Producer

Xl Years of the Kazakh-Melodezhnoe Deposit

Kazakhstan
Chromium
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Commodities
PrimaryChromium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeMAGMATIC, PODIFORM
Deposit sizeY
Geology
StructureULTRAMAFIC PORTION OF OPHIOLITE
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1936
Identification
Deposit ID60000511
MRDS IDISM0009
Alternate namesDonskoye Mining and Concentration Complex, Donskoye Group of Chromite Deposits
RegionAS
Data scoreD
Coordinates50.24799, 58.50127
References
SMIRNOV, V. I., ED., 1977, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE USSR, V. I: LONDON, PITMAN PUBLISHING CO., P. 206. (G1-G13, C4-C10, RR1)STRISHKOV, V. V., 1982, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF THE U.S.S.R., IN U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MINERALS YEARBOOK 1980, V. III, AREA REPORTS-INTERNATIONAL: WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, P. 1003-1074. (C18, PA1, PA2)LEVINE, R. M., 1983, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF THE U.S.S.R., IN U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MINERALS YEARBOOK 1981, V. III, AREA REPORTS-INTERNATIONAL: WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, P. 1031-1073.KRAMER, D., ISLAM, S., FURUKAWA, T., AND TEPLITZ, B., 1983, SOVIET CHROME OUTPUT UP SLIGHTLY, IN AMERICAN METAL MARKET CHROMIUM SUPPLEMENT: AMERICAN METAL MARKET, V. 91, NO. 244 (16 DEC.), P. 10-11. (C17, PA8)THAYER, T. P., AND LIPIN, B. R., 1978, A GEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF WORLD CHROMITE PRODUCTION FOR THE YEAR 2000 A.D.: AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, COUNCIL OF ECONOMICS PROCEEDINGS (FOR MEETING OF FEB. 26 - MAR. 2, 1978), P. 143-152.DeYoung, J.H., Jr., Lee, M.P., and Lipin, B.R., 1984, International Strategic Minerals Inventory summary report - chromium: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 930-B, 41 p.