TO SOVIET POWER, CAMBRIDGE, MASS., HARVARD UNIV. PRESS, P. 452
  • Deposit:: YUSHKO-ZAKHAROVA,O.YE.,ET AL,1967,GEOCHEMISTRY OF PLATINUM METALS,GEOCHEMISTRY IN*.,VOL.4,NO.6,PP.1106-1118.
  • Deposit:: SMIRNOV,V.I.,ED.,1974,ORE DEPOSITS OF THE USSR,VOL.3,IZDATELSTVO NEDRA, MOSCOW
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