Mine detail: Monchegorsk

Previously called 'MonchaMonche-Tundra'

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Location

Lat / long:

67.92844, 32.96136

Resource(M)

Primary:	Nickel, Copper, Palladium
Secondary:	Platinum, Cobalt
Tertiary:	Tellurium, Bismuth
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Chromite, Cobaltite, Cubanite, Hessite, Magnetite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite, Silver
Orebody form:	DISSEMINATIONS, MASSIVE, VEINS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Gneiss Complex-Greenstones In Fault Contact
Host type:	Mafic Intrusive Rock
Associated rock:	Layered Basic Massif-Peridotite, Pyroxenite, Norite, Gabbro Pegmatite;Basic Dikes Cut Complex
Associated 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
Alteration processes:	Talc-Carbonate Within Cm Of Veins

References

MRDS	M045574
DEP	10038260
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Page, Norman J.