Producer

Tyrnyauz Mine

Russia
MolybdenumTungsten
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Commodities
PrimaryMolybdenum, Tungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Geology
Host rockHornfels,Limestone
StructureContact Aureole Of Cretaceous Granite
Tectonic settingPaleozoic - Mesozoic Orogenic Belt
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1938
Discovery year1934
Identification
Deposit ID10021632
MRDS IDDE00313
Alternate namesTyrny-Auz
RegionEU
Data scoreB
Coordinates43.41505, 42.75152
References
KRUSHOV, N.A., 1958, TYRNYAUZ: TUNGSTEN-MOLYBDENUM SKARN DEPOSIT IN NORTHERN CAUCASUS, SOVIET GEOLOGY, NO. 2, 1958.ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 1977, TUNGSTEN, THIRD EDITION, LONDON, ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., P. 115-187.1958, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND MINING DEVELOPMENT IN EUROPE AND IN THE U.S.S.R., MINERAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT SERIES, NO. 6, P. 140-142.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.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.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).BUNDESANSTALT FUR GEOWISSENSCHAFTEN UND ROHSTOFFE, HANNOVER, 1977, UNTERSUCHUNGEN UBER ANGEBOT UND NACHFTAGE MINERALISCHER ROHSTOFFE: IX WOLFRAM, P. 1-23.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.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).SHABAD, T., 1969, BASIC INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES OF THE U.S.S.R., NEW YORK, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS, P. 146.