Commodities
PrimaryNickel, Copper, Platinum, Palladium
SecondaryCobalt, Gold, Zinc, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formCHONOLITH, LONG AXIS STRIKING NNE, WITH A SLIGHT S-SHAPED IN PLAN VIEW, TROUGH SHAPED, STEEP-SIDED IN CROSS SECTION
Ore controlSee Comments
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcopyrite, Cubanite, Galena, Gold, Graphite, Millerite, Pentlandite, Polydymite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sperrylite, Sphalerite
Geology
Host rockDiabase,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) · Marine Sediments;Shallow Marine Sediments;Tunguska Series, Continental And Lagoonal Sediments
StructureMajor Fault To The East Along Medvezh River Is Largest Structure. Numerous Fracture Discontinuities Of Small Amplitude Exist, One Crossing The Se Part Of Noril'Sk I, "Controlling" Its Sw Branch.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10098408
MRDS IDM046659
Alternate namesRudnaya Gora
RegionEU
Data scoreB
Coordinates69.34725, 88.19089
References
SMIRNOV,M.F.,1966, THE STRUCTURE OF THE NORIL'SK NICKEL-BEARING INTRUSIONS AND THE GENETIC TYPES OF THEIR SULFIDE ORES. VSESOYUZNYI-NAUCHNO ISSLEDOVATEL'SKII INSTITUT,MINERAL'NOGO SYRIA. TRANSLATION.MERTIE, J.B.,JR.,1969, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF PLATINUM METALS, USGS PROF. PAPER 630,PP.60-63CABRI, LOUIS J.,1972, THE MINERALOGY OF THE PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS, MIN. SCI. ENGINEER.,VOL.4,NO.3,PP.3-29TARASOV, A.V.,1975, THE MATERIAL AND COMPOSITIONAL ZONALITY OF THE NORIL'SK COPPER-NICKEL ORE DEPOSIT: SOVIET GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS (GEOLOGIYA I GEOFIZIKA) V.16,NO.7,P.37-45