Commodities
PrimaryNickel, Copper, Palladium
SecondaryPlatinum, Cobalt
TertiaryTellurium, Bismuth
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formDISSEMINATIONS, MASSIVE, VEINS
Ore controlPt 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.
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcopyrite, Chromite, Cobaltite, Cubanite, Hessite, Magnetite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite, Silver
Geology
Host rockMafic Intrusive Rock · Gneiss Complex-Greenstones In Fault Contact
Associated rockNorite,Peridotite,Dunite,Pyroxenite · Layered Basic Massif-Peridotite, Pyroxenite, Norite, Gabbro Pegmatite;Basic Dikes Cut Complex
StructureVeins 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
AlterationTalc-Carbonate Within Cm Of Veins
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10038260
MRDS IDM045574
Alternate namesMoncha, Monche-Tundra
RegionEU
Data scoreB
Coordinates67.92844, 32.96136
References
MERTIE, J.B., JR, 1969, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE PLATINUM METALS, USGS PROF. PAPER 630, P. 62SHIMKIN, D.B., 1953, MINERALS, A KEY TO SOVIET POWER, CAMBRIDGE, MASS., HARVARD UNIV. PRESS, P. 452YUSHKO-ZAKHAROVA,O.YE.,ET AL,1967,GEOCHEMISTRY OF PLATINUM METALS,GEOCHEMISTRY INT'L.,VOL.4,NO.6,PP.1106-1118.SMIRNOV,V.I.,ED.,1974,ORE DEPOSITS OF THE USSR,VOL.3,IZDATELSTVO NEDRA, MOSCOW