Database name: |
World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits |
Compilers: |
R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born |
Release date: |
2015-01-27 |
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Deposit name(s): |
Udokan |
Political location(s): |
Russia; Province or state: Siberia; Subprovince or locality: Udokan Range |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
paralic marine; in deltaic and shallow water carbonate sediments |
Geologic province: |
Siberian Platform |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Paleoproterozoic - Mesoproterozoic (host rocks) |
Tectonic setting: |
continental rift-graben; divergent; Formal name: South Aldan rift zone (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; sandstone-siltstoneIndividual lithologies: | sandstone (quartzitic calcareous) siltstone | Host rock stratigraphy: | Udokan Series, Sakukan Suite, and Chiney Series |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in deltaic & shallow water carbonate sediments; 4 deposits cover 300 square km area in taiga region; thickness of individual ore layers & seams varies-0.2 to a few meters |
References: |
Bakun, N. N.; Volodin, R. N.; Krendelev, F. P., 1964 |
Genesis of Udokansk Cupriferous Sandstone Deposit |
International Geology Review, Volume 8, p. 455 - 466 |
Bezrodnykh, Y. P., 1967 |
Conditions of Formation of Associations of some Copper and Silver Minerals in the Supergene Zone of the Udokansk Copper Deposit |
Geochemistry International, Volume 2, p. 135 - 149 |
Bogdanov, Y. V., 1962 |
Geology and Genesis of the Cupriferous Sandstones in Ukokan Region (Eastern Siberia) |
Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, Volume 145, p. 110 - 111 |
Bogdanov, Y. V., 1971 |
The Isotopic Composition of Sulfur in Stratiform Copper Deposits of the Olekma-Vitim Highlands |
International Geology Review, Volume 13, p. 1405 - 1417 |
Jowett, E.C., 1989 |
Effects of Continental Rifting on the Location and Genesis of Stratiform Copper-silver Deposits |
Section Introduction, General Principles and Geochemical Aspects, in Sediment Hosted Stratiform Cu Deposits, Ottawa, May 1986, Edited by Boyle, R. W.; Brown, A. C.; Jefferson, C. W.; Jowett, E. C.; Kirkham, R. V., Special Paper, Geological Association of Canada, 36, 710 p, p. 53 - 66 |
Salikhov, V. S., 1975 |
Postsedimentation Changes in Copper-Bearing Deposits of the South Siberian Platform |
International Geology Review, Volume 17, p. 83 - 94 |
Sutulov, A., 1973 |
Mineral Resources and the Economy of the USSR |
Engineering and Mining Journal, 192 p. |
Volfson, F. I., 1972 |
The Conditions of Formation of Cupriferous Sandstone Deposits |
Lithology and Mineral Resources, Volume 7, p. 268 - 279 |
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Resource data: |
Disclaimer - Reserves/Resource Data
Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, represented by the Minister of Natural Resources (NRCan) does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy, completeness or fitness for any purpose of Reserve and Resource information (Data) contained in this database, including whether the Data is compliant with any securities regulations or standards, and NRCan does not assume any liability with respect to any damage or loss incurred as a result of the use made of the Data.
Resource and reserve figures are historical in nature. The Data source provided with each set of figures should be cited if the Data are re-reported. |
Estimate date: 1985; 1,200,000,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: estimated reserve - 4 depositsGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 2 percent | Reference: Anonymous, 1985: Bureaucracy Snarls Exploitation of USSR Copper; Engineering and Mining Journal, July issue, p. 20 Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
1,200,000,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: gross reserve - 20 % oxides and 80 % sulphidesGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 1.5 percent | Reference: Strishkov, V. V., 1977: Mineral Industries of the U.S.S.R.; Mineral Perspectives , United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, Pittsburgh, Pa., Publication code 2, 19 p. Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0% |