Aleksandrinskoe

Russian Federation· ChelyabinskUnknown
Contained Copper
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Average Grade
4.48%
Deposit Type
VMS — Bimodal-Felsic
Discovery Year
1960

Overview

In ore 2 to 10 mg/t Pd and ? 20 mg/t Pt; 0.2 g/t Pd in Cu-concentrate. Concordant faulted massive sulfide lenses accompanied by underlying disseminated mineralization. Post-mineral diorite and gabbro dikes. Trace-elements: in tennantite, 3-7% Bi and 4-5% Te; in gold, ?0.5% Hg; in py, cpy, sph, bo, ga, ten, 0.02 to 0.12% Au and 0.001 to 0.27% Ag. Devonian Magnitogorsk volcanic arc, South Urals.

Geological Context

Tectonic Setting: Bimodal-felsic in oceanic arc

Resources & Operations

Production Start: 1996

Data Provenance

Source: USGS MRDS