Commodities
PrimaryPlatinum
SecondaryNickel, Copper
TertiaryREE, Palladium, Gold, Cobalt
Commodity typeM
Economic & production
Development statusUnknown
Discovery year1961
Identification
Deposit ID10303827
Alternate namesTalnakh
RegionEU
Data scoreD
Coordinates69.56591, 88.44472
References
RAZIN, L. V., V. D. BEGIZOV, AND V. I. MESHCHANKINA. DATAON MINERALOGY OF PLATINUM METALS IN TALNAKH DEPOSIT. IN-TERNATIONAL GEOLOGY REVIEW, V. 17, NO. 4, 1975, PP. 6-56.SMIRNOV, V. I. DEPOSITS OF THE PLATINUM METALS. THE PECH-ENGA TYPE. IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE USSR, V. III. PITMANPUBLISHING COMPANY, LONDON, 1977, PP. 100, 103-111.MINING JOURNAL. PLATINUM--IN BETTER HEALTH. MARCH 17,1978, PP. 186-187.SUTULOV, A. MINERAL RESOURCES AND THE ECONOMY OF THE USSR.MCGRAW-HILL, INC., NEW YORK, 1973, P. 159.U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. PLATINUM GROUP METALS. IN MINERALSYEARBOOK, V. 1, 1973, PP. 1048-1049.METALS SOURCEBOOK. PRECIOUS METALS. OCTOBER 8, 1973,P. 20 (2 OF 4).SHABAD, T. SOVIET STARTS WORK IN ARCTIC MINE TO PRODUCEPLATINUM GROUP METALS. NEW YORK TIMES, V. 123, NO.42, 450, APRIL 15, 1974, PP. 47, 49.