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Shika
31ø54'N
31 53 55N
131ø11'E
131 10 46E
Outer Zone Southwest Japan
Sb
Japan
Ag-Sb vein
Small
Average grade of 5-10% Sb.
Kinoshita, 1961; Karakida and others, 1992.
Consists of two major veins of variable width 0.2-0.3 m, but ranging up to 4 m thick. The veins are 250 m long. Host rock is sandstone and mudstone of Paleogene Shimanto Supergroup. Deposit minerals are stibnite, arsenopyrite, and pyrite. Gangue mineral
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Yamagano
31ø55'N
31 54 54N
130ø37'E
130 37 25E
Kyushu
Au
Au-Ag epithermal vein
Medium
Average grade of 17.44 g/t Au, 17.39 g/t Ag.  Production of 28.4 tonnes Au, 28.3 tonnes Ag from 1,629,000 tonnes ore.
Mining and Materials Processing Institute of Japan, 1989.
Consists of EW and NE-striking veins. Three main vein is 1,500 m long with width of several to several tens cm. Veins occur in a area 4 km (EW) by 3 km (NS). Host rock is Miocene andesite and Plicetocene. Deposit minerals are native gold, pyrite, chalcop
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Kushikino
31ø45'N
31 45 12N
130ø18'E
130 18 04E
Au, Ag
Average grade of 6.6 g/t Au, 60 g/t Ag.  Production of  54.7 tonnes Au, 497 tonnes Ag, 8,270,000 tonnes ore.
Mining and Materials Processing Institute of Japan, 1989; Shiga and Urashima, 1988; Karakida and others, 1992.
Consists of NE-striking veins. The Main vein is 2,600 m long and ranges from 3 to 50 m wide. The veins occur in a area 3 km (EW) by 2.5 km (NS). The host rock is Miocene andesite, and andesite tuff. The deposit minerals are electrum, native silver, argen
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Suzuyama
31ø30'N
31 29 35N
130ø27'E
130 26 30E
Sn
Sn-W greisen, stockwork, and quartz vein
Average grade of 0.74% Sn.  Production of 3,910 tonnes Sn, 550,000 tonnes ore.
Geological Survey of Japan, 1955; Karakida and others 1992.
Consists of NW-striking veins. Six major vein systems occur. Veins are 600-2,300 long with 0.1-0.3 m wide. Host rock is sandstone and mudstone of the Mesozoic Shimanto Supergroup. Deposit formed with relation to the intrusion of Miocene granite. Deposit
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Akeshi
31ø18'N
31 18 24N
130ø23'E
130 22 52E
Grade of 10-20 g/t, 7-10 g/t Ag.  Production of  4.7 tonnes Au, 3 tonnes Ag.
Izawa and others, 1984; Mining and Materials Processing Institute of Japan, 1989; Hedenquist and others, 1994.
Consists of  four ore bodies.  Typical ore body has rounded shape with diameter of 35m.  Ore bodies are present in the silicified zone, 250m by 250m.  Strongly silicified ore body, silica body result from leaching of the original andesitic rocks.  Host r
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Iwato
31ø16'N
31 16 08N
130ø20'E
130 19 47E
Average grade of 7 g/t Au.  Production of 6.6 tonnes Au, 12.7 tonnes Ag.
Urashima and others, 1981; Togashi and Shibata, 1984; Izawa and others, 1984; Mining and Materials Processing Institute of Japan, 1989; Hedenquist and others, 1994.
Consists of four bodies that occur in a silica-altered zone that is 2,000 m long and 200-300 m wide. Bodies are located in NE part of the silica-altered zone, with typical size of 50 by 25 m with thickness of 10-15 m. Strongly silica-altered body formed
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Kasuga
31 15 59N
130ø16'E
130 15 32E
Average grade of 4 g/t Au.  Producton of 6.7 tonnes Au, 4 tonnes Ag.
Consists of three bodies of mushroom shape. Bodies occur in a silica-altered zone. Strongly silica-altered body resulted from leaching of andesite. Main body is 500 m long, 150 m wide, and 100 m deep. Host rock is Miocene, andesite and, andesite tuff of
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Nitta-Yakushima
30ø20'N
30 20 04N
130ø38'E
130 37 50E
W
W-Mo-Be greisen, stockwork, and quartz vein
Average grade of 0.6% WO3.  Production of 100,000 tonnes ore.
MITI, 1993.
Consists of NS-striking veins, typically dipping 50 o W. The main vein is 200 m long with width of 0.5 m. Host rock is sandsone of the Paleogene Shimanto Supergroup. Deposit formed with relation to intrusion of Miocene Yakushima granite. Contact between
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Kyeongju
35ø50'N
35 49'30N
129ø23'E
129 23'00E
Gyeongpuk
Mo
Cu,Pb
Korea
Polymetallic Pb-Zn ñ Cu (ñAg, Au) vein and stockwork
Average grade of 0.2-0.3% Mo. Resources of 260,000 tonnes ore.
Park amd others, 1969.
Hosted in Cretaceous shale and sandstone of the Hadong Group and volcanic rock of Yucheon Group that are intruded by the Late Cretaceous Bulgugsa biotite granite. Deposit consists mainly of disseminated molybdenite in leucogranite that forms the margin p
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Mulkum
35ø18'N
35 18'00N
128ø58'E
128 58'00E
Gyeongnam
Fe
Cu, Pb, Zn
Polymetallic (Pb, ZnñCu, Ba, Ag, Au) volcanic-hosted metasomatite
Average grade of  60% Fe, 13.61% SiO2, 0.12% S, 0.26% P, and 0.006% TiO2. Reserves of 1,741,875 tonnes ore.
Hwang and Kim, 1962.
Hosted in a Cretaceous feldspar porphyry that is intruded by an extensive Late Cretaceous biotite granite. Deposit consists of a magnetite metasomatite that occurs in fissure fillings. The deposit minerals are magnetite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, galena and
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Dongbogwang
35ø11'N
35 11'00N
129ø00'E
129 00'23E
Average grade of 2% WO3 and 1.5% MoS2.
Kim 1967.
Consists of scheelite and molybdenite bearing quartz veins in Cretaceous biotite granite and andesite.  Veins strike nearly S30-50øE and dips range from 70 to 80øSW. The ore veins vary in width 0.1m -3m and in length 100m - 150m. Scheelite, sphalerite,
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Yongho
35ø07'N
35 07'17N
129ø08'E
129 07'30E
Cu
Au, Ag, Pb, Zn
Cu-Ag vein
Grade of 1-4.81% Cu, 0.7 g/t Au, 63-81 g/t Ag, 1.8% Zn. Reserves of 20,000 tonnes averaging 1.5% Cu.
Bishopp and Kim, 1964.
Consists of sulfide-bearing hydrothermal quartz veins hosted by Cretaceous tuffaceous rock, volcanic breccia, and andesite. Veins fill fissures in the andesite. The body ranges from 1-4 m wide and 60-75 m long. Deposit minerals are chalcopyrite, galena,
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Dongjin
35ø43'N
35 43'00N
127ø19'E
127 19'00E
Sannae
Au,Ag
Au in shear zone and quartz vein
Grade of 6.7-101 g/t Au, 72.7-448 g/t Ag, 0.13-12.03% Cu, 0.20-14.06% Zn.
Kim, 1964.
Consists of a fissure-filling Au-Ag quartz vein that occurs along the faults in conglomerate in the Maisan Formation. In addition to gold, the other minerals are pyrite, chalcopyrite, arsenopyrite, sphalerite, galena, calcite, and tetrahedrite. The depos
Akimoto
32ø40'N
32 40 07N
131ø18'E
131 18 20E
Sambagawa-Chichibu-Shimanto
Mn
Volcanogenic-sedimentary Mn
Average grade of 42% Mn.  Production of 60,000 tonnes ore.
Geological Survey of Japan, 1954; Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1968; Yoshimura, 1969; Karakida and others, 1992.
Consists of four main ore bodies in the Takachiho Mn district.  The four ore bodies are located at the same stratigraphic horizon,  extending northeast direction for more than 1.5km.  Ore bodies are found in Permian chert and slate of Chichibu belt.  Ore
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Masan
35ø14'N
35 14'00N
128ø35'E
128 35'11E
Cu,Pb,Zn
Average grade of 4.72% Cu, 2.56% Pb, 50.45% Zn, 0.19 g/t Au and 336.88 g/t Ag. Production of 1,330 tonnes from 1960 and 1963.
Koh, 1964.
Deposits are fissure filling hydrothermal quartz veins with sulfide in Cretaceous andesite rock. The andesite intrudes purple shale and grey chert of the Cretaceous Jindong Formation. Deposit minerals are chalcopyrite, arsenopyrite, galena, sphalerite an
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Kuryong
35ø08'N
35 08'00N
128ø38'E
128 38'00E
Fe, Cu
Pb, Zn
Resources of 413,280 tonnes grading 41.6% Fe,0.11% S, 0.04% P.
Park, 1963; Kim and Oh, 1966.
Hosted in a Cretaceous granite porphyry that intrudes widespread limestone of unknown age. Associated with the granite porphyry is a succession of intrusive andesite, agglomerate, pyroxene andesite, masanite, quartz-feldspar porphyry and altered andesite
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Jinju
128ø18'E
128 17'30E
Pb,Zn
Average grade of 376.4 g/t Ag, 3.77% Pb, 0.09% Cu, 9.31% Zn. Production of 1,032 tonnes between 1956 and 1966
Shin and, 1966.
Consists of fissure-filling hydrothermal quartz veins with sulfides in chert and granodiorite. Purple shale, tuffaceous sandstone, grey mudstone, and chert of the Cretaceous Haman Formation are intruded by Late Cretaceous granodiorite. Ore minerals consi
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Haman-Gunpuk
35 10'30N
128ø24'E
128 24'00E
Reserves of 112,912 tonnes grading 0.86% Cu.
Kim and Kim, 1977.
Hosted in light-gray chert of the Cretaceous Jindong Formation. Deposit consists of fissure-filling hydrothermal veins composed of Cu sulfides, specularite, and tourmaline. Sixteen veins crop out at the surface. Drilling reveals that the C and M veins ar
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35ø26'N
35 26'00N
127ø34'E
127 34'00E
Ni,Co
Ni-Co arsenide vein
Grade of 0.29-1.1% Ni, 0.36-0.77% Cu.
Kim and Park, 1959.
Deposit consists of sulfides diseminated and in veinlets in ultramafic rock. The ultramafic rock intrudes gneiss and the deposits occur exclusively rock near the contact zone. The ultramafic rock consists of olivine, pyroxene and plagioclase with some ho
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Yungchang 1
35ø05'N
35 05'00N
128ø28'E
128 27'30E
Average grade of 4.1% Cu, 4.9% Pb, 15.7% Zn, 0.9 g/t Au, 142 g/t Ag.
Kim and Jones, 1968.
Consists of fissure-filled massive sulfide veins containing Pb, Zn and Cu and associated Ag values. The veins are hosted by the Cretaceous Jindong formation sedimentary rock. The general trend of the depoist occurs intermittently at the surface for about
Ulsan
35ø38'N
35 38'00N
ERROR 129ø02'0
129  20'00E
Cu, Pb
Fe skarn
Reserves of 1,708,400 tonnes grading 43% Fe, 0.02% Pb.
Hwang, 1963.
Hosted in limestone and serpentine of unknown age, Cretaceous slate and hornfels and Cretaceous biotite granite. The Fe skarn occurs along the bedding limestone, or on the contact zone between limestone and serpentinite. The deposit minerals are magnetit
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Goseong
34ø59'N
34 59'00N
128ø14'E
128 14'00E
Cu,Au,Ag
Production of 6,900 tonnes from 1929 to 1964 grading 2.6-10.0% Cu, 1.2-10 g/t Au and 65-300 g/t Ag.
Park and others 1988.
Hosted in Cretaceous green-grey shale and sandstone of Jindong Formation and rhyolite tuff of Yucheon Group that are intruded by Late Cretaceous granodiorite. Deposit occurs along fissures and a fault-shear zone. The ore minerals are arsenopyrite, pyrite
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Koksung
35ø13'N
35 13'00N
127ø22'E
127 22'00E
Graphite
Metamorphic graphite
Average grade of 5.46% f.c. Reserves of 6,770 tonnes.
Lee, 1960.
Occurs at Songjongni, Ogok-myeon, Koksung-gun, Chollanam-do province and is an undeveloped, newly-discovered graphite occurence. Host rock chiefly consist of granite gneiss, biotite schist with variable graphite content and graphite-biotite schist with s
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Tongyoung
34ø50'N
34 50'00N
128ø26'E
128 26'00E
Grade of 0.3-5.5 g/t Au,15-366 g/t Ag, 0.2-1.2% Cu. Production of 5,000 tonnes.
Hosted in Cretaceous andesite, and andesite tuff breccia of Yucheon Group that are intruded by a Late Cretaceous quartz porphyry and diabase. The veins occur along fissures and shear zones in andesite, tuff breccia and quartz porphyry. The deposit minera
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Samdong
34ø47'N
34ø47'00N
128ø05'E
128ø05'00E
Mo, Cu
Porphyry Mo (ñW, Sn, Bi)
Resources of 403,567 tonnes grading 0.01-0.09% Mo.
Park and others, 1980.
Deposit is hosted by a Late Cretaceous granitic stock that shows two distinct joint systems, the dominant set trending N30-80øW and the other N20-70øE. Molybdenite is deposited along fault shear zones, joints and fractures in the granite stock. Granite h
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Taishu
34ø13'N
34 13 22N
129ø13'E
129 13 14E
Hokuriku-Sanin
Zn, Pb
Ag
Average grade of 6.4% Zn, 2.9% Pb.  Production of 230,000 tonnes Zn, 139,000 tonnes Pb, from 5,000,000 tonnes ore.
Geological Survey of Japan, 1956; Uehara, 1959; Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1968; Karakida, 1987; Karakida and others, 1992; Ishihara and Imai, 2000.
Consists of three main NS and NE-striking vein systems. The Main vein is 2,200 m long and 2 m thick. The host rock is Paleogene sandstone and shale. Deposit formed during intrusion of a Miocene granitoid that occurs 5 km S. The granitoid consists of fine
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Hoshino
33ø13'N
33 13 20N
130ø49'E
130 48 54E
Average grade of 5 g/t Au. Production of 2.3 tonnes Au, 6.7 tonnes Ag.
Deposit includes several mines near the Hoshino village of the Fukuoka Prefecture. Deposit occurs in an area 12 km (EW) by 5 km (NS). The mines, from W to E, are the Koushyou-Hoshino (Hon-Hosino), Ogata, Taio-Hoshino, Shinko-Hoshino, Suzumino, Yame, and
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Taio
33ø07'N
33 07 25N
130ø53'E
130 52 48E
Average grade of 6.3 g/t Au, 27g/t Ag.  Production of 37 tonnes Au, 160 tonnes Ag, 5,870,000 tonnes ore.
Geological Survey of Japan, 1955; Mining and Materials Processing Institute of Japan, 1989; Karakida and others, 1992.
Consists of two main vein systems that strike E-NE and NW, and dip N. The veins occur in an area 3 km (EW) by 2 km (NS). The Main vein is 1,750 m long and 2.5 m thick Host rock is altered Miocene andesite. The main deposit minerals are native gold, argen
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Hoei
32ø53'N
32 53 24N
131ø28'E
131 27 39E
Zn
Sn skarn
Average grade of 3.0% Sn.
Consists of two main skarn bodies. Main and Number 1 bodies produced 90% of ore.  Size is 80 m x 130 x 20 m. Bodies are lenticular. Skarn formed during intrusion of Miocene granite. Main ore minerals are cassiterite, pyrrhotite, arsenopyrite, sphalerite,
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Shinkiura
32ø49'N
32 48 42N
131ø33'E
131 33 14E
Average grade of 1.4% Sn.
Kinoshita, 1961; Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1968.
Consists of 17 bodies. They are distributed in the area of 2,500 m EW by 3,000 m NS. Bodies are irregular shape with typical size of 500 m x 50 m x 10 m. The skarn formed by intrusion of Miocene granite. Main deposit minerals are cassiterite, pyrrhotite,
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Obira
32 48 39N
131ø24'E
131 23 45E
Sn, As
Cu, Ag
Cassiterite-sulfide-silicate vein and stockwork
Average grade of 1.2% Sn, 1.56% Cu, 11.2% As.  Production of 800,000 tonnes Sn ore, 5,000 tonnes Sn.
Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1965; Karakida and others, 1992.
Consists of four main NE-striking veins. The Main vein is 1,400 long and 1.5 m thick. The host rock is slate of Chichibu Group and Miocene granite porphyry and granite. Deposit formed during intrusion of Miocene granite. The deposit minerals are cassiter
Darak
35ø53'N
35 52'43N
128ø12'E
128 12'16E
Average grade of 3.01% Pb,4.41% Zn. 1.63 g/t Au, 41.23 g/t Ag. Resources of 85,720 tonnes ore.
Cho and Lee, 1966.
Hosted in Precambrian granite gneiss and Cretaceous biotite granite and granodiorite that are intruded by Late Cretaceous porphyry, felsite and quartz porphyry dikes. The deposit consists of sulfide veins in hydrothermal fissure fillings in granite gneis
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Mitate
32ø47'N
32 46 35N
131ø29'E
131 28 36E
Average grade of 0.9% Sn.  Production of 15,360t tonnes Sn (through 1960).
Consists of two bodies, Mitate-honnhi and Oohuki. Mitate-honnhi occurs between chert and limestone. The stratiform body strikes ENE, is 1,800 m long and average 2.5 m wide. The body extends downip for 400 m. The Oohuki body occurs 700 m S of the mitate-h
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Toroku
32ø46'N
32 46 06N
131ø22'E
131 21 48E
Average grade of 1% Sn, 29% As.
Geological Survey of Japan, 1956; Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1965
Consists of two bodies The skarn formed by intrusion of Miocene granite porphyry. Deposit occur contact zone between the granite porpohyry and the limestone and slate. The depsit is 1,900 m long with width of 0.3-6 m. Main deposit minerals are cassiterit
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Makimine
32ø37'N
32 37 26N
131ø27'E
131 27 20E
Besshi Cu-Zn-Ag massive sulfide
Average grade of 2.1% Cu, 0.5 g/t Au.  Production of 95,000 tonnes Cu, 4,500,000 tonnes ore.
Geological Survey of Japan, 1956; Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1965; Karakida and others 1992.
Consists of 60 bodies. The bodies are typically lenticular shape, with 10-60 m long (maximum 150 m), 0.2-1.5 m thick (maximum 4 m). Host rock is green rock and black phylite of Shimanto Group. The green rock is 1-2 m thick and present at footwall or hang
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Miyazaki-Matsuo
32ø18'N
32 17 34N
As
Au, Ag, Sb
Average grade of 7.2% As, 1.8 g/t Au, 19 g/t Ag, 1.3% Sb.
Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1968.
Consists of EW-striking veins dipping to N. Two main vein systems occur. Veins occur in a area 1 km (EW) by 0.5 km (NS). Main vein is 240 m long with average thickness of 0.6 m. Host rock is Miocene granodiorite and Shimanto Group sedimentary rock. Main
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Saeki district
33ø02'N
33 02 22N
131ø54'E
131 54 08E
Average grade of 35-40% Mn.
Geological Survey of Japan, 1954; Yoshimura, 1969.
Consists of 31 bodies. District include bodies in Saeki and Bungo-Ohno areas. Bodies occur in chert and slate of Chichibu belt, Jurassic accretionary complex. Bodies are parallel to the bedding of the host sedimentary rock. One of the bodies are 400 m lo
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Itsuki district
32ø24'N
32 23 50N
130 49 00E
Average grade of 40% Mn.
Consists of four main bodies. Itsuki area is a northern part of Hitoyoshi-Yatsushiro Mn district. The district contains large number of small Mn deposits. A main body, the Ikenotsuru deposit, is 100 m long, and 2 m thick. Bodies occur in Permian chert an
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Fuke
32ø10'N
32 09 49N
130ø36'E
130 36 18E
Average grade of 16 g/t Au, 11.5 g/t Ag.  Production of 3.2 tonnes Au, 1.9 tonnes Ag.
Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1968; Mining and Materials Processing Institute of Japan, 1989; Urashima and Ikeda, 1987.
Consists of NE and NW striking veins. Three main vein systems occur. Veins occur in a area 2 km (EW) by 2 km (NS). Main vein is 910 m long with average thickness of 0.7 m. Host rock is altered Miocene andesite. Main ore minerals are native gold, argentit
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Ohkuchi
32ø06'N
32 05 51N
130 37 42E
Average grade of 14.3 g/t Au, 6.4 g/t Ag.  Production of 22.6 tonnes Au, 17 tonnes Ag, 1,700,000 tonnes ore.
Consists of NE-striking veins. Three main vein systems occur. Veins occur in a area 2 km (EW) by 2 km (NS). Main vein is 1,500 m long with average thickness of 1.2 m. Host rock is Miocene altered andesite. Main deposit minerals are electrum, argentite, c
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Hishikari
32ø00'N
32 00 18N
130ø41'E
130 40 56E
Average grade of 46 g/t Au. Resources of 250 tonnes Au.
Mining and Materials Processing Institute of Japan, 1989; Ibaraki and Suzuki, 1993; Naito, 1993; Izawa and others, 1993; Sekine and others, 1998.
Consists of NE striking veins. Three main vein systems are Honko, Yamada, and Sanjin. Veins occur in an area 2.5 km (EW) by 0.8 km (NS). Veins in Honko range from 1-3 m wide with a maximum strike length of 400 m. Maximum width of the vein is 13 m. Host r
Wolak
35ø51'N
35 51'00N
128ø08'E
128 08'00E
W,Mo
Average grade of 2% WO3, 0.6% MoS2.
Kim and Koh, 1963.
Consists of fissure filling pegmatitc quartz veins that strike N20oE and dip 85 to 90o SE in the calc-silicate rock, cordierite-biotite hornfels and biotite granite. The deposit minerals consist of wolframite, scheelite, bismuthinite, chalcopyrite, pyrit
Sasagatani
34ø32'N
34 32 06N
131ø45'E
131 44 43E
Inner Zone Southwest Japan
Cu, Zn
Cu (ñFe, Au, Ag, Mo) skarn
Average grade of 0.9% Cu, 4.3% Zn, 4.6% As. Production of 8,300 tonnes Cu, 910 tonnes Zn, 4,000 tonnes As.
Geological Survey of Japan, 1956; Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1965.
Consists of five bodies. Bodies are irregular shape with typical size 140 m long 50 m high 5 m wide. They are distributed in the area of 1,500 m EW by 600 m NS. The skarn formed by intrusion of Late Cretaceous granite. Main deposit minerals are pyrite, p
Donggok
35ø35'N
35 35'00N
128 35'00E
Au, Ag, Cu
Grade of 1.65-14.94% Pb, 0.42-18.06% Zn, 0.3-1g/t Au, 8-551g/t Ag and 0.38% Cu.
Jeong and Kim, 1961.
Consists of fissure filling hydrothermal quartz veins with sulfides in Cretaceous andesite and diorite. The ore bodies range in width 0.15-0.5m, length 36m, and depth 57m. Ore minerals consist of galena, sphalerite, pyrite and chalcopyrite.
Yanggudong
35ø27'N
35 27'00N
128ø41'E
128 41'00E
Au, Ag,
Average grade of 2.37% Cu,5.5% Pb, 10% Zn, 1.08 g/t Au , 168.3 g/t Ag.
Hwang and others, 1989.
Consists of fissure filling sulfide-bearing hydrothermal quartz veins in andesite rock. The andesite intrudes shale of the Cretaceous Jindong formation. Deposit minerals are galena, sphalerite, chalcopyrite and pyrite. The width and length of the veins i
Gwymyeong
35ø25'N
35 25'00N
128ø43'E
128 43'00E
Reserves of 6,080 tonnes ore grading 6.8% Pb, 9.2%Zn, 1.3% Cu, 1.1 g/t Au and 94.83g /t Ag. Production of 415 tonnes from 1964 to 1966.
Deposit hosted by Cretaceous tuffaceous rock and Late Cretaceous andesite and diorite. Deposit occurs along fissures and shear zones in andesite and diorite. The width, length, and depth of veins are 0.3-1 m, 60-120 m, and 90-200 m respectively. Ore mine
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Cheolma
129ø12'E
129 12'00E
Resources of 98,700 tonnes grading 0.5-1.3 g/tAu, 2-30 g/t Ag, and 0.5-3.01% Cu.
D. H. Hwang, N. Y. Park, M. S. Kim and C. K. Kim, 1987.
Consists of gold bearing quartz veins following fault shear zone, joint and fractures.   Host rocks are Cretaceous andesitic rocks, lapilli tuffs, rhyolitic tuffs and felsophyre intruded by Cretaceous granodiorite, hornblende granite, biotite granite and
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Hamayokokawa
35ø58'N
35 58 23N
137ø54'E
137 54 01E
Mino-Tamba-Chugoku
Grade of 33-42% Mn.  Production of 260,000 tonnes ore.
Geological Survey of Japan, 1954; Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1968; Yoshimura, 1969; Uemura and Yamada, 1988.
Located in the Yokokawa (Shiojiri) Mn deposit district that contains 17 deposits. The Hamayokokawa deposit is the largest and contains six main bodies. The main body is 50 m long, 8 m thick, and extends 120 m downdip. The bodies occur in Paleozoic and Me
Yaei
35ø00'N
35 00 06N
136ø23'E
136 22 43E
Average grade of 30-45% Mn.  Production of 10,000 tonnes ore.
Occurs in the Suzuka Mn deposit district, in that 15 deposits occur. Yaei depsoit is largest in the district. Deposit consists of two bodies. Main body is 1000 m long with 0.2-5 m thick, trending EW. Bodies occur in Paleozoic-Mesozoic chert and slate of
Tamba district
35ø10'N
35 10 00N
135ø45'E
135 45 00E
Consists of more than 55 small bodies. District is also called as Shuzan district. One of the main body is Showa deposit and is 30 m long, 0.7 m thick. Bodies occur in Paleozoic-Mesozoic chert and slate of Tamba belt. Deposit minerals are rhodochrosite,
Kaneuchi
35 13 50N
135ø25'E
135 24 30E
Average grade of 0.65% WO3, 0.06% Sn.  Production of 1,500 tonnes W, 217 tonnes Cu, 60 tonnes Sn.
Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1968; Imai and others, 1972; Shibata and Ishihara, 1974; Shibue and Kazahaya, 1993.
Consists of NE striking veins in ten vein systems. Main vein is 550 m long with average thickness of 0.3 m. Host rock is Jurassic mudstone of Tamba Belt. Main ore minerals are scheelite, wolframite, arsenopyrite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, cassiterite, pyrrho
Tonoda district
35 08 00N
135ø33'E
135 33 00E
Average grade of 30-45% Mn.
Consists of more than 65 small bodies. Bodies are typically 40 m long, 0.5-2 m thick. Bodies occur in Paleozoic-Mesozoic chert and slate of Tamba belt. Deposit minerals are rhodochrosite, Mn oxide and rhodonite.
Iwami
35ø31'N
35 31 26N
134ø22'E
134 22 15E
Average grade of 1.6% Cu.  Production of 18,000 tonnes Cu (from 1923-1960).
Consists of NE striking veins, networks, and disseminations. Main vein is 600 m longwith average width of 0.45 m. Host rock is Miocene rhyolite. Ore minerals are chalcopyrite and pyrite. Gangue mineral is quartz. Wallrock alteration consists of quartz, c
Nakase
35ø22'N
35 21 33N
134ø37'E
134 37 14E
Sb, Au, Ag
Average grade of 0.4% Sb, 5.9 g/t Au, 34 g/t Ag.  Production of 1,100,000 tonnes ore.
Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1968; Mining and Materials Processing Institute of Japan, 1994b.
Consists of EW and NW-striking veins. Twelve vein systems comprises deposit and distributed in a area of 1 km by 1.5 km. Main vein is 600 m long with average thickness of 0.2 m. Host rock is black phylite, green rock of Sangun belt. Main deposit minerals
Otani
35ø02'N
35 01 59N
135ø32'E
135 31 38E
W, Cu, Sn
Average grade of 0.46% WO3, 0.26% Cu, 0.11% Sn.  Production of 776,000 tonnes ore (from 1951-1971).
Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1968; Shibata and Ishihara, 1974; Imoto and others 1989.
Consists of NE-striking veins. The Main vein is 700 m long with average thickness of 1.5 m. The host rock is Cretaceous granodiorite. The main deposit minerals are scheelite, cassiterite, chalcopyrite, arsenopyrite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, sphalerite and sta
Akenobe
35ø16'N
35 16 00N
134ø40'E
134 40 22E
Zn, Cu, Sn
Au, Ag, W, Pb
Average grade of 1.41% Zn, 1.00% Cu, 0.42% Sn.  Production of 1.5 million tonnes ore, 220,000 tonnes Zn, 150,000 tonnes Cu, 12,000 tonnes Pb, 0.35 tonnes Au, 160 tonnes Ag.
Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1968; Ishihara and Shibata, 1972; Sato and Akiyama, 1980; Furuno and others, 1992.
Deposit consists of four ore zones, Akenobe polymetallic zone, transitional (Zn-Cu-Au-Ag) zone, Ohmidani Au-Ag zone, and Mikohata Au-Ag zone.  It occurs in area 9km (east-west) and 5km (north-south).  Consists of northwest and east-west striking veins, t
Ikuno
35 10 08N
134ø50'E
134 49 32E
Ag, Au, Cu, Zn, Sn, Pb
Average grade of 0.3 g/t Au, 60 g/t Ag, 1.4% Cu,  5% Zn, 0.8% Sn, 1.5% Pb.  Production of 47,000 tonnes Cu, 92,000 tonnes Zn, 19,000 tonnes Pb, 1,500 tonnes Sn.
Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1968; MITI 1988; Shimizu and others, 1998.
Consists of more than 50 NW and NS striking polymetalic veins. The Main vein is 1,900 m long with an average width of 1.4 m. Veins occur in a area 8 km (EW) by 6 km (NS). The host rock is rhyolite, andesite, and associated pyroclastic rock, and minor sed
Ningyotoge
35ø19'N
35 18 44N
133ø56'E
133 56 09E
U
Clastic-sediment-hosted U
Average grade of 0.036% U3O8.  Reserves of 2,000 tonnes U3O8.
Power Reacter and Nuclear Fuels Cooperation, 1984.
Occurs in Miocene and Pleistocene conglomerate, sandstone and mudstone. Consists of nine major bodies. Those are distributed in an area of 4 km (NS) by 6 km (EW) and occur in a paleochannel. Main body, Nakatsugawa body, is 700 m long and 600 m wide and 1
Nakatatsu
35ø52'N
35 52 17N
136ø35'E
136 34 34E
Zn, Ag, Pb
Zn-Pb (Ag, Cu, W) skarn
Average grade of 6.2% Zn, 0.52% Pb, 30 g/t Ag, 0.06% Cu.  Production of 620,000 tonnes Zn, 57,000 tonnes Pb, 240 tonnes Ag.  Rsources of 15 million tonnes.
Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1965; Seki and others, 1979; Japan Zinc Mining Corparation, 1984; Nishikawa and Tochimoto, 1985; Yamashita and others, 1988; Murao and others, 1991.
Consists of four main skarn bodies. The bodies occur in area 8 km long (EW) and 400 m wide (NS). Skarn occurs in the Paleozoic limestone of the Hida Marginal zone(Hidagaien zone). The skarn is classified into three zones, i.e., hedenbergite zone, garnet
Yamatosuigin
34ø28'N
34 28 24N
135ø59'E
135 58 39E
Hg
Hg-Sb-W vein and stockwork
Average grade of 0.5% Hg.  Production of 645 tonnes Hg.
Geological Survey of Japan, 1955; Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1968.
Consists of six NW-striking veins. The Main vein is 400 m long, 0.5 m wide and extends 440 m downdip. The host rock is Cretaceous biotite granite of the Ryoke belt. The deposit minerals are cinnabar, native marcury, realgar and pyrite. Gangue minerals ar
Kamio
34 27 46N
135 58 55E
Volcanic-hosted Hg.
Average grade of 0.5% Hg.  Production of 121 tonnes Hg.
Geological Survey of Japan, 1955; Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1968; Kishimoto, 1975.
Consists of NE striking veins. Main vein is 70 m long with maximum width of 3 m, and extends 60 m downdip. Veins occur in an area 100 m by 450 m. Host rock is Cretaceous biotite granitie of Ryoke Belt. Ore minerals are cinnabar, native marcury, and pyrit
Yanahara
34ø58'N
34 57 56N
134ø04'E
134 04 23E
Pyrite
Average grade of 44% Fe, 47% S, 0.2% Cu, 0.3% Zn.  Resources of 3.7 million tonnes.
Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1965; Dowa Mining Corporation, 1981.
Consists of the main Yanahara body and nine smaller bodies. The bodies are stratiform and lenticular and occur in an area 4.5 by 2 km. The main Yanahara body contains the upper, lower and lowest bodies. The upper body is 350 m long along strick and exten
Daito
35 17 45N
132ø59'E
132 58 41E
Grade of 3-5% MoS2.  Production of 2,540 tonnes Mo (1950-1966).
Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1968; Ishihara, 1971.
Consists of northeast striking veins.  The deposit consists of 8 main veins.  Main vein is 450m long and with averrage width of 0.5m.  Veins are present in a area 1.2km (east-west) by 0.9km (north-south).  Host rocks are mainly Paleogene leucocratic gran
Seikyu
35ø17'N
35 17 18N
132 59 20E
Grade of 5-10% MoS2.  Production of 2,200 tonnes concentrate grading 83% MoS2.
Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1968; Ishihara, 1971; Shibata and Ishihara, 1974.
Consists of NE, NW and NS-striking veins, dipping gently 10-20 o to S. Deposit consists of 15 vein systems. Main vein is 500 m long and with averrage width of 0.3 m. Host rock is mainly Paleogene leucocratic granite and migmatite. Deposit minerals are mo
Niu
34ø21'N
34 21 03N
135ø30'E
135 29 47E
Average grade of 0.4% Hg.
Geological Survey of Japan, 1955; Takimoto, 1973; Kishimoto, 1975.
Consists of three main vein systems. Veins occur in area 1,200 m (NS) by 3,500 m (EW). Veins are typically 50-100 m long and 0.5-2.2 m wide. Veins extend 70-140 m downdip. Cinnabar-quartz veins and cinnabar-clay veins occur. Dissemination deposit mineral
Wakamatsu
35 05 12N
133ø13'E
133 12 55E
Cr
Podiform chromite
Average grade of 32% Cr2O3.  Production of 780,000 tonnes ore.
Hirano, 1996; Miyake and others, 1997.
Occurs in serpentinite derived from dunite of the Tari-Misaka ultramafic body in the Sangun belt. The ultramafic body is mostly composed of massive harzburgite and dunite. The ultramafic rock is metamorphosed by a Cretaceous granite. The mine contains th
Hirose
35 04 55N
133 12 34E
Average grade of 34% Cr2O3.  Production of 770,000 tonnes ore.
Geological Survey of Japan, 1954; Hirano and others, 1978; Miyake and others, 1997.
Deposit occurs in serpentinite derived from dunite of the Tari-Misaka ultramafic body in the Sangun belt. The ultramafic body is mostly masive harzburgite and dunite. Ultramafic rock is metamorphosed by intrusion of Cretaceous granite. Deposit consists o
Komaki
35ø06'N
35 06 27N
133ø01'E
133 00 54E
Grade of 3-5% MoS2.
Consists of NE-striking veins. Deposit consists of five main veins. Main vein is 50 m long and with averrage width of 4 m and continues 450 m downdip. Host rock is mainly Paleogene two-mica granite. Deposit minerals are molybdenite, wolframite, scheelite
Iimori
34ø15'N
34 14 51N
135ø26'E
135 26 20E
Average grade of 1.3% Cu.  Production of 115,000 tonnes Cu, 2,700,000 tonnes ore from 1919 to 1968.
Geological Survey of Japan, 1956; Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1968; Nakazawa and others, 1987.
Consists of a large stratabond body that is 7 km long and strikes EW. Thickness of body ranges from 0.2-2.8 m. Main ore minerals are chalcopyrite, pyrite, bornite, sphalerite, and magnetite. Minor ore mineral is magnetite. A small amount of quartz, chlor
Hiraiwa-Sasabora
35ø39'N
35 38 58N
137ø05'E
137 05 19E
F
Fluorspar vein
Production of 43,000 tonnes (52% CaF2).
Igarashi, 1959.
Consists of three stratiform bodies. The bodies strikes EW and extend about 1,200 m along strike. Thickness of bodies is 0.6 m. High grade bodies contains upto 20% Cu. Main ore minerals are pyrite, chalcopyrite, magnetite, and pyrrhotite. Gangue mineral
Yoshioka
34ø52'N
34 51 34N
133ø28'E
133 27 32E
Average grade of 2.5-10% Cu.  Production of 19,000 tonnes Cu, 36 tonnes Ag, 0.07 tonnes Au.
Consists of NE, EW and NS-striking veins. Deposit consists of more than 20 veins. Main vein is 700 m long and with width of 0.3-4.5 m. Veins occur in a area 3 km (EW) by 4 km (NS). Host rock is Paleozoic phylite of Sangun belt. Deposit minerals are chalc
Omori
35 09 52N
132ø27'E
132 26 32E
Ag, Au
Average grade of 1,000-2,000 g/t Ag.  Production of 1.4 tonnes Au, 65.7 tonnes Ag, 6,300 tonnes Cu (from 1891-1919).
Mining and Materials Processing Institute of Japan, 1994b; Sakoda and others, 2000.
Consists of seven main NE-striking veins. The Main vein is 400 m long and 0.5 m wide. The veins occur in a area 0.5 km (EW) by 0.7 km (NS). The host rock is Miocene dacite. The deposit minerals are argentite, chalcopyrite, pyrite, galena, sphalerite, sid
Obie
34ø36'N
34 36 11N
133ø48'E
133 48 11E
Grade of 1.3-2.6% Cu, 1.5% Pb, 28 g/t Ag.  Production of 16,500 tonnes Cu.
Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1968; Igi and others, 1987.
Consists of NW, EW and NS-striking veins. Six main vein systems occur. Main vein is 1,300 m long and with average width of 1 m. Host rock is black shale. Cretaceous quartz diorite and quartz porphyry occur around the deposit. Deposit formed with relation
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Kishu
33ø52'N
33 52 13N
135ø55'E
135 55 02E
Ag, Au, Cu
Average grade of 0.2 g/t Au, 26 g/t Ag, 1.4% Cu.  Production of  0.6 tonnes Au, 153 tonnes Ag, 93,000 tonnes Cu, 9,400,000 tonnes ore.
Consists of 24 EW-striking vein systems. The veins occur in an area 3 km (EW) by 5 km (NS). The Main vein is 1,800 m long and 0.5 m thick. The host rock is Shimanto Supergroup and Miocene sandstone. The main deposit minerals are native gold, argentite, c
Myoho
33ø39'N
33 39 15N
135ø49'E
135 49 12E
Average grade of 1.9% Cu.  Production of  29,000 tonnes Cu.
Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1968; Nomoto, 1984.
Consists of NW and NS-striking veins. Nine vein systems occur. Veins occur in a area 5 km (EW) by 2 km (NS). Main vein is 1,300 m long with average thickness of 1.8 m. Host rock is Miocene sandstone and mudstone and granite porphyry. Main deposit mineral
Higashiyama
34ø01'N
34 01 28N
134ø20'E
134 19 37E
Cu, Pyrite
Average grade of 3.1% Cu, 35.6% S.  Production of 18,000 tonnes Cu.
Geological Survey of Japan, 1956; Shikoku Bureau of International Trade and Industry, 1957; Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1965; Suyari and others, 1991.
Sazare
33ø54'N
33 53 34N
133ø33'E
133 33 28E
Average grade of 1.55% Cu, 19% S.  Production of 95,000 tonnes Cu.
Consists of three stratiform bodies. The main horizon strikes EW and extend about 2,500 m along strike. Deposit extend 1,600 m down dip. Main deposit minerals are pyrite, chalcopyrite, bornite, sphalerite and magnetite. Gangue minerals are chlorite, horn
Shirataki
33ø50'N
33 49 30N
133ø29'E
133 28 32E
Grade of 1.2-1.8% Cu, 0.2-1.0% Zn, 16-20% S, 0.1-0.5 g/t Au, 5-10 g/t Ag.  Production of 60,000 tonnes Cu.
Consists of a srtratiform body that strikes EW and extends about 6,000 m NS and 4,200 m downdip. Thickness of deposit is 0.2-4 m. Main deposit minerals are pyrite, chalcopyrite, bornite and amall amount of sphalerite. Minor deposit minerals are pyrrhotit
Besshi
33 52 29N
133ø19'E
133 19 08E
Cu, Au, Ag
Large
Grade of 1.0-1.8% Cu, 0.1-1.4% Zn, 11.9-40% S, 0.3-0.7g/t Au, 7-20g/t Ag. Production of 706,000 tonnes Cu.  Reserves of 8,000,000 tonnes.
Geological Survey of Japan, 1956; Shikoku Bureau of International Trade and Industry, 1957; Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1965; Suyari and others, 1991; Watanabe and others, 1998.
Consists of four srtratiform ore bodies. The Main Motoyama body extends 1,600 m along strike and 2,000 m down dip, and has dimensions of 3,000 by 11,000 m.  Average thickness is 2.4 m with a maximum thickness of 15 m. The ain ore minerals are pyrite, cha
Kootsu
34 01 25N
134ø13'E
134 13 25E
Average grade of 1.1% Cu, 15.3% S.  Production of 25,000t Cu.
Consists of four stratiform bodies that strike EW. Maximum length of the main body is 180 m along strike and extend about 2,000 m NS. Thickness of body is 0.5-1 m with maximum of 5 m. Main deposit minerals are pyrite, chalcopyrite, bornite and magnetite.
Higashimino district
35ø34'N
35 33 40N
136ø50'E
136 49 30E
Average grade of 23% Mn.
Geological Survey of Japan, 1954; Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1968; Yoshimura, 1969.
District contains a large number of Mn bodies and is also named the Nagara and Ohta districts. Main bodies are Otukame, Ititannda, and Taisei deposits. The Taisei deposit is 60 m long, 2.5 m thick, and extends 150 m downdip. Bodies occur in Paleozoic and
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Ichinokawa
33ø53'N
33 53 04N
Clastic-sediment-hosted Sb-Au
Average grade of 20% Sb.  Production of 20,000 tonnes Sb.
Geological Survey of Japan, 1955; Shikoku Bureau of Trade and Industry, 1957; Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1968; Suyari and others, 1991.
Consists of EW striking veins. Two main vein systems occur. Main vein is 1,300 m long and with an average width of 10 m. Host rock is Sanbagawa Metamorphic rock and Cretaceous sedimentary rock. Ore mineral is stibnite. Gangue minerals are quartz and mino
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Kawayama
34 15 01N
132ø00'E
132 00 26E
Cu, Zn, Ag, S
Average grade of 0.74% Cu, 0.9% Zn, 24 g/t Ag.  Production of 19,900 tonnes Cu (from1951-1961).  Reserves of  18,000,000 tonnes.
Consists of a lenticular body that strikes NE and dips 30 to 40o NW. The body is 1,000 m long, 3.5 m thick, and extends 600 m downdip. Main ore minerals are pyrrhotite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, and sphalerite, and minor arsenopyrite and cubanite. Quartz, ch
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Ananai district
33ø41'N
33 41 12N
133ø37'E
133 37 27E
Grade of 30-45% Mn. Production of 300,000 tonnes of Mn ore.
Geological Survey of Japan, 1954; Shikoku Bureau of International Trade and Industry, 1957; Yoshimura, 1969; Suyari and others, 1991.
Contains more than eleven small ore bodies andis also named the Amatubo district. The ore bodies are hosted in Paleozoic and Mesozoic greenstone and sandstone of Chichibu belt. The main Ananai deposit which produced about 300,000 tonnes ore and consists
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Kuga
34ø12'N
34 11 35N
132ø01'E
132 00 48E
Cu, Sn
WñMoñBe skarn
Average grade of 0.68% WO3, 0.75% Cu, 0.76% Zn, 0.06% Sn.  Resources of 500,000 tonnes.
Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1965; Higashimoto, 1977; Igi and others, 1987; Kase and others, 1993.
Consists of 13 major bodies located in Late Triassic-Jurassic Kuga Group, consisting mainly of slate, chert and limestone. Granite occur 7 km S and SE of deposit. The skarn formed by intrusion of the Cretaceous granite. Size of largest body is 80 m long,
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Fujigatani
34ø08'N
34 08 13N
132ø02'E
132 02 14E
Grade of 1-2% WO3.  Production of 2,600 tonnes WO3.
Geological Survey of Japan, 1954; Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1965; Shibata and Ishihara, 1974; Sato, 1980; Igi and others, 1987.
Consists of three bodies hosted in Paleozoic limestone. Main body is 200 m long, 120 m wide, and 3 m thick. Main ore minerals are scheelite and pyrrhotite. Gangue minerals are hedenbergite, garnet, quartz, and fluorite. A granitoid body below the deposit
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Iwakuni district
34ø07'N
34 07 28N
132ø04'E
132 03 41E
Grade of 30-45% Mn.
Geological Survey of Japan, 1954; Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1968; Igi and others, 1987.
Consists of more than 100 small bodies in a area 30 sq.km. Bodies occur in Mesozoic chert and slate of the Kuga Group. A main deposit, the Hukumaki deposit, is 100 m long, 2 m thick, and extends 140 m downdip. Ore minerals are rhodochrosite, Mn oxide, ha
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Okuki
33ø31'N
33 30 34N
132ø39'E
132 39 11E
Cyprus Cu-Zn massive sulfide
Average grade of 2.14% Cu, 4 g/t Au, 60 g/t Ag.  Production of 50,000 tonnes Cu, 2 tonnes Au, 7 tonnes Ag.
Shikoku Bureau of International Trade and Industry, 1957; Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1965; Watanabe and others, 1970; Suyari and others, 1991.
Consists of Cu sulfide and pyrite massive sulfide that occurs conformably in metamorphosed mafic volcanic and pyroclastic rock associated with a gabbro body and thin chert beds in the Mikabu ophiolite. Deposit consists of the Honko and Otoko deposits. Ea
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Uwajima district
33ø21'N
33 20 36N
132ø31'E
132 30 32E
Average grade of 27% Mn.
Geological Survey of Japan, 1954; Shikoku Bureau of International Trade and Industry, 1957; Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1968; Yoshimura, 1969; Suyari and others, 1991.
Consists of more than 65 small bodies. Bodies occur in Paleozoic-Mesozoic chert and slate of Chichibu belt. One of the main deposit, Ippou deposit is 600 m long, 1 m thick and extends 120 m to downdip. Deposit minerals are rhodochrosite, tephroite, rhodo
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Fujinokawa
33ø08'N
33 08 17N
132ø51'E
132 50 54E
Average grade of 20% Sb. Production of 500 tonnes Sb(50%) from 1915 to1939.
Consists of three stibnite-quartz veins that strike NS and dip 45o W. Host rock is shale and sandstone of Cretaceous Shimanto Supergroup. Ore mineral is stibnite. Gangue mineral is quartz. Minor calcite and clay occur in the vein. Disseminated stibnite c
Nishimino district
35ø36'N
35 36 15N
136ø34'E
136 34 26E
Grade of 29-38% Mn.  Production of 5,600 tonnes ore.
Consists of more than 20 small bodies. District is also named as Motosu or Neo districts. Main body is Tsurumaki deposit and is 90 m long, 7 m thick and extend 170 m downdip. Bodies occur in Paleozoic-Mesozoic chert and slate of Mino belt. Footwall is ba
Kune
35 05 06N
137ø50'E
137 50 05E
Average grade of 3.1% Cu.  Production of 115,000 tonnes Cu, 3,750,000 tonnes ore (from1902-1961).
Consists of two main lenticular bodies that occur along a stratigraphic horizon. Eight other deposits occur in 6 km from the main bodies. The deposit mineral horizon strikes NE and dips 45 to 70 o NW. One of the bodies is 250 m long with 2-30 m thick and
Minenosawa
34ø60'N
34 59 52N
137ø51'E
137 50 48E
Cu, Zn, Au, Ag
Average grade of 1.0 % Cu, 1.5% Zn, 0.6 g/t Au, 9 g/t Ag.  Production of 24,000 tonnes Cu, 2,480,000 tonnes ore.
Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1965.
Consists of a lenticular body in a horizon that strikes NE and dips 30 to 40 o NW. The body is 700 m long with 4 m thick and extend 170 m downdip. Main deposit minerals are pyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, magnetite and pyrrhotite. Quartz, chlorite, cal
Kitatamba district
35 13 00N
135 49 00E
Grade of 30-34% Mn.
Consists of more than 25 small bodies. Also named as Adogawa district. Main body is the Kumanohata deposit and is 70 m long, 1-3 m thick and extends 60 m downdip. Bodies occur in Paleozoic and Mesozoic chert and slate of the Tamba belt. Deposit minerals
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Takara
35 34 24N
138ø50'E
138 50 03E
Northeast Japan
Zn, Cu
Volcanogenic Zn-Pb-Cu massive sulfide (Kuroko, Altai type)
Average grade of 18.8% Zn, 0.3% Cu.  Production of 4,900 tonnes Zn, 2,200 tonnes Cu from 1,530,000 tonnes of ore.
Geological Survey of Japan, 1956; Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1965; Yamanashi Prefecture, 1970; Uemura and Yamada, 1988.
Consists of four main bodies. The main body is 100 m long, 70 m wide and 20 m thick. Three bodies consist of yellow ore and silisious ore and the last body contain Zn-rich Kuroko. Main deposit minerals are pyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite and galena. Min
Seikoshi
34ø54'N
34 54 02N
138ø49'E
138 49 27E
Average grade of 11.1 g/t Au, 355 g/t Ag.  Production of 16.3 tonnes Au, 523 tonnes Ag, 1,460,000 tonnes ore.
Mining and Materials Processing Institute of Japan, 1994a.
Consists of NE-striking veins. Deposit consists of fourmain vein systems. Main vein is 1,000 m long and with averrage width of 3.5 m. Host rock is Miocene-Pliocene andesite, and andesite tuff. Deposit minerals are electrum, (Au50-60%), argentite, stephan
Mochikoshi
34ø53'N
34 52 55N
138ø52'E
138 52 08E
Average grade of 6.4 g/t Au, 136 g/t Ag.  Production of 763,000 tonnes ore.
Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1968; Mining and Materials Processing Institute of Japan, 1994a.
Consists of a NW-striking vein. The vein is 1,900 m long and average width of 3 m. Host rock is Miocene andesite, and andesite tuff. Deposit minerals are electrum, native silver, argentite and pyrargyrite. Gangue minerals are quartz, adularia and calcite
Toi
34 53 48N
138ø48'E
138 48 11E
Average grade of 9.5 g/t Au, 74 g/t Ag.  Production of 18.3 tonnes Au, 248 tonnes Ag from 1,360,500 tonnes ore.
Mining and Materials Processing Institute of Japan, 1999a.
Consists of more than twenty NW-striking veins. Main vein is 2,000 m long and with averrage width of 1 m. Veins occur in a area 1 km (EW) by 2 km (NS). Host rock is Miocene-Pliocene andesite, and andesite tuff. Deposit minerals are stephanite, pyrargyrit
J
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Yixingzai, Fanshi, Shanxi Province
39ø22'N
39 22 15N
113ø48'E
113 48 00E
Yanshan
China
Volcanic-hosted Au-base-metal metasomatite
Average grade of 9.36 g/t Au. Reserves of 7.32 tonnes Au.
Editorial Committee of the Discovery History of Mineral Deposits of China, 1995.
The basement rocks in the mine and in the area are metamorphic sequences of the Archean Wutai, Shizhui, Zhuangwang groups and the Archean Hengshan Complex. Mesozoic moderate-felsic igneous rocks intruded the area as small, varied shaped, hypabyssal
Guopanliang, Baode County, Shanxi Province
38ø45'N
38 45 10N
111ø10'E
111 10 15E
Shanxi
Al
Sedimentary bauxite
Average grade of 58.22% Al2O3. Reserves of  83.44 million tonnes ore.
Editorial Committee of the Discovery History of Mineral Deposits of China, 1995; Lu, Jingwen and others, 1997.
Deposit is hosted in the basal part of the Benxi Formation of Carboniferous age. The sedimentary sequence hosting the deposit is clay shale, ferrous claystone, bauxite, limonite, bauxite, bauxite shale, and claystone. There one ore mineral layer averages
Taiyuan, Shanxi Province
38ø02'N
38 02 00N
112ø30'E
112 30 00E
Jinzhong
Gypsum
Evaporate sedimentary gypsum
Not available.
Yuan, Jianqi, and Cai, Keqin, 1994.
Consists of gypsum-bearing strata in evaporate rock in the Early Ordovician Majiagou Formation. The gypsum-bearing strata range from 118 to 207 m thick. The strata are divided into the following members: (1) lower limestone; (2) lower gypsum; (3) middle
Yuanjiachun, Shanxi Province
38ø15'N
38 15 10N
111ø28'E
111 27 48E
Luliangshan
Banded iron formation (BIF, Superior Fe)
Average grade of 32.37% Fe. Reserves of 895 million tonnes  Fe ore.
Zhang, Qiusheng and others, 1984a, b.
Consists of bedded and stratiform Fe deposits that are concordant to host rock that consist of clastic rock, mudstone, carbonate rock and minor volcanic rock that is metamorphosed to greenschist facies. The Fe beds strike NS for several to more than ten
Sitou, Shaxi Province
38ø03'N
38 03 05N
111ø27'E
111 27 10E
Consists of bedded and stratiform bodies that are concordant to host chlorite schist, phyllite and marble. The deposit minerals are composed mainly of hematite, magnetite, siderite and quartz, cummingtonite and stilpnomelane. Magnetite and hematite are v
Lingshi, Shanxi Province
37ø13'N
37 13 00N
112ø07'E
112 07 00E
gypsum
Tao, Weiping, 1994.
Consists of two gypsum-bearing horizons occuring in Middle Ordovician sedimentary rock. The lower gypsum horizon is mainly breccia-bearing marlite intercalated with gypsum, 22-40 m thick. The upper gypsum horizon consists of gypsum, anhydrite, dolostone,
Shigong, Xiaoyi, Shanxi Province
37ø20'N
37 20 10N
111ø30'E
111 29 52E
Average grade of 66.26% Al2O3, 11.83% SiO2, 2.18% Fe2O3. Reserves of 26.77 million tonnes Al ore.
Editorial Committee of the Discovery History of Mineral Deposits of China, 1995; Lu, Jingwen, Peng, Xiaolei and Xu, Lijie, 1997.
Deposit is hosted at the lower part of the Middle Carboniferous Benxi Formation that occurs on an erosion surface of the limestone of the Middle Ordovician Fengfeng Formation. The bodies are stratiform and lenticular  and are usually 2300 m long and 1400
Xiangwang, Xiaoyi, Shanxi Province
111 29 50E
Average grade of 59% Al2O3, 11% SiO2, 2% Fe2O3. Reserves of 49.39 million tonnes Al ore.
Deposit is hosted at the lower part of the Middle Carboniferous Benxi Formation that occurs on an erosion surface of the limestone of the Fengfeng Formation of Middle Ordovician. The bodies are stratiform and lensoid  and are usually 1200-2500 m long and
Re'er, Shanxi Province
111ø29'E
111 29 20E
Be
Average grade of 64.43% Al2O3. Reserves of 62,656 thousand tonnes Al ore.
Liao, Shifan and others, 1994; Editorial Committee of the Discovery History of Mineral Deposits of China, 1995; Chen, Ping and others, 1997.
Consists of stratiform and lenticular bodies up to 1800 m long and 400 m wide. The thickness of a bauxite layer is 0.5-11.7 m thick. The host sequence from the bottom to the top consists of sedimentary Fe deposit (hematite), allite?, bauxite, refractory
Xihedi, Xiaoyi, Shanxi Province
111 29 10E
Average grade of 67.24% Al2O3, 10.5% SiO2, 3.37% Fe2O3. Reserves of 46.39 million tonnes.
Editorial Committee of the Discovery History of Mineral Deposits of China, 1995; Lu, Jingwenand others, 1997.
Deposit is hosted at the lower part of the Middle Carboniferous Benxi Formation occuring on an erosion surface of the limestone of the Fengfeng Formation of Middle Ordovician. The bodies have a clear cut boundary with their hanging wall and footwall. The
Duchun, Xiaoyi, Shanxi Province
37ø19'N
37 19 20N
111 30 10E
Average grade of 65.82% Al2O3. Reserves of 33.43 million tonnes Al ore.
Hosted in lower part of the Benxi Formation of Middle Carboniferous age, and occurs on an erosion surface of limestone of the Fengfeng Formation of Middle Ordovician age. The bodies are stratiform and lentoid. The geological features of the deposit are s
Baizhiyan, Shanxi Province
39ø05'N
39 05 10N
113ø46'E
113 46 05E
Wutai
Banded iron formation (BIF, Algoma Fe)
Average grade of 33.31% Fe, 0.26% S, and 0.06% P. Reserves of 179.7 million tonnes ore.
Shen Baofeng and others, 1994.
Consists of several stratiform layers that are concordant to the host amphibolite, mica schist and gneiss. Individual Fe layers are 30 to 50 m thick and range up to 3 to 5 km long. The ores are mainly banded and are composed of an oxide facies (magnetit
Yangjiashan, Lishi County, Shanxi Province
37ø10'N
37 10 00N
111ø20'E
111 20 05E
Average grade of 62.15% Al2O3, 14.17% SiO2, 2.74% Fe2O3. Resources of 17.42 million tonnes ore.
Deposit is hosted at the lower part of the Middle Carboniferous Benxi Formation occuring on an erosion surface of the limestone of the Fengfeng Formation of Middle Ordovician. The bodies are bedded and lenticular. The geological features of the deposit a
Xiangyi, Jiaokou County, Shanxi Province
37ø08'N
37 08 10N
Average grade of 65.52% Al2O3, 14.03% SiO2, 6.87% Fe2O3. Resources of 31.3 million tonnes Al ore.
Deposit is hosted at the lower part of the Middle Carboniferous Benxi Formation, occuring on an erosion surface of the limestone of the Fengfeng Formation of Middle Ordovician. The bodies are stratiform and lenticular. The geological features of the depo
Ke'er, Shanxi Province
Liao Shifan and others, 1994; Editorial Committee, Discovery History of Mineral Deposits of China, Shanxi volume, 1995; Chen Ping and others, 1997.
Consists of stratiform and lenticular layers that range up to 1800 m long and 400 m wide. Individual bauxite layers range from 0.5 to 11.7 m thick. From bottom to the top, the host rock consists of a volcanic and sedimentary Fe deposit (hematite), allite
Shanyangping, Daixian County,Shanxi Province
ERROR 39ø09'
39 09 05 N
ERROR 113ø20'
113 20 10 E
Average grade of 30.1% Fe, 45.1% SiO2, 0.12% SiO2, 0.059% P. Reserves of 763 million tonnes Fe ore.
Li Feng, 1993.
Deposit is hosted in the top of the Wenxi Formation of the Shizhui Subgroup of the Archean Wutai Group. The main lithology of the mine district consist of mainly chlorite schist, intercalated with magnetite quartzite, sericite schist and chlorite amphibo
Jingangku, Shaxi Province
39ø00'N
39 00 03N
113 48 05E
Witai
S
Medium size.
Consists of stratiform, bedded, and lenses that are concordant to the schistosity of host BIF, mica schist, and gneiss. The largest body extends along strike up to 1000 m. The ore minerals occur in layer and masses, and are pyrite, pyrrhotite, chalcopyri
Yangchaoping, Daixian County, Shanxi Province
39ø09'N
39 09 05N
113ø20'E
113 20 10E
Wutain
Average grade of 30.1% Fe, 45.19% SiO2, 0.12% S, 0.059% P. Reserves of 763 million tonnes Fe ore.
Lin, Feng, 1993.
Deposit is hosted in the top of the Wenxi Formation of the Shizhui Subgroup of the Archean Wutai Group. The main lithology of the mine district consist of mainly chlorite schist, intercalated with magnetite quartzite, sericite schist, chlorite amphibole
Tianqiao, Baode County, Shanxi Province
39ø07'N
39 07 15N
111ø15'E
111 14 30E
Ga
Average grade of 58.33% Al2O3, 8.83% SiO2, 13.75% Fe2O3, 2.49% TiO2, 0.59% CaO, 0.008% Ga. Reserves of .50.55 million tonnes Al ore. Resources of 44.71 million tonnes Al203.
Occurs is the lower part of the Late Carboniferous Benxi Formation. The host sequence is controlled strictly by paleo-erosion surface of the basal Ordovician limestone. The thickness of the bauxite is greater in the concave part of sedimentary basin and
Hulishan, Shanxi Province
38ø28'N
38 28 00N
112ø28'E
112 28 00E
Chang, Xiangyang, and Tian, Rongqing, 1998.
Occurs in an intensely deformed zone that consists of isoclinial folds in metamorphosed volcanic and sedimentary rock of the Wutai Group and metamorphosed conglomerate of the Hutuo Group. Deposit occurs in bands, veinlets, disseminations, and stockworks.
Baiquan, Yangquan, Shanxi Province
ERROR 38ø00'
38 00 10 N
ERROR 113ø42'
113 42 05 E
Ga, Be
Average grade of 62.7% Al2O3. Reserves of 30.32 million tonnes ore.
Occurs in the basal clay rocks of the Middle Carboniferous Period on the erosion surface of  the Ordovician Period. Below it is the iron deposit of the "Shanxi Type". There are only one horizon of bauxite ores. The ores could be divided into three natura
Taihushi, Yangquan County, Shanxi Province
37ø58'N
37 57 40N
113ø41'E
113 41 15E
Average grade of 63.77% Al2O3, 12.9% SiO2, 1.6% Fe2O3. Reserves of 8.2 million tonnes Al ore.
Lu, Jingwen and others, 1997; Editorial Committee of the Discovery History of Mineral Deposits of China, 1995.
Deposit is hosted at the lower part of the Middle Carboniferous Benxi Formation that occurs on an erosion surface of the limestone of the Fengfeng Formation of Middle Ordovician. The bodies are bedded  and are 2200 m long, 2000 m wide and 2.5 m thick. Th
Qianmuping, Yangquan County, Shanxi Province
37 58 15N
113ø35'E
113 35 05E
Average grade of 59.14% Al2O3, 16.56% SiO2, 3.58% Fe2O3. Reserves of 17.88 million tonnes Al ore.
Deposit is hosted at the lower part of the Middle Carboniferous Benxi Formation occuring on an erosion surface of the limestone of the Fengfeng Formation of Middle Ordovician. The bodies are stratiform and lenticular. The geological features of the depos
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Sijiaying, Hebei Province
39ø41'N
39 40 30N
118ø45'E
118 45 25E
Jidong
Average grade of 30% Fe, locally 50% Fe. Reserves of 2,200 million tonnes Fe ore.
Zhang, and others, 1986; Wu, Huikang, 1993; Wu Jiashan and others, 1998.
Consists of multiple stratiform deposits in host rock of biotite microgneiss, K-feldspar microgneiss and minor intercalated amphibolite, quartzite and marble. Deposit occurs in a gently-dipping anticline and syncline. Fe minerals are mainly laminated, mi
Xishimen, Wu'an, Hebei Province
36ø49'N
36 48 58N
114ø14'E
114 13 59E
Hanxing
Reserves of 600 million tonnes
Li, Xian, 1993.
Consists of stratiform bodies at the contact zone between the Jurassic and Cretaceous monzonite intrusion and the Mid-Ordovician limestone. At the contact zone, varied alteration to albite, diopside skarn, phlogopite and serpentine occurs with formation
Zhongguan, Wu'an, Hebei Province
36ø48'N
36 48 15N
114ø07'E
114 07 05E
Cu Co
Average grade of 46% Fe.
Cheng, Yuqi and others, 1994.
Occurs in irregular bodies and lenses. The main deposit occurs at the contact zone between a Cretaceous diorite intrusion and Middle Ordovician limestone. Some skarn occurs in the limestone in the external contact zone and consist of diopside skarn, diop
Dawan, Laiyuan County, Hebei Province
39ø19'N
39 18 40N
115ø08'E
115 07 40E
Zn, Cu, Au
Porphyry Cu-Mo (ñAu, Ag)
Average grade of 0.117% Mo, 2.52% Pb, 4.57% Zn. Reserves of 818,400 tonnes Zn.
Ma Guoxi, 1995.
The strata exposed in the mine include the biotite plagioclase gneiss of the Banyukou Foramtion of the Archean Wutai Group and chert-banded dolostone of the Gaoyuzhuang and Wumishan Formations of the Mid-Upper Proterozoic. Quartz diorite, granite
Pingxingguan, Shanxi Province
39 19 00N
114 07 10E
Grade of 20-40% Fe, up to 50.32% Fe. Average grade of 31.72% SiO2, 40-50% S, 0.177% P. Reserves of 130 million tonnes Fe ore.
Lin, Feng, and Zhang, Xuan, 1993.
Deposit is related to the metamorphic rock of the Wenyu Formation of the Archean Wutai Group. The formation contains two members. The upper member consists of quartz amphibolite and minor chlorite amphibolite, biotite amphibolite and banded Fe formations
Tuling-Shihu, Lishou, Hebei Province
38ø40'N
38 40 05N
114ø09'E
114 09 03E
Granitoid-related Au vein
Hah, Jinchao ,1996.
Hosted in metamorphic rock of the Tuanpokou Formation and Nianying Formation of the Archean Fuping Group that are derived from shallow marine carbonate-clastic sedimentary rock. Magmatic rock outcropped in the area belong to the Mesozoic Mapeng Intrusion
Jinling, Shandong Province
36ø51'N
36 51 18N
118ø07'E
118 07 05E
Laiwu
Cu, Co,Au and Ag
Fe-Zn skarn
Grade of 51% Fe, 0.1-3.0% S, 0.02-0.05% P, 0.05-0.512% Cu, 0.01-0.23% Co. Reserves of 166.1 million tonnes Fe ore, 38,177 tonnes, Cu and 5,321 tonnes Co.
Tang, Xianqing, 1993.
Hosted in Ordovician through Carboniferous limestone and shale that are intruded by plutons of the Jinling Complex. The plutonic rocks include mafic porphyritic gabbro, diorite, intermediate to mafic biotite diorite, hornblende diorite, pyroxene diorite,
Zihe (Heiwang), Shandong Province
36ø45'N
36 44 40N
118ø13'E
118 13 10E
Average grade of 39.04% Fe, 0.046% S.  Reserves of 39.8 million tonnes Fe ore.
Tang, Xianqing,1993.
Hosted in limestone of the Late Cambrian Fengshan Formation and the Middle Ordovician Majiagou Formation. Sills of gabbro, diorite and lamprophyre intrude the limestone. The bodies are stratiform mainly, secondly lenticular, pocket and veined. The minera
Zibe, Shandong Province
36 45 00N
118ø05'E
118 05 00E
Zibe 1
Average grade of 54.93% Al2O3, 17.21% SiO2, 11.36% Fe2O3. Resources of 2.94 million tonnes Al ore.
Xiang, Renjie, 1999.
Consists of stratiform and lenticular shaped bodies of bauxite occurring in the upper part of the first member of the Nianning Formation of the Late Permian, belonging to "A" layer bauxite. There are three layers in the first member. The first layer is g
Xishimen, Wuan, Hebei Province
36ø56'N
36 56 05N
114 13 55E
Average grade of 43.26% Fe, 0.061% Co, 0.17% Cu, 0.005% Ni, 0.0012% Ga, 0.85% S, 0.03% P. Reserves of 102 million tonnes Fe ore.
Deposit is hosted in the contact zone of varied limestone of the Fengfeng Formation and the Ordovician Majiagao Formation and diorite and monzonite intrusions of the Yanshan Orogeny dated at 124-129 Ma. by K-Ar method. Main deposit-controlling structures
Yushiwa, Wuan, Hebei Province
36ø55'N
36 55 05N
114 14 00E
Average grade of 43.28% TFe, 0.0105% Co, 0.0207% Cu, 1.037% S 0.035% P. Reserves of 22.86 million tonnes Fe ore.
Cccurs at the contact zone between the carbonate rock of the Fengfeng Formation and the Ordovician Majiagou Formation and Mesozoic diorite and monzonite intrusions dated at 126 Ma. There are 16 Fe bodies. They are stratiform and lensoid in form. The depo
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Huatong, Liaoning Province
39ø56'N
39 56 00N
122ø05'E
122 05 00E
Jiliaolu
Deng, Guoquan, and Jia, Dacheng, 1994.
Occurs at the contact zone between the marble in the Paleoproterozoic Dashiqiao Formation and a giant porphyritic granite. Both magnesian and calcic skarn occurs. Sulphides occur mainly in calcic skarn but overprint both skarn types. Ore minerals are cha
Sanshandao, Shandong Province
37ø31'N
37 31 04N
120ø05'E
120 05 05E
Average grade of 6.13 g/t Au. Reserves of 59 tonnes Au.
Liu, Jianjun, 1990.
Consists of stockwork more than 10 m thick, 1000 m long, several hundred m along the dip. The body is controlled by NE-trending faults. The deposit minerals occur in a veinlet-stockwork and are composed of electrum, native gold, pyrite, galena, sphalerit
Jiaojia, Shandong Province
37ø21'N
37 21 20N
120ø13'E
120 13 09E
Reserves of 60 tonnes ore grading: 5-8 g/t Au.
Wei, Yongfu, and Lu, Yingjie, 1994; Sun Fengyue and others, 1995.
Consists of tabular zones in the Mesozoic Yanshanian Linglong granite that intrudes gneiss and amphibolite of the Archean Jiaodong Group. Pyrite is the dominant ore mineral with lesser chalcopyrite, sphalerite, galena, gold, and electrum. Gold occurs in
Nanshu, Shandong Province
36ø59'N
36 59 20N
120ø44'E
120 44 10E
Jiliaojiao
Zhang, Qiusheng and others, 1984.
Consists of a graphite-bearing horizon that is hosted in the Paleoproterozoic Jingshan Group in three sequences: (1) marble and amphibole-plagioclase gneiss intercalated with graphite gneiss; (2) amphibole-plagioclase intercalated with marble and graphit
Fuxian, Liaoning Province
39ø40'N
39 40 05N
122ø07'E
122 07 05E
East Liaoning
Diamond
Diamond kimberlite
Deng, Chujun and others, 1994.
Occurs in the Fuzhou Basin in Eastern Liaoning uplift of North China Platform. The basement rock consist of Archean granite and gneiss that is overlain by Paleozoic and Mesozoic sedimentary rock that occur in a N-NE-trending synclinorium. Kimberlite occu
Soyonpyong-do
37ø37'N
37 36'30N
125ø43'E
125 43'00E
Gyeonggi
Fe,Cr,Ti
Cu,
Mafic-ultramafic related Ti-Fe (V)
Average grade of 48.8% Fe, 17.59% TiO2, 0.26% Cr. Resources of 3,880,000 tonnes ore.
Lee and others, 1965.
Consists of magnetite, ilmenite, and a small quantity of hematite in a roof-pendant form developed between Precambrian mica schist, limestone, hornblende schist, and lamprophyre of unknown age. The pendant occurs above the hornblende schist formation and
Xiangkuang, Shandong Province
37ø33'N
37 33 00N
120ø58'E
120 58 00E
Pb Zn
Cu Mo
Grade of 1.14-1.89% Pb, 1.45-2.52% Zn. Reserves of 95,000 tonnes Pb,153,400 tonnes Zn.
Zhang, Quan, 1990.
Occurs in the contact zone between a granodiorite intrusion and limestone and marlite of the Later Proterozoic Xiangkuang Formation and volcanic rock of the Cretaceous. Deposit is about 600 m wide, 1700 m long and 700 deep. About 60 bodies, mainly beneat
Linglong, Shandong Province
37ø36'N
37 36 05N
120ø40'E
120 39 40E
Reserves of 70 tonnes, grade: 7-10g/t
Wei, Yongfu and others, 1995.
Consists of veins and pods of quartz veins in the Mesozoic Yanshanian Linglong granite that intrudes Archean Jiaodong Group. Pyrite is the dominant deposit mineral whereas chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite, galena and sphalerite are secondary. Quartz veins are us
Jiehe, Shandong Province
37ø42'N
37 42 10N
120ø20'E
120 20 10E
Average grade of 4.77 g/t Au.
Yao, Fengliang and others, 1990.
Deposit occurs in Linglong gneissic granite and Guojialing granodiorite and is controlled by the Wang Ershan fault. The ore bodies occur in veins and lenses with long extension downdip. The ore minerals are mainly pyrite and gold, and minor minerals are
Xincheng, Shandong Province
37ø38'N
37 38 04N
120 20 05E
Average grade of 8.22 g/t Au. Reserves of 48 tonnes Au.
Yao, and others, 1990.
Consists of huge stockwork bodies controlled by NE-trending faults. The deposit minerals occur in a veinlet-stockwork. The deposit minerals include pyrite, minor chalcopyrite, sphalerite and galena. Gold minerals are mainly electrum and minor amounts of
Jinqingding, Shandong Province
37ø05'N
37 05 05N
121ø41'E
121 41 10E
Ag,Cu, Pb
Li, Hui and others, 1998.
Consist of middle and upper Au quartz vein, and the lower veinlet and disseminated zones. Dip extension of the bodies is greater than strike lenghth. Major ore minerals are gold, pyrite, chalcopyrite, quartz, sericite, and siderite, and subordinate miner
Shilipu, Shandong Province
37ø22'N
37 22 05N
120ø47'E
120 47 10E
Average grade of 300 g/t Ag.
Xu, Enshou and others, 1994.
Consists of irregular lensoid bodies up to several hundred m long and 1-3 m wide in a brecciated diorite porphyry. The bodies consist of altered vein-shaped blast breccia or subvolcanic bodies. The deposit minerals occur in veinlets and stockwork and are
Yangyang
38ø05'N
38 05'00N
128ø32'E
128 32'00E
Taebaegsan
REE
Average grade of 55% Fe. Reserves of 2,020,280 tonnes ore.
Kim and others 1959.
Consists of metamorphic magnetite that is hosted in Precambrian biotite gneiss that trends N-NE to S-SW and in syenite intruding the gneiss. The W side of the syenite contains many lenticular-shaped xenoliths of calcsilicate rock, tactite and amphibolite
Chulam
37 07'30N
129ø04'E
129 04'00E
Au skarn
Average grade of 2.4 g/t Au, 475 g/t Ag, 1.5% Pb and 2.5% Zn. Reserves of 42,000 tonnes ore.
Kim and Kim1982.
Consists of  Ag bearing quartz-calcite and rhodocrosite veins containing  sulfides, sulphosalts and telluride minerals hosted in the fissures of a breccia dike. The exploration areas consists of Pre-cambrian Hongjesa granite gneiss , and Myobong slate, P
Uirim-Samwon
37ø14'N
37 14'20N
128ø40'E
128 40'00E
Bi, Au Ag
Polymetallic (Pb, Zn, Ag) carbonate-hosted metasomatite
Average grade of 1.39% Cu, 7.82% Pb, 5.17% Zn, 0.35% Bi.
Cho and others, 1966.
Consists of two types of bodies, vein and pocket. The veins are fissure filling hydrothermal deposits in Pungchon limestone and Hwajol formation, whereas the pocket types are disseminated replacement deposits in Pungchon limestone formation. The above me
Yomisan (Sinyemi)
37ø11'N
37 11'21N
128 40'11E
Zn, Fe
Cu, MoS2
Average grade of 5.38% Zn, 26.16% Fe. Reserves of  590,000 tonnes ore.
Kim and others, 1965.
Consists of the West body, the East body and the Magnetite body. The West body is layered and the East body is a small lens with high grade that occurs along breccia and fault zone. The Magnetite body forms a contact metasomatic unit in breccia and as ma
Soonkyong
37ø06'N
37 05'40N
128ø51'E
128 51'00E
Average grade of 0.31%SnO2. Reserves of 1,191,000 tonnes ore.
Lee, 1959; Park and Kim, 1986.
Consists of cassiterite-bearing pegmatite. The pegmatite developed in this area are classified according mineralogy: (1) cassiterite-bearing pegmatite, (2) tourmaline-bearing pegmatite and (3) altered orthoclase-rich pegmatite. There is also pegmatite co
Kumsan
36 54'50N
129ø20'E
129 20'10E
Average grade of 3.87% WO3
Kim and others, 1967.
Consists of W quartz veins hosted by leuco-granite gneiss, hornblende plagioclase gneiss, biotite gneiss and schist of the Wonnam Formation, all of Precambrian age. Strike and dip of these rock is generally N15øE, 80øSE. In the adit crosscut driven NNW,
Wangpiri
ERROR 36ø53''
36 53'00'N
129 20'00E
Average grade of 0.45% Sn.
Kim and Shin, 1966.
Hosted in granitic pegmatite that intrudes the contact between granite and the Yulri Series. The veins are mostly concordant with schistosity in phyllite, mica schist and mica metasandstone and strike NS to N60oE and dip 30 to 80o NW. Deposit consists of
Chilbo
37ø27'N
37 26'30N
127ø37'E
127 36'40E
W,Fe
Grades of 0.2-3.4% WO3 48.89% Fe, 0.15% Cu.
Koo and Kim, 1966.
Consists of tungsten and magnetitie skarn exposed at six prospecting sites in a zone that is 600 m long and 100 m wide. The ore minerals are scheelite, powellite, and magnetite, with lesser chalcopyrite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, bismuthinite, and arsenopyrite
Kumjang
36 44'30N
129ø19'E
129 19'20E
Average grade of 1.26% Cu,3.08% Pb, 16.25% Zn, 0.3 g/t Au and 351.6g/t Ag.
Kim, 1970.
Consists of lenticular veins in conglomerate and arkose sandstone of Ulyeonsan and Gasongdong formations. The sequence of sedimentary rock is as follows: Seonmi formation (unknown age), Cretaceous Ulyeonsan formation(correlated to the basal conglomerate
Eungok
37ø01'N
37 01'00N
128ø21'E
128 20'40E
Average grade of 3.37% Pb, 5.66% Zn, 0.42% Cu, 0.4g/t Au, 388 g/t Ag.
Moon, 1966.
Consists of lenses and veins in the Permian and Carboniferous sedimentary rock of the Pyongan Supergroup, Hongjom Formation, Sadong Formation, Kobang Formation, and Nokam Formation that are intruded by granite porphyry. Deposit formed during hydrothermal
Daejang
36ø39'N
36 39'00N
Fe,Cu
Average grade of 48.76% Fe and 0.38% Cu. Resources of 76,000 tonnes ore.
Consists of lenticular masses of magnetite in skarn.  Rocks in the area are epidote-chlorite-biotite gneiss intruded by quartz-feldspar gneiss, biotite granite, quartz-hornblende diorite, granite porphyry, andesitic rock, felsite dyke and basic dyke. Lim
Kangwon
37ø50'N
37 50'05N
128ø27'E
128 26'30E
Average grade of 38.44%Fe. Reserves of 581,000 tonnes Fe.
Kim and Oh, 1968.
Consists of Fe contact and selective replacement bodies in calcareous beds in Precambrian metasedimentary rock that consists of biotite paragneiss, amphibole schist, limestone, and quartzite in thin beds. Feldspar porphyry and granite porphyry intrude me
Bupyoung
37ø30'N
37 29'30N
126ø43'E
126 43'00E
Ag,Pb
Au, Cu
Average grade of 440 g/t Ag and 4.43% Pb. Reserves of 1,000,000 tonnes ore.
Park and Chung, 1968.
Hosted in Precambrian gneiss, and Cretaceous or Tertiary rhyolite, granite, and dikes. The ore minerals are mainly galena, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, marcasite, argentite, tetrahedrite, and pyrargirite. The ore minerals occur in masses and disseminatons a
Oryu-dong
37ø28'N
37 27'30N
126ø48'E
126 47'30E
Average grade of 3% f.c. Reserves of  2,592 tonnes ore.
Occurs in Proterozoic schist and consists of graphite lenses that generally occur parallel to the host-rock. Weathered part of deposit is higher grade and can be distinguished from the non-weathered part by appearence and chemical analysis. Deposit is ho
Youngdeog
37ø04'N
37 03'30N
127ø59'E
127 58'30E
Grade of 0.4-4.0 g/t Au, 149-488 g/t Ag, 1.26-5.31% Pb, 3.99-13.9% Zn. Reserves of 100,000 tonnes ore.
Oh and Kim, 1980.
Hosted in the Proterozoic Ogcheon Group granitic gneiss that is intruded by Cretaceous granite, leucocratic granite and intermediate composition dikes. A conjugate joint pattern is common in the leucocratic granite with joints-striking N30oW, dipping 75o
Jesamuk
36ø60'N
36 59'50N
128ø06'E
128 06'00E
As, Au, Ag
Grades range from 0.18-2.05% Cu, 1.44-6.54% Pb, 2-3.01% Zn, 30.7-843.4 g/t Ag. Reserves of 135,000 tonnes ore; indicated ore reserves of 35,000 tonnes; inferred ore reserves 100,000 tonnes.
Moon and Cho, 1965.
Consists of sulfide skarn in limestone of the Cambrian and Ordovician Great Limestone Series that is intruded by biotite granite of the Cretaceous Bulgugsa Series. The limestone bedding generally strikes N20 to 30oE and dips 20 to 30o NW. Deposit is inte
Susan
36 56'00N
128ø11'E
128 11'00E
Fe, Mn
Average grade of 50.95% Fe, 34.84% Mn. Resources of 338,450 tonnes Fe, 3,171 tonnes Mn.
Kim and Kim, 1962.
Consists of Cambrian and Ordovician limestone that is intruded by Cretaceous biotite granite. Both limonite and Mn deposit occur. The limonite part of the deposit occurs sporadically in limestone in masses or layers between terraossa and limestone, or in
Seojom
ERROR 36ø22'
36 22 0N
129ø17'E
129 17 00E
Average grade of 2.7 g/t Au, 2000 g/t Ag, 18% Pb, 9% Zn. Resources 26,150 tonnes and reserves of 5,150 tonnes.
Hwang and Kim, 1963.
Consists of veins following a fault zone in the Ochon-dong formation. The Ochon-dong formation consists of sedimentary rock of the lower formation of the Shilla series, Kyongsang system, that is overlain comformably by Shinyangdong formation. These rock
Seosan
36 51'00N
126ø16'E
126 16'00E
Chungnam
Average grade of 31.42% Resource of 5,222,000 tonnes and reserve of 1,476,000 tonnes.
Kim, 1965.
Consists of zones or lenses in Precambrian quartz schist that is intruded by various probable Cretaceous igneous intrusives. The bodies are generally low grade hematite and magnetite and are interpreted as a dynamo-metamorphic deposit of sedimentary orig
Yungchang 2
36ø15'N
36 15'00N
127ø56'E
127 56'00E
Co, Ni
Ag, Cu, Sn
Grade of 60 ppm Co, 12-16 ppm Ni, 42-46 g/t Ag, 1.3-4.1% Cu, 300-580 ppm Sn.
Seo and others, 1981.
Hosted in Precambrian granitic gneiss and Cretaceous shale, sandstone and tuffaceous rock of Young Dong Series. Deposit is related to a Cretaceous quartz porphry that intrudes the granitic gneiss and a mafic dike tht intrudes quartz porphyry. Deposit for
Chilgok
36ø01'N
36 01'00N
128ø36'E
128 36'00E
Grading from 0.9-5.5 g/t Au, 154.4-280.8 g/t Ag, 3.9-8.83% Pb and 4.1-7.08% Zn. Ore reserves of 5,300 tonnes. Resources of 3,000 to possible 5,900 tonnes.
Koo and Kim, 1965.
Hosted mainly in hornblende granite of the Cretaceous Bulgugsa granite series that south of the intrudes older sedimentary rock of the Sindong Group. The deposit is controlled by joints and faults that mainly strike N40oW and dip 75 to 85o NE. The fissur
Samkwang
36ø08'N
36 08'00N
Ni
Co, Cu
Polymetaliic Ni vein
Average grade of 0.57% Ni. Reserves of 17,820 tonnes ore.
Kim, 1982.
Consists of Ni sulfides in amphibolite bodies that are part of a Precambrian assemblage of granitic gneiss, banded gneiss and siliceous dikes that are intruded by Cretaceous biotite granite, lamprophyre dikes, quartz veins and pegmatitic quartz veins. Th
Hongcheon-Jaun
37ø52'N
37 51'30N
128ø01'E
128 01'00E
Fe,SrO
R2O3
Polygenic REE-Fe-Nb deposit (Bayan-Obo type)
Average grade of 25% Fe, 1.86% SrO, 2.79% R2O3. Reserves of 8,132,800 tonnes Fe ore.
Kim and others, 1965; Park and Hwang, 1995.
Consists of Fe and REE layers in chlorite-sericite-quartz schist that is part  Precambrian Kyeongggi Gneiss Complex. Chlorite-sericite-quartz schist is covered conformably by hornblende-biotite-gneiss. Schistose granite and felsite porphyry intrude   sch
Kongju
36ø25'N
36 25'00N
127ø03'E
127 03'06E
Average grade of 24.4% f.c., 0.03% U3O8, 0.08% V2O5.
Yun and Kim, 1959.
Hosted in Proterozoic graphitic black shale in the Kongju Formation. Seven drill holes peneterate the deposit. The host rock consists of Precambrian metasedimentary rock, mostly mica schist and granite gneiss and Jurassic intrusive rock. Graphite deposit
Samgoe-Soryong
36ø13'N
36 13'00N
127ø26'E
127 26'00E
Average grade of 0.0385% U3O8. Reserves of  2,560,000 tonnes ore.
Koo and others, 1977.
Consists of U-bearing graphitic black shale. Geophysical prospecting for uranium mineral occurred for three areas (Taejon sheet, Chubu Tunnel, Samgoe Coal Mine and Soryong Coal Mine) in 1974 and 1975. Radioactive and selfpotential surveys (confirmed by X
Sangdong
ERROR 37ø10'
37 10 N
ERROR 128ø50'
128 50 E
Mo, Bi
Average grade of 77.86% WO3 and 6.49% MoS2.
Moon, 1987.
Consists of W-Mo minerals that occur in bedded limestone in the Cambrian Myobong Slate Formation. The common skarn minerals are Ca-garnet and clinopyroxene. Abundant quartz veins in the W-Mo skarn indicate that W and Mo were transported in a silicate-ric
Susuk
37ø44'N
37 44'00N
128ø15'E
128 15'00E
Cu, Pb,Zn
Grade of 30-50% Fe. Resources of 717,400 tonnes Fe and reserves of 164,000 tonnes Fe.
Chi, 1963.
Consists of magnetite and pyrite or pyrrhotite skarn in Precambrian amphibolite that is altered to serpentine or silica by regional metamorphism and hydrothermal fluids. The amphibolite is interlayered with quartzite and quartz-biotite gneiss. These rock
Seongdong
38 02'00N
127ø17'E
127 17'20E
Average grade of 35% Fe. Resources of 840,000 tonnes.
Baag, 1964.
Consists of lenticular magnetite bodies trending NS embedded in lenticular limesilicate rock. These occur discontinously along schistosity in hornfels-bearing metasedimentary rock of the Precambrian Yeoncheon System. These metasedimentary rock consists o
Samchok
37ø23'N
37 22'30N
129ø10'E
129 09'30E
Average grade of 41%Fe.
Oh and Hwang, 1968.
Consists of hematite and magnetite lenses or layers conformable to bedding in quartzite. The rock of this area are Precambrian metamorphic Taebaegsan series and the thick sedimentary rock of the Cambro-Ordovician Chosun system, that uncomformably overly
Wondong
37ø16'N
37 16'00N
128ø57'E
128 57'00E
W,Fe,Pb.
Cu. Zn
Grade of 0.10-0.40% WO3, 0.36-0.56% Pb, 3.76-4.53% Zn, 38% Fe.
Hwang, 1997.
Consists of three types of skarn bodies. The skarns occur in Carboniferous-Permian formations and a lesser Cambrrian and Ordovician formations that are intruded by rhyolite. The Weondong overthrust fault, is occurs in the central part of the mine area an
Dongnam
37ø17'N
37 16'40N
128ø48'E
128 47'30E
Fe, Mo
Grade of 21.47-39.46% Fe and 1-7% Pb+Zn. Reserves of 1,724,732 tonnes ore.
Seo and others, 1983.
Consists of contact metasomatic and porphyry Mo or disseminated molybdenum including stockwork type ore deposits. The host rocks in the deposit are  Cambrian slate (Myobong Formation) and Ordovician limestone (Poongchon and Hwajeol Formation), Cretaceous
Gapyeong
37ø40'N
37 40'00N
ERROR 127ø33''
127 32'30'E
Average grade of 51-14.55% fc. Resources of 216,000 tonnes.
Cho and others 1977.
Consists of lenticular bodies of crystalline graphite formed along the schistocity in Precambrian schist. Other rocks in the area are granitic-gneiss, also of Precambrian age. General strike is N 50ø-77øSW or NW. Deposit formed contemporaneously with gra
Sennotani
36ø32'N
36 31 33N
137ø20'E
137 20 03E
Average grade of 5% graphite.  Resources of 100,000 tonnes.
Geological Survey of Japan, 1950; Nozawa and Sakamoto, 1960.
Consists of graphite veins, 80-100 m long and 1-3 m thick. Occurs in an area 900 m long and 150 m wide. Veins occur in crystalline limestone near the granite in the Hida metamorphic terrane. Crystalinity of graphite is good. Wallrock alteration includes
Kamioka Mozumi
36ø26'N
36 25 44N
137ø18'E
137 17 31E
Zn, Pb, Ag
Average grade of 7.9% Zn, 2.68% Pb, 31g/t Ag.  Production of 815,000 tonnes Zn, 52,000 tonnes Pb, 190 tonnes Ag.
Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1965; Akiyama, 1980; Akiyama, 1981; Nagasawa and Shibata, 1985; Sato and Uchiumi, 1990; Kato, 1999.
Consists of more than 18 skarn bodies in masses, stratiform layers, and veins. The Main body is 300 m long, 400 m wide, and 10 m thick. The main ore minerals are sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite, magnetite, pyrite, and pyrrhotite, with minor molybdenite
Koshimizu
36ø30'N
36 30 20N
137ø02'E
137 01 52E
Average grade of 50% graphite. Resources of 40,000 tonnes.
Anzai, 1947; Geological Survey of Japan, 1950; Sakamoto and Nozawa, 1960.
Consists of four main deposits. Average size of deposit is 10 m long and 1 m wide. Maximum size of dposit reach to 30 m long and 2 m wide. Deposits occur in graphite-bearing biotite gneiss of Hida metamorphic terrane. Deposit assocated with numbers of ap
Kamioka Tochibora
36ø21'N
36 21 06N
137ø19'E
137 19 00E
Bi, Cd, Au, graphite
Average grade of 4.1% Zn, 0.43% Pb, 26 g/t Ag.  Production of 1,750,000 tonnes Zn, 77,000 tonnes Pb, 810 tonnes Ag.
Consists of more than 34 skarn bodies and massess. Main body is 250 m long, 500 m wide, and 60 m thick. Main ore minerals are sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite, matildite, magnetite, pyrite, and hematite. Minor minerals are molybdenite native silver, arge
Amo
36ø16'N
36 16 02N
137 01 56E
Grade of 5-20% graphite. Resources of 200 tonnes.
Geological Survey of Japan, 1950; Nozawa and others, 1975.
Vein and lense shape graphite deposits.  Several veins are found in biotite gneiss of the Hida metamorphic rocks.  Deposits are 10-30m long, and average thickness is 40cm.  Ore mineral is graphie.  Biotite, amphibole, and quartz are associated within the
Hokuriku
36ø18'N
36 17 31N
136ø33'E
136 32 48E
Cu, Zn, Pb, Ag
Average grade of 1.7% Cu, 1.1% Zn, 0.3% Pb.  Production of 97,000 tonnes Cu, 13,000 tonnes Zn,  2,600 tonnes Pb, 12 tonnes Ag.
Consists of NW and NE striking veins. Main Vein is 1,200 m long with average thickness of 0.6 m. Sixteen vein systems occur in an area 3 km by 3 km. Main ore minerals are pyrite, chalcopyrite, bornite, and sphalerite. Minor minerals are galena, chalcocit
Hirase
36ø10'N
36 10 09N
136ø55'E
136 54 53E
Average grade of 0.34-3.72% MoS2.  Production of 2,224 tonnes MoS2.
Consists of NE striking molybdenite-quartz veins. About 30 veins occur. Main Vein is 300 m long with average thickness of 0.4 m. Veins occur in the area 1 km by 0.5 km. Main ore mineral is molybdenite. Minor minerals are sphalerite, pyrite, chalcopyrite,
Bandojima
36ø06'N
36 05 39N
136ø25'E
136 24 52E
Pb, Zn, Cu
Grade of 10-15% Pb, 5-7% Zn, 1-2% Cu.  Reserves of 600,000 tonnes ore.  Production of 1,723 tonnes Zn, 1,464 tonnes Pb, 105 tonnes Cu from 1952 to 1961.
Consists of nine skarn bodies that occur in masses and sheets. The Main ore body is 150 m long, 85 m wide, and 4 m thick. The main ore minerals are sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite, and pyrrhotite. Skarn minerals are garnet and epidote. Host rocks are cr
Taro
39ø46'N
39 45 38N
141ø56'E
141 56 05E
North Kitakami
Cu, Zn, Pb
Average grade of 0.8% Cu.  Production of 36,857 tonnes Cu, 18,942 tonnes Zn, 5,825 tonnes Pb.
Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1965; Yamaoka, 1983.
Consists of seven main bodies that strike NW and dip SW at 60-70 o. The main body extends 500 m along strike and ranges up to 12 m thick. The main deposit minerals are chalcopyrite, pyrite, galena, sphalerite, pyrrhotite, magnetite, and chalcocite. Gangu
Unekura
39ø14'N
39 14 13N
140ø51'E
140 50 34E
Average grade of 5% Cu, maximum grade, 11% Cu.  Production of  6,700 tonnes Cu.
Geological Survey of Japan, 1956; Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1968.
Consists of NE-striking veins. Thirteen main vein systems occur. Main Vein is 1,100 m long with average thickness of 0.75 m. Veins occur in the area 5 km by 7 km. Main deposit minerals are chalcopyrite and pyrite. Minor minerals are bornite, sphalerite a
Oya
38ø58'N
38 58 16N
141ø32'E
141 31 58E
Kitakami
Grade of 20-30 g/t Au, 2-8 g/t Ag.  Production of 15.6 tonnes Au, 2.8 tonnes Ag.
Consists of NS-striking veins with eight main vein systems. Veins occur in an area 3 km by 1.5 km. The main vein is 700 m long with average thickness of 0.3 m. The main deposit minerals are arsenopyrite, pyrrhotite, pyrite, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, nati
Yoshino
39ø12'N
39 12 13N
140ø36'E
140 36 14E
Volcanogenic Zn, Pb, Cu massive sulfide (Kuroko, Altai type)
Average grade of 0.8% Cu, 8 g/t Ag.  Production of 10,000 tonnes Cu, 3.5 tonnes Ag.
Consists of three main bodies. The Kumanosawa body is 150 m long, 100 m wide and 270 m thick, including stockwork zone. Deposit is divided into the barite zone, sphalerite-galena-rich Kuroko zone, yellow ore and silicious ore. Major deposit minerals are
Hosokura
38ø48'N
38 48 21N
140ø54'E
140 54 02E
Zn, Pb, Cu
Average grade of 4.12% Zn, 1.59% Pb, 0.05% Cu, 0.2 g/t Au, 40 g/t Ag.  Production of 26,000,000 tonnes ore, 775,000 tonnes Zn, 280,000 tonnes Pb, 400 tonnes Ag, 1 tonnes Au, 9,500 tonnes Cu.
Geological Survey of Japan, 1956; Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1968; Shikazono and Tsunakawa, 1982; Kawakami st al, 1986; Takahashi, 1988.
Consists of 13 main vein systems that strike EW, NS, and NW. The veins occur in an area 4 km by 5 km. The Main Vein is 2,200 m long and 1.3 m thick. The main ore minerals are sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite, tetrahedrite, pyrargyrite, stibnite, pyrite,
Nagamatsu
38ø32'N
38 31 50N
140ø09'E
140 08 52E
Average grade of 1.0% Cu.  Production of 24,000 tonnes Cu.
Consists of NE-striking veins. Eleven main vein systems occur. Main Vein is 350 m long with average thickness of 0.6 m. Veins occur in the area 2 km by 6 km. Main deposit minerals are chalcopyrite, sphalerite, galena and pyrite. Gangue minerals are mainl
Koyama
38ø27'N
38 26 57N
140ø14'E
140 13 34E
Average grade of 32 g/t Au, 26 g/t Ag, 0.8% Cu.  Production of  3 tonnes Au, 1.8 tonnes Ag, 3,800 tonnes Cu.
Geological Survey of Japan, 1955; Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1968; Mining and Materials Processing Institute of Japan, 1990.
Consists of NW-striking veins. Thirteen main vein systems occur. Main vein occurs as network vein system extended in 50 m by 40 m. Veins occur in the area 2 km by 6 km. Main deposit mineral is native gold, sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite and pyrite. Gan
Oizumi
38ø25'N
38 24 43N
139ø44'E
139 43 48E
Average grade of 5.5% Zn, 2.0% Pb, 0.5% Cu.  Production of 57,000 tonnes Zn, 20,000 tonnes Pb, 4,000 tonnes Cu.
Consists of EW-striking veins with less significant NS veins. Eight main vein systems occur. Main Vein is 1,250 m long with average thickness of 0.7 m. Main deposit mineral is sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite, pyrite and rhodochrosite. Gangue minerals ar
Zao
38ø08'N
38 08 16N
140ø25'E
140 24 56E
Sulfur-sulfide (S, FeS2)
Average grade of 20-60% S.
Geological Survey of Japan, 1951; Watanabe and Mukaiyama, 1954; Jinbo, 1969.
Consists of a subhorizontal body in Quarternary andesite and andesite tuff in the Zao volcano. The body is 350 m long, 320 m wide, with thickness of 24 m. Deposit mineral is native sulfur. Sericite, kaolinite, opal, pyrite and marcasite occur. Host andes
Asahi (Budo)
38ø24'N
38 24 24N
139ø34'E
139 33 40E
Average grade of 1.5% Pb; 4.5% Zn. Production of 11,000 tonnes Zn, 6,000 tonnes Pb.
Geological Survey of Japan, 1956.
Consists of eastnortheast to east-west striking veins.  The veins dip 55-70 degree to northwest.  Three main vein systems are present.  Main vein is 400m long with average thickness of 0.5m.  Host rocks are biotite granite,  and Neogene altered andesite
Yamagata-Yoshino
38ø09'N
38 09 11N
140ø12'E
140 11 57E
Average grade of 0.83% Cu, 3.42% Zn, 1.1 g/t Au, 39 g/t Ag.  Production of 13,000 tonnes Cu, 40,000 tonnes Zn, 1 tonnes Au, 35 tonnes Ag.
Consists of five bodies. The main body, Fukuju body, is 120 m long, 100 m wide and 18 m thick. Deposits consist of barite zone, Kuroko zone (sense strickt), yellow ore, silicious ore and silica-altered zone from top to bottom, the typical Kuroko deposit
Matsuo
39 56 10N
140ø56'E
140 56 12E
Average grade of 37.5% S.
Geological Survey of Japan, 1951.
Consists of two elongated bodies. One body is 1000 m long and 160 m thick. Bodies replace andesite lava and tuff. Pyrite also occurs. Deposit minerals are native sulfur and pyrite. Pyrite ore contains marcasite. Host rock is Pliocene andesite and tuff. L
Yatani
37ø47'N
37 46 33N
140ø01'E
140 01 05E
Average grade of 4.16% Zn, 2.26% Pb, 600 g/t Ag, 10 g/t Au.  Production of 110,000 tonnes Zn, 58,000 tonnes Pb, 91 tonnes Ag, 2.7 tonnes Au.
Geological Survey of Japan, 1956; Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1968; Shikazono, 1985.
Consists of EW-striking and NE veins. Four main vein systems occur. The EW-striking veins are Pb-Zn vein and NE-striking veins are Au-Ag veins. Main vein is 1,100 m long with average thickness of 1.6 m. Main deposit minerals in the Pb-Zn veins are sphall
Numajiri
37 37 42N
140ø18'E
140 17 58E
Average grade of 30.13% S.  Resources of 227,000 tonnes ore.
Geological Survey of Japan, 1951; Fukushima Prefecture, 1964.
Consists of four elongated bodies. One of the bodies is 180 m long, 70 m wide and 20 m thick and replaces Quaternary andesite lava and tuff on western foothill of the Quarternary volcano, Mount Adatara. Exhalative replacement by mineralizing solution and
Iide
37ø49'N
37 48 46N
139ø31'E
139 31 21E
Average grade of 6% Zn, 1% Pb.  Production of 24,000 tonnes Zn, 4,000 tonnes Pb.
Consists of two bodies. Bodies are irregular,extend EW, and dip of 40o S. The skarn formed during intrusion of Cretaceous-early Paleogene granite. Main ore minerals are sphalerite, galena, magnetite, pyrite, hematite, and magnetite. Gangue minerals are h
Takatama
37 30 27N
140 17 33E
Average grade of 5 g/t Au, 40 g/t Ag.  Production of 28 tonnes Au, 280 tonnes Ag from 3,300,000 tonnes ore.
Geological Survey of Japan, 1955; Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1968; Mining and Materials Processing Institute of Japan, 1992; Seki, 1993.
Consists of NE, NW and EW-striking veins. Nine main vein systems occur. The EW-striking veins are Pb-Zn vein and NE-striking veins are Au-Ag veins. Main vein is 1,100 m long with average thickness of 1.6 m. Main deposit minerals are electrum, argentite,
Yaguki
37 11 13N
140ø55'E
140 54 58E
Cu, Fe
Ag, W
Average grade of 1% Cu, 3.8% Fe.  Production of 67,000 tonnes Cu, 54 tonnes Ag.
Geological Survey of Japan, 1956; Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1965; Sugki and others, 1988.
Consists of three bodies in Paleozoic limestone. Main body is 350 m long, 600 m wide and 40 m thick. Main deposit minerals are chalcopyrite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, arsenopyrite, sphalerite, galena and scheelite. Gangue minerals are hedenbergite, garnet, epi
Sado
38 02 38N
138ø16'E
138 15 58E
Grade of 1-5 g/t Au, 30-100 g/t Ag, 0.1-0.3% Cu.  Production of 78 tonnes Au, 2,330 tonnes Ag, 5,400 tonnes Cu, 15,300,000 tonnes ore.
Geological Survey of Japan, 1955; Shikazono and Tsunakawa, 1982; Mining and Materials Processing Institute of Japan, 1994a.
Consists of seven main EW-striking veins. The main vein is 2,100 m long and 6 m wide. Host rock is Miocene dacite tuff, andesite tuff and mudstone. The main deposit minerals are native gold, argentite, pyrargyrite, pyroustite, miargyrite, chalcopyrite, t
Yasou
37ø03'N
37 03 29N
139ø40'E
139 39 36E
Average grade of 2-4% Cu.  Production of 21,000 tonnes Cu.
Consists of NW-striking veins. Three main vein systems occur. Main vein is 1200 m long with average thickness of 1.3 m. Kuroko type deposits also occur in the area. Main deposit minerals are chalcopyrite, pyrite, galena and sphalerite. Gangue minerals ar
Hitachi
36ø38'N
36 37 38N
Average grade of 1.5% Cu. Production of 440,000 tonnes Cu, 40,000 tonnes of Zn.
Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1965; Kanehira and Tatsumi, 1970; Kase and Yamamoto, 1985; Omori and others, 1986; Mariko and Koto, 1994.
Consists of eight stratiform bodies that occur in the Fujimi and Fudoutaki Groups. Bodies hosted in greenschist, biotite-quartz schist, sericite-quartz schist, and siliceous schist of Paleozoic Hitachi Metamorphic Rock. The Fujimi bodies occurs at, or ne
Nan'etsu
37 04 35N
139ø03'E
139 03 28E
Average grade of 8.5% Zn, 4.5% Pb, 0.4% Cu.  Production of 13,000 tonnes Zn, 6,000 tonnes Pb, 350 tonnes Cu.
Consists of NE-striking veins. Nine main vein systems occur. Main vein is 1,240 m long with average thickness of 2 m. Host rock is Mesozoic slate and Miocene biotite granite (Ookura granite). Veins are distributed in the area 3 kmx3 km around the granite
Tochigi
36ø47'N
36 46 38N
139ø49'E
139 49 08E
Average grade of 1.3% Cu.  Production of 30,000 tonnes Cu, 8 tonnes Ag.
Consists of NS-striking and NW-striking veins. The veins occur in the area 1 km by 1 km. Main vein is 400 m long with average thickness of 0.15 m. Main deposit minerals are chalcopyrite, pyrite, bornite, chalcocite, sphalerite and bismuthinite. Gangue mi
Yamada district
39ø29'N
39 29 05N
141ø52'E
141 52 00E
Average grade of 30-40% Mn.
Geological Survey of Japan, 1954; Yoshimura, 1969; Nambu and others, 1973.
Consists of 22 Main bodies in the central part of the Kitakami mountains. Mn deposits of this district is also classified as Miyako and Kamaishi districts. Bodies occur in Jurassic chert and slate. Bodies are parallel to the bedding of the host sedimenta
Nebazawa
36ø52'N
36 52 01N
139ø20'E
139 19 45E
Average grade of 3.1g/t Au, 202 g/t Ag.  Production of 1 tonnes Au, 65 tonnes Ag, 322,000 tonnes ore.
Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1968; Nakano, 1981; Ochiai, 1981; Nakayama, 1986; Mining and Materials Processing Institute of Japan, 1994a.
Consists of EW-striking veins. Ten main vein systems occur. Main vein is 1,800 m long with average thickness of 3 m. Host rock is Paleogene Katashinagawa rhyolite rock. Main deposit minerals are electrum, pyrargyrite, argentite, chalcopyrite, pyrite, gal
Takatori
36 29 54N
140ø17'E
140 17 06E
Sn, Cu
Average grade of 0.62% W.  Production of 500,000 tonnes ore.
Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1968; Ogasawara and others 1993.
Consists of NW-striking veins. Three main vein systems occur. The veins are steaply dip to S. The veins occur in the area 1 km by 1.5 km. Main vein is 700 m long with average thickness of 0.65 m. Main deposit minerals are wolframie, cassiterite, chalcopy
Ashio
36 38 39N
139ø25'E
139 25 15E
Grade of 20-30% Cu. Production of about 800,000 tonnes Cu, 4.5 tonnes Au, 600 tonnes Ag, 22,000 tonnes Zn.
Geological Survey of Japan, 1955; Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1968; Shibata and Ishihara, 1974; Omori and others, 1986.
Consists of NE-, ENE-, and EW-striking veins. Eight main vein systems occur. Each vein system consists of 100-300 veins. About 1,400 veins were minned. The Main vein is 2,100 m long and 0.2 m thick. The host rocks are Miocene rhyolite (Ashio Rhyolite) th
Awano district
36 32 00N
139ø32'E
139 32 00E
Grade of 30-42% Mn.  Production of 55,000 tonnes Mn.
Consists of 55 ore bodies in the eastern part of Ashio mountains.  This district is also known as Kanuma district.  Ore bodies are found in chert and slate of Jurassic accretionary complex.  Main body has more than 250,000 tonnes reserve of Mn (30%).  Or
Watarase district
36ø34'N
36 34 08N
139 20 25E
Average grade of 35% Mn.  Resources of 180,000 tonnes.
Consists of 48 bodies in central part of the Ashio mountains. Resources of four main bodies is more than 8,000 tonnes. Bodies occur in chert of Jurassic accretionary complex. Bodies are parallel to the bedding of the host sedimentary rock. One of the bod
Gumma
36 39 04N
138ø36'E
138 35 51E
Limonite from spring water
Average grade of 49% Fe.  Production of 850,000 tonnes from 1950 to1955. Resources of about 2,000,000 tonnes.
Geological Survey of Japan, 1954; Ota, 1957.
Occurs in the eastern foothill of Ksatsu-Shirane volcano above tuff breccia, and andesite. Deposit is more than 10 m thick and occurs along an old valley for 2,200 m, and is several tens to 200 m wide. Deposit formed by precipitation in the valley from a
Kusatsu-Shirane district
36ø36'N
36 35 45N
138ø32'E
138 32 28E
Average grade of 40% S.
Geological Survey of Japan, 1951; Ota, 1957; Imai and others, 1973.
The district contains seven main deposits located eastern and southern foothill of Quaternary volcano of Kusatsu-Shirane. One of the large body, Shirane deposit, has 300 m by 200 m diameteres with thickness of 25 m and has production of 67,000 tonnes S (
Yonago
36 34 05N
138ø25'E
138 24 52E
Average grade of 24.8 % S. Production of 104,000 tonnes S (from 1934-1952), 618,000 tonnes ore (through 1951).
Geological Survey of Japan, 1951; Ota and Katada, 1954; Uemura and Yamada, 1988.
Consists of six main bodies and occurs western foothill of Quaternary volcano of Azumaya. Bodies are distributed in an area of 1,000 m (NS) by 600 m (EW). Deposit minerals are native sulfur and pyrite. Host rock is two pyroxene andesite of the Yonago lav
Chichibu
36 01 02N
138 48 54E
Ag, Au, Zn, Pb, Fe
Zn-Pb (ñAg, Cu, W) skarn
Average grade of 5 g/t Au, 60 g/t Ag, 5.5% Zn, 0.45% Pb, 27.2% Fe.  Production of 16.3 tonnes Au, 72 tonnes Ag, 100,000 tonnes Zn, 7,000 tonnes Pb, 440,000 tonnes Fe. Resources of 8,000,000 tonnes.
Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1968; Ueno and Shibata, 1986; Ishihara and others, 1987; Mining and Materials Processing Institute of Japan, 1994a.
Consists of four ore bodies. The ain ore body is 350 m long, 600 m wide, and 40 m thick. The skarn occurs along the margin of a quartz-diorite and averages 30-50 m wide. The ore bodies occur between limestone and skarn.  The skarn was formed during intru
Omine
39 18 37N
141ø41'E
141 40 40E
Average grade of 6.2% Cu, 4.6g/t Au, 60 g/t Ag.  Production of 27,000 tonnes Cu, 24 tonnes Ag, 1.5 tonnes Au.
Consists of two skarn bodies. Main body is 100 m long, 40 m wide and 150 m deep. Main deposit minerals are chalcopyrite, cubanite, bornite and pyrrhotite. Minor minerals are sphlerite and molybdenite. Skarn minerals are diopside, garnet, wollastonite and
Ani
39ø58'N
39 58 10N
140ø02'E
140 2 614E
Pb
Average grade of 1.2% Cu, 4.8 g/t Au, 10 g/t Ag. Production of  56,000 tonnes Cu, 70 tonnes Ag, 0.5 tonnes Au, 1,000 tonnes Pb.
Geological Survey of Japan, 1956; Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1968; Yamaoka and Ueda, 1974.
Consists of east-west and northeast striking veins.  8 main vein systems are present.  Main Vein is 400m long with average thickness of 0.4m.  Veins are present in the area 7km by 6km.  Main ore minerals are chalcopyrite and pyrite.  Minor ore minerals a
Kamaishi
39ø18'N
39 18 20N
141ø43'E
141 42 40E
Average grade of 30.9% Fe, 0.63% Cu for Cu-Fe ore.  Production of  200,000 tonnesCu, 14,000,000 tonnes Fe.
Geological Survey of Japan, 1956; Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1965; Kawano and Ueda, 1965; Hamabe, 1979; Ichige and others, 1985; Haruna and others, 1990.
Consists of twelve skarns bodies that occur in irregular masses. The main body is 660 m long, 100 m wide, and 450 m deep. The main ore minerals are magnetite and chalcopyrite. Minor minerals are cubanite, pentlandite, pyrrhotite, pyrite, sphlerite, hemat
Arakawa
39ø38'N
39 38 01N
140 25 13E
Average grade of 2.0% Cu. Production of 45,000 tonnes Cu, 17 tonnes Ag, 0.9 tonnes Au.
Geological Survey of Japan, 1956; Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1968
Consists of northeast striking veins.  13 main vein systems are present.  Main vein is 1,050m long with average thickness of 1.2m.  Veins are present in the area 4km by 7km.  Main ore mineral is pyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, and galena.  Gangue miner
Akagane
39ø11'N
39 10 32N
141ø21'E
141 20 55E
Cu, Fe, Au
Average grade of 0.85 Cu; 41.265 Fe, 1.3 g/t Au, 10 g/t Ag. Production of 35,000 tonnes Cu, 104,000 tonnes Fe (-1960), 2.7 tonnes Au.
Geological Survey of Japan, 1956; Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1965; Kawano and Ueda, 1965; Sumita, 1975; Bunno and others, 1982.
Consists of 23 skarn ore bodies.  Main ore body is 40m long, 30m wide, and 100m thick.  Main ore minerals are magnetite, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, pyrite, and arsenopyrite.  Minor minerals are sphalerite and molybdenite.  Skarn minerals are diopside, gar
Tsuchihata
39ø17'N
39 17 17N
140ø47'E
140 46 49E
Zn, Ag, Au
Average grade of 0.76% Cu, 3.42% Zn, 1.1g/t Au, 39 g/t Ag.  Production of 4,524,000 tonnes ore (from 1925-1962) and 48,000 tonnes Cu.
Geological Survey of Japan, 1956; Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1965; Tanaka Mining Corporation, 1984.
Consists of three main bodies. Main body is 250 m long, 250 m wide and 30 m thick. Stockwork part of Kuroko type deposit hosts the major part of the deposit. The stockwork consist of strongly silica-altered rhyolite and network quartz veins. Deposit mine
Washiaimori
39 13 46N
140ø52'E
140 52 00E
Average grade of 4.99% Cu, 88 g/t Ag.  Production of 25,000 tonnes Cu, 16 tonnes Ag.
Consists of EW-striking veins. Eight main veins occur. Main Vein is 900 m long with average thickness of 0.4 m. Veins occur in the area 2.4 km by 3.8 km. Main deposit minerals are chalcopyrite and pyrite. Minor minerals are sphalerite and galena. Gangue
K
Khatansuudal
42ø54'N
42 54 00N
ERROR 97 ø03'
97 43 00E
Tomortein Nuruu .
Mongolia
Unknown
Grade of 156.8-158.0 g/t Au, 167.8-172.6 g/t Ag, 0.003-0.005% Cu, 0.005-0.007% Zn, 0.0003-0.0004% As.
B.N. Podkolzin and others, written commun., 1990; G. Dejidmaa and others, written commun.,1994; S. Sanjaadorj and others, written commun.,1998.
Occurrence is 30-50 m wide and 500 m long, and is in a latitudinal zone containing microdiorite, gabbro, and pyroxenite dikes. The host rock is intensely limonite-altered. The central part of the zone is sericite-, pyrite-, and carbonate-altered, and the
Qiyishan, Inner Mongolia
ERROR 42ø05'
42 05 00 N
ERROR 100ø25'
100 25 00 E
Hartolgoi-sulinheer
Rb, W, Sn
Mo, Be, Fe, Cu
Editorial Committee of the Discovery History of Mineral Deposits, 1996.
Consists of 71 small lensoid bodies that strike EW orientation and dip 50 to 65o. The largest body is 700 m long, extends 300 to 500 m downdip and ranges from 80 to 150 m wide. The bodies occur predominately in the contact-metamorphosed tuffaceous sandst
East Khatansuudal
Tomortein Nuruu
Grade of  0.23-9.55 g/t Au.
B.N. Podkolzin and others, written commun., 1990; G. Dejidmaa and others, written commun.,1994;S. Sanjaadorj and others, written commun.,1998.
Consists of two showings, No.8 and the Engeriin Us. No.8 showing consists of altered, 2.0-8.0 m thick tuff and sandstone horizon cut by ladder-shape quartz veins that are hosted in a Devonian clastic and volcanic unit. Rock chip sample of limonite-altere
Talynmeltes
42ø56'N
42 56 00N
ERROR 96 ø02'
96 32 05E
Average grade of 0.91 g/t Au, 0.79 g/t Ag, 0.005% Cu, 0.0002% Pb, 0.002% Zn, 0.0001% As.
Podkolzin and others, 1990; G. Dejidmaa, E. Sato, and S. Jargalan, written commun., 1994.
Hosted in intercalated Middle Devonian siliceous siltstone and fine-grained sandstone that are metamorphosed to greenschist facies, and are intruded by syn-orogenic, concordant Devonian gabbro, tonalite, granodiorite, and granite. Extensive ladder and co
Liusashan, Inner Mongolia
ERROR 41ø28'
41 28 00 N
99 ø07'E
99 37 00 E
Hartolgoi-Sulinheer
Ag, Au, W
Editorial Committee of the Discovery History of Mineral Deposits, v. 3., 1996.
Consists of 18 irregularly-shaped bodies arranges in a circular zone with a circumference of over 1000 m long and 400-700 m wide. The deposit minerals consist mainly of quartz veins and quartz veinlets and the main minerals are molybdenite, gold, scheeli
Guut hudag
43ø05'N
43 05 14N
100ø05'E
100 04 34E
Unassigned
Grading up to 1.07 g/t Au.
N. Aizawa and others, written commun.,1996
Interpreted as a siliceous paleovolcano intruded by mafic volcanic rock. The paleovolcano consists of rhyolite and dacite of late Paleozoic age that is intensively silica and partly argillite altered, and cut by quartz stringers in an area ranging 1.2 km
Shuteen
43ø57'N
43 57 00N
107ø38'E
107 38 00E
Harmagtai-Hongoot-Oyut
Epithermal quartz-alunite
Up to 1.4 g/t Au.
Goldenberg and others, 1978; Khovan and others, 1982, 1983;; M. Korim and others, written commun., 1984; Korim and others, 1985; Sanjaadorj and others, 1996; Delgertsogt, 1997.
Hosted in the late Paleozoic Doshiin Ovoo Formation composed of volcanic and sedimentary rock including andesite, tuffs and lava and agglomerate. There are widely distributed diorite, granodiorite and granite stocks and massifs coeval with the volcanic a
Huogeqi, Inner Mongolia
41ø17'N
41 17 00N
106ø51'E
106 51 00E
Langshan-Bayan Obo
Cu Pb Zn
S,Ag,In,Cd,Fe
Sedimentary exhalative Pb-Zn (SEDEX)
Average grade of 1.44% Pb, 1.46% Zn, 1.35% Cu. Reserves of 0.973 million tonnes Pb, 0.782 million tonnes Zn, 0.711 million tonnes Cu.
Ge, Chaohua and others, 1994.
Occurs in the Langshan Mountains and consists of stratiform bodies hosted in phyllite, schist, and quartzite of the Proterzoic Langshan Group that has a Rb-Sr isotopic age of 1100 Ma. Ore minerals are mainly chalcopyrite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, magnetite, g
Dongshengmiao, Inner Mongolia
41ø10'N
41 10 00N
107ø04'E
107 04 00E
Zn,Pb,Cu
Reserves  of 40.8 million tonnes Zn. Average grade of 3.11% Zn. Reserves of 461,100 tonnes Pb. Average  grade of 0.78% Pb.
Xu, Jiuhua and others, 1998.
Consists of stratiform and lenticular ore bodies within the dolomite and carbonaceous slate of Proterozoic Chartai group(Sm-Nd modal age is 1531-1551Ma). Ore minerals are mainly pyrite, pyrrhotite, sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite, with small amou
Tanyaokou, Inner Mongolia
40ø58'N
40 58 00N
106ø50'E
106 50 00E
Zn Cu
Pb S
Average grade of 1.78-3.22% Zn, 0.98% Cu. Reserves of 1,106,600 tonnes Zn, 466,000 tonnes Cu.
Shi, Lindao and others, 1994.
Consists of several bedded, stratiform and lensoid bodies that are concordant to host rock. The host rock includesmainly dolomite (locally containing barite), carbonaceous slate, phyllite and schist, making up gently dipped anticlines and synclines. The
Khan Bogd
43ø02'N
43 02 00N
Harmorit-Hanbogd-Lugiingol
Nb, REE
Hf
Ta-Nb-REE alkaline metasomatite
Average grade of 620 g/t Nb2O3; 0.8% TR2O3; 0.04% Hf.
Vladykin and others, 1981; 1988; Jargalsaihan and others, 1996.
Hosted in an Permian alkaline granite pluton of medium-grained arfvedsonite-aegirine granite with dikes of eckerite, pantellerite, grorudits, and alkaline pegmatite. Pegmatite contain REE minerals. Pegmatite consists of microcline, quartz, arfvedsonite,
Oyu Tolgoi
43ø00'N
43 00 10N
106ø52'E
106 51 30E
Tsagaansuvarga
Au, Ag, Mo
Porphyry Cu (ñAu)
438 million tonnes grading 0.52% Cu and 0.35 g/t Au. Development underway.
A. Gotovsuren and others, written commun., 1995; Cox and others, 2000; Perello and others, 2001.
Hosted in a rhyolite and dacite volcanic wallrock and occurs in three main zones that are interpreted as two separate porphyry Cu centers. The central part of deposit consists of a multi-phase hydrothermal breccia that crosscuts an altered, fine-grained
Zuun Togoo Uul
42ø34'N
42 33 50N
107ø36'E
107 35 40E
Ag, Au, As
Carbonate-hosted Hg-Sb
Grades up to 1.41% Sb. Resources of 15,000 tonnes Sb.
A. Gotovsuren and others, written commun., 1995; Burenhuu and Gotovsuren, 1995.
Covers a surface area of 7 sq.km. and is hosted in Carboniferous limestone that is thrust over Permian volcanic and sedimentary rock and serpentenitized ultramafic rock along a sublatitudinal fault zone. The rock is intensely altered to stibnite and cut
Alag tolgoi
ERROR 42ø37'
42 37 00 N
ERROR 106ø25'
106 25 00 E
Average grade of 8.0 g/t Au.
A. Gotovsuren and others, written commun., 1995.
Consists of 13  stockworks  and  one  silicified  zone. All  stockworks  contain  visible  gold. The  occurrence  occupies  a 4 - 5 sq  km  area in  upper  Devonian?  age  granite  cut  by  intermediate  and  basic  composition  dikes.   Quartz  veins  a
Suhayt
43ø07'N
43 07 00N
102ø53'E
102 53 00E
N. Aizawa and others, written commun., 1996.
Hosted in an area of 1.0 km by 0.5 km, late Paleozoic dacite and rhyolite that is intensively silica altered. Silica-altered rock occurs in upper level and contains argillite alteration zones. Argillic alteration is intensive developed in lower elevation
Khartolgoi
42ø08'N
42 08 00N
104ø55'E
104 55 00E
Pb, Ag,Sb
As, Cu
Averade grade of 1,8-13.4% Pb, 2,6% Sb. Resources of 60,000 tonnes Pb, 30,000 tonnes Sb, 138 tonnes Ag.
Khasin, 1977; Jargalsaihan and others, 1996;  D. Dorjgotov, written commun., 1990; Geology and mineral resources of Mongolia, 1999.
Consists of Pb-Ag veins and lenticular bodies in Proterozoic metamorphic rock intruded by Triassic granitoid. Bodies have dimensions of 100x400 mx2-29x120 m. Wallrock hydrothermal alteration consists of carbonate and silica alteration. Ore minerals are g
Zurkh
42ø06'N
42 06 00N
104ø53'E
104 53 00E
Ag, Pb
Barite vein
M.A .Anpilov and E.P. Shirai, written commun., 1953; Kleiner and others, 1977.
Consists of nodules, veinlets and lenses of barite-sulphide and barite occurring in a NE-trending fractured and brecciated zone 500 m long and up to 20 m wide. Host rock is late Precambrian limestone and Late Permian sandstone that are intruded by granit
Khar morit
42ø01'N
42 01 00N
104ø54'E
104 54 00E
Sn, W
Resources of 780 tonnes Sn, 65 tonnes WO3.
Amory and others, 1994; Batbold, 1997.
Consists of zones of greisen and veins in the apical part of a Li-F granite porphyry stock and in adjacent host rock. The granite has a Rb-Sr isochron age of 194ñ 9.06 Ma. The zones extend from 100 to 500 m long and up to 3 m wide. Deposit has two parts:
Wenduermiao, Inner Mongolia
42ø30'N
42 30 15N
113ø02'E
113 02 05E
Wunduermiao
Volcanogenic-sedimentary Fe
Grade of 36.04% TFe (57.8-20% Fe). Resources 74million tonnes ore.
Consists of several stratiform deposits of banded magnetite-hematite quartzite and hematite-jasper silexite. Fe oxide minerals are very fine-grained. The host rock metamorphosed mafic lava, spilite tuff and argillite that are strongly folded. A Sm-Nb iso
Khoit Barjin
42ø41'N
42 41 00N
108ø15'E
108 15 00E
Grading up to 3.0 g/t Au.
N. Aizawa and others, written commun., 1996; Altangerel and others, 1998.
Occurs in the eastern part of Early Cretaceous siliceous subvolcanic, en-echelon bodies that occurs along a sublatitudinal fault zone. The Khoit Barjin hill subvolcanic body is cut by NE and sublatitudinal quartz veins that range up to 1.0 m thick and up
Saiyinwusu, Inner Mongolia
41ø59'N
41 59 10N
110ø05'E
110 05 10E
Wulashan-Zhangbei
Hua, Ming, and Ma, Mintao, 1997.
Occurs in a syncline, the core of that is slate of the Bilute Formation and the limbs of that are siliceous crystalline limestone of the Halahuote Formation. Both the two formations belong to the Proterozoic Bayan Obo Group. A ellipsoid Hercynian granite
Sulinheer group
42ø25'N
42 25 00N
108ø44'E
108 44 00E
Sulinheer
Up to 45% Cr203.
Filippova and Vydrin, 1977; Jargalsaihan and others, 1996.
Hosted in the Sulinheer ultramafic pluton that occurs along the border between Mongolia and China. The ultramafic pluton occurs in the major Sulinheer fault zone that that trends from NE to EW. The pluton ranges from 10 to 100 m2 and consists of serpenti
Bayan Obo, Inner Mongolia
ERROR 41ø52'
41 52 00 N
ERROR 109ø58'
109 58 00 E
REE, Fe, Nb
Th,Zr,F
Reserves of 40.1 million tonnes with average grade of 3-5.4% REE. Reserves of more than 1 million tonnes Nb2O5 with average grade of 0.1-0.14% Nb2O5. Superlarge deposit. Reserves of 470 million tonnes Fe.
Tu Guangzhi,1996; Lin Chuanxian and others,1994; Lin, Chuanxian and others, 1994; Qiao, Xiufu and others, 1997.
Occurs in a east-west trending Mesoproterozoic rift zone along the northern margin of Sino-Korean Craton. The mining district containing the deposit contains several ore bodies that occur in a zone that is about 18 km long in east-west trend and 5 km wid
Sanheming, Inner Mongolia
41ø26'N
41 26 00N
110ø57'E
110 57 00E
Yinshan
Average grade of 34.82% Fe, 42.78% SiO2, 0.2467% S, 0.0102% P, 0.0058% As . Resources of 167 million tonnes Fe ore.
Li, Rongdao, 1993.
Consists of stratiform and layered Fe bodies in the Paleoproterozoic Sanminghe Group that is divided into six units, from lower to upper: lower amphibolite, lower magnetite quartzite, schist, middle amphibolite, upper magnetite quartzite and upper amphib
Donghuofuang, Inner Mongolia
40ø52'N
40 52 05N
111ø07'E
111 07 05E
Alkaline complex-hosted Au
The deposit belongs to altered rock type and occur as varied shaped veins in the places where the lower part of the Archean Wulashan Group and the Caledonian quartz diorite are widely exposed. The main minerals of the ores consist of quartz, pyrit
Houshihua, Inner Mongolia
40ø48'N
40 47 35N
110ø50'E
110 50 05E
The deposit is located in the mylonitic zones in viened forms in chlorite amphibole schist, amphibole plagioclase gneiss and chlorite schist. The metallic minerals include pyrite, chalcopyrite, galena, sphalerite, molybdenite, magnetite and hemtit
Jiashengpan, Inner Mongolia
41ø14'N
41 13 50N
109ø18'E
109 18 00E
Grade of 1-2% Pb, 1.5-5.2% Zn. Reserves of 180,000 tonnes Pb,1,268,500 tonnes Zn.
Consists of several bedded and stratiform bodies concordant to host rock. Main host rock include carbonaceous and silty dolomite and black carbonaceous slate. Bodies are folded with host rock and in the hinges of folds, the bodies are thickened and the g
Hadamengou, Inner Mongolia
40ø45'N
40 45 10N
109ø38'E
109 38 10E
Au potassium metasomatite (Kuranakh type)
Average grade of 5.21 g/t Au. Reserves of 20.86 tonnes Au.
Zhoukun, 1995.
Occurs in veins in the middle and upper Archean Wulashan Group, mainly in garnet gneiss, granulite, magnetite quartzite, and cordierite-, sillimanite-, garnet and graphite-biotite schist, quartzite, and marble. Three km to the W is the Dahuabei potassic
Wulashan, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia
40ø42'N
40 42 00N
109ø24'E
109 24 15E
Nie, Fengjun and others, 1989.
Hosted in Archean and Proterozoic metamorphic rock and Paleozoic and Mesozoic granite, east of the Dahuabei intrusion. There are three types of veins occuring along the bedding and schistosity of metamorphic rock: quartz-K feldspar vein, quartz vein and
Sumochaganaobao, Inner Mongolia
43 05 05N
111ø16'E
111 15 40E
Sumochaganaobo
fluorite
Hydrothermal-sedimentary fluorite
Reserves of 10.250 million tonnes fluorite.
Chen, Xianpei and others, 1994.
Consists of beds that extend up to 2900 m long, 1200 m wide, range from 0.49 to 22.48 m thick and extend to 588 m deep. Deposits are concordant to the host limestone, calcareous sandstone. The lower host layer is Early Permian siliceous volcanic lava, tu
Bieluwutu, Inner Mongolia
ERROR 42ø21'
42 21 00 N
ERROR 113ø26'
113 26 00 E
Bieluwutu
Base metals
Volcanogenic-hydrothermal-sedimentary massive sulfide Pb-Zn (ñCu)
Zhang Hongtao and Nie Fengzhun, 1994.
Hosted mainly in Late Carboniferous volcanic and sedimentary rock, and flysch of the Early Permian Sanmianjing Formation. Two unconformable sequences occur. The deposit horizon contains a lens of monomineralogic tourmaline rock and local hydrothermal bre
Aobaotu, Inner Mongolia
ERROR 43ø03'
43 03 10 N
ERROR 111ø02'
111 02 10 E
Fluorite
Chen Xianpei and others, 1994.
Consists of  fluorite or fluorite and quartz making up banded-laminated, massive and breccia ores.  The shape of the ore bodies is very complicated and the ore bodies show disconformable relation to their host rocks of carbonaceous slate, some limestone,
Hadamiao, Inner Mongolia
42ø07'N
42 06 45N
Deposit occurs mainly in an intrusion of granite porphyry and the contact zone of a porphyry intrusion and quartz diorite. Some gold occurs in quartz-tourmaline veins in tubes in volcanic breccia. There are two types of gold deposit: porphyry Au deposit
Tsagaan Suvarga
43ø52'N
43 52 20N
108ø20'E
108 20 00E
Cu, Mo
Ag, Re, Au, Se, Tl
Resources of  317.5 million tonnes ore grading 0.53% Cu, 0.018% Mo. Resource of 119.68 tonnes Re, 26 tonnes Au, 810 tonnes Ag.
Yakovlev, 1977; Sotnikov and others, 1985; Gotovsuren 1991; Lamb and Cox, 1998.
Consists of stockwork veinlets and veins of quartz, chalcopyrite and molybdenite that occur in or near porphyritic intrusions (Yakovlev, 1977; Sotnikov and others, 1985; Gotovsuren 1991; Lamb and Cox, 1998). Deposit is hosted in the Late Devonian Tsagaan
Bainaimiao, Inner Mongolia
ERROR 42ø18'
42 18 00 N
ERROR 112ø47'
112 47 00 E
Bainaimiao
Average grade of 0.91% Cu. Reserves of 373,200 tonnes Cu.
Chen Qi and others, 1994.
Consists of several parallel veins in a early Paleozoic granodiorite porphyry in a northern belt, and in greenschist at the contact of a porphyry the southern belt. Ore minerals occur in disseminations and veinlets and consist mainly of pyrite, chalcopyr
Horgo uul
43ø41'N
43 40 45N
108ø18'E
108 17 40E
Govi-Tamsag
Sr
Sedimentary celestite
Average grade of 45.59% Sr.
V.I. Goldenberg and others, written commun.,1978.
Consists of 1.0-5.0 cm thick layers of celestite in Early Cretaceous sandstone. Celestite also occurs as isometric black concretions with a diameter 0.3-0.4 cm and in celestite roses. Concretions contains up to 6.56% Sr. The thickness of celestite-bearin
Lugingol
42ø58'N
42 58 00N
108ø03'E
108 03 00E
Sr, Ba, Y, F
REE (ñTa, Nb, Fe) carbonatite
Reserves of 14,000 tonnes grading 0.5-3.5% TR2O3, 50.7% Ce, 33.0% La, 5.0% Nd, 2.85% Sr, 1-5% Ba, 0.03-0.3 Y, 5-20% CaF2.
Ya. Ubern and others, written commun., 1986; Jargalsaihan and others, 1996; Batbold, 1998.
Consists of bastneasite carbonatite dikes that occur mainly along the contact zone of the Lugingol alkaline nepheline syenite pluton that intrudes Permian sedimentary rock of the Lugin gol Formation (Batbold, 1997). For the Lugiin gol nepheline syenite p
Dajing,Inner Mongolia
43ø45'N
43 45 00N
118ø33'E
118 33 00E
Daxinganling
Ag,Sn
Li, Henian and others, 1994; Zhang, Dequan and others, 1994.
Located in the block dome in the southwest part of Huanggang-Wulanhaote metallogenic belt.Mesozoic volcanic basin is distributed to its south.NW-,NNW-,and NE-striked faults control the formation and distribution of ore bodies and granite.The only
Honghuagou, Inner Mongolia
42ø10'N
42 10 10N
118ø56'E
118 55 50E
Average grade of 15.22 g/t Au. Reserves of 2.67 tonnes Au.
Li, Yinqing, and Ai, Yongde, 1991.
Occurs in an area where Archean metamorphic rock, Jurassic volcanic rock and Mesozoic granite are exposed. Gold veins occur in secondary faults of large regional faults. The ore minerals are pyrite, magnetite, chalcopyrite, galena, sphalerite, and Cu, Ag
Xiaotazhigou, Liaoning Province
41ø52'N
41 52 00N
119ø46'E
119 46 00E
Xu, Wanchen, 1996.
The strata dominating in the area consist of amphibole plagioclase gneiss, biotite plagioclase gneiss and pyroxene plagioclase granulite of the Xiaotazhigou Formation of the Archean Jianping Group, Paleozoic sedimentary rock and Mesozoic volcanic rocks.
Anjiayingzhi, Inner Mongolia
ERROR 118ø48'
118 48 20 E
Zhang Kuiwu and others 1998.
The deposit occurs in a site where the metamorphic sequence consisting of potassic feldspar granitoid gneiss, two feldspar biotite gneiss, biotite  plagioclase gneiss, amphibolite and marble of the Jining Group were intruded by two Mesozoic intrusion-- A
Reshui, Ningcheng, Inner Mongolia
118 45 00E
Wang, Chuantai, and Gao, Yumin, 1992.
Occurs in the biotite amphibole plagioclase gneiss of the Archean Reshui Group. Gold lodes are controlled by a series of NNE and NW extending compressive faults and are mainly quartz vein deposits. Main deposit minerals are pyrite, gold, quartz, with mi
Xiaojiayingzi, Liaoning Province
41ø29'N
41 29 00N
119ø50'E
119 50 00E
Cu,Fe
Average grade of 0.23% Mo. Reserves of 92,529 tonnes Mo.
Huan, Dianhao and others, 1994.
Consists of veins, pods and pockets along a contact zone between Xiaojiayingzi intermediate-mafic intrusive and dolomite layer of Neoproterozoic Wumishan formation. Xiaojiayingzi intrusive is a multstage composite igneous body. Medium-grained diorite and
Xiaokouhuaying, Weichang, Hebei Province
42 06 04N
117ø39'E
117 39 10E
Guo, Guangjun, and Wang, Shiqi, 1998.
The strata exposed in the mine belong to the Late Jurassic felsic pyroclastic rock of the Zhangjiakou Formation. Several small granite porphyritic stocks related to the the deposit and intrude into the pyroclastic rock. Deposit veins are controlled by NN
Taipinggou, Liaoning Province
41 10 05N
119ø33'E
119 32 30E
Yanliao-2
Chemical-sedimentary Fe-Mn
Ye, Lianjun and others, 1994.
Consists of about three main stratiform and lensoid bodies that occur conformable with black-dark gray shale. The host sequence belongs to the upper part of the Tieling Formation, the Mesoproterozoic Jixian Group. The sedimentary environment is interpret
Xiaosigou, Pingquan County, Hebei Province
41ø03'N
41 03 00N
118ø36'E
118 36 03E
Average grade of 0.73% Cu, 0.086% Mo. Reserves of 132,000 tonnes Cu.
Xu, Qidong and others, 1993.
Occurs in the NE side of a granodiorite porphyry dike and the area with economic significance are Mo minerals in the dike and Cu (Mo) minerals at the contact of the dikes. The bodies occur as lense swarms trending NW. Molybdenite and chalcopyrite occur i
Gaositai, Hebei Province
118ø10'E
118 10 10E
Damiao
Zoned mafic-ultramafic Cr-PGE
Average grade of 14.12% Cr2O3; locally up to 40% Cr2O3. Reserves of 170 thousand tonnes ore.
Cheng, Yunchung and others, 1996.
Consists of a number of chromite bodies hosted in serpentinizied dunite and diopside pyroxenite that form part of an untramafic intrusion that is 9 km long and 1 km wide. The intrusion intrudes Early Precambrian metamorphic rock. The chromite bodies occu
Baizhangzhi, Liaoning Province
ERROR 40ø50'
40 50 03 N
ERROR 119ø05'
119 05 00 E
Yashan
Wei, Yohui, 1992.
The strata exposed in the area belong to the Mid Proterozoic Changcheng and Jixian systems. Jurassic strata are to the south of the mine. Baizhangzhi granite intrusion occurs in the center of the mine and is oriented in NNE direction. Gold ore bod
Anle, Inner Mongolia
ERROR 43ø44'
43 44 10 N
ERROR 117ø38'
117 38 10 E
Cu, Ag, Pb, Zn, W, Bi, Au
Wan and Kaihua, 1998.
Deposit hosted in carbon-bearing silty slate, siltstone of the Lixi Formation in the between of the two granite and granodiorite intrusions formed during Hercynian to Yanshan orogenies. The mineralized area is about 50 square kilometers and conisists mai
Niujuan, Fengning, Hebei Province
41ø22'N
41 22 05N
117ø20'E
117 20 05E
Average grade of 281 g/t Ag.
Liu, Fengshan, and Zhang, Guohui, 1997.
Hosted in metamorphic rock of the Proterozoic Hongqiyingzhi Group and the Late Jurassic volcanic rock that is intruded by the medium-to coarse-grained Gangou granite, fine-grained Dongtai, granite and Yushugoumen quartz diorite. The granitoids have a U-P
Damiao, Hebei Province
117ø53'E
117 53 00E
Fe, Ti, V
Apatite Cu, Ni Cr
Reserves of 62 thousand tonnes V2O5. Average grade of 0.16-0.39% V2O5; Reserves of 2 million tonnes TiO2. Average grade of 7.17% TiO2. Reserves of 47 million tonnes Fe ore. Grade of 32-34% Fe.
Cheng Yuqi and others, 1994.
Consists of a number of lenses and veins. The larger deposits extend along strike up to 300 to 500 m, extend downdip to 500 m and range from several tens to a hundred meters thick. The deposits occur at the contact zone between anorthosite and gabbro, or
Luoguozigou, Hebei Province
41ø08'N
41 08 10N
117ø48'E
117 48 15E
Luoguozigou
P
V, Ti Fe
Li, Ruiyan and others, 1994.
Occurs in a mafic-ultramafic norite intrusion that occurs along a major fault of the North China Platform. Apatite grade is low and P2O5 varies from 7 to 10%. The grades of V, Ti and Fe are relatively high. Deposit minerals occur uniformly with no zoning
Xiazhangzhi, Hebei Province
40ø28'N
40 28 03N
119ø45'E
119 45 05E
Li, Jiliang, 1996.
Deposit is hosted by Archean migmatite and Jurassic volcanic and sedimentary rock. Varied dikes are also seen in the mine. The belts are several tens to more than thousand of m long and fraction of meter to more than ten m wide. The bodies are stratiform
Jiaodingshan, Chengde, Hebei Province
118ø15'E
118 15 00E
Zn,Ag
Deposit occurs in Mayangou quartz porphyry pipe that dips inward and forms a funnel in vertical section. The margin consists of cataclastic breccia and the center consists of intrusive breccia and the pipe could be an explosive pipe that is one part of t
Heishan, Hebei Province
41ø07'N
41 07 20N
117ø33'E
117 33 10E
Ti Fe
Consists of more than 40 lenticular bodies. The bodies at the surface merge into one main body at depth. The bodies are mainly hosted in fissures in gabbro. The ore minerals are disseminated and consist of ilmenite, Ti-magnetite, hypersthene, actinolite,
Yingfang, Fengning, Hebei Province
41ø25'N
41 25 05N
116ø40'E
116 39 50E
Pb Zn Au
Average grade of 277.85 g/t Ag, 0.04-0.25 g/t Au, 5.01% Pb, 3.48% Zn.
Ren, Yaowu, and Chao, Qianwen, 1995.
Hosted in a NS-trending moderate ductile shear zone developed at the contact zone between the Early Yanshan coarse-grained K feldspar grantie and the Paleoproterozoic metamorphic rock of the Hongqiyingzhi Group. From the bodies to host rock, 4 alteration
Yu'erya, Hebei Province
40ø37'N
40 36 30N
118ø51'E
118 50 35E
Average grade of 6.51 g/t Au. Reserves of 12.35 tonnes Au.
Consists of auriferous quartz veins and stockwork. The bodies are controlled by NE and EW-trending faults and fracture zones in a Jurassic-Cretaceous granite stock of 6.7 sq.km. alteration includes pyrite alteration, sericite alteration and minor silica
Qinglonghe, Qinglong County, Hebei Province
40ø26'N
40 26 10N
119ø21'E
119 20 50E
Qinglong
Wu, Ruzhuo and Hu, Lunji, 1992.
Occurs in the metamorphosed clastic rock of the Paleoproterozoic Zhangjiagou Formation. Deposits are veined, stratiform, lenticular. Deposit controls are distribution of the strata and faults. Most deposits show concordant relation to their hosts and onl
Miaogou, Hebei Province
40ø18'N
40 18 00N
119ø39'E
119 39 00E
Average grade of 28.25% Fe.
Zhang, Yixia and others, 1986.
Occurs at the southern part of the famous Anzhiling migmatite rising. The preserved strata in the area is only several sq.km. The lower and middle part of the mine strata belong to the Paleoproterozoic and consist of sesame amphibolite intercalated with
Huanggan, Inner Mongolia
43ø38'N
43 38 05N
117ø42'E
117 42 00E
Fe, Zn, Pb, Cu
Average grade of 0.31% Sn. Reserves of 290,299 tonnes Sn.
Li Xiji and others, 1994.
Consists of several blind lenses in a very wide skarn zone. However, most bodies occur in a 120-250 m wide contact zone between a granite intrusion and carbonate rock of Early Permian age. The depth of the blind bodies is 300-800 m, and extends 500 m dow
Zhalanzhangzhi, Hebei Province
40ø20'N
40 19 40N
119ø22'E
119 22 10E
Average grade is 29.06%TFe. Reserves of 141 million tonnes of Fe ore.
Consists of bedded and stratiform deposits. The main deposit bed is more than 2000 m long and 10 to 30 m thick and is hosted in tourmaline microgneiss, garnet-mica schist in an asymmetric fold. Deposit occurs in the core and at limbs of the fold. Deposit
Guantangzhi, Hebei Province
40ø39'N
40 39 00N
118ø11'E
118 11 00E
Rui Zhongyao, 1994.
Consists of bodies in the transitional horizon from rhythmic black shale to dolomite of the Gaobanhe Formation of Mesoproterozoic age. The bodies are layered and stratiform, and are concordant to host rock. Zn minerals occur in the upper horizon whereas
Niuxinshan, Hebei Province
40 20 05N
118ø55'E
118 55 02E
Xu, Minqi, 1990.
Deposit occurs in the strata of the Santunying Formation around a granite intrusion and in the granite intrusion. There are two types of gold deposit, gold-bearing sulphide quartz vein and gold-bearing sulphide veinlet and disseminates. The deposit miner
Wanquansi, Chicheng, Hebei Province
41ø05'N
41 05 05N
116ø37'E
116 37 17E
Au, Pb, Zn,Cu
Grade of 100 g/t Ag, up to 12,500 g/t Ag, up to 37 g/t Au.
Liao, Xiyuan,1992.
The bodies occcur in faults and fracture zones as veins and lenses in andesite, trachyandensite and diorite of the Middle Jurassic Houcheng Formation and the Late Jurassic Baiqi Formation. The mineralogy of the deposit minerals is relatively simple, Depo
Jinchangyu, Hebei Province
40ø27'N
40 27 15N
118ø30'E
118 30 05E
Average grade of 7.53 g/t Au. Reserves of 19 tonnes Au.
Zhang Yixia and others, 1986; Xu Enshou and others, 1994; Wu Jiashan and others, 1998.
Consists of fine, dense Au quartz veinlets that occur parallel to schistosity in mylonite and in veinlets and disseminations in mylonite. The ore minerals are mainly pyrite and minor chalcopyrite, chalcocite, gold, and calaverite. Gangue minerals are alb
Shouwangfen, Hebei Province
40ø40'N
40 40 00N
117ø50'E
117 50 05E
Fe, Co
Average grade of 0.65% Cu. Reserves of 155,300 tonnes Cu.
Occurs at the contact zone of the Mesozoic granodiorite and the Neoproterozoic dolomite of the Wumishan Formation. Deposits are lenticular and lensoid in skarn and are stratiform shaped in metasomatized dolomite. Seven skarn zones occur along the contact
Caijiaying, Hebei Province
41 26 15N
115ø28'E
115 28 10E
Ag, Au and Cu
Average grade of 4.26% Zn and 2.73% Pb. Reserves of 1.44 million tonnes Zn.
Zhang, Changjiang, 1990; Huan, 1991; Quan, Heng,1994.
Consists of swarms of dense veins that range from 300 to 1000 m long, 1 to 18 m thick, and extend 400 to 500 m downdip. The ore minerals occur in masses and disseminations and are sphalerite, galena, pyrite, arsenopyrite, magnetite, hematite, gold, siliv
Gaobanhe, Hebei Province
40ø30'N
40 30 00N
118 10 00E
Average grade of about 2% Zn and lower Pb.
Tu Guangzhi and others 1994.
Consists of nine stratiform deposits that occur in an EW-trending belt that is 6 km long and 3 km wide. The host rock is Mn shale and dolomite of Neoproterozoic Gaoyuzhuang Formation. Ore minerals are mainly sphalerite, galena, and pyrite. Ore minerals v
Naobaogou, Wulateqianqi, Inner Mongolia
41ø21'N
41 21 00N
115ø24'E
115 24 13E
Zhang, Fuxin and others, 1997.
Occurs in the southern contact zone of the Baiyunchanglunshan intrusion. The gold veins are controlled by the footwall of a brittle-ductile shear zone in metamorphic rock of the Se'ertengshan Group. Two types of gold deposits occur: gold-bearing quartz v
Shuichang, Hebei Province
40ø15'N
40 15 00N
118ø34'E
118 33 40E
Reserves of greater than 100 million tonnes ore ranging from 20-35% Fe.
Zhang, Yixia amd others, 1986.
Occurs in the Qian'an Fe mine that is part of two belts of BIF deposits, a western and an eastern belts. The western belt is 15 km long, 2 km wide, extends in N-NE and contains the relatively large Shuichang deposit. The eastern belt is relatively small.
Aobaoshan,Inner Mongolia
ERROR 42ø52'
42 52 00 N
ERROR 119ø24'
119 24 00 E
Zhang Dequan and others,1994; Ai Xia and others,1994.
Occurs in the contact zone between early Yanshannian granodiorite stock and middle Silurian marble.Ore bodies are vein-type,lenticular,or nested, which are controlled by NE-,NNE- and EW trending faults.Ore minerals are sphalerite,galena,pyrite and chalco
Qingyanggou, Hebei Province
41 09 30N
115ø50'E
115 50 10E
Yang, Zhaochai, 1990.
Occurs in biotite plagioclase gneiss, migmatized gneiss and granulite of the Datongying Formation. Both in the bodies and at the hanging wall of the bodies, varied dikes, including quartz porphyry, syenite porphyry, are frequently met. The bodies occur i
Fengjiayu, Miyun, Beijing
40 38 30N
116ø58'E
116 58 05E
Average grade of 31.18% Fe. Reserves of 251 million tonnes ore.
Song Fumei, 1993.
Occurs in the Shenmiao Formation of the Archean Zhangjiafen Group that consists of varied biotite amphibole gneiss, amphibolite, quartzite, and biotite schist. Local migmatite occurs. Four sections occur. The ore mineral bodies are mainly stratiform, len
Mengjiagou, Hebei Province
40ø10'N
40 10 00N
118ø32'E
118 31 47E
Grade of 28-31% Fe. Reserves of greater than 100 million tonnes Fe ore.
It is a large Fe deposit in the western part of the Qian'an Fe mine in a box syncline. Deposit consists of stratiform and lensoid bodies. The bodies are not continuous, with a strike extension of 4600 m and a thickness of 9-63 m. The deposit minerals oc
Donjiagou, Beijing
116ø32'E
116 32 00E
Cu Au Ag
Rui, Zongyao and others, 1994.
Consists of pipe and irregular shaped bodies in an explosive-intrusive breccia pipe. The main intrusion consists of quartz diorite and quartz monzonite and is divided into three stages: 168-150 Ma, 145-130 Ma and 128-110 Ma (K-Ar ages). Jurrassic volcani
Shuijingtun, Chongli County, Hebei Province
40ø59'N
40 58 35N
115ø06'E
115 05 30E
Shi, Sen, and Zhao, Xudong, 1997.
Occurs in Archean moderate-high metamorphic grade of metamorphic rock and consists of quartz vein and atered rock types. Seven gold quartz veins and gold-bearing altered rock zones are defined. The deposit minerals consist mainly of pyrite and of chalcop
Pangjiapu, Hebei Province
40ø43'N
40 43 05N
115ø45'E
115 45 10E
Yanliao-1
Average grade of 45% Fe. Reserves of 100 million tonnes Fe ore.
He, Beiquan, 1993.
Consists of bedded and stratiform deposits that are concordant to host sandstone and argillite in the Lower Changlinggou Formation in the Mesoproterozoic Changcheng System of the North China Platform. Deposits are 2,000 to 5,000 m long, 460 to 2,000 m wi
Zhongxinchun, Beijing District
40ø13'N
40 13 10N
117ø13'E
117 13 05E
B, Mn
Consists of many small, conformable and lensoid bodies in a certain level of the Gaoyuzhuang Formation of the Mid Proterozoic Jixian Group. The host rock is mainly intercalated dark gray silty dolomite and silty shale. The deposit minerals are chambersit
Xiaoyingpan, Hebei Province
40 43 00N
115ø30'E
115 30 00E
Up to 170 g/t Au, range of 1.5-30 g/t Au, average grade of 12 g/t Au.
Jiang, Sihong, and Nie, Fengjun, 1998.
Hosted in amphibole plagioclase leptynite, amphibolite and granulite of the Archean Shanggan Group. The Shuiquangou Alkaline Complex of the Hercynian period, granite stocks of Yanshan Stage and some dikes also occur in and adjacent to the mine. The alkal
Dazhuangke, Beijing
40ø21'N
40 20 40N
116ø20'E
116 20 05E
Grade of 0.10% Mo.
Consists of veins and stockworks in explosive breccia pipes. The main part of the deposit occur in a pipe that is 350 to 400 m long and 40 to 90 m thick. Ore minerals occur in disseminations and veinlets. The main ore mineral is molybdenite with minor ma
Yantongshan, Hebei Province
40 37 05N
115ø17'E
115 17 05E
Average grade of 40% Fe.
Cheng, Yuqi and others, 1994; Editorial Committee of the Discovery History of Mineral Deposits of China, 1996.
Consists of bedded and stratiform bodies concordant to the sedimentary rock of the Early Chuanlinggou Formation of the Mid-Proterozoic Changcheng System. A single body is about 3000 m long, 1-5 m thick and 500-1500 m wide. The main deposit minerals are h
Xiaoyingzi, Inner Mongolia
42ø47'N
42 47 00N
118ø58'E
118 58 00E
Average grade of 2.78% Pb, 7.01% Zn. Reserves of 92,000 tonnes Pb,204,800 tonnes Zn.
Zhang, Dequan and others, 1994.
Occurs in the eastern part of Dongzi-Xiaoyingzi fault uplift. The deposit is distributed in the contact zone between early Yanshannian Xiaoyingzi granite and Silurian marble and chlorite schist.The main exposed strata are Silurian chlorite-quartz
Fanshan, Hebei Province
40 13 00N
115ø35'E
115 35 15E
Fanshan
Magmatic and metasomatic apatite
Grade of 10-45% P2O5.
Mu, Baolei and others, 1988.
Consists of stratiform and circular igneous masses that occur at the intersections of two huge fracture zones in cratonal rock. Deposit is related to an alkalic, stratiform ultramafic-syenite complex. The ore mineral assemblages are apatite, magnetite-ap
Xinghe, Inner Mongolia
40 20 00N
114ø10'E
114 10 00E
Yanbei
Lu Liangzhao and others, 1996.
Consists of stratiform, lensoid and hook-shaped graphite bodies. Occurs in multiple layers that are strongly controlled by folding. Deposits are usually stratiform, lensoid and hook-shaped. A single deposit is generally 100 to 600 m, up to 1000 m long, 4
Gongdianzhi (Qian'an), Hebei Province
40ø06'N
40 05 40N
118ø35'E
118 34 40E
Average grade of 35% Fe. Reserves of >300 million tonnes of iron ore.
Occurs in the northern end of eastern belt in the Qian'an Fe mine, in an overturned syncline where the thickness of the ore mineral layer increases. The body is stratiform to lensoid with a strike length of 1,200 m and thickness of 50-70 m. The ore miner
Dongshiuchang, Tiejin
40 15 10N
117 50 10E
Average grade of 16.23% Mn, 9.29% B2O3.
Ye Lianjun and others, 1994.
Consists of a large number of conformable lenticular  bodies in the Gaoyuzhuang Formation of the Mesoproterozoic Jixian Formation. The host rock is mainly silty dolomite. The thickness of the bodies is 0.1-0.3 m with a maxium thickness of 0.7 m. The ore
Shirengou, Hebei Province
40ø14'N
40 14 10N
117 52 50E
Grade of 25-45 % TFe. Resources of 265 million tones of Fe ore.
Consists of two layers of bedded and stratiform and lensoid bodies that are concordant with the host rock in the middle to upper parts of the Archean metamorphic strata. The host rock includes interbedded granulite and light colored granulite, and interc
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Guzhigou, Hebei Province
40 40 05N
116ø28'E
116 28 10E
Yang Zhaochai, 1990.
Bodies occur in veins controlled by a volcanic vent at the intersection of the two crossing trending faults. The host rock for the bodies vary greatly from Archean metamorphic rock (amphibole plagioclase gneiss), Middle to Neoproterozoic sedmentary rock
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Dongping, Hebei Province
40ø56'N
40 56 10N
115ø38'E
115 38 15E
Grade of 5-20 g/t Au. Reserves of 16.06 tonnes Au.
Song Guorui and Zhao Zhenhua, 1996.
Discovered in 1985 and was explored as a large Au deposit in 1992, consists of several tens of clusters of veins that trend northeast to north to northwest. Each vein cluster contains numerous parallel and oblique veins. The main deposit varies from a Au
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Jinjiazhuang, Hebei Province
40ø51'N
40 51 03N
115 45 04E
Ma, Peixue and others, 1992.
Occurs in amphibole pyroxenite, diopside gabbro, and peridotite in altered faults along the contact zone between a mafic-ultramafic intrusion and migmatitic gneiss and quartz monzonite. The bodies occur in veins and lenses. The bodies are 80-200 m long a
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Shachang, Miyun, Beijing
40 25 40N
117ø00'E
117 00 00E
Grade of 31.79% Fe, 0.077% S, 0.099% P. Reserves of 144.5 million tonnes Fe ore.
Ma, Guojun, 1993.
Deposit is hosted in the Shachang Formation of Archean Miyun Group, a sequence of biotite-pyroxene granulite intercalated with amphibolitic granulite. In the formation, there are four members, A, B, C and D. The middle part of the Member C consists of am
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Hougou, Chicheng, Hebei Province
40ø50'N
40 50 10N
115ø37'E
115 37 15E
Average grade of 3.78 g/t Au. Reserves of 5.14 tonnes Au.
Xiang, Shuyuan and others, 1992.
Occurs inner contact zone of an alkalic syenite that is overprinted by faults and fractures. The deposit is irregular and is concordant to strike of the contact zone and faults. The ore minerals are pyrite, chalcopyrite, galena, sphalerite, molybdenite,
Dongzi,Inner Mongolia
118ø40'E
118 40 00E
Cu,Ag
Zhang Dequan and others,1994.
Located in the NW part of Dongzi-Xiaoyingzi fault uplift, near a Jurassic volcanic basin. the exposed strata are Paleoproterozoic amphibolite gneiss, middle Carboniferous quartz sandstone, Permian intermediate-siliceous volcanic rock, and Jurassic pyrocl
Guandi, Inner Mongolia
42ø50'N
42 50 10N
118ø20'E
118 20 00E
Grading 60-1500 g/t Ag, locally up to 2,400 g/t Ag. Range of 0.68-4.4 g/t Au.
Zhou Gang, 1997.
Consists of several Ag veins in a volcanic rock belt. The ore mineral textures range from hypidiomorphic to xenomorphic to metasomatic. The ore minerals occur in disseminations, masses, veins and stockwork. Ag minerals are freibergite, Ag tetrahedrite, v
Zhuanshanzi, Inner Mongolia
42ø20'N
42 20 15N
119ø41'E
119 40 45E
Xu, Guangrong, 1995.
Consists of 80 gold-bearing quartz veins distributed in clusters and controlled by NW-trending shear faults. The seven largest quartz veins averaged at 1557 m long and the all veins in the mine is averaged at 193 m long and is 0.1-1.0 m thick. The bodies
Shaoguoyingzhi, Jianping County, Liaoning Province
42 10 08N
119ø16'E
119 16 05E
Huang, Fei and others, 1998.
Host strata are the Shaoguoyingzhi granite of the Yanshan period are the Precambrian gneiss and marble and Phanerzoic sedimentary rock. Deposit occurs in the southern marginal facies of the Shaoguoyingzhi biotite granite and the gold veins are controlled
Fangniugou, Jilin Province
43ø37'N
43 36 30N
125ø05'E
125 05 15E
Fangniugou
Average grade of 3.30% Zn. Reserves of 357,000 tonnes Zn.
Zhang Hongtao and Ne Fengjun, 1994; Feng Shouzhong, 2000.
Consists of upper stratiform and lensoid deposits and lower lenticular and Thin vein deposits. The upper deposit occurs concordant to andesite, andesite tuff, shale, and marble. Deposit is intruded by granite. The ore minerals occur in masses and dissemi
Hongtoushan, Liaoning Province
124ø29'E
124 29 00E
Liaoji
Au, Ag, In
Reserves of 471,500 tonnes Cu. Average grade of 1.72% Cu. Reserves of 688,400 tonnes Zn. Average grade of 3.04% Zn.
Zhang Qiusheng and others, 1984a, b; Ge, Chaohua and others, 1989.
Consists of chimney, vein, and stratiform deposits in the lower and middle parts of the Hongtoushan Formation of the Archean Anshan Group. The Hongtoushan Formation consists of biotite-plagioclase-gneiss and amphibole-plagioclase gneiss with intercalatio
Zihe, Liaoning Province
42 10 00N
124ø15'E
124 15 00E
Fanhe
Carbonate-hosted Pb-Zn (Mississippi valley type)
Consists of 150 pod, stratiform and veins. Host rock is dominantly dotted, banded dolomite of Neoproterozoic Fanhe group. Deposit minerals are galena, sphalerite and pyrite, in masses, veinlets and disseminations. Deposit is controlled by a NE-striking f
Wangjiadagou, Liaoning Province
42ø03'N
42 03 00N
124ø21'E
124 20 40E
Grade of 3-50 g/t Au.
Yan, Pengren, 1993.
The main host rock for the deposit are the amphibolite and biotite granitic migmatite. Major intrusion related to gold is the Nankouqian granite. The main deposit types are gold-bearing pyrite quartz veins and gold-bearing base metallic quartz veins. Th
Zhengcha, Jilin Province
41 20 30N
125ø48'E
125 48 15E
Chen, Dianfang, and Sun, Shuqun, 1995.
Hosted in a sequence of graphite-bearing series, including graphite-bearing biotite granulite, graphide diopside granulite, amphibolite, graphite marbles. The intrusions are diorite and granite porphyry of the Yanshan period. The later shows close relati
Huanren, Liaonig Province
41ø18'N
41 18 00N
125ø22'E
125 22 05E
Average grade of 0.40% Zn. Reserves of 495,900 tonnes Zn.
Tu Guangzhi and others, 1989.
Occurs at the contact zone between limestone and diorite. The skarn occurs in a belt that ranges from 30 to 60 m wide and 600 to 800 m long in an external contact zone. The skarn forms several complicated-shaped lenses. The skarn and associated alteratio
Yangmugan, Liaoning Province
40 51 10N
125ø38'E
125 38 10E
B
Sedimentary-metamorphic borate
Editorial Committee of the Discovery History of Mineral Deposits of China, 1996.
Hosted in the boron-bearing sequence in the leptynite member of the Li Eryu Formation of the Paleoproterozoic Liaohe Group. The boron-bearing sequence is featured by Na, Mg and B-rich and consists mainly of leptynite and carbonate rock. Controlled by Mg-
Waitoushan, Liaoning Province
41ø30'N
41 30 05N
123ø41'E
123 41 15E
Grade of 31.28%-33.05% Fe, 0-0.15% S, less than 0.1% P. Reserves of 292 million tonnes Fe ore.
Feng, Shuxun, 1993.
The exposed strata in the area are a sequence of mild-intensely metamorphosed volcanic and sedimentary rock of the Middle Archean Anshan Group. The are three horizons of Fe in the sequence. The bodies are stratiform and beded. There are five Fe mineral a
Nanfen, Liaoning Province
41 13 40N
124ø00'E
124 00 00E
Average grade of 31.82% Fe, 49.73% SiO2, 0.38% S, 0.06% P. Reserves of 1,289 million tonnes Fe ore.
Feng, Shouzhong, 1993.
Deposit is hosted in the Dayugou Formation of the Archean Anshan Group. The bodies are stable stratiform  and are concordant to their host amphibolite, quartz chlorite schist and mica-quartz schist. The deposit minerals include mainly magnetite and hemat
Rongguan, Liaoning Province
41 17 45N
123ø45'E
123 45 00E
Hunjuang-Taizihe
Ren, Caohong, and Cai, Jingming, 1989.
Consists of thin, concordant gypsum beds in Early Cambrian carbonate in the Mantou Formation. Four horizons occur and the main horizon is 2,800 m long and 5.5 m thick. The deposit minerals are carbonates and sulphates with a simple mineralogy. Main miner
Zhuanmiao, Liaoning Province
40ø46'N
40 46 10N
125ø01'E
125 01 15E
Magnesite
Average grade of 17.2% B2O3. Resources of 525 thousand tonnes B2O3.
Qiming, Peng and others, 1993.
Deposit consists of two types of bodies; One type consists of suanite and boramagnesite and occurs as beded and stratiform bodies concordant to hosting magnesite. Suanite, boromagnesite and magnesite coexist in mosaic texture and all belong to the metamo
Sanmen, Jilin Province
43ø08'N
43 08 10N
124ø35'E
124 35 11E
North Jilin
Average grade of 180 g/t Ag.
Tian, Weisheng, and Shao, Jianbo, 1992.
Consists of veins, lenses and stockworks. The main part of the deposit is 1800 m long. The deposit minerals occur in masses, veinlets and disseminations and consist of native silver, pyrite, galena, sphalerite, argentite, Cu and Sn sulfides and quartz. I
Beidacheng, Aohan, Inner Mongolia
ERROR 42ø15'
42 15 00 N
ERROR 120ø25'
120 25 00 E
Yang, Ronglin, 1993.
The deposit is located in a strata sequence consisting the biotite plagioclase gneiss, amphibole plagioclase gneiss of the Archean Xiaotazhigou Formation, Jianping Group. Quartz orthoclase porphyry, rhoylite porphyry of the Yanshan Orogeny are al
Baoguosi, Liaoning
ERROR 42ø06'
42 06 15 N
ERROR 120ø51'
120 50 40 E
Liaoxi
Average grade of 33.78% Fe, 0.015% S, 0.01% P for magnetite quartzite; and 35.81% FE, 0.015% S, and 0.01% P for hematite quartzite. Reserves of 107.9 million tonnes ore.
Xu Guangsheng, 1993.
Occurs in the middle member of the Xiaotazhigou Formation of the Archean Jianping Group. The formation consists of: (1) lower migmatitic biotite-plagioclase gneiss intercalated with plagioclase amphibolite and magnetite quartzite; (2) middle migmatitic b
Gongchangling, Anshan, Liaoning Province
41ø11'N
41 10 45N
123ø30'E
123 30 10E
Average grade of 32.82% Fe. Reserves of 760 million tonnes ore.
Consists of several layers in host metamorphic rock of the Archean Anshan Group that occur in a anticlinorium intruded by two ages of granite plutonism at about 2,100 to 2,300 Ma and 1,700 to 1,900 Ma. The host metamorphic rock is biotite microgneiss, am
Daheishan 1, Aohan, Inner Mongolia
42 10 15N
Lou Hongxue, 1995.
The deposit is distributed within a 0-3km range of the external contact zone of  the Damiao granite intrusion of the later Hercynian orogeny and the host rocks for the gold lodes are the Archean gneiss of the Xiaotazhigou Formation, Jianping Gro
Jinchanggouliang, Inner Mongolia
120ø18'E
120 18 00E
Reserves of 17.67 tonnes Au. Grade is 13.09 g/t Au.
Zhou, Kun, 1995.
Occurs in the NW outer contact zone of a Mesozoic granodiorite stock. More than 50 Au altered zones occur in gneiss and amphibolite of the Archean Xiaotazhigou Formation. The zones are generally several hundred m long and 1 to 5 m wide, and mostly trend
Qidashan, Anshan, Liaoning Province
41 08 20N
123ø21'E
123 20 30E
Average grade of 30% Fe. Reserves of 470 million tonnes Fe ore.
Xu, Guangsheng, 1993.
Consists of layered bodies concordant to their host rock of chlorite schist, mica schist, phyllite and quartzite of the Anshan Group. The layers range up to 100-300 m thick and 15 km long. Deposit is banded and consists of martite, magnetite and quartz.
Erdaogou, Liaoning Province
42ø05'N
42 05 00N
120ø21'E
120 20 50E
Average grade of 16.15 g/t Au. Reserves of 5.20 tonnes Au.
Pang Jiangli, 1998.
Hosted in Jurassic volcanic rock and consists of gold veins that trend NW and EW and cut volcanic rock. Along the gold veins are local, parallel diorite dikes in the footwall or hanging wall of the gold veins, or in veins. The ore minerals occur in lense
Yingtaoyuan, Anshan, Liaoning Province
41ø09'N
41 08 40N
123ø06'E
123 05 30E
Consists of stratiform and bedded BIF bodies and the host rock belong to the metamorphosed sedimentary sequence and are composed of sericite chlorite schist, mica schist, microgneiss, quartz phyllite and amphibolite of the Upper Anshan Group metamorphose
Zhangjiagou, Liaoning Province
40 46 02N
124ø05'E
124 05 10E
Pyrrhotite
Xia, Xuehui, 1997.
Occurs in a sequence of marine volcanic-sedimentary rock of the Gaojiayu Formation of the Proterozoic Liaohe Group and controlled apparently by the horizon. In a metallogenic belt of 30 km, the main deposit controls are the same. The bodies of the deposi
Wengquangou, Liaoning Province
124ø03'E
124 03 00E
Fe,U,REE
Average grade of 30.65% TFe. Reserves of 21.9 million tonnes B2O3. Average  grade of 7.27% B2O3.  Reserves of 283 million tonnes of iron ore. Superlarge deposit.
Qiming, Peng and others, 1993; Editorial Committee of the Discovery History of Mineral Deposits of China, 1996.
Deposit is hosted in an unusual Paleoproterozoic volcanic and sedimentary sequence, including tourmaline-bearing rock and albite-and microcline-bearing rock. Ludwigite also occurs. Deposit is hosted in Mg magnesian carbonates and Mg silicate rock metamor
Xiangluwanzhi, Jilin Province
42ø14'N
42 14 05N
125ø18'E
125 18 00E
Li, Changshun, and Yao, Rujiang, 1997.
Occurs in a blind explosive breccia mass and the bodies are distributed in the faults and fracture zones at both footwall and hanging wall of the breccia mass or in the breccia mass. Sericite alteration, pyrite alteration and pyrite alteration occur in t
Baiyunshan, Liaoning Province
ERROR 40ø48'
40 48 10 N
ERROR 123ø35'
123 35 05 E
Xu Enshou and others, 1994.
Consists of lensoid, lenticular, nested, and irregular masses of pyrite, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, arsenopyrite, galena, and sphalerite, and gangue minerals, including quartz, sericite, K feldspar, calcite, and dolomite. Ore minerals occur along interfor
Qingchengzi, Liaoning Province
40 46 00N
123ø38'E
123 38 00E
Cu,Ag,Cd
Korean Pb-Zn massive sulfide
Average grade of 2.64% Pb, 1.90% Zn. Reserves of 728,900 tonnes Pb, 349,300 tonnes Zn.
Tu, Guangzhi and others, 1989; Zhang, Qiusheng and others, 1984b.
Consists of stratiform, feather and vein masses of mainly galena, sphalerite, pyrite and pyrrhotite, with minor arsenophyrite, chalcopyrite, bornite and tetrahedrite that are hosted in marble of the Proterozoic Liaohe Group. Deposit minerals are medium-t
Fanjiapuzi, Liaoning Province
40 45 00N
122ø57'E
122 57 00E
Talc
Talc (magnesite) replacement
Reserves of 36 million tonnes talc. Superlarge deposit.
Li Yuya and others, 1994.
Occurs in the eastern Liaoning Proterozoic rift zone and is closely associated with Mg host rock in the upper part of the Paleoproterozoic Dashiqiao Formation. Deposit occurs on the N limb of a N-NE-trending synclinorium in the huge Yingkou-Dashiqiao-Fan
Xiafangshen, Liaoning Province
122ø50'E
122 50 00E
Sedimentary-metamorphic magnesite
Reserves of 258 million tonnes magnesite. Superlarge deposit.
Li, Yuya and others, 1994.
Occurs in the Proterozoic Eastern Liaoning rift zone in the Paleoproterozoic Dashiqiao Formation. The host rock is mainly two-mica quartz schist, sillimanite-kyanite-straurolite two-mica schist, magnesite marble and dolomitic marble, with a total thickne
Wulong, Liaoning Province
40ø09'N
40 08 35N
124ø20'E
124 20 20E
Average grade of 6.70 g/t Au. Reserves of 9.02 tonnes Au.
Occurs to the N of the Sanguliu Intrusion and the direct host rock of the deposit are gneissic granite. Quartz veins are filled along different strutural fissures and fractures and are accompanied by varied dikes. Four assemblages of deposit minerals occ
Sidaogou, Liaoning Province
40 08 40N
124ø12'E
124 12 00E
Hosted in sedimentary rock of the Liaohe Group that is part of Jurassic sedimentary-pyroclastic unit in a NE-trending subsidence basin. The intrusions of the Yanshan Orogeny are associated with various dikes. Economic bodies occur in the metamorphosed in
Houxianyu, Liaoning Province
40ø31'N
40 30 30N
122 57 05E
Average grade of 7.61% B2O3.
Jiang, Chunchao and others, 1994.
Consists of stratiform bodies that are concordant to the gneissic schistosity in host rock. The ore minerals occur in masses and layers, and consist of ascharite, suanite, collbranite, and Ti-collbranite. Grades of MgO and Fe2O3 are 39.59% and 16.71% res
Xiaoshengshuisi, Liaoning Province
40ø35'N
40 35 15N
122ø38'E
122 38 05E
Li, Yuya, Liu, Guochun, and Deng, Baoding, 1994.
The bodies are bedded and stratiform and are hosted in the middle part of the third member of the Dashiqiao Formation, Liaohe Group of the Paleoproterozoic. The deposit mineral layers are concordant to host rock and trend NE 65-75 and dip gentlly S. The
Paishanlou, Liaoning Province
40 48 20N
121ø56'E
121 55 50E
Average grade of  4.00 g/t Au. Reserves of 25.88 tonnes Au.
Shen, Baofen and others, 1994.
Consists of 13 lensoid deposits that range up to 1000 m long along a mylonite schistosity. The shear zone trends EW for 20 km and ranges from 2 to 4 km wide. Deposit in the shear zone is 3000 m long and 250 to 460 m wide and forms veinlets and disseminat
Xiuyuan 1, Liaoning Province
123ø15'E
123 15 00E
Liu, Tieyu, 1995.
Host rocks are two mica quartz schist and biotite granulite of the Gaixian Formation, Liaohe Group. Igneous rocks include the para-porphyritic granite of Indian-China period, and granodiorite and fine granite of the Yanshan Orogeny. In the mining area, m
Nanlongwangmiao, Liaoning Province
42ø16'N
42 16 05N
124ø48'E
124 48 10E
Grade of 3-6 g/t Au.
Cheng, Yuming and others, 1996.
Consists of 46 lensoid and veined bodies, the largest of that is 300 m long, 1-3 m wide. The bodies are concordant with the mylonite schistosity. There are two types of deposit, gold-bearing quartz vein and veinlets and disseminations composed of gold-be
Xiuyuan 2, Liaoning Province
40 14 00N
123ø28'E
123 28 00E
Average grade of 1.33% Pb, up to 6% Pb, average grade of 3.27% Zn, up to 8% Zn, up to 0.62% Cu.
Occurs at the northern concave part of a monzonite porphyry intrusion. Some veins occur in the intrusion whereas other veins in the metamorphic rock of the Liaohe Group hosting the intrusion. Deposit contains mainly sulphide-bearing quartz veins. Main su
Lanjiagou, Liaoning Province
120ø45'E
120 45 00E
Average grade of 0.141% Mo. Reserves of 112,609 tonnes Mo.
Consists of veins, veinlets and disseminations in fine-grained Lanjiagou prophyritic granite(154.06 Ma, K-Ar) that intrudes the coarse-grained Hongluoshan granite with K-Ar isotopic ages of 178-186 Ma. The former granite is of an exposure area of several
Chaoyang, Liaoning Province
120ø08'E
120 08 15E
Asbestos
Carbonate-hosted asbestos
The strata exposed in the area are mainly siliceous carbonate rocks of the Middle Proterozoic Wumishan Formation. Other Phanerozoic sedimentary rocks are also met. The intrusions in the area are predominantly basic rocks. At the external contact zo
Maoling, Liaoning Province
40ø17'N
40 17 05N
122ø47'E
122 47 05E
Grade of 1-3 g/t Au, locally up to 10 g/t Au.
Dai, Lijun, 1992, Ren, Zhongyuan, 1990.
Consists of a mylonite hosted gold-bearing quartz vein and veinlet-stockwork sulphides (generally 0.5-2%) in phyllite and quartzite of the Gaixian Formation, Liaohe Group. The strata are intensely folded, sheared and deformed. Deposit is controlled by a
Liutun, Liaoning Province
40 50 00N
Li, Guokuan, and Hou, Zhenyuan, 1995.
Deposit hosed in late Archean migmatized granite. To the S of deposit is the Tianqiao monzonite intrusion, and to the N is the Lanjiatun plagioclase granite, varied dikes of diorite, lamprophyre, quartz porphyry are widely spread. Two main gold veins are
Wafangzi, Liaoning Province
41ø01'N
41 01 10N
120 05 15E
Grade of 18-24% Mn. Reserves of 334 million tonnes ore.
Consists of stratiform and lensoid masses. The thickness of a single layer is only 10 to 30 cm. Deposit comprises three layers that are 1 to 2 m thick on average. These three layers are hosted in pelitic rock the middle part of the Mesoproterozoic Tielin
Yangjiazhangzi, Liaoning Province
120ø38'E
120 38 00E
Average grade of 0.141% Mo. Reserves of 32,145 tonnes Mo.
Consists of tabular skarns that occur along the contact zone between the coarse-grained Hongluoshan granite (with a K-Ar isotopic age of 178 to 186 Ma) and Middle Cambrian to Middle Ordovician limestone. Deposit is 500 m long, 220 m wide and extends 600
Gadagou, Liaoning Province
120ø28'E
120 28 00E
Li, Jiliang, 1996; Xu, Wanchen, 1996.
Consists of veins occuring in late Jurrassic granite. Deposit exhibits pyrite beresite alteration. Sulphide is mainly pyrite and gangue minerals are quartz, sericite and minor sericite. AlterationS includes silica, potassic, chlorite,  and pyrite alterat
Bajiazi, Liaoning Province
ERROR 40ø35'
40 35 14 N
ERROR 120ø07'
120 06 30 E
Ag, Cu, Mo
Grade of 135-291 g/t Ag.
The deposit consists of stratiform and lentoid ore bodies which are of different scale and are concordant to their host serpentinized marbles and of irregular veined ore bodies. The ores are massive, veinlet-disseminated. The metallic minerals in t
Dahuanggou, Jilin Province
124ø47'E
124 47 00E
pyrite(S)
Cu,Zn
Average grade of 20.28% S. Pyrite resources of 10.63 million tonnes.
Deng Gongquan, 1994.
Consists mainly of pyrite and pyrrhotite with minor of sphalerite and chalcopyrite hosted by Late Archean gneiss. The gneiss consists of thick amphibole plagioclase gneiss with gneissic interbeds of varied composition and  thickness. The deposit is locat
Chaihe, Liaoning Province
42 16 00N
124ø10'E
124 10 00E
Average grade of 3.90% Pb, 8.18% Zn. Reserves of 147,800 tonnes Pb, 391,500 tonnes Zn.
Rui, Zongyao, 1994; Tu, Guangzhi and others, 1994.
Consists of about 150 pod-like, stratiform, vein-type deposits. Host rocks are mainly banded dolomite of Early Mesoproterozoic Fanhe group. Ore minerals are mainly galena, sphalerite, pyrite, and others. that occur in masses, veinlets, and disseminations
Xianjinchang, Qingyuan, Liaoning Province
42ø13'N
42 12 45N
124ø13'E
124 12 45E
He, Jianze, 1994.
Host rocks consist of Archean granulite, hypethene granite and tonalite that are intruded by the Mesozoic Zhuanxianghu quartz diorite that trends NE. Deposit consists of gold-bearing quartz veins controlled by faults. Gold bodies are strictly controlled
Chibaisong, Jilin Province
41ø40'N
41 40 00N
ERROR 125ø50'
125 50 00 E
Cu,Co
Mafic-ultramafic related Cu-Ni-PGE
Average grade of 0.59% Ni.
Fang Ruheng and others, 1994.
Consists of stratiform and pod-like ore bodies in a multistage composite batholith that is composed of diabasic gabbro (89.52% in volume, first stage), olivince noritic gabbro(5.66%, first stage), plagioclase lherzolite(2.44%, first stage), fine-grained
Ermi, Jilin Province
41ø50'N
41 50 05N
125ø19'E
125 18 30E
Pb,Zn,Mo,Bi,Au,Ag
Feng Shouzhong, 1998.
Hosted in a Late Jurassic sedimentary and volcanic sequence and occurs in the eastern part of a quartz diorite intrusion that intruded into a Mesozoic volcanic basin during the Yanshan orogeny. Deposit mainly occurs in the inner and outer contact zone of
Huangsongdianzhi, Hunchun City, Jilin Province
43ø12'N
43 12 03N
130ø60'E
130 59 40E
Placer and paleoplacer Au
Average grade of 1.01 g/m3 Au.
Liu, Baocheng and Yuan, Li, 1994.
Occurs in the basal conglomerate of the Tertiary Tuchengzhi Formation. Two ore mineral layers occur in the conglomerate. One ore mineral layer is 2,600 m long, 1,000 m wide, and averages 1.87 m thick. The ore minerals occur in masses and layers. There ar
Naozhi, Jilin Province
43 07 45N
129ø30'E
129 30 05E
Porphyry Au
Rui, Zongyao, 1995.
The are two volcanic-intrusive series related to gold deposition in the area--the Mid Jurassic Tuntanying and the Early Cretaceous Jingouling volcanic-intrusive series. The deposit mineral veins are controlled by faults and the bodies are generally veine
Tianbaoshan, Jilin Province
42ø55'N
42 55 00N
129ø59'E
129 59 02E
Mo,Sn,Ge
Average grade of 0.52% Pb, 1.76% Zn. Reserves of 123,300 tonnes Pb,193,900 tonnes Zn.
Rui, Zongyao, 1994.
Occurs at the intersection of the the EW-trending Tianbaoshan-Madida fault and the major NE-striking Liang Jiang-Tianqiaoling fault. The host rock is Cambrian and Ordovician amphibolite, chlorite schist interlayered with siliceous marble, Late Carbonifer
Wufeng, Jilin Province
43ø06'N
43 06 10N
129ø15'E
129 15 00E
Deposit is controlled strictly by faults and fracture zone and behaves as veins occuring in andesite lava and lava-pyroclastic rock of the Early Cretaceous Jingouling Formation, or as disseminates or veinlets in alkalic granite and subtrachyte andesite o
Changren, Jilin Province
42ø52'N
42 51 30N
ERROR 128ø84'
1285845E
Hongqiling
Average grade of 0.45% Ni.
Chen, Zhicheng, 1991.
Controlled by NEE oriented fault, the 0.33 km2 dyke of pyroxenite and pyroxene peridotite facies,  was intruded into the gneiss and marble of the Lower Paleozoic Qinglongchun Formation. The ore bodies are stratiform and lenticular in shape, occuri
Jinjia, Rongji County, Jilin Province
126ø20'E
126 20 00E
North Jiling
Feng, Wenyou, 1994.
Occurs in a NS-trending zone 700 m long and 200 m wide. Four bodies occur. Deposit controlled by interformational faults and fracture zones and occur in veins or saddles. The main body is 10-12 m thick. Other bodies occur at the hanging wall of the main
Piaohechuan, Jilin Province
43ø18'N
43 18 10N
127ø25'E
127 25 10E
Average grade of 0.83% Ni .
Controlled by NW-trending fault, the 0.1 sq.km. lopolith of amphibole gabbro and plagioclase amphibole peridotite facies, intrudes early Paleozoic slate and shale. The bodies are lenticular, occur in the basal part of the lopolith in a plagioclase amphib
Erdaodianzhi, Jilin Province
43 12 04N
127ø10'E
127 10 05E
Ag, Cu
Average grade of 15.44g/t Au, up to 331.70 g/t Au and 12.45 g/t Ag.
Wu, Shanqua, 1995.
Consists of 12 gold veins. Single quartz vein is 55-500 m long, with almost similar strike length and downdip extension. The gangue minerals are mainly quartz and minor microcline, sericite, chlorite, and calcite. Ore minerals comprise less than 10% depo
Haigou, Antu County, Jilin Province
42ø46'N
42 46 05N
128ø03'E
128 03 05E
Average grade of 6.15 g/t Au. Reserves of 17.20 tonnes Au.
Zheng, Qingdong and others, 1996.
Consists of several tens of Av quartz veins that occur adjacent to the Haigou granite. The ore minerals are gold, galena, pyrite, and chalcopyrite, and minor sphalerite, hematite, pyrrhotite, magnetite, tetrahedrite, chalcocite, molybdenite, uraninite, a
Daheishan 2, Jilin Province
43ø20'N
43 20 00N
126ø18'E
126 18 00E
Average grade of  0.066% Mo. Reserves of 1.09 million tonnes Mo.
Huan, Dianhaoand others, 1994.
Consists of veinlets and disseminations in the Yanshanian plagiogranite that intrudes the highly metamorphosed Variscan granite of the Devonian Hulan group with a K-Ar biotite isotopic age of 354 Ma. The plagiogranite forms an ellipse with a surface area
Laoniugou, Jilin Province
42ø53'N
42 52 45N
127ø28'E
127 27 40E
Grade of 30.5-35.12% Fe, 44.11-47.57% SiO2, 0.19% Ti, 0.06% Mn, 0.07-0.105% S, 0.05-0.057% P. Reserves of 173 million tonnes Fe ore.
Cao Jingxian, 1993b;Sheng Baofeng and others, 1994a.
Deposit is hosted in the Sandaogou Formation of the Archean Anshan Group. The 1 and 2 members of the upper subformation of the Sandaogou Formation are the main deposit horizon. Totally 12 sectors, 203 bodies are recognized. The bodies are stratiform, len
Jinkuangtun, Antu County, Jilin Province
129ø14'E
129 14 10E
Zhao, Liqing, 1991.
Consists mainly of small bodies from several to several tens m long and several tens cm to several m wide. The ore minerals are gold, electrum, pyrite, minor chalcopyrite, galena, and sphalerite. Gangue minerals are quartz, calcite, barite, chlorite, ser
Jiapigou, Jilin Province
42ø51'N
42 50 45N
127ø31'E
127 30 40E
Grade of  5-10 g/t Au. Reserves of 17 tonnes Au.
Xu Enshou, Jin Yugui, Zhu Fengshan and others, 1994.
Consists of sulphide-poor Au veins that occur in a NW-trending belt that is concordant to a NW-trending hosting shear zone. More than ten Au deposits occur in the NW-trending shear zone that is 40 km long and ranges from 5 to 10 km wide. Ore minerals are
Guanma, Jilin Province
43ø10'N
43 10 05N
126ø12'E
126 12 05E
Ag, Mn ,Sb
Wang Enyuan, 1989.
Occurs in thin-bedded horizons of intermediate and siliceous tuff and marble in the lower part of the Early Carboniferous Lujuantun Formation. Most deposits occur in tuff in stratiform layers and lenses and are concordant and co-deformed with host rock.
Nanlishugou, Panshi County, Jilin Province
43ø09'N
43 09 05N
126ø08'E
126 07 30E
Range of 53.39-84.56% CaF2 with average grade pf 70.12% CaF2 for calcite-fluorite ore,  47.35% CaF2 for fluorite-calcite ore, 55% CaF2 for quartz- fluorite ore, 40% CaF2 for fluorite-quartz ore, 28-40% CaF2 for calcite-barite-fluorite ore.
Deposits in the area occur along interformational faults and contact zones between intrusions and marble of the Late Ordovician Shifeng Formation and in crystalline limestone for the Early Carboniferous Lujuantun Formation and the Middle Carboniferous Mo
Sandaocha, Jilin Province
127ø15'E
127 15 15E
Average grade of 19 g/t Au.
The bodies consist of Au-bearing quartz vein, the orbodies are mainly irregular,blind ones. The main body is 430 m long, 1-2 m thick. The fissures trend NS and overprint the NW-trending Jiapigou shear zone. The body is trending NNE-to NS. Deposit is low
Hongqiling, Jilin Province
42 53 00N
126ø30'E
126 30 00E
Cu,Ni
Co,Se,Te,Ag
Grade of 2.3% Ni, < 0.1ppm RGE. Reserves of 188,230 tonnes Ni. Average grade of 2.3% Ni, < 0.1ppm PGE.
Consists of stratiform, tabular masses  and pods in a mafic-ultramatic intrusion that intrudes the early Paleozoic Hulan Group. The mafic-ultramafic intrusions consist of norite, pyroxenite, enstatotitite, and peridotite. Deposit is hosted in olivine pyr
Banshigou, Jilin Province
ERROR 42ø03'
42 02 40 N
ERROR 126ø32'
126 32 10 E
Grade of 45.05-45.38% Fe, 0.05-1.11% S, 0.055-0.073% P. Reserves of 128 million tonnes ore.
Cao, Ronglong and others, 1994.
Within an area of 8km long in EW  and 3Km wide in SN direction, the deposit can be divided into three sectors. The main iron-bearing bed is the first Fe-amphibolic rock layer in the Lower Banmiaozhi Formation of the Lower Anshan Group. The ore bodies ar
Liujiapuzhi (Liu Daojiang), Jilin Province
41ø57'N
41 57 03N
126ø47'E
126 47 05E
Cu, Pb,Zn,Ag
Wu, Shangquan, 1993.
Hosted in the limestone in Neoproterozoic, Cambrian and Ordovician Wanlong and Badaojiang Formations. Deposit occurs in various branches, dikes and veins of granite, diorite, diorite porphyry, quartz diorite porphyry and syenite porphyry. Deposits are co
Erdaoyangca, Jilin Province
41ø54'N
41 53 40N
126ø36'E
126 36 15E
Liu Jianjun, 1990.
Consists of various bodies within 200-300 m of the contact zone of quartz diorite. Bodies consist of fracture filling, veinlets, and disseminations. Sulphide minerals comprise 50% of the bodies and consist of chalcopyrite, arsenopyrite, pyrrhotite, marca
Linjiang, Jilin Province
41ø51'N
41 51 00N
126ø42'E
126 42 00E
Average grade of 0.54% Cu, 0.122% Mo.
Consists of skarn that occurs mainly at the contact of intrusions with host carbonate rock and consists of garnet, diopside, actinolite, epidote and others skarn minerals. In the area, there are two episodes of magmatic intrusion and eruption. The first
Dalizi, Province
41ø47'N
41 47 15N
126ø50'E
126 50 05E
Consists of various bedded, stratiform and lens-shaped deposits that occur in a 10-km-long area that is. A single deposit ranges to 10 to 30 m thick. Deposits are concordant to the deposit-hosting strata. Three types of deposits are recognized according
Xiaoxinancha, Jilin Province
43 12 00N
130ø50'E
130 50 00E
Cu,Au
Located in the intersection place of Tianshan-Jilin(Heilongjiang) EW-trending Paleozioc accretion zone and Circum Pacific Mesozoic tectono-magmatic zone.The oldest exposed strata are early Paleozoic Qinglong Group,that often occur as xenoliths in late He
Huanggoushan, Jilin Province
41ø45'N
41 45 10N
126ø41'E
126 41 05E
Cu, Ag, Au
Fang, Ruheng and others, 1994.
Consists of layers, lenses, and veins. The main bodies are concordant to dolomite. The veins are economic and cut the bedding. The ore minerals occur in layers, masses, disseminations, breccia, and veins. The ore minerals are pyrite, sphalerite, galena,
Nancha, Jilin Province
41 40 05N
126 20 05E
Wang, Enyuan, 1989.
Consists of gold, pyrite, arsenopyrite, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite and minor galena, sphalerite, bornite, chalcocite and magnetite. Deposit minerals vary from disseminated, fine veined, brecciated and banded. Textures are idiomorphic, hypidiomorphic-xenomo
Qidaogou, Jilin Province
41ø36'N
41 36 10N
126ø26'E
126 26 15E
Cao, Jingxian, 1993c.
Consists of bedded and stratiform bodies concordant to host schist and dolomite marble. The swarm of bodies is 3-5 km long and a single body is 3-5 m thick. The deposit minerals are banded, partly massive. The deposit minerals are siderite, hematite, mag
Guojialing, Jilin Province
41ø15'N
41 15 00N
126ø17'E
126 17 00E
Average grade of 3.34% Pb, 1.33% Zn, 0.58% Cu, 2.02g/t Au, 120 g/t Ag.
Deng Gongquan and Jia Dacheng, 1994.
Consists of discontinuous veins or lenses in faults cutting a Mesozoic volcanic basin. Granite predates deposition. Subvolcanic rock includes quartz porphyry, rhyolite porphyry, diorite porphyry, quartz diorite, andesite porphyry, and dacite porphyry. Th
Tadong, Jilin Province
43ø51'N
43 50 40N
128ø39'E
128 38 40E
Tadong
V, Co, Y, La, Nb, P
Average grade of 25.24% Fe, 1.72% P2O5, 0.25% V2O5, 2.74% S, 0.007% Co, 0.002-0.004% Ga. Reserves of 177 million tonnes Fe ore.
Hosted in the Silurian Hongguang Formation in a well-defined horizon. The footwall and hanging wall units are diopside marble, diopside-, biotite-lepitynite and biotite-plagioclase gneiss, amphibolite, and and migmatite. Deposits occur concordant to host
Hongtaiping, Jilin Province
43ø28'N
43 28 05N
129ø37'E
129 37 10E
Yanbian
Grade of 0.1-1.7% Cu, 0.1-1.4% Pb, 0.5-6.2% Zn.
Song Qun, 1991.
Consists of three stratiform bodies that occur concordant to host rock. The uppermost body contains mainly Cu, is 150 m long, 50 m wide, and averages 3 m thick. Body is conformable to host dacite tuff and lava. The second body is 10 m below the upper bod
Ciweigou, Jilin Province
43ø15'N
43 15 10N
129ø58'E
129 58 05E
Xu, Enshou and others, 1994; Rui, Zongyao, 1995.
Occurs along the Yanshannian intra-continental volcanic basin along the southeastern Inner Mongolia-Xinganling Hercynian fold belt. The host rocks are Late Jurassic siliceous, intermediate, and mafic volcanic rock with a Rb-Sr isochron age of 147.5 Ma. T
Nongping, Hunchun City, Jilin Province
43 03 00 N
ERROR 130ø02'
130 02 00 E
Grade of 3.65-18.86 g/t Au with average grade of 9.98 g/t Au. Average grade of 0.54% Cu.
Liu, Yuping and Li, Chehui, 1999.
Consists of six gold bodies and four Cu bodies that may constitute a stockwork. Length of bodies ranges from 40 to 280 m and average thickness is 1.63 m. Bodies trend NW parallel to faults and joints. Main deposit minerals are pyrite and chalcopyrite; le
Slavyanovskoe
ERROR 42ø44'
42 43 35 E
ERROR 130ø54'
130 53 47 E
Laoeling-Grodekov
Russia
Small.
A.F. Frizh, written commun., 1932; N.E. Gritsenko, written commun., 1958; V.V. Ratkin in Nokleberg and others, 1997.
Consists of a series of NS-striking, elongate quartz veins hosted in Paleozoic (Silurian(?)) mica-graphite schist and metasandstone. Quartz veins, up to 4 to 5 m thick, extend for several hundred m. Arsenopyrite is the dominant deposit mineral and occurs
Sandaogang, Jilin Province
129ø40'E
129 40 05E
Controlled by NNW-trending fault, a dike of gabbro, at plagioclase amphibole pyroxenite facies, intrudes Early Permian shale and marble and granite. Dike is 470 m long and 1-8 m wide. The bodies are veined, occuring in the contact zone of the dike in pla
Fasolnoe
43ø35'N
43 34 30N
134ø42'E
134 42 08E
Sergeevka-Taukha
Grade of 0.1-30.0% Pb, 0.01-0.3% Sn, 0.1% Zn.
Radkevich and others, 1960.
Consists of small en-echelon veins in a NW-striking zone in a sequence of Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) felsic volcanic rock. Ore minerals are magnetite, sphalerite, galena, pyrrhotite, pyrite, arsenopyrite, cassiterite, valleriite, and cubanite.
Krinichnoe
42 53 55N
132ø29'E
132 28 45E
Contains up to 2.8 g/t Au and up to 171 g/t Ag.
S.M. Rodionov, written commun., 1991.
Consists of gold-pyrite-quartz and quartz-carbonate zones in a Late Cretaceous granitic pluton that intrudes metamorphosed Paleozoic volcanic and sedimentary rock. Sulfide-poor gold-pyrite-quartz occurs in bodies of variable shape and size.
Askold
42 43 34 N
ERROR 132ø20'
132 20 02 E
Average grade of 5.9-7.6 g/t Au.
M.I. Efimova and others, written commun., 1971; Efimova and others, 1978.
Consists of a Au-quartz vein stockwork in a Mesozoic granite that is altered to greisen and that intrudes Paleozoic volcanic and sedimentary rock. A K-Ar muscovite age for alteration associated with the vein is 83.2 Ma. The deposit is prospected to depth
Shcherbakovskoe
43 35 04N
134ø28'E
134 28 24E
Grade of 3-5% Pb, 1-4% Sn, 2-9% Zn.
Consists of NE-trending, steeply-dipping, elongate (up to 300 m) veins, from 0.1 to 1.5 m thick that occur in Early Cretaceous sandstone and siltstone. Major deposit minerals are sphalerite, galena, pyrrhotite, pyrite and marcasite. Gangue minerals are q
Nizhnee
43 36 31N
134ø15'E
134 14 48E
Luzhkinsky
Sn, Pb, Zn
Grade of 0.002-0.02% Pb, 0.33-1.53% Sn, 2.0% Zn. Mined in 1970's.
Petrachenko, 1974.
Consists of Pb, Zn, Cu, and Fe sulfides, and cassiterite that occur in the central parts of altered zones that contain tourmaline-chlorite-quartz and tourmaline-chlorite-quartz-hydrosericite alteration. Altered zones occur in fracture zones that are loca
Soyuz
43ø25'N
43 24 59N
134 20 09E
Average grade of 1.27 g/t Au, 127.9 g/t Ag.
E.D. Petrachenko, written commun., 1975.
Consists of veins, veinlet zones and adularia-quartz, quartz and mica-quartz bodies with sulfides and sulfosalts. Gold occurs in a quartz-adularia-argentite-sulfosalt assemblage. Quartz-sulfide veinlets lack gold. Deposit is hosted by argillic-altered ca
Skalistoe
43ø36'N
43 36 00N
133ø45'E
133 44 56E
Samarka
Grade of 0.02-0.2% Mo, 0.15-2.8% W2O3.
Pokalov, 1972.
Consists of molybdenite, pyrite and wolframite that occur as thin veinlets and small masses in lenticular quartz and quartz-sericite zones up to 10 m thick. Local chlorite-sericite alternation and some garnet-amphibole skarn. Bodies extend to a depth of
Benevskoe
ERROR 43ø06'
43 05 48 N
ERROR 133ø43'
133 42 30 E
Benev
Grade of 0.44-3.15% W2O3.
V.D. Shlemchenko and others, written commun., 1983.
Consists of two zones containing skarn and hydrothermal alteration that contain approximately 30 ore bodies ranging from a few m to 200 m long and from 0.6 to 6 m thick. Deposit occurs along the margin of an Early Cretaceous biotite, peraluminous granite
Porozhistoe
42 54 22N
133 27 47E
Average grade of 5.39 g/t Au.
I.I. Fatianov and others, written commun., 1988.
Consists of sulfide-poor gold disseminations and veins in cataclastic and schistose zones that occur in metamorphosed gabbros of the Cambrian Sergeevka Complex. Main sulfides are pyrite, pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite. Gangue minerals are quartz, biotite, s
Balykovskoe
ERROR 42ø58'
42 57 37 N
ERROR 132ø57'
132 57 18 E
E.D. Petrachenko, this study.
Consists of:  (1) Ore-bearing thrust zones with gold-pyrite-quartz veins; and (2) quartz veins with galena, sphalerite, and silver.  Deposit  formed in two stages. Deposit occurs in Late Cretaceous granite that surrounds and intrudes early Cambrian gabbr
Progress
42 52 18N
132ø50'E
132 49 46E
Average grade of 5.89 g/t Au.
A.N. Rodionov, written commun., 1991.
Consists of sulfide-poor veins and small veinlets that contain pyrite, arsenopyrite, quartz and Au. In addition the deposit contains low-grade fracture zones, mylonite zones and zones of metasomatically altered carbonate and chlorite-sericite rock. Depos
Kitami
43 57 17N
143ø24'E
143 24 15E
Northeast Hokkaido
Average grade of 0.45% Cu, 2.41% Pb, 3.08% Zn.  Production of 4,500 tonnes Cu, 7,800 tonnes Pb, 9,000 tonnes Zn, 21 tonnes Ag (from 1934-1966).
Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1968; Ishihara, 1998.
Consists of EW-striking sulfide-rich veins. Eleven main veins occur and the veins occur in a area 3 km by 3 km. Average thickness of veins varies from 0.2 to 1.0 m. Length of veins varies from 100 m to 900 m. Main deposit minerals are pyrite, chalcopyrit
Oe
43 08 36N
140ø41'E
140 40 52E
Au, Ag, Cu, Pb, Zn
Mn vein
Average grade of 2.6 g/t Au, 13.6 g/t Ag.  Production of 267,275 tonnes Mn.
Saito and others, 1967; Tsukada and Uno, 1980; Maeda, 1988; Sawai and Itaya, 1996.
Consists of NW-striking rhodochrosite veins. Veins have maximum thickness of 19 m and about 1200 m long. Main deposit minerals are rhodochrosite, rhodonite, alabandite, galena, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, pyrite, native gold, pyrargyrite and pyrrhotite. Ga
Inakuraishi
43 09 46N
140ø37'E
140 37 04E
Average grade of 29% Mn.  Production of 753,073 tonnes Mn concentrate.
Saito and others 1967; Maeda and Ito, 1989; Sawai and Itaya, 1996.
Consists of NW-striking rhodochrosite veins that have a maximum thickness of 1.5 m, and are about 800 m long. Main ore minerals are rhodochrosite, alabandite, galena, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, pyrite, stibnite, pyrargyrite, and pyrrhotite. Rare Bi minera
Toyoha
42ø59'N
42 58 41N
141ø03'E
141 02 30E
In
Average grade of 9.6% Zn, 3.4% Pb, 179 g/t Ag.  Production of 12,000,000 tonnes ore with 1,400 tonnes Ag, 300,000 tonnes Pb, 780,000 tonnes Zn. Reserves of 13,000,000 tonnes ore grading 7.0% Zn, 2.1% Pb, 124g/t Ag.
Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1968; Kuwahara and others, 1983; Kato and others, 1990.
Consists of EW and NW-striking veins. About 50 veins occur in the area 2 km EW by 3 km NS. Veins have maximum thickness of 4 m and about 1300 m long. Main deposit minerals are sphalerite, galena, pyrite and rhodochrosite. Minor deposit minerals are chalc
Todoroki
43ø01'N
43 00 39N
140 53 50E
Average grade of 5 g/t Au, 180 g/t Ag.  Production of 4 tonnes Au, 130 tonnes Ag.
Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1968; Mining and Materials Processing Institute of Japan, 1990; Sawai and others, 1992.
Consists of NE and EW-striking quartz veins. Veins have maximum thickness of 4 m and are about 980 m long. Main deposit minerals are native gold, argentite, rhodochrosite, Mn oxides. Minor deposit minerals are pyrargyrite, chlorargyrite, rhodonite, galen
Kunitomi
42ø60'N
42 59 38N
140ø40'E
140 39 59E
Zn, Cu, Pb, Ag
Average grade of 1.47% Zn, 0.38% Cu, 0.03% Pb, 18 g/t Ag.  Production of 1,000,000 tonnes ore.
Geological Survey of Japan, 1956; Saito and others 1967; Sawai and Itaya, 1993.
Consists of five massive sulfide bodies. The bodies are about 250 m long and 10 m thick. Main deposit minerals are sphalerite, galena, pyrite and chalcopyrite. Gangue minerals are quartz, barite and gypsum. Upper part of deposit is rich in sphalerite and
Kucchan
42 52 40N
140ø58'E
140 58 27E
Grade of 52-56% Fe.  Production of more than 4,800,000 tonnes ore.
Geological Survey of Japan, 1954; Doi and Hasegawa, 1956; Saito and others 1967.
Consists of three stratiform bodies. Deposit formed by chemical precipitation. Bodies are about 1,200 m long, 200 m wide and 10 m thick. Main deposit mineral is limonite. Pyrite-rich part may occur. Deposit occurs in Pleistocene Rusutsu formation. Deposi
Chitose
42ø44'N
42 44 16N
141ø13'E
141 12 43E
Average grade of 13 g/t Au, 105 g/t Ag. Production of 22.8 tonnes Au, 105 tonnes Ag.
Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1968; Kato and others, 1990; Mining and Materials Processing Institute of Japan, 1990; Sawai and others, 1992.
Consists of east-west, northeast, and northwest striking quartz veins.  About 45 veins are present in the area 5km east-west by 2km north-south.  Major vein has average thickness of 0.8m and about 700m long.  Main ore minerals are electrum, argentite, py
Minamishiraoi
42ø37'N
42 36 59N
141ø16'E
141 15 58E
Ba
Production of 210,000 tonnes BaSO4.
Igarashi and others 1974; Marumo and others, 1985; Marumo and Sawai, 1986; Yoneda, 1987.
Body has a mashroom form with a diameter of 150 m at top. High grade deposit is several tens cm to several m thick and occurs only at the top of the body. The greater part of the body consists of barite-bearing silica-altered breccia. Thick kaolinite-alt
Tokushunbetsu
42 37 24N
141ø10'E
141 10 00E
Average grade of 48% Fe.  Production of 1,420,000 tonnes ore.
Ota, 1965; Saito and others, 1967.
Consists of a stratiform body. Deposit formed by chemical precipitation from mineral spring. Body is about 1,000 m long, 100 m wide and 12-20 m thick. Grade is high at the central part of the body with compact deposit minerals. The marginal zone is lower
Suttsu
42ø48'N
42 47 35N
140ø13'E
140 13 10E
Average grade of 6.70% Zn, 3.79% Pb, 28.3% S.  Production of 196,100 tonnes ore with 39kg Au, 9.65 tonnes Ag.
Saito and others 1967; Watanabe, 1995.
Consists of EW-striking sulfide veins. The vein has maximum thickness of 8 m and about 350 m long. Main deposit minerals are pyrite, galena and sphalerite. Minor deposit minerals are rhodochrosite, tetrahedrite, chalcopyrite, luzonite, cassiterite, stann
Tokoro
43ø48'N
43 48 15N
143ø38'E
143 37 35E
Clastic sediment-hosted HgñSb
Average grade of 0.18% Hg.  Production of 40 tonnes Hg (from 1951-1963).
Saito and others, 1967; Maeda, 1997.
Consists of disseminations and veins along shear zones. Four main bodies occur. Typical body has average thickness of 1 m and length of 100 m. Main deposit mineral is native Hg and cinnabar. Guange minerals are quartz, adularia, zeolite and calcite. Depo
Horobetsu
42ø31'N
42 31 28N
141ø01'E
141 01 18E
Average grade of 39.7% S.  Production of 1,571,000 tonnes ore.
Ota, 1954; Saito and others, 1967.
Consists of three connected bodies that are about 300 m long, 150 m wide, and 10-20 m thick. The host rock is Pliocene andesite lava. The ore minerals are native sulfur and pyrite. One body is consists of pyrite that occurs above the sulfur body. Deposit
Shizukari
42ø36'N
42 35 39N
140ø27'E
140 27 26E
Average grade of 5-15 g/t Au.  Production of  7 tonnes Au, 33 tonnes Ag (from 1919-1943).
Saito and others, 1967; Mining and Materials Processing Institute of Japan, 1990; Watanabe, 1991.
Consists of EW-striking quartz veins. About 45 veins occur in the area 5 km EW by 2 km NS. Major veins have average thickness of 3 m and about 1,000 m long. Main deposit minerals are native gold, argentite, pyrargyrite, chlorargyrite, rhodochrosite, poly
Pirika
42ø29'N
42 29 27N
140 08 30E
Production of 44,000 tonnes Mn.
Doi, 1958; Saito and others 1967.
Consists of three main stratiform Mn bodies. Footwall is middle Miocene basalt pyroclastic rock or Cretaceous granite. Hanging wall is middle to late Miocene mudsone. Precipitation of Mn ore occurred during Miocene. Main deposit minerals are pyrolusite a
Shojingawa
41ø58'N
41 57 43N
140 46 42E
Average grade of 34.5% S.  Production of 470,000 tonnes ore, including 162,000 tonnes S (from 1942-1958).
Saito and others, 1967; Suzuki and others, 1969.
Consists of a elongated massive body, 300 m long, 50 m wide, 50 m thick. Hanging wall of the body is alunite altered andesite with pyrite. Foot wall is pyrite-bearing kaolinite zone. Host rock is Miocene-Pliocene andesite tuff. Deposit minerals are sulfu
Yakumo
42 10 06N
140 08 46E
Mn, Zn, Pb
Average grade of 24% Mn, 8% Pb, 17% Zn, 500 g/t Ag.  Production of 341,000 tonnes Mn (grading 21%Mn), 322,000 tonnes Pb (grading 1.6% Pb), 356,600 tonnes Zn (grading 3.3%Zn).
Saito and others 1967; Watanabe, 1991.
Consists of EW-striking rhodochrosite-sulfide veins. Main deposit minerals are rhodochrosite, galena, sphalerite, pyrite, stibnite, barite and pyrargyrite. Gangue minerals are quartz and calcite. Deposit occurs in Miocene mudstone and altered andesite. K
Kinjo
41 52 17N
140 53 45E
Average grade of 53.79% MnO2.  Production of 2,289 tonnes MnO2 (from 1953-1955), 4,699 tonnes Mn (from 1955-1958).
Consists of a horizontal stratiform body. Maximum thickness is 3 m. Deposit extends 120 m NS and 100 m EW. The body occurs between a lower greenish Miocene tuff breccia and an upper hornblende dacite and mudstone. Mn minerals were deposited in the Miocen
Okushiri
42ø02'N
42 1 150N
139ø27'E
139 26 30E
Average grade of 68.3% S.  Production of 150,000 tonnes S.
Saito and others, 1967; Hata and others, 1982.
Deposit occur in Pleistocene tuff breccia, tuffceous sandstone. Precipitation sulfur. Replacement type of sulfur is also known in a alteration zone of Kaolinite, Opal and alunite. Deposit was discovered in 1908.
Jokoku
41 39 56N
140ø03'E
140 03 09E
Average grade of 24.9% Mn.  Production of 1,310,000 tonnes ore, 100 tonnes Ag, 17,000 tonnes Zn.
Saito and others, 1967; Ishiyama and others, 1989; Watanabe, 1991.
Consists of NW striking rhodochrosite veins. Main vein is 1,000 m long with an average thickness of 2.5 m. Main ore minerals are rhodochrosite, chalcopyrite, galena, sphalerite, pyrite, and marcasite. Gangue minerals are quartz, calcite, and sericite. Mi
Imai-Ishizaki
41ø39'N
41 38 34N
140 02 56E
Average grade of 63% MnO2.  Production of 235,000 tonnes.
Saito and others, 1967; Ishiyama and others, 1987.
Consists of EW and NW striking rhodochrosite veins. Main vein is 400 m long with an average thickness of 2 m. Main ore minerals are rhodochrosite, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, galena, sphalerite, pyrite, and marcasite. Gangue mineral is quartz. Deposit occu
Abeshiro
41ø16'N
41 15 47N
140ø60'E
140 59 57E
Average grade of 3% Cu. Produced  25,000 tonnes Cu.
Consists of five elongated massive ore bodies.  Main ore body is 150m long, 100m wide, and 20m thick.  Main ore minerals are sphalerite, galena, pyrite, chalcopyrite, and barite.  Minor ore minerals are bornite and energite.  Deposit occurs in Miocene rh
Itomuka
43ø40'N
43 40 28N
143ø10'E
143 09 38E
Volcanic-hosted Hg
Average grade of 0.35% Hg.  Production of 3,300 tonnes Hg.
Saito and others, 1967; Kishimoto, 1975.
Consists of disseminations and veins that form bodies along faults. The bodies occur in an area 3 km EW by 1.5 km NS. A typical body has an average thickness of 6 m and length of 140 m. The main ore minerals are native Hg and cinnabar. Quartz, calcite, p
Kamikita
40ø44'N
40 43 50N
140 57 40E
Pyrite, Ag, Au, Ba
Average grade of 8.1% Cu, 103 g/t Ag, 1 g/t Au.  Production of 38,300 tonnes Cu, 15,200 tonnes Zn, 829,000 tonnes S.
Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1965; Lee and others, 1974; Inoue and Utada, 1991.
Consists of five bodies. Main body is 500 m long, 400 m wide, with average 3 m thick. Maximum thickness reachs to 30 m. Main ore minerals are chalcopyrite, pyrite, galena, and sphalerite. Minor minerals are quartz, barite, and gypsum. Host rock is Miocen
Kunohe district
40ø19'N
40 18 52N
141 32 13E
Grade of 30-50% Mn.
Consists of a large number of bodies in N Kitakami mountains. District is also classified as Hatinohe and Kuzi district. Bodies occur in Jurassic chert and slate. Typical size of bodies are 50-200 m long and 0.5-2 m thick. Several thousands tonnes of Mn
Nodatamagawa
40ø05'N
40 04 54N
141ø49'E
141 49 26E
Grade of 30-35% Mn.  Production of 311,600 tonnes Mn (from 1935-1966).
Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1968; Hayashi and Ohmoto, 1996.
Consists of three major stratiform bodies hosted in Jurassic chert. The bodies are stratiform or lenticular and are controlled by folding in the host chert. Cretaceous granite occurs near and contact metamorphose the deposit with formation of biotite and
Funauchi
40ø32'N
40 31 32N
140ø21'E
140 20 36E
Average grade of 5.4% Zn, 1.6% Pb, 0.4% Cu.  Production of 193,000 tonnes ore, 23,000 tonnes Zn, 10,000 tonnes Pb, 400 tonnes Cu.
Consists of NE striking sulfide veins. Main vein is 500 m long with average thickness of 1.2 m. Veins are distributed in area 1.5 km by 1 km. Main ore minerals are sphalerite and galena. Minor ore minerals are chalcopyrite and pyrite. Gangue minerals are
Furutobe
40ø24'N
40 23 58N
140ø42'E
140 42 07E
Average grade of 2.1% Cu, 2.3% Zn, 0.8% Pb, 51 g/t Ag, 1.3g/t Au, Reserves of 4 million tonnes.
Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1965; Tanaka and others, 1974; Kuroda, 1983; Nakajima, 1989.
Consists of five bodies. Main body is 300 m long and 100 m wide and averages 50 m thick. Each body has a siliceous zone and stratiform Kuroko zone. Main ore minerals are chalcopyrite, pyrite, galena, sphalerite, tetrahedrite, and bornite. Minor minerals
Ainai
40ø23'N
40 23 29N
140ø43'E
140 43 12E
Average grade of 4.73% Zn, 2.3% Cu, 1.62% Pb, 106 g/t Ag, 2.9 g/t Au. Reserves of 3 million tonnes.
Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1965; Ishikawa and Yanagisawa, 1974; Nakajima, 1989.
Consists of six ore bodies.  Main ore body is 200m long, 150m wide, with average 50m thick.  Main ore minerals are chalcopyrite, pyrite, galena, sphalerite, energite, and calcocite.  Minor minerals are quartz and barite. Host rocks are Miocene rhyolite a
Kosaka
40 20 46N
140ø46'E
140 45 56E
Average grade of 8.48% Zn, 2.84% Pb, 2.59% Cu, 1.15 g/t Au, 184.7 g/t Ag.  Production of 510,000 tonnes Cu, 520,000 tonnes Zn, 150,000 tonnes Pb. Reserves of 30 million tonnes.
Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1965; Oshima and others, 1974; Hashiguchi, 1983; Nakajima, 1989.
Consists of three main bodies, Motoyama, Uchinotai and Uwamuki. The Motoyama body is 600 m long, 250 m wide and 30 m thick. The Uchinotai body is 700 m long, 400 m wide and 20 m thick. The kuroko deposit is divided into three type of deposit, kuroko (nar
Oppu
40 28 10N
140 17 10E
Average grade of 4.0% Zn, 2.0% Pb, 0.75% Cu.  Production of 133,000 tonnes Zn, 56,000 tonnes Pb, 21,000 tonnes Cu, 1,480,000 tonnes ore (from 1956-1965).
Consists of EW and NE-striking sulfide veins. Main vein is 1,500 m long with average thickness of 1 m. Main deposit minerals are sphalerite, chalcopyrite, pyrite and galena. Minor deposit minerals are tetrahedrite, bornite, pyrrhotite, bismuthinite, hema
Fujikura
40 05 09N
141ø22'E
141 21 51E
Grade of 25-45% Mn. Production 36,000 tonnes of ore from 1943 to 1968.
Geological Survey of Japan, 1954; Nambu and others, 1969; Yoshimura, 1969.
Consists of three major stratiform bodies in North Kitakami Mountains. Bodies occur in Jurassic chert, slate, and sandstone. Foot wall is basalt pyroclastic rock. Typical size of bodies is 70 m long and 4 m thick. Ore minerals are rhodochrosite, rhodonit
Hanaoka-Fukasawa
40 17 10N
140 40 10E
Zn, Pb, Cu, Ag, Au
Average grade of 15% Zn, 3.3% Pb, 1.1% Cu, 0.6 g/t Au, 93 g/t Ag.  Production of 360,000 tonnes Zn, 40,000 tonnes Cu, 76,000 tonnes Pb. Reserves of 5 million tonnes.
Tanimura and others, 1974; Tanimura and others, 1983; Nakajima, 1989; Ishizuka and Imai, 1998.
Consists of three main bodies, Kanayamazawa, Manjakuzawa, and Tsunokakezawa yothat occur in an area that is 1.5 km long in NW-SE by 0.8 km NE-SW. The Tsunokakezawa body is 600 m long, 350 m wide, and 8 m thick. Bodies typically exhibit vertical zoning, s
Nitto
42ø45'N
42 44 40N
142ø20'E
142 20 10E
Kamuikotan
Ranging up to more than 50% Cr2O3.  Production of 53,000 tonnes (from 1917-1959).
Saito and others, 1967.
Occurs in serpentinite of the Kamuikotan ohiolite belt that contains 30 bodies in an area 500 m long and 100 m wide. Eleven bodies more than 3,000 tonnes ore. Mine contains massive chromitite with minor porphyritic chromite. Minor uvarovite and clinochlo
Shakanai
40 19 00N
140ø33'E
140 33 22E
Zn, Cu, Pb, Ag, Au
Average grade of 3.3% Zn, 2.15% Cu, 0.9% Pb, 0.35 g/t Au, 77 g/t Ag.  Production of  320,000 tonnes Zn, 130,000 tonnes Cu, 670,000 tonnes Pb. Reserves of 30 million tonnes.
Ohtagaki and others, 1974a; Tanimura and others 1983; Nakajima, 1989.
Consists of eleven main bodies. The bodies are located in area of 4 km long, 2 km wide, with typical depth of 200 m. Main deposit minerals of the kuroko (black ore) are chalcopyrite, pyrite, galena, sphalerite, tetrahedrite and tennantite. Main deposit m
Hanaoka
40 19 09N
140 32 43E
Average grade of 3.3% Zn, 2.15% Cu, 0.9% Pb, 0.35 g/t Au, 77 g/t Ag.  Reserves of 30 million tonnes.
Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1965; Takahashi and Suga, 1974; Tanimura and others, 1983; Nakajima, 1989.
Consists of eight main bodies. The main body, the Doyashiki body, is 270 m long, 200 m wide, and 100 m thick. Main ore minerals in kuroko (black ore) are chalcopyrite, pyrite, galena, sphalerite, and tetrahedrite. Main ore minerals of the yellow and sili
Daira
40 23 24N
140ø19'E
140 19 18E
Average grade of 4.41% Zn, 1.85% Pb, 0.22% Cu, 48 g/t Ag.  Production of 16,000 tonnes Zn, 8,800 tonnes Pb, 8,500 tonnes Cu, 13 tonnes Ag.
Consists of east-west striking quartz veins.  Main vein is 500m long with average thickness of 0.2m.  Main ore minerals are sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite, pyrite, cubanite and pyrrhotite.  Gangue minerals are quartz, calcite, and rhodochrosite. Host r
Hanaoka-Matsumine
40 18 24N
140ø34'E
140 33 31E
Average grade of 3.6% Zn, 2.39% Cu, 1.0% Pb, 0.5 g/t Au, 57 g/t Ag.  Production of 440,000 tonnes Zn, 270,000 tonnes Cu, 80,000 tonnes Pb.  Reserves of 30 million tonnes.
Ito and others, 1974; Tanimura and others, 1983; Nakajima, 1989.
Consists of five main bodies. Deposit is 800 m long, 600 m wide, and average thickness is 23 m. Hanaoka-Matsumine deposit occurs NW of the Shakanai deposit. Main ore minerals are chalcopyrite, pyrite, galena, sphalerite, and tetrahedrite. Minor minerals
Hanawa
40ø11'N
40 10 48N
140 52 21E
Average grade of 3.18% Zn, 1.08% Cu, 0.78% Pb, 0.25 g/t Au, 41 g/t Ag.  Reserves of  35 million tonnes.
Ohtagaki and others, 1974b; Nakajima, 1989.
Consists of eleven main bodies. Most of bodies of the deposit are either lenticular or massive with typical diameter of 100 m. Main ore minerals of the kuroko (black ore) are chalcopyrite, pyrite, galena, sphalerite, gypsum, tetrahedrite, and tennantite.
Hassei
40ø25'N
40 25 16N
140ø04'E
140 03 45E
Zn, Ag
Average grade of 780 g/t Ag, 7.34% Zn.
Geological Survey of Japan, 1955; MITI, 1971
Consists of several bodies. Main body is 90 m long and 45 m wide. Main ore minerals are sphalerite, miargyrite, chalcopyrite, pyrite, galena, and tetrahedrite. Minor minerals are quartz, barite, and marcasite. Host rock is Miocene rhyolite and shale.
Osarizawa
40 10 51N
140ø45'E
140 44 50E
Cu, Pb, Zn, Au, Ag
Average grade of 1.0% Cu, 0.1-0.4% Pb, 0.1% Zn.  Production of 310,000 tonnes Cu, 3,000 tonnes Pb, 11,000 tonnes Zn (from 1900-1978).
Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1968; Nakajima, 1989.
Consists of NE-striking veins. Veins are 800 m long with average thickness of 1 m. Eighteen vein systems comprise the deposit, in an area 2.5 km by 1.5 km. Main deposit minerals are pyrite, chalcopyrite, galena and sphalerite. Minor minerals are hematite
Tatemata
40ø08'N
40 08 25N
140 34 00E
Average grade of 1.3% Cu, 1.7% Zn.  Production of 13,500 tonnes Cu, 16,000 tonnes Zn, 2,300 tonnes Pb.
Consists of NE and NS-striking veins. Main Vein is 1,100 m long with average thickness of 1.2 m. Ten vein systems occur, in the area 2 km by 2 km. Main deposit minerals are pyrite, chalcopyrite, galena, sphalerite and magnetite. Minor minerals are hemati
Ganbi
42ø57'N
42 57 09N
142 20 00E
Average grade of 49% Cr2O3.  Production of 14,000 tonnes.
Banba, 1957; Saito and others, 1967.
Consists of podiform chromite body, 20 m long by 35 m long downdip. Thickness of the body is about 15 m. Body strikes 40o E. Wallrock is serpentinite of the Kamuikotan ophiolite belt. Mined from 1942.
Hatta
42 43 49N
142ø17'E
142 17 23E
Grade of 41.1-43.9% Cr2O3.  Production of 150,000 tonnes from 1927 to 1943.
Banba, 1957.
Consists of a large podiform chromite body in an area 200 m EW by 100 m NS. Ore mineral is chromite. Host rock is shistose and massive serpentinite of the Kamuikotan ophiolite belt. Deposit was discovered in 1927.
Teine
43 05 36N
141ø12'E
141 12 00E
Average grade of  7.0 g/t Au, 107 g/t Ag, 1.12% Cu.  Production of 9 tonnes Au, 130 tonnes Ag, 66,000 tonnes Cu (from 1932-1971).
Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1968; Mining and Materials Processing Institute of Japan, 1990; Sawai and others 1992.
Consists of quartz veins and Cu veins. More than 30 veins occur in an area of 2 km x 2 km. Main vein has average thickness of 1.8 m and length of 1,010 m. Veins are mainly quartz, barite, gypsum, calcite and sericite. Deposit minerals are native gold, na
Yoichi
43ø13'N
43 13 21N
140 41 52E
Zn, Cu, Pb
Average grade of Cu rich veins: 0.99% Cu, 0.44% Pb, 2.75% Zn, 10.98% S.  Production of 7,924 tonnes Cu, 3,370 tonnes Pb, 24,942 tonnes Zn, 73,792 tonnes S.  Zn rich veins: 0.67% Pb, 5.76% Zn, 9.38% S.  Production of  5,664 tonnes Pb, 34,177 tonnes Zn, 46
Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1968; Sawai and Itaya, 1993.
Consists of NE-striking Cu veins and EW-striking Zn veins. Cu veins have average thickness of 0.6 m and about 850 m long. Zn veins have average thickness of 4.5 m and 100 m long. Veins are comprised mainly quartz, with minor calcite, barite and adularia.
Otarumatsukura
43 07 16N
140ø59'E
140 58 40E
Average grade of 93% BaSO4.  Production of 323,173 tonnes barite refined ore (93% BaSO4), 2,438 tonnes zinc concentrate (43.4% Zn).
Igarashi and others, 1974; Sawai and Itaya, 1993.
Consists of lenticular bodies elongated to NS. Eight bodies are known. Thickness of the bodies are 5-15 m. The high grade bodies (BaSO4=93%) are distributed irregurlarly in the low grade bodies (BaSO4=50%). The bodies occur along the boundary between val
L
Sagsai
47ø52'N
47 52 10N
89 ø06'E
89 56 00 E
Mongol Altai
Resources of 250 tonnes WO3 grading 0.5-5% WO3.
Khasikn, 1977; S. Dandar and others, written commun.,1999.
Consists of guartz-wolframite, quartz-wolframite-scheelite veins and greisens hosted in schist and sandstone of the Mountain Altai Group and the Sagsai granite of the Altai Complex. Deposit is divided into four prospects in an area of 10x3 km, where 46 g
Kelumute, Xinjiang
47 52 00N
ERROR 89 ø03'
89 03 00E
Altay
Li Be Nb Ta
Muscovite
REE-Li pegmatite
Grade of 0.987% Li2O, 0.049% BeO, 0.026-0.011 Nb2O5+Ta2O5.
Consists of 71 granitoid pegmatite veins cutting Hercynian plagioclase granite and two mica granite. About 26 veins contain Li, Be, Ta, and Nb. No.112 is the largest vein and consists of an EW-trending main vein with branches that are 1100 m long and tre
Ayoubulake, Xingjiang
ERROR 47ø33'
47 32 40 N
89 ø03'E
89 13 00 E
Muscovite pegmatite
Nie, Fengjun and others 1989; Ge, Chaohua and others, 1994.
Consists of 34 muscovite pegmatite veins that range from 15 to 490 m long, extend several tens of meters downdip, and range from 0.5 to 15 m thick. Muscovite and quartz occurs in masses mainly in intermediate-coarse grained pegmatite. The host rocks are
Keketuohai, Xinjiang
47ø12'N
47 12 24N
ERROR 89 ø08'
89 48 54E
Kelatongke
Be Ta
Li Nb Rb Zr Hf
Reserves of 244 tonnes Ta2O5. Average grade of 0.024% Ta2O5, 0.051% BeO, 0.982% Li2O.
Lin, Chuanxian and others, 1994; Editorial Committee of the Discovery History of Mineral Deposits, 1996.
Consists of: mitriform pegmatite bodies that are 250 long, extend to a depth of 250 m, and are 150 m wide; and gently-dipping pegmatite veins that are 2000 m long, extend to a depth of 1500 m, and are 40 m wide. The zoning of the mitriform pegmatite bodi
Kalatongke, Xinjiang
46ø49'N
46 48 30N
ERROR 89 ø00'
89 50 05E
Cu, Ni
PGE
Grade of 0.58--0.88% Ni, 1.40% Cu. Reserves of 410,800 tonnes Cu, 1.740 tonnes Pt, 2.161 tonnes Pd. Average grade of 0.07 g/t Pt, 0.09 g/t Pd.
Wang, Futong and others, 1992; Editorial Committee of The Discovery History of Mineral Deposits, 1996.
Consists of nine Carbonaceous mafic-ultramafic intrusions with the No.1 intrusion the largest. The intrusion is lenticular in plan view, 640 m long, and 35 to 350 m wide, trends NW, and dips 20 to 28ø NE. In cross section, the pluton is wedge-shaped with
Uet Ondor
46ø53'N
46 52 53N
95 ø09'E
95 39 00 E
Zavhanmandal-Jargalant
Ti
Grade of 15-50% Fe, 1-14% Ti, 0.03-0.15 g/t Au.
D. Togtoh and others, written commun., 1995.
Consists of 40 Magnetite and Ti-magnetite lenses that occur in a 1 km long zone in a late Riphean layered gabbro stock. The stock has a surface area of approximately 10 sq.km. The lenses range from 0.2-1.0 m wide, range up to 120 m in length and contain
Oyut tolgoi 1
46ø29'N
46 28 40N
93 ø08'E
93 18 00 E
Deluun-Sagsai
Grade of 0.25-0.61% Sn, 1.0% Cu, 0.001% WO3, 0.01% Pb, 0.001% Ag.
S. Dandar and others, written commun., 1999.
Consists of chalcopyrite and cassiterite in four quartz-sericite metasomatic bodies that vary from 0.2-3.0 m wide and 20-100 m long. Occurs in the contact of the Late Carboniferous (329-338 Ma) Kharkhiraa intrusive complex that intrudes Silurian basalt,
Boorch
ERROR 46ø33'
46 33 00 N
92 ø07'E
92 47 00 E
Kurai-Tolbo Nuur
Pb, Ag
As, Cu, Sb
Ag-Pb epithermal vein
Grade of 1.0-7.0% Pb, up to 1,000 g/t Ag.
D. Dorjgotov, written commun., 1990.
Consists  of epithermal quartz-ankerite and quartz-siderite veins with galena dissemination in Cambrian  sedimentary rocks. Veins are 0.2-2m wide and several hundreds meters long. Wall rocks have been altered by carbonatization and silicification. Ore mi
Del Tsahir
45ø54'N
45 53 30N
94 ø09'E
94 29 00 E
Lake
Grade of 0.3-1.0% Cu.
D. Togtokh and others, written commun.,1995.
Quartz  veins from  0.1 m  to  0.5 m in thickness  and from  10.0 m  to  15.0 m in length  are  widely  distributed  in  epidotized  basalt  of  the  Dulaankhar  Formation   of  upper  Riphean  to  Vendian  age,  in  area  100.0 m  by  200.0 m.  Ore  min
Bor uul
45ø59'N
45 58 55N
94 ø00'E
94 10 51 E
Cu  mineralization  is  developed  in  basalt  and  tuffbasalt  of  the  Dulaankhar  Formation  of  upper  Riphean  to  Vendian  age,  in  area  1.5 km  by  2.5 km.  Main  ore  mineral  is  turquoise,  with  minor  malachite.  The most intense mineraliza
Khardav
46ø21'N
46 21 07N
92 17 50 E
W, Sn
Grade of 0.69-1.72% WO3, 0.01 -0.1% Sn, 0.05% Pb, 0.01-0.5% Cu, up to 0.01 g/t Au.
Consists of quartz veins and stockworks with Sn and W minerals in slate and sandstone that are genetically related to granite stock of Early Jurassic age. Quartz veins, microgranite, aplite, and amazonite pegmatite occur in area of 1.5 x 1.0 km. Veins ar
Khargait 1
46ø40'N
46 39 42N
91 ø01'E
91 21 00 E
Mongolian-Altai
Production of 7,061 kg of beryl, 1,195.3 kg BeO, 1,631 kg REE, 460 kg Nb2O5.
Chernyavsky and Safronov, 1957; S. Dandar and others, written commun., 1999.
Consists of an area 53 x 40 m with quartz-oligoclase-microcline-muscovite pegmatite and pegmatite lenses from 10 x 1 to 29 x 10 m with tourmaline, beryl, aquamarine, columbite, triplite, fluorite, pyrite, and smoky quartz. Pegmatite is related to the Ind
Shoroot
46ø35'N
46 35 12N
91 ø05'E
91 25 12 E
Grade of 0.4-140 kg/m3 Be, 0.12-12 kg/m3, 0.01-13.1% BeO, 0.05-7.3% REE, 0.01-0.07% Li2O3. Production of 738.6 kg beryl, 483 kg REE.
Chernyavsky and Safronov, 1957, S. Dandar and others, written commun., 1999.
Consists of nine pegmatite bodies occurring in an area of 320 x 80 m. Pegmatite form 2.5-487.5 m2 lenses and two bodies 30 x 15 m related to the Late Permian (205-277 Ma) Indertyn granite pluton. Mineral composition of pegmatite is quartz, feldspar, albi
Angirt
ERROR 46ø06'
46 05 30 N
92 ø03'E
92 53 00 E
Altai
Be-Ta-Nb
0.001-1%Be; 0.01-0.1%Y; 0.001-0.01% Nb; 0.01% Bi; 0.0001-0.01% Yb.
Ajipa,1959; S. Dandar and others, written commun., 1999.
Consists of eight pegmatite bodies occurring within late Proterozoic biotite-amphibole schists and amphibolites of the Bulgan-Turgen-Angirt zone, Indertyn  complex granite, aplite and pegmatite. Genetically related to rare metal garnites of late Permian
Bulgat
46 35 06N
91 ø03'E
91 23 42 E
Grade of 0.4-10.4 kg/m3 Be, 0.39 kg/m3 orthite. Resources of 4,444.2 kg beryl, 1593.3 kg BeO, 1,923 kg REE, 1127.4 kg orthite.  In 1956 during exploration stage, 52.15 kg beryl and 21.05 kg orthite were produced.
Chernyavsky and Safronov, 1957; S. Dandar and others, written commun.,1999.
Consists of quartz-oligoclase-microcline-muscovite pegmatite bodies occurring in an area of 300 x 120 m. Pegmatites form stock-like bodies that vary from 1 x 2 m up to 46 x 17.5 m. Pegmatites are related to the Indertyn granite complex of late Permian ag
Khurdet
45ø51'N
45 50 50N
93 ø07'E
93 27 20 E
Nb-REE
Y-Nb-Zr
Average grade of 0.23% REE, 0.01% U, 0.03-0.1% Nb, 0.03-0.1% Zr, 0.03 0.1% Y.
Mikhailov and others, 1959; S. Dandar and others, written commun., 1999.
Consists of REE minerals in pegmatite veins hosted by metamorphic rock. Pegmatite related to the Late Permian Indertyn granite complex (180 Ma). Pegmatite is 20 x 4 m thick and deposit is 0.2 x 0.2 m-1.0 x 0.3 m. Beryl, Ta-Nb-fergusonite, samarscite and
Khalzan uul
46 49 20N
95 39 20 E
Zavhan
Average grade of 1.0% Cr (in disseminated mineralization). Average grade of 0.05% Co, 0.2% Ni.
Consists of eight chromite lenses 1.0-1.5 x 3.5-7.1 m that occur in lower Riphean(?) ultramafic rock in an area of approximately 15 m by 100 m. In addition to the lenses of massive chromite, disseminated chromite occurs in serpentinite in pockets 1.5-2.0
North Khuld
45ø52'N
45 52 00N
93 ø01'E
93 21 00 E
Nb
Average grade of 0.048 kg/t BeO. Resources of 10-12 tonnes Be, up to 270 kg fergussonite.
Ajipa and others, 1957; S. Dandar and others, written commun., 1999.
Consists of nine pegmatite bodies 40-100 x 0.5-2.0 m in garnet-muscovite, quartz-biotite-kyanite, staurolite schist, gneiss and plagiogneiss. Related to the Late Permian Indertyn granite complex (180 Ma). Deposit minerals are beryl, tantalo-niobates, fer
Bodonch
ERROR 46ø05'
46 05 00 N
92 ø00'E
92 30 00 E
Tseel
Grades up to 170 kg/m3 muscovite.
Kleiner and others, 1977.
Consists of eight mica bearing pegmatite bodies that occur in Lower and Middle Devonian metasedimentary rocks that are metamorphosed to garnet-biotite and biotite gneiss and intercalated with two-mica and garnet-two mica schists that are intruded by smal
Uench
46ø12'N
46 11 48N
92 ø04'E
92 04 15 E
Kovalenko and others, 1977; Ajipa, 1959; S. Dandar and others, written commun., 1999.
Consists of seven pegmatite bodies 15-20 x 2-15 m in NW-trending lenses and veins in regionally metamorphosed Proterozoic (1120-610 Ma) amphibolite and schist.Beryl forms 1-20 x 0.5-8 cm crystals. Other minerals are apatite, sphene.
Buluket, Xinjiang
46ø25'N
46 25 00N
ERROR 90 ø06'
90 16 30E
Grade of 20-50 kg/m3 muscovite.
Tu, Guangzhi and others, 1994.
The deposit consists of 30 muscovite pegmatite veins. The ore bodies is 100-400m long, 1-2 m thick. Muscovite is distributed in pegmatite non-uniformly, and rich ores are usually the muscovite-quartz assemblage. The quality of muscovite is moderate. Some
Alatasi, Xinjiang
46ø07'N
46 07 00N
ERROR 90 ø08'
90 28 00E
Rui Xingjian, 1993.
Oriented in NW direction and being 70km long, the mineralized belt contains several tens of mineralized and altered zones which are 1-3km long and 0.05-0.4km wide. These zones are veined ore elongated lenses, concordant to hsot strata, or having a small
Khaltar-uul I
45ø19'N
45 18 30N
91 ø07'E
91 57 40 E
Baruunkhuurai
Grade of 3.3 g/t Au, 7.1g/t Ag, 0.003-1% Pb, 0.03-1% Zn, 0.01-0.03% Cu. Resources of 7,141.5 kg Ag, 1138.5 kg Au.
T. P. Gridasova and others, written commun., 1960; Blagonravov and others, 1977.
Hosted in Early Carboniferous Nukhnii nuruu Formation with volcanic and clastic units of intercalated sandstone, siltstone, mudstone, and siliceous shale, and rare tuff-gravelstone. 73 quartz veins occur with a thickness of 0.5-1.0 m and length of 30 m t
Khaltar Uul II
45ø17'N
45 17 10N
91 53 20 E
Average grade of 0.9 g/t Au, 7.25 g/t. Ag. Resources of 345.68 kg Au, 1,050.7 kg Ag.
Hosted in the Early Carboniferous Nukhniinuruu Formation that consists of sandstone, siltstone, mudstone, siliceous shale, andesite, tuffaceous sandstone, and tuff. Deposit occurs in a NW-trending major shear zone that ranges up to 2.5-3.0 km wide and 7.
Ereen Uul
45ø16'N
45 15 30N
91 ø08'E
91 58 00 E
Grade of 0.015-20.0 g/t Au, 0.015-1.0% Pb, 0.02-0.5% Zn, 0.007-0.15% Cu, 0.005-0.5% Ag, 0.01% Sb, 0.03-1.0% As
O. Davaa and others, written commun., 1994.
Hosted in Early Carboniferous Nukhniinuruu Formation of volcanic and clastic rock, sandstone, siltstone, mudstone, siliceous shale, tuff, and tuff-gravelstone. Host rocks are intensively folded into narrow anticline and synclines and intensely foliated.
Khuld
46ø06'N
46 05 30N
Nb, REE, Ta
Average grade of 0.23% REE, 0.1% Nb; 0.1% Y. Resources of 10 tonnes beryl, 27 kg fergussonite.
Gavrilova, 1975; S. Dandar and others, written commun., 1999.
Consists of 10 pegmatite bodies occurring in metamorphic rock in an area of 4 sq.km. that is genetically related to the Permian Indertyn granite leucogranite complex with radiometric ages of 205-277 Ma and 217-246 Ma. Other K-Ar data show a variable age
Olgoi Tsagaan
46ø31'N
46 30 50N
95 ø07'E
95 37 30 E
Grade of 0.3-0.7% Cu.
D. Togtokh and others, written commun., 1995.
Consists of a silica-altered zone 1.0-2.0 m thick and 700 m long containing quartz-epidote veinlets. The host rock of the occurrence is upper Proterozoic (Early to Middle Riphean) chloritic schist. Deposit minerals are chalcopyrite, pyrite, covellite and
Alag Uul
ERROR 46ø28'
46 28 00 N
94 ø02'E
94 52 00 E
Serpentinite-hosted asbestos
Grade ranges 10-50% asbestos. Probable reserves of 100,000 tonnes asbestos.
Pinus and others, 1984.
Consists of chrysolite-asbestos cross-fiber veins that occur in peridotite massif of Alag Uul in Tsagaan Shiveet zone.  Deposit occurs in the fracture zone along the  contact of ultrabasite and granite.  The longest asbestos fibre is 20 mm. Deposit age i
Burged
47ø31'N
47 31 00N
91 18 00 E
Ag, Au, Sb
Grade of 0.1-1.0% Cu, 0.2% Zn, and 0.2-1% Pb.
D. Dorjgotov, written commun.,1990.
Consists of zones in Devonian felsic volcanic and sedimentary rock (altered sandstone and siltstone). Wall rocks are hydrothermally altered to silica, sericite, and limonite. Sulfide zones are up to 3.2 km long and several hundreds meters wide. Ore miner
Tsetserlegiin Nuruu
46ø45'N
46 44 30N
93 ø05'E
93 35 00 E
Grade of 0.1-1.0% Cu.
Consists of six altered zones in metamorphosed basalt and andesite of the upper Riphean to Vendian Dulaankhar Formation. The size of these zones are from 50 m to 70 m wide and from 100 m to 130 m long. In addition, alteration zones with epidote and pyrit
Aketishi, Aketishikan, Xijiang
ERROR 47ø32'
47 32 00 N
90 ø02'E
90 12 00 E
Hovdgol
Occurs in layers and veins in a zone about 100 to 200 m long and 1.5 to 2 m wide. The ore minerals are pyrite, chalcopyrite, galena, and sphalerite. Gangue mineral is mainly quartz. Other rare minerals are argyrithrose, native silver, corundum, celestite
Jadat khar
46ø30'N
46 30 25N
93 15 00 E
Grade 0.3-1.0% Cu, 0.001-0.01% Sn, 0.003% Pb, 1.5 g/t Ag, 0.001% Be.
Consists of chalcopyrite and cassiterite in quartz veins 0.5-1.0 m thick and in greisen zone that is 2-5 m wide and 20-30 m long that occur along the contact of Late Silurian basalt and andesite with a Late Carboniferous granite pluton (329-338 Ma). Ore
Yargait
46ø28'N
46 27 50N
93 ø02'E
93 22 00 E
W(Cu, Au)
Grade of 0.01-0.2% Sn, 0.001-0.01% W; 0.005% Pb, 2.5-6 g/t Ag, 0.62 g/t Au.
Consists of quartz veinlets in a silica and sulfide alteration zone hosted in upper Silurian andesite, basalt and their tuffs. Zone is 30 x 1 m and elongated to NW. Genetically related to intrusive pluton of Kharkhiraa Complex and occurs at the contact o
Tomortolgoi
47ø23'N
47 23 00N
101ø48'E
101 48 00E
Hangai
Average grade of 36-56% Fe. Reserves of 25 million tonnes.
T. Semeihan and others, written commun., 1970; Filipova and others, 1977; Geology and mineral resources of Mongolia, 1999.
Conisists of hematite-magnetite lenses in sandstone of the Carboniferous Khangai Group. The length of body is hundreds of m and the thickness ranges up to 55-60 m. The size of massive hematite-magnetite lenses is 15 by 30 m. Major deposit mineral is hema
Saran uul
45ø47'N
45 47 00N
100ø36'E
100 36 00E
Central Mongolia
Resources of 60,000 tonnes Cu.
Sotnikov and others, 1985; Watanabe and others, 1999.
Consists of stockwork veinlets and veins of quartz, chalcopyrite and molybdenite developed at the contacts of Late Carboniferous granodiorite intrusion. Veins contain mainly quartz and carbonate minerals. The granodiorite intrudes Silurian volcanic, pyro
Baidragiin gol
ERROR 46ø09'
46 09 00 N
99 ø04'E
99 24 00 E
Baydrag
Average grade of 25.7%  Fe.
Filippova and Vydrin, 1977; D. Andreas and others, written commun.,1970.
Consists of magnetite  quartzite  bed  in  early  Proterozoic  gneisses and  amphibolites.  The  thickness  of  the  bed  ranges  from  10 m  to  100 m,  and  length  is  4500 m.  The  bed  consists  of  magnetite-quartzite  and  magnetite-amphibole  gne
Asgat uul
ERROR 46ø58'
46 58 00 N
96 ø07'E
96 27 00 E
Gentral Mongolian
Average grade of 56.33% Fe and 0.66% Cu.
V. Loginov and others, written commun., 1965.
Consists of  magnetite  veins  in  the  contact zone  of  Vendian  to  lower  Cambrian  carbonate  rocks  and  Permian  granodiorite  intrusive.  Veins are steeply dipping and up to 1m thick. Skarn  occurs in an area  3.0 - 4.0 km  wide.  Main  ore  mine
Buutsagaan
46ø05'N
46 05 25N
98 ø05'E
98 45 45 E
Central Mongolian
Cu-Au-Fe (Ag)
Grades up to 150.0g/t Au, up to 2.0% Cu, up to 30.0g/t Cd, up to 1.0-1.5% Zn,  up to 50.0 g/t Ag.
Filippova and others, 1977; Podlessky and others, written commun., 1988; A.A. Rauzer and others, written commun., 1987.
Consists of consists of magnesium skarn formed along the contact of Proterozoic schist and carbonate with a Permian granite massif. The deposit contains magnetite lenses and veins in an area of  0.25 by 0.75 km. The lenses and veins range from 6 m to 300
Ondor Tsoohor uul
46 53 00N
96 ø03'E
96 13 00 E
Grade of 20-30% Mn, up to 0.15% Co, up to 0.1% Zn.
A. Rauzer and others, written commun., 1987.
Consists of hematite-pyrolusite stringers and breccia in a quartz-chert zone 30 m by 2000 m. The zone occurs at the contact of carbonate rock with Vendian to Early Cambrian chert and chlorite slate. Analyses yield: 20-30% Mn, up to 0.15% Co, up to 0.1% Z
Bayangol 2
ERROR 46ø40'
46 40 00 N
96 ø00'E
96 30 00 E
Tsagaanolom
Sedimentary phosphate
Grade of 7.14-25.20% P2O5.
D. Dorzhnamzhaa, K. Kepezhinskas, and L.Ochir, written commun., 1987.
Consists of phosphorite hosted in  upper part of the Vendian Tsagaanolom Suite. The phosphorite-bearing bench consists of silicic phosphorite, chert, aleurolite, and limestone. Thickness is 12 m.
Ulaan Argalant
45ø20'N
45 20 00N
99 ø09'E
99 29 00 E
Grade of 44.98-56.82% Fe. Up to 0.7 g/t Au.
V. Zabotkin and others, written commun., 1986.
Consists of massive, fine-grained magnetite bodies 30-50 m by 50-70 m, occur along the contact zone of Vendian to Early Cambrian limestone and Permian granite.
Bideriingol
ERROR 46ø14'
46 14 00 N
96 40 00 E
Ni, Co
Grade of 0.3-05% Cr in disseminated ore, 0.2-0.5% Ni, 0.02% Co.
A. Rauzer and others, written commun.,1987.
Consists of lenses of massive chromite and pockets of disseminated chromite in  ultramafics  of  the  Khantaishir  ophiolite  Complex  of  Vendian  to  Early  Cambrian  age.  Lenses are  0.2 m x 3.0 m.  Disseminated  chromite  mineralization  forms  pock
Gegeenii ovoo uul
44ø56'N
44 56 00N
100ø31'E
100 31 00E
Ikh Bogd
Average grade of 3.26% Cr2O3.
A.Rauzer and others, written commun.,1987.
Consists of chromite disseminations and massive bands in serpentinized dunite. The dunite body has an area of approximately 4.0 sq.km.
Biderin gol
ERROR 46ø13'
46 13 00 N
Reserves 0.524 million tonnes, grading 45.2% MgO
Kleiner and others, 1977; Pinus and others, 1978; N. Shaandar and others, written commun., 1979, 1992.
Consists of  magnesite related to the Lower Cambrian weathering serpentinite massif.  There are two magnesite deposit areas: The central area is in 432x78m, its thickness is 7.68m. The southwest area is in 390x127m,its thickness is 2.87m.  The average ch
Zoogiin
47ø50'N
47 50 00N
99 ø06'E
99 36 00 E
Resources of 46 million tonnes grading 42.2% Fe in masses, and 36.18% Fe in disseminations.
Filippova and Vydrin, 1977.
Consists of massive and thickly disseminated magnetite and hematite. Minor deposit minerals are pyrolusite and psilomelane and rare malachite and azurite. Host rock is Early to Middle Devonian clasticous rock composed of volcanic porphyry and jasper in t
Nergui
46ø09'N
46 09 00N
96 ø09'E
96 49 00 E
Grade of 0.1-1.0% and more of Cu. Resources of 300,000 tonnes Cu, 3.0 tonnes Ag, 2.0 tonnes Ag.
A.A. Rauzer and others, written commun., 1987,
Consists of intensive alterations of epidote, pyrite and silica in zones in Vendian chlorite-epidote schist. Deposit occurs in a NW elongate, 100 m wide and 3.0 km long area. Apobasalt and aposerpentenite schist horizons with a thickness of 10.0-20 m are
Nogoon tolgoi
46 21 00N
96 ø08'E
96 08 00 E
Average grade of 53.19% Cr2O3, 0.06% Ni.
Consists of chromite pods distributed in serpentinite of the Vendian to Early Cambrian Khantaishir Ophiolite Complex. Pods occur in an area 100 m by 30 m, are massive and fine-grained, and range up to 0.8-1.0 m in diameter. Analysis of grab samples yield
Ikh nart
44ø54'N
44 54 00N
100ø21'E
100 21 00E
Average grade of 53% CaF2. Reserves of 98,000 tonnes.
Marinov and others, 1977; Pinus and others, 1984; V.V. Bezzubtsev and others, written commun., 1960.
Consists of chrysolite-asbestos cross-fibre veins that occur in serpentinized alpine ultramafic rock of the Ikh Bogd Belt. Deposit occurs in two veinlets in zones 500x30x90 m and 350x50x150 m. The longest asbestos fibres are 20-30 mm. The interpreted age
Naran Davaa
46ø10'N
46 10 00N
Range of 0.01%-10% Cu.
A.A. Rauzer, and others, written commun., 1987.
Consists of a NW-trending zone with chlorite, epidotie, quartz-sulfide stringers and disseminated pyrite, chalcopyrite, hematite. Zone occurs in an area 0.7 km wide and 2.5 km long in Vendian mafic and ultramafic bodies and Vendian to Early Cambrian chlo
Taishir
46ø15'N
46 15 00N
96 ø01'E
96 11 00 E
Reserves of 15,000 tonnes, grading 0.2-0.3% asbestos.
Pinus and others 1984; Kleiner and others, 1977.
Consists of chrysotile-asbestos cross-fibre veins that occur in the SE part of serpentinized ultramafic rock. Asbestos occurs in an area 1 km long by approximately 150 m wide. The content of asbestos ranges from 0.2-1% to 1%. The host rock is crosscut by
Tsakhir khudag
46ø03'N
46 03 00N
96 ø06'E
96 26 00 E
Cu-Au
Grade of 0.4- 2% Cu, up to 15 g/t Ag.
Rauzer and others,1987.
Consists of sulphide-quartz-epidote and sulphide-magnetite skarn, quartz-sulphide dissemination and stringers, quartz veins, quartz-tourmaline veins and breccia. Deposit is related closely to Permian granosyenite stock extending to WNW. The southern side
Bayangovi district
ERROR 44ø45'
44 44 37 N
ERROR 100ø18'
100 18 23 E
Bayangovi
Grade of 0.1-1.5 g/t Au.
D. Togtokh and others, written commun., 1991; A.A. Rauzer and others, written commun., 1987.
Consists of quartz veins in the Early Devonian Ulaan Khan uul, Gichigenet, and Khondolon Formations of sedimentary and volcanic rock. Formations are intruded by concordant bodies of foliated quartz diorite, plagiogranite and gabbro of the Nuden khudag Co
Tsagaan gol
45ø49'N
45 49 00N
96 ø05'E
96 15 00 E
Grade of 20-80% talc.
P. Shaandar and others, written commun., 1992; Jargalsaihan and others, 1996.
Consists of carbonate talc replacement occurring in presumed Vendian to Early Cambrian serpentinitized dunite and harzburgite. Deposit consists of a talc-breunnerite lens approximately 700 m long and 50-200 m wide and occurs along a NW-trending fault.
Sharturuutiin gol
45ø28'N
45 28 00N
96 56 00 E
Govi-Altai
Grade of 1.0-30.0% Mn, 1-3% Ba. Resources of 3 million tonnes Mn.
Consists of pyrolusite and hematite-bearing quartzite bed 50 m by 2000 m hosted by middle Cambrian to lower Ordovician sedimentary rock. The host rock is quartzite, phyllite, siltstone and sericite-chlorite slate. The grade of Mn ranges from 1.0-6.0% to
Tahilgat uul
45ø43'N
45 43 00N
96 05 00 E
Range of 3-5-10-20% Mn. Resource of 2 million tonnes Mn and 3 million tonnes Fe.
Consists of pyrolusite, magnetite and martite in a quartzite bed in amphibolite and schist of the Early to Middle Cambrian Togrog Formation. The bed is 0.5-1.0 m thick and extends for 2000 m. Grade ranges from 3-20% Mn. Grab samples contain up to 0.015%
Khangai
47ø51'N
47 51 00N
99 ø02'E
99 22 00 E
Grade of 52.4-71.54% Fe.
Goldenberg and others, written commun., 1966.
Consists of magnetite-hematite lenses and quartz-magnetite veinlets in lower part of 80 m-thick jasper bed. Host rock is clastic sedimentary rock of Erdenetsogt Formation of Early to Middle Devonian age. The bed consists of jasper-quartzite, jasper with
Bayantsagaan 1
ERROR 44ø50'
44 49 30 N
98 ø01'E
98 41 00 E
Bayanleg
Grade of 0.1% Cu for a zone that is 6.0-12.0 m thick, and 1.5-2.0% Cu for 2.0 m thick intervals. Average grades of 0.6-1.0 g/t Au.
A.A. Rauzer and others, written commun., 1987.
The  territory  of  the  occurrence  consists  of  Devonian  basalt,  andesite,  greenstones,  and  chert.  There  are  Cu - bearing  2  horizons.  The  lower  horizon  is  localised  in  apobasaltic  chlorite  schist    with  malachite  nests.  The  len
Uhiin ovoo
45ø32'N
45 32 00N
96 ø02'E
96 32 00 E
Grade of 20.5-48.4% Fe, 1.5%Mn.
A. Rauzer and others, written commun., 1987; Jargalsaihan and others, 1996.
Consists of magnetite and hematite-bearing beds hosted by Middle Cambrian to Early Ordovician chlorite-sericite slate. Beds are 5.0-10 m by 50.0-70 m thick and extend up to 4000 m long. Analysiss of three grab samples yields 20.5-48.4% Fe, 1.5% Mn, up to
Bayan Undur
ERROR 44ø51'
44 51 00 N
98 ø08'E
98 28 00 E
Bedded barite
P.Shaandar and others, 1992; D.N. Zabotkin and others, written commun., 1987.
Consists of lenses of barite interlayered with the Lower Cretaceous siltstone and marl of Khulshin Gol formation.  The occurrence has minimum length of 10-12km, and an average thickness of 8-10cm.
Olgiibulag
45 16 00N
Edrengiin
Grade of 2.0-30% Mn+Fe. Resources of 100,000 tonnes Mn.
Consists of Mn minerals in quartzite lenses in a Early Devonian chert and quartzite bed that ranges up to 4 m thick in the Early Devonian Olgii Formation. Lenses range up to 1 m thick and 100 m long. Main deposit minerals are pyrolusite, with hematite. G
Khadat Gunii khudag
44ø08'N
44 08 20N
97 ø08'E
97 48 40 E
Edren-Zoolon
Up to 30 g/t Au.
Podkolzin and others, 1990.
Consists of a NE-trending steeply dipping, quartz vein that ranges from 0.3-0.5 m thick and extends 100 m in chert and basalt in the Early Devonian Olgii Formation. Host rock is weakly altered to silica, carbonate, limonite, and epidote. Ore minerals are
Bogdyn Arshaan
ERROR 47ø48'
47 48 00 N
97 ø02'E
97 32 00 E
Average grade of 52.97% Fe. Reserves of 60 million tonnes to 100 m depth.
V. Goldenberg and others, written commun., 1966.
Mainly  massive  magnetite  ore  with  disseminated  outer zone,  is  developed  in  skarn localized  in  contact  of  middle  to  upper  Riphean  limestone  and  late Permian  to  early  Triassic  granitoid.  There  were  defined  17  ore  bodies of  si
Monhot
47ø07'N
47 07 00N
99 ø00'E
99 20 00 E
Average grade of 39.0% Fe.
A.K. Uphlyand and others, written commun., 1966.
Consists of hematite and magnetite in a jasper bed in clastic rock of Early to Middle Devonian Erdenetsogt Formation. The bed contains massive and striped hematite body 50 m by 300 m. The size of massive magnetite is 0.35 m by 75 m. Chemical composition
Khokhbulgiin khondii
46 29 00N
Bayanhongor
Average grade of  5.6 g/t Au, 0.685% Cu. Resources of 8.8 tonnes Au, 10700 tonnes Cu.
D. Andreas and others, written commun., 1970; Watanabe and others, 1999.
Occurs adjacent to a late Paleozoic quartz diorite and granite stock with a K-Ar isotopic age of 252 Ma that intrudes the Neoproterozoic Burdgol Formation that consists of intercalated limestone, calcic sandstone, calcic shale, and sandstone. The skarn c
Zuun-Arts
47ø16'N
47 16 00N
Grade of 7.1-26.0% P2O5.
Z. Zorzhnamzhaa, K. Kepezhinskas, and L.Ochir, written commun., 1987.
Consists of phosphorite in Vendian and Early Cambrian sedimentary rock. The phosphorite beds occur along strike for 15 km and range from 5 to 10 m thick. The phosphorite alternates with dolomite, chert, sandstone, aleurolite and argillaceous shale. The p
Baruun-Arts
ERROR 47ø15'
47 15 00 N
96 37 00 E
Grade of 13.0-26.23% P2O5.
D. Dorzhnamzhaa, K. Kepezhinskas, and L. Ochir, written commun., 1977.
Consists of phosphorites occurring in the upper part of the Tsagaanolom suite of Vendian age. The phosphorite-bearing bench is represented by dolomites, limestones, aleurolites, silicic and silicic-carbonate phosphorites. The thickness of the bench range
Tsagaantsakhir Uul
46 05 10N
100ø03'E
100 03 00E
Grade ranges from 1-645 g/t Au. Probable reserves of 15 tonnes Au.
D. Andreas and others, written commun., 1970; Jargalan and Fujimaki, 2000.
Hosted iin Middle to Late Cambrian granodiorite and granite that intrudes early and middle Riphean schist of the Burd-gol Group. Also occurring is a late Paleozoic diorite stock and extensive diotite porphyry, gabbro porphyry and quartz porphyry dikes. T
Ulaanburd
47ø40'N
47 40 00N
107ø40'E
107 40 00E
Eastern Mongolian-Preargunskiy
Grade of 0.1-0.5% Sn.
Khasin, 1977.
Consists of cassiterite-quartz veins related to the second stage of the Mesozoic (K-Ar age of 205 Ma) Janchivlan pluton that consists of muscovite-biotite granite that is medium-grained. with abundant quartz veinlets and greisen alteration. Zone of greis
Oortsog
47ø53'N
47 53 00N
102ø14'E
102 14 00E
Bayangol
Average grade of  4% Cu, 0.35%Ni, 0.14% Cr, 0.38 g/t Pt, 4-8 g/t Au.
Izokh and others, 1990; Ganbold, 1998; D. Jamsrandorj, written commun., 1995.
Consists of chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite and pentlandite disseminated in the Oortsog Uul bedded gabbro. The gabbro is concentricly zoned and consists of perdotite, pyroxenite, anortosite, gabbronorite, olivine gabbro, troctolite in an area of 5.0 sq. km. The
Suul-Undur
45 46 35N
107ø58'E
107 57 30E
East Mongolian-Priargunskiy
CaF2
Grade of 41.2-45.02% CaF2. Reserves of 1 438 400 tonnes ore. Resources of 90,000 tonnes ore.
Marinov and others, 1977; B. Baasan, written commun., 1990.
Consists of series of NW-SE-striking quartz-fluorite veins hosted in late Mesozoic volcanic rocks and Neoproterozoic carbonate rock. Quartz-fluorite veins are from 1.2 to 4.4 m thick and several hundreds meter long. Major minerals are fluorite, quartz, k
Tamirgol
47ø38'N
47 37 30N
102ø10'E
102 10 00E
Tamirgol-Yoroogol
Grade of 48% Fe, 1.18-5.86% Mn. Resources of 220-280 million tonnes.
Consists of 20 bodies of thin layers of magnetite and hematite with quartzite. Host rock is Riphean schist and quartzite deformed into a NW-trending, steeply-dipping isoclinal folds. Quartz-chlorite, quartz-biotite-chlorite, quartz-carbonate-chlorite and
Bayan Uul 2
ERROR 46ø41'
46 41 00 N
ERROR 104ø53'
104 52 45 E
Delgerhaan
Contact zone reserves of 300,000 tonnes Cu.
G.A. Dolgov written commun., 1984; Koval and others, 1989, Ariunbileg and Hosbayar, 1998; Lamb and Cox, 1998.
Consists of quartz-tourmaline-chalcopyrite veins in an area of pervasive sericite and argillic alteration. The deposit is hosted in an Jurassic  volcanic-plutonic system that includes small porphyritic intrusions of diorite to granite. Alteration zone is
Baga Gazar
ERROR 46ø15'
46 15 00 N
ERROR 106ø01'
106 01 00 E
Central Hentii
Grade of 0.18-0.5% Sn. Reserves of 889,344 tonnes ore with 2,685 tonnes Sn.
Kovalenko and others, 1971; Jargalsaihan and others, 1996.
Consists of complex Sn-W mineralization related to the Baga gazar granite pluton of early Mesozoic age (192-235 Ma, K-Ar age determination), hosted by South Khentei late Paleozoic-early Mesozoic depression, filled by terrigenous rocks interbeded with vol
Sharga Ovoo
46ø11'N
46 10 49N
104ø58'E
104 57 52E
Battsengel-Uyanga-Erdenedalai
Grade of 0.1-5.6 g/t  Au.
O. Jamyandorj and others, written commun., 1972.
Hosted in early Paleozoic gneissic granite and granodiorite that are intruded by granodiorite porphyry and diorite porphyry dikes and quartz veins. The quartz veins dip steeply, form a stockwork, occur along a NW-trending weak shear zone and form an en-e
Bilkh-Uul
ERROR 45ø25'
45 24 40 N
ERROR 106ø48'
106 47 30 E
Average grade of 40% CaF2. Reserves of 1,625,000 tonnes.
Marinov and others, 1977; Jargalsaihan and others, 1996; B. Baasan. written commun., 1990.
Consists of a series of quartz-fluorite lenticular and veinlike bodies  hosted in  upper Proterozoic carbonate rocks. The size of quartz-fluorite bodies range from 12.5x54m to 10x235m.  Major minerals are fluorite, quartz,chalcedony, kaoline and calcite.
Zulegt
45ø04'N
45 04 00N
107ø39'E
107 39 00E
Tsenhermandal-Modot
Reserves of 0.96 million tonnes grading 6.28-10.65% graphite
Jargalsaihan and others, 1996; Milin and Stepanenko.,1967; P.Shaandar and others, written commun., 1992.
Consists of graphite quartzite and graphite skarn lenses that occur in intensely-deformed Proterozoicmetamorphic rock. The average thickness of the graphite-bearing quartzite bed is 20 m and the length is 100-150 m. The average graphite content is 3.91-7
Kharmagtai 1
45ø13'N
45 13 00N
106ø58'E
106 58 00E
Resources of 10,000 tonnes asbestos.
Y.S. Zhelubovskii, written commun., 1945; Marinov and others, 1977.
Consists of actinolite-asbestos and tremolite-asbestos in association with quartz-albite-epidote veins along contacts in skarn along contact between limestone and granite. The asbestos occurs in two areas that range from 4 to 1.5 m thick. The longest asb
Tumurtei
106ø36'E
106 36 00E
Govi-Ugtaal-Baruun-Urt
Zn, Fe, Mo
Cu, Ag, Pb
Grade of 23% Fe, 2.1-3.0% Zn. Resources of 274,000 tonnes Zn, 10200 tonnes Mo.
Yakovlev, 1977; Podlessky and others, 1988; D. Dorjgotov, written commun., 1990.
Consists of numerous Fe-Zn-Mo calcic skarn bodies formed near the contact between Proterozoic limestone and Late Triassic-Early Jurassic subalkaline granite. Skarn and Zn-bearing bodies have lenticular morphlogy. Skarn zone is 720 m long, has thickness 3
Janchivlan (Buural khangai and Urt Gozgor)
47ø34'N
47 34 00N
107 36 00E
Ta
Grade of 0.001-0.011% Ta.
Kovalenko and others, 1971; Janchivlan, 1984; Ivanov and others, 1996.
Hosted in albite-lepidolite and amazonite-albite granite that occurs along the SW contact of the Mesozoic Janchivlan pluton that occurs along the NW-trending Ulaandavaa fault. Associated with the granite and deposit are microcline alteration, quartz-lepi
Modon-Us
44ø33'N
44 33 00N
Reserves of 5,700 tonnes, grading 98.20% CaSO42H2O.
Alekseichik, written commun., 1942; Shaandar and others, 1992; Ganbaatar, 1999.
Consists of gypsum, anhydrite and calcite that occur in the Late Cretaceous Bayanshire formation. Gypsum thickness is 3-15 cm. The lenticular interbedded gypsum contains only selenite.
Khongoot
44ø04'N
44 03 41N
107ø52'E
107 51 31E
Resources of one ore zone of 39, 000 tonnese Cu, grading 0.31% Cu.
Sotnikov and others, 1985; Blagonravov and Shabalovskii, 1977; L. Sharkhuu, written commun., 1978; Shirbakov and others, 1986.
Host rock consists of Late Carboniferous granodiorite diorite and quartz-diorite massif that intrude Early Carboniferous volcanic and sedimentary units. Associated alteration zone varies from 50 to 60 m wide, and extends for several hundred m. Deposit co
Taragt
45ø02'N
45 02 00N
104ø29'E
104 29 00E
Production and reserves of 0.58 million tonnes grading 70-87% CaSO4.
K.P. Atabekiyants, written commun., 1961; Shaandar and others, 1992.
Consists of gypsum in Late Cretaceous Bayanshiree formation. The size of gypsum-concretions is variable from 10-15 cm to 30 cm. Gypsum content is a 70-87% CaSO2 H2O. Average thickness is 2.5-3 m. Deposit age is interpreted as Late Cretaceous.
Shiree Uul (Taragt-2)
104ø20'E
104 20 00E
Production and reserves of 4.5 million tonnes, grading 83-84% gypsum.
Osokhbayar, 1987; Shaandar and others, 1992; D. Begzsuren, written commun., 1999; Ganbaatar, 1999.
Consists of gypsum and calcite concretions that occur in Tertiary sedimentary rock. The gypsum thickness is 1 m. The size of gypsum concretions range from 30-40 cm. Deposit age interpreted as middle and late Oligocene.
Dugshih hudag
44ø19'N
44 19 00N
105ø26'E
105 25 50E
Average grade of 35.27% Sr.
Consists of celestite crystals and disk-shaped concretions in mudstone of the Khohteeg Formation of Early Cretaceous age. The disk-shaped concretions range from 4 to 12 cm diameter and from 2-5 cm thick and contains 8.88% Sr. In addition to the concretio
Kharmagtai 2
44ø02'N
44 01 55N
106ø09'E
106 08 40E
Mo, Au, Ag
Resources of 0.8 million tonnes Cu grading 0.35% Cu.
Yakovlev, 1977; Sotnikov and others, 1985.
Hosted in Late Carboniferous and Early Permian diorite and granodiorite that intrude Devonain tuff, andesite, and tuffaceous sandstone and siltstone. The ore minerals are chalcopyrite, covellite, bornite, and molybdenite. Oxidation minerals are malachite
Dorvon Dert
44ø27'N
44 27 00N
104ø43'E
104 43 00E
Mushgaihudag-Olgiihiid
Be tuff
Grade of 40-50 g/t Be.
Kovalenko and Koval, 1984.
Consists of Be-bearing felsic tuff, which underlies rhyolite. Tuff is white, inequigranular, and layered. Be content is 40-50 g/t . Be-bearing mineral is bertrandite.
Olon Ovoot
44ø22'N
44 22 21N
104ø10'E
104 09 42E
Ulziit
Average grade of 2.3 g/t Au. Reserves of 1,170kg
L. Dorligjav and others, written commun., 1993; Sillitoe and others, 1996; Jargalsaihan and others, 1996; Dejidmaa, 1996; Dejimaa and others, 1996.
Deposit hosted in Silurian Mandal Ovoo Formation siliceous sandstone and mudstone that are intruded by syn-orogenic gabbro and diorite and diorite sill bodies. Gold deposit occurs in altered quartzic diorite, sericite-quartz replacement and in quartz vei
Bayan Khoshuu
ERROR 44ø24'
44 24 00 N
ERROR 104ø03'
104 03 00 E
TR, Sr, P, Fe
Reserves of 223,000 tonnes grading 0.95% BaSO4.
Jargalsaihan and others, 1996; Samoylov and Kovalenko, 1983.
Consists of barite veins and veinlets occurring in  carbonate bodies related to an alkali syenite intrusive.  The barite veins are associated with the Late Jurassic rare earth element deposit Mushgai hydag.
Mushgai hudag
44ø24'N
44 24 00N
104ø03'E
104 03 00E
Sr, Ba, P, F,Fe
Reserves of 200 million tonnes grading 1.5% REE, 441,000 tonnes grading 0.88-14% P2O5,  223,000 tonnes grading 0.95% BaSO4, and 220,000 tonnes grading 0.9% Sr. Resources of 1.2 million tonnes Fe, 5.2 million tonnes of gypsum and anhydrite.
Samoylov and Kovalenko, 1983; Jargalsaihan and others, 1996, Munkhtsengel and Iizumi, 1999.
Spatially and genetically related to a Late Jurassic volcanic and plutonic complex with a Rb-Sr isochron age of 139.9 Ma,. The complex intrudes late Paleozoic granite and middle and late Paleozoic carbonate and clastic sedimentary rock. The volcanic rock
Bayan Ovoo
ERROR 47ø03'
47 03 00 N
ERROR 107ø45'
107 45 00 E
Average grade of 0.2% Sn, 0.5% WO3.
Khasin, 1977; Jargalsaihan and others, 1996.
Consists of cassiterite-wolframite-quartz veins related to medium-grained granite pluton. Zone  200 m long and 10-12 m wide contains thick quartz veins with rare impregnation of cassiterite crystals and quartz lenses with wolframite mineralization. Some
Khorimt khudag
44ø21'N
44 20 58N
104ø07'E
104 06 40E
Average grade of 1.44 g/t Au,  0.6 -1.7 g/t Ag.
L.V, Zabotkin and others, written commun., 1983; L. Dorligjav and others, written commun., 1993.
Occurrence hosted in Silurian Mandal Ovoo Formation containing siliceous sandstone and mudstone that is intruded by syn-orogenic gabbro and diorite and diorite sill bodies. There are distributed sublatitudinal-trending, steep (60-800) to N dipping, paral
Teg uul
104 07 00E
Average grade of 100 g/t Be.
Kovalenko and others, 1977, Kovalenko and Koval, 1984.
Consists of Be in late Mesozoic tuffs that contains fragments of rhyolite, ongorhyolite, quartz, feldspar and rare fluorite. Tuff underlying ongonite is white, layered and covers an area of 1 sq.km. Be content ranges from 0.01% to 0.5% BeO. Deposit is sm
Khotgor
44ø07'N
44 07 00N
104ø40'E
104 40 00E
Average grade of 15.17% REE, 0.1% Sr.
Kuznetsov and others, 1986.
Consists of leucocratic trachyte, breccia, porphyritic fayaite veins and apatite-magnetite and celestine veins. REE content of 15.17%, Sr 0.1%.
Avdrant
ERROR 47ø38'
47 38 00 N
ERROR 105ø26'
105 26 00 E
Peralkaline granitoid-related Nb-Zr-REE
Average grade of 0.007% Ta, 0.008% Nb.
Kovalenko and others, 1971.
Occurs in the upper part of a Mesozoic granite pluton with a K-Ar isotopic age of 222-172 Ma, and in dikes in acjadent host rock. The albite-amazonite granite occurs in a rim of alaskiteor in the core of the pluton, is medium-grained, and composed of ama
Chuluut tsagaan del
46ø58'N
46 58 20N
107ø14'E
107 14 00E
Grade of 34.8-51.8% CaF2, Production of 650,000 tonnes. Reserves of 2,678,000 tonnes ore, Resources of 294,000 tonnes ore.
Marinov, 1977; B. Baasan, written commun., 1990, Jargalsaihan and others, 1996.
Consists of series of quartz-fluorite veinlike and lenticular bodies occurring in altered zones with host Proterozoic carbonate and slate intruded by late Paleozoic granitoids. of host rocks that represented by silicification, ahd fluoritization.  The si
Urt Gozgor
46ø34'N
46 34 00N
107ø32'E
107 32 00E
Li, Ta,
Average grade of 0.347% Li, 0.014% Ta.
Kovalenko and others, 1971, Jargalsaihan and others, 1996.
Consists of Li minerals in an area 1.35 x 300 m in albite-lepidolite granite. Granite is highly altered to greisen with albite-topaz-lepidolite, albitite and quartz veinlets.
Ikh Khairkhan
46ø55'N
46 55 00N
105ø56'E
105 56 00E
Ikh-Hairhan
W, Mo
Production of 8,435 tonnes WO3. Mined out.
Khasin 1977; Jargalsaihan and others, 1996.
Consists of quartz-wolframite veins related to the late Mesozoic Baga Kharikhan pluton and occurs in the contact zone. Deposit includes four zones in a NE  to N-trending zone that ranges up to 3 km long and 2 to 5 m wide. There are 14 quartz-wolframite v
Ongon Khairhan
47ø03'N
47 03 00N
105ø10'E
105 10 00E
Ikh Hairhan
Resources of 10,000 tonnes WO3. grading 0.13-6.59 WO3.
Consists of quartz-wolframite veins and W-stockwork that occur in metamorphosed and cleaved Devonian sandstone, siltstone and shale. These rocks are the roof the Ongonkharirkhan pluton that crop out 3-5 km W and SW of deposit. By geophysical data pluton
Ongon Khairkhan
Ta, Li
Rb, Nb
Ta-Li ongonite
Ta 162 g/t; Nb 18-128 g/t Li 2,780 ppm.
Kovalenko and others, 1977; Jargalsaihan and others, 1996.
Consists of ongonite dikes and stockwork W minerals with Sn, Nb and Ta. Ongonite consists of porphyritic rock with albite, quartz, K-feldspar, Li-mica and topaz phenocrysts set in a fine-grained groundmass, locally with glass. Amazonite ongonite dikes co
Aryn nuur
ERROR 47ø13'
47 13 00 N
ERROR 113ø57'
113 57 00 E
Grade of 0.1% Mo (range of 0.03-0.57% Mo), and 0.02-0.154% Cu. Production of 25,800 tonnes Mo.
Khasin, 1977; Kovalenko and others, 1986; Jargalsaihan and others, 1995.
Consists of linear zones of molybdenum stringer impregnation associated with metasomatic alteration of Permian granite stock: K-feldspatization, albitization and greisenization. North-south trending stockworks are up to 1000 m long and up to 600 m wide w
Tumurtiin-Ovoo
46ø48'N
46 48 10N
113ø19'E
113 19 20E
Cd, In
Grade of 17% Fe, 9.9-13.1% Zn. Resources of 750,000 tonnes Zn, 1770 tonnes Cd.
Consists of a calcic skarn that occurs along the contact between Devonian limestone and a Mesozoic subalkaline granite. The skarn is elongated to the NW, dips concordantly with host rock to the SW. The skarn extends for about 800 m along strike, 480 m do
Mongon Ondor
110ø11'E
110 11 00E
Grade of 102-187 g/t Ag, 1.52-2.18% Pb, 1.21-1.95% Zn, 0.11-0.1385 % Sn. Reserves of 1050.5 tonnes Ag, 155,100 tonnes Pb, 135,400 tonnes Zn, and 9,900 tonnes Sn. Resources of 2162.2 tonnes Ag, 209,600 tonnes Pb, 152,500 tonnes Zn, 13,100 tonnes Sn.
Ripp and Sudakov, 1991; Dejidmaa and others, 1992; Murao and others, 1998.
Occurs on S and SE marginal part of the Ondortsagaan Mo-W deposit. Pb-Zn-Sn bodies occur between the areas and include Mo-W and the Ag-Sb minerals. Ag-Sb bodies consist of quartz-carbonate veins that dip steeply (50-90ø) and range from 0.3 m to 3.0 m thi
Salaa
46ø44'N
46 43 36N
113ø26'E
113 26 00E
WO3 2244.5 t
Ivanova, 1976; Khasin, 1977.
Consists of wolframite-quartz and sulfide-wolframite-quartz veins related to small Mesozoic granite stock (K-Ar isotopic age of 205 Ma). Stock consists of leucocratic and porphyritic granite. Host rock is Permian granitoids and Early and Middle Devonian
Tsagaan chuluut
47ø45'N
47 45 00N
110ø10'E
110 10 00E
Grade of 0.02-0.6% Mo. Resource of 53,000 tonnes Mo.
Jargalsaihan and others, 1996; Murao and others, 1998.
Consists of stringer and stringer disseminated Mo minerals in Carboniferous altered granodiorite and associated with Jurassic granite porphyry dikes. Mo minerals occur in a stockwork of 800 X 700 m and deposit extends to a depth of 280 m. Alteration cons
Zaan shiree
47ø15'N
47 15 00N
111ø35'E
111 35 00E
Average grade of 0.14% Sn.
Khasin, 1977; Kovalenko and others, 1986.
Consists of Sn-silicate-sulfide veins and veinlets in tourmaline-altered breccia of Middle and Late Jurassic felsite porphyry, that compose relic volcanic structure. Host rock is granite highly argillite-altered and enriched by Sn. Tourmaline-altered bre
Bees
47ø56'N
47 56 00N
109ø12'E
109 12 00E
0.01-0.3% Sn, 0.03-1.26% WO3.
Podlessky and others, 1988.
Consists of bed-like W skarn bodies  that occur in the northern contact of the Mesozoic Modot granite pluton  with Proterozoic metamorphic rocks, including crystalline schists and marbles. Skarn bodies are 1.2-2 km long and 3.5-7.0 m wide, and composed o
Modot
109ø05'E
109 05 00E
Production of 300 tonnes WO3.
Consists of Sn-W quartz veins related to Mesozoic granite pluton with a K-Ar isotopic age of 175-199 Ma. The pluton intrudes Vendian and Early Cambrian metamorphic rock, Paleozoic granitoids and Permian molasse. Deposit occurs along the pluton margin in
Khujkhan
47ø46'N
47 46 00N
109ø13'E
109 13 00E
Average grade of 698 ppm Mo, 155 ppm WO3.
Consists of Sn-W veins and greisen in the upper part of the Mesozoic Modot pluton, composed of coarse-medium-grained biotite granite. Granite contain abundant xenolithes of host Permian sedimentary rock metamorphsed to hornfels, also dikes of fine-graine
Bayan Mod
ERROR 47ø49'
47 49 20 N
ERROR 109ø03'
109 02 50 E
Average grade of 400 g/m3 Sn. Reserves of 2,090 tonnes.
Consists of quartz-cassiterite-topaz vein, and rare quartz-wolframite veins related to western contact of the Mesozoic Modot pluton. Host rocks are foliated and dislocated upper Proterozoic schists, which are limonitized with abundant tourmaline bearing
Baruuntsogt
ERROR 46ø43'
46 43 00 N
ERROR 111ø43'
111 43 00 E
Grade of 0.003% Ta (western part), 0.006-0.017% Ta (eastern, not exposed).
Consists of Mesozoic granite pluton (K-Ar isotopic age of 168 Ma) that intrudes Permian sedimentary rock and Early-Middle Jurassic volcanic rock. Granite pluton has zonal structure. Microcline-albite, amazonite-albite and pegmatoid amazonite granite occu
Tumen Tsogt
47 38 15N
112ø09'E
112 08 30E
Grade 0.22-0.5% WO3. Reserves of 60 million tonnes ore with 143 tonnes WO3.
Consists of W veins in multiple skarn bodies related to granite pluton. Skarn occurs in the weakly eroded zone where late Mesozoic Kharyamaat and Sharkhad plutons intrude Neoproterozoic host rock and Permian siliceous volcanic rocks. Mined from 1944-1957
Tugalgatain nuruu
47ø17'N
47 17 00N
109ø46'E
109 46 00E
Zn, Pb, Sn, Ag
Cu, Cd
Grade of 1.8-7.8% Pb, 1.4-8.4% Zn, 0.01% Sn. Resources of 250,000 tonnes (Pb+Zn).
The depost consists of a series of zones in the Devonian silica-altered sedimentary rock. The size of zones ranges from 3-4x 500 m to 50x1000 m. The zones contain bodies of complex inner structure with obscure boundaries. Bodies are quartz-carbonate-sulf
Galshar
46 33 40N
110ø59'E
110 58 44E
Grade of 60-80% CaF2. Production of 185 000 tonnes ore.
Kleiner and others, 1977; D. Erdene, written commun., 1990; Jargalsaihan and others, 1996.
Consists of 4 quartz-fluorite veins hosted in an EW-trending, steeply-dipping fracture zone in Early Cretaceous sedimentary rock. The size of quartz-fluorite bodies varies from 0.4 mx200 m to 6.6 mx550 m. Major minerals are fluorite, quartz, chalcedony,
Itgel Naidvar
46ø54'N
46 54 00N
108ø05'E
108 05 00E
Reserves of 1 million tonnes grading 30-40% graphite.
Kleiner and others, 1977; P. Shaandar and others, written commun., 1992; Jargalsaikan and others, 1996.
Consists of graphite occurring in quartz-graphite and andalusite-muscovite schist.Thickness of graphite-bearing schist ranges up to 200 m, with 16 beds of graphite-bearing horizons varying from 0.5-10 m thick. and 2-60 m wide. The graphite occurs in diss
Khajuu Ulaan
46ø16'N
46 16 00N
109ø54'E
109 53 30E
Average grade of 74.7% CaF2. Production of 500,000 tonnes ore.
Consists of 5 quartz-fluorite veins hosted in an EW-trending, steeply-dipping, altered zone of host rock with quartz-sericite-kaoline-chlorite-fluorite alteration. The host rock is Triassic granite intruded by granite porphyry. The altered zone is 2,500
Nars
44ø55'N
44 55 00N
113ø33'E
113 33 00E
Sediment-hosted U
Average grade of 0.052%  U with range of 0.01%-0.1% U. Reserves of 1,000 tonnes U.
Jargalsaihan and others, 1996, Ochirbat, 1998; Geology and mineral resources of Mongolia, 1999.
Occurs in the Sainshand depression, in Early Cretaceous sandstone formation with siltstone and conglomerate horizons. The summary thickness of the formation is approximately 1500 m. Uranium minerals occur in weakly cemented sandstone and conglomerate bed
Bor-Undur
46 15 50N
109ø26'E
109 26 10E
Average grade of 49.2% CaF2. Production of 10,000,000 tonnes (ore)
Consists of  quartz-fluorite  veins in west-east and northeast-southwest trending, steeply-dipping  fracture zones hosted in lower Cretaceous volcanic rocks. The size of mineralized fracture zones  ranged from 5mx1 000m to 12mx8000m.  Major minerals are
Khokh Del Uul
46ø01'N
46 01 00N
108ø51'E
108 51 00E
Ta, Nb
Grade of  0.003-0.016% Ta, 0.005-0.014% Nb
Consists of Sn-bearing pegmatite veins that occur in an area of 6 sq.km. in Precambrian schist and Devonian granitoids of the Middle Gobi basement. About 25 pegmatite bodies occur, trend NE or NW, and are from 50 to 300 m long, and 1-10 m wide. The miner
Khar Airag
109ø20'E
109 19 43E
Average grade of 52.45% CaF2. Production of 132,000 tonnes. Reserves of 2,000 tonnes CaF2.
Consists of series of quartz-fluorite veins in EW-trending, steeply-dipping, quartz-kaolinite alteration zones. Host rock is Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous volcanic rock. Quartz-fluorite bodies are 115-195 m long, 4.3-7.2 m thick, and extend 80-120 m dow
Ikh Nartyn Khiid
45ø41'N
45 40 30N
109ø36'E
109 35 30E
Grade of 0.4-0.6% WO3. Production of 568 tonnes WO3.
Consists of a series of quartz-fluorite veins hosted in a NW-trending, steeply-dipping Jurassic subalkaline granitoid. The zone is 8 m by 5000 m. Quartz-fluorite veins are several tens of m long, 0.15-0.30 m thick, and ext 20-60 m downdip. Major minerals
Bujgar
45 48 30N
109ø10'E
109 10 17E
Grade of 29.5-47.4% CaF2. Reserves of 266,000 tonnes.
Consists of series of quartz-fluorite lenticular and veinlike bodies  hosted in  west-east trending, steeply-dipping,  mineralized zones. The host rocks are represented by Proterozoic carbonate and terrigenous rocks intruded by late Paleozoic subalkaline
Tumentsogt
47 38 00N
112ø08'E
112 08 00E
Resources of 1043 tonnes WO3 in main deposit. In West Tumentsogt deposit, resources of 2302 tonnes WO3.
Consists of wolframite and molybdenite related to a Mesozoic granite pluton that consists of coarse-grained porphyritic granite and fine-and medium-grained leucocratic granite. Deposit occurs in granite porphyry and fine-grained granite that intrude porp
Ikh Zelend
Average grade of 0.23% Sn. Resources of 438.9 tonnes Sn, 5.8 tonnes WO3.
Khasin, 1977; Ivanova, 1976; Kovalenko and others, 1986.
Consists of a W vein related to a Mesozoic granite pluton (with a K-Ar isotopic age of 131 Ma) that intrudes Neoproterozoic-Vendian Cambrian carbonate and Paleozoic granite. Deposit occurs in the upper part of the pluton that is composed of medium-graine
Haraat
45ø38'N
45 38 00N
108 18 00E
Grade of 0.01-0.2% U. Reserves of 22,700 tonnes U.
Jargalsaihan and others, 1996; Ochirbat, 1998; Wetz and others, 1999.
Hosted in the Early Cretaceous Choir Graben. Surface area is over 100 sq.km. The host rock is intercalated sandstone and siltstone ranging from 0.2-20 m thick. Deposit bed is approximately horizontal, 20 km long, 0.5-2.0 km wide, ranges from 1.0 to 30 m
Urgen 1
44ø47'N
44 47 00N
110ø45'E
110 45 00E
Zeolite
Volcanic-hosted zeolite
Range of 10-80% zeolite,
Petrova and Amarjargal, 1996.
Consists of Early Cretaceous zeolite beds in area that is 1.25x0.9 km and a thickness of 250 m. Can be broken into three productive horizons with a content of 70-90% zeolite (clinoptilolite). Zeolite replaces glass in tuff, tuffite and other tufficeous s
Urgen 2
44ø42'N
44 42 05N
110ø44'E
110 44 05E
Carbonate-hosted fluorspar
Range of 40-68% CaF2. Reserves of 300,000 tonnes CaF2. Resources of 6,400,000 tonnes CaF2.
Consists of series of quartz-fluorite lense and veinlike bodies hosted in NE-SW-trending altered zone of host rock that contain quartz-fluorite-calcite alteration. The host rock is Proterozoic carbonate and Permian granite. The size of quartz-fluorite bo
Oortsog ovoo
45ø34'N
45 34 00N
108ø06'E
108 06 00E
Sn,Pb,Zn
W, Bi, Au, Ag
Reserves are 39.200 tonnes Sn, 11,500 tonnes Zn, and 1.500 tonnes Cu. Grades are 0.02-1.28 % Sn, 0.001-0.06% W, 0.02-1.28% Zn, and 0.01-0.9% Cu.
Podlessky and others, 1988, Jargalsaihan and others, 1996.
Consists of a steeply-dipping skarn that forms sheets like along the contact between a late Paleozoic granite pluton and marble with beds of calc-silicate schist. The skarn sheets range from 200-1500 m long, 5-80 m wide, comprise up to 25 lenticular bodi
Tushleg
44ø48'N
44 48 00N
110 05 00E
Grade of 30-70% zeolite.
Petrova and Amarjargal , 1996; Shuvalov and others, written commun., 1987.
Consists of zeolite beds and stratum occurring in siliceous tuff, tuffaceous sandstone and argillite of the Early Cretaceous Tsagaantsav formation. This occurrence is similar to the Tsagaantsav zeolite deposit, a difference being that it has more classti
Tsagaantsav
44ø38'N
44 38 00N
109ø45'E
109 45 00E
Resources of 179.0 million tonnes grading 10-80% zeolite.
Shuvalov and others, 1987; D. Ivanjav and others, written commun., 1989, 1993; P.Shaandar and others, written commun., 1992; Petrova and Amarjargal, 1996.
Consists of zeolite beds and layers in siliceous tuff, tuffaceous sandstone and argillite of the Early Cretaceous Tsagaantsav Formation. Deposit has a surface area of 1.5 by 3 km with a thickness of 200 m. The zeolite beds are elongate and strike E-SE an
Shine
44ø35'N
44 35 20N
109ø28'E
109 28 25E.
Au-Ag-Cu
Grade of 1.2 g/t Au, 0.3-1.0% Cu, 0.008% Mo.
A.E. Shabalovskii and others, written commun., 1978; Sotnikov and others, 1985.
Related to the Oyut granitoid massif of the Middle to Late Carboniferous Mandakh Complex at a distance of 400 to 1500 m from the contact. Deposit contains stringers and disseminations of epidote, pyrite, molybdenite and chalcopyrite grading 0.3-3.38% Cu
Oyuut Ulaan ovoo
44ø34'N
44 34 27N
109 26 09E
Sotnikov and others,1985; D. Sanjaadorj, written commun., 1974.
Hosted in a porphyry stock of predominantly granodiorite and granosyenite composition. Porphyry intrusion (in area over 0.2 sq.km.) intrudes a biotite granite and granosyenite massif, that intrudes tuff and sandstone and tuff-argillite. Early potassic an
Unegt Uul
44ø17'N
44 17 00N
109ø43'E
109 43 00E
Production and reserves of 0.12 million tonnes grading 68.34% CaSO4.
Stoikov and others, 1970; Kleiner and others, 1977; Osokhbayar and others, 1977; Osokhbayar and Khongor, 1985; Ganbaatar, 1999; D. Lavdansuren, written commun., 1999.
Consists of gypsum, anhydrite and calcite occurring in the Late Cretaceous Bayanshire formation. The gypsum thickness average is 7.0 m. The lenticular gypsum interbed consists of selenite satin spar and gypsite gypsum. Produced 20,000 tonnes per year bet
Anas
ERROR 47ø31'
47 30 32 N
ERROR 112ø07'
112 07 29 E
Average grade of 40.7% CaF2. Reserves of 314,800 tones, Production of 25,300 tonnes.
D. Erdene, written commun., 1990.
Consists of  3 quartz-fluorite  veins   in  northwest-southeast trending, steeply-dipping  fracture zone hosted in late Permian granite. The size of quartz-fluorite veins  ranges from 2.5mx100m to 7mx700m.  Major minerals are fluorite, quartz, chalcedony
Nariin khudag
44ø14'N
44 14 00N
108ø02'E
108 02 00E
Resources of 0.15 million tonnes Cu gradomg 0.3% Cu.
Consists of stockwork veinlets and veins of quartz, tourmaline with chalcopyrite and molybdenite developed in Late Carboniferous granodiorite and granosyenite. The granodiorite intrudes middle and Late Carboniferous volcanic and sedimentary deposits. Dep
Berkh 1
ERROR 47ø47'
47 46 30 N
ERROR 111ø10'
111 10 15 E
Average grade of 66.8% CaF2. Production of 1,000,000 tonnes. Reserves of 1,000,000 tonnes.
D. Erdene, written commun.,1990; Jargalsaihan and others, 1996; Geology and mineral resources of Mongolia, 1999.
Consists of  northeast-southwest and west-east trending, steeply-dipping  quartz-fluorite veins hosted in late Permian granite. The size of quartz-fluorite veins ranges from 2.5mx520m to 4mx1280m. The down dip dimension of veins is up to 300-350m.  Major
Khol khudag
46ø50'N
46 50 25N
113 26 25E
W, Cd
Average grade of 35% Fe, 2.5% Zn, 0.1% Mo. Resources of 38,000 tonnes Zn, 12 000 tonnes Mo.
Consists of a calcic skarn formed near the contact between Devonian limestone and Mesozoic subalkaline granite. Skarn has a lenticular shape ranging from 20-50x1000 m. The major minerals are andradite, hedenbergite, grossular, epidote, quartz, and calcit
Ondortsagan
Reserves of 175,000 tonnes WO3, 26 000 tonnes Mo.
Khasin, 1977; Jargalsaihan and others, 1996; Dorjgotov and Daramsenge, 1996.
Consists of NW-trending (1500 x 500-700 m) stockwork that intrudes a Devonian trough and consists of variably-trending quartz-wolframite stringers that range from from fractions of mm of few cm thick. The average density of stringer network achieves 20-3
Omnodelger
47ø59'N
47 59 00N
109ø48'E
109 48 00E
Central Khentii
Sn grade up to 1%
Consists of 3 quartz-cassiterite veins that occur at the contact of the Omnodelger pluton with host Proterozoic rock and Carboniferous granodiorite. Veins range up to 20-30 m long, 5-15 m wide, up to 1 m thick, have NW trend and steep dip. Greisen altera
Mungon-Ondur
Average grade of 2.18% Pb, 1.89% Zn, 0.14% Sn. Resources of 510,000 tonnes Pb+Zn, 24,000 tonnes Ag.
D. Dorjgotov, written commun., 1990; Dorjgotov and Daramsenge, 1996; Murao and others, 1998.
Consists of more than 30 quartz-carbonate-sulfide and carbonate-sulfide bodies and zones. The zones contain bodies of complex inner structure with obscure boundaries. The structure is disseminated and stringer-laden. Host rock is altered to carbonate-ser
Caobulen, Inner Mongolia
46 28 15N
118ø42'E
118 41 30E
Reserves of 348,600 tonnes Zn, grading  3.53% Zn.
Zhao, Yiming  and others, 1993; Editorial Committee of the Discovery History of Mineral Deposits of China,1996.
Consists of skarn located at the contact zone between the Mesozoic granite and Devonian limestone. The ore bodies are lenticular and lentoid in shape and vary in scale. The ores consist of pyrrhotite, sphalerite, galena, bismuthite, chalcopyrite and pyri
Modon
46ø42'N
46 41 48N
117 20 00E
Nuhetdavaa
Sb, As
Grade of 1.6-2.9% Pb, 261 ppb Ag. Resources of 30,000 tonnes.
Yakovlev, 1977; D. Dorjgotov, written commun., 1990.
Consists of Pb-Ag epithermal veins and lenticular bodies hosted by Devonian sedimentary rock. Bodies are 165-450 m long, 12-60 m thick and extend down dip 100 m. Wallrock is hydrothermally-altered by carbonate alteration and silica alteration. Deposit mi
Aonaodaba,Inner Mongolia
ERROR 44ø40'
44 40 05 N
ERROR 119ø25'
119 25 03 E
Li, Henian and others,1994; Zhang Dequan and others, 1994.
Occurs in the southeastern part of the Daxinganling Hercynian orogenic belt that is hosted in Early Permian, low-grade metamorphosed sandstone, graywacke, sericite slate, and knotted slate. The Yanshannian granite porphyry, that intrudes the core of a sy
Haobugao,Inner Mongolia
44ø45'N
44 45 00N
119ø07'E
119 07 00E
Henian and others, 1994.
Located in NW limb of the N part of Huanggang-Ganzhuermiao anticlinorium. Bodies occur in the contact zone between Haobugao granitic intrusive and the early Permian Dashizhai Formation. NE-striking fracture zones are the main controlling structure for de
Yugzer
45 54 00N
115ø20'E
115 20 00E
Resources of 1800 tonnes WO3 at Yugzer 1, and resources of 20,428 tonnes WO3, 693 tonnes, Mo 4,100 tonnes BeO at. Yugzer 2.
Occurs in the upper part of granite pluton and adjacent early Paleozoic rock. Deposit consists of Mo-bearing greisen that occurs in the upper part of the granite pluton and quartz-wolframite veins. The greisens are formed in two successive stages: (1) qu
Baiyinnuoer, Inner Mongolia
ERROR 44ø30'
44 30 00 N
ERROR 118ø54'
118 54 00 E
Reserves of 2.4 million tonnes of Pb+Zn with average grade of 3.24% Pb and 5.46% Zn.
Li, Henian and others, 1994.
Occurs in the central part of Huanggangliang-Wulanhaote polymetallic belt. The deposit occurs in a secondary anticline of the Sifangcheng-Baiyinwula anticlinorium. Northeast-striking faults control the formation and distribution of igneous intrusions and
Hegenshan 3756, Inner Mongolia
44ø46'N
44 45 30N
116ø17'E
116 16 40E
Hegenshan
Grade of >32% Cr2O3. Reserves of 1 million tonnes Cre ore.
Bai Wenji and others, 1994.
Consists of about 180 podiform chromite bodies that are hosted in dunite dikes. The largest deposit is 850 m long, extends downdip for 260 m, and ranges up to 17 m thick. The host rock is mainly dunite with minor peridotite. Deposit occurs in the ellipti
Hegenshan 620, Inner Mongolia
44ø44'N
44 44 20N
116ø15'E
116 14 34E
Consists of a number of small podiform chromite bodies in dunite and pyroxene-bearing dunite in the cumulative phase of Hegenshen ophiolite. The ore minerals are mainly disseminated, but locally are massive. Similar small chromite deposits occur in the c
Maodeng, Inner Mongolia
44ø11'N
44 11 05N
116ø42'E
116 41 30E
Liu Yuqiang, 1996.
Occurs in the western contact zone of the Alubaogeshan granite porphyry with a Rb-Sr isotopic age of 149 Ma. Deposit is hosted in a Jurassic bimodal volcanic sequence, including a lower basalt and upper rhyolite unit, in the Maoding volcanic basin. Depos
Lianhuashan,Inner Mongolia
45ø40'N
45 40 00N
121ø21'E
121 21 00E
Average grade of 0.95% Cu. Reserves of 142,600 tonnes Cu.
Located in a secondary uplift in the Tuquan Mesozoic volcanic depression of the Daban-Wulanhaote volcanic belt. Deposit-controlling structures can be divided into three groups, i.e, NE-, NW-, and EW-trending fracture zones. Early Yanshannian porphyry int
Meng'entaolegai, Inner Mongolia
45ø15'N
45 15 00N
121ø30'E
121 30 00E
Ag,Pb,Zn
Average grade of 84 g/t Ag, 1.02% Pb, 2.30% Zn. Reserves of 84,300 tonnes Pb, 221.300 tonnes Zn, and 534 tonnes Ag.
Occurs along the W junction between the Daxinganling orogenic belt and the Songliao Basin. The main part of the deposit is controlled by EW-and NE-trending faults. Deposit is hosted in Permian and Jurassic rock tuffaceous sandstone, slate, tuffaceous cla
Baerzhe, Inner Mongolia
ERROR 45ø28'
45 28 00 N
ERROR 120ø40'
120 40 00 E
Nb, Ta, Be
REE,  Zr
Average grade of 0.051% BeO, 0.258% Nb2O5 .
Lin, Chuanxian and others,1994.
Hosted in a riebeckite granite intrudes Middle Jurassic volcanic rock and occurs in two areas. The western part of the intrusion covers an area of 0.11 km2, the eastern part covers an area of 0.24 km2, and at the depth, the two parts merge. A Rb-Sr isoto
Yunshan, Luobei County, Heilongjiang Province
47ø49'N
47 48 50N
130ø48'E
130 48 10E
Jixi
graphite
Sun, Xiangdong, 1994.
Bodies occur in stratiform and lenticular forms in the Dapandao Formation of the Paleoproterozoic Group. Typical deposit mineral fabrics are lepido-grano blastic and granoblastic textures and varied schistose, gneissic and massive structures, Main deposi
Guangyi, Muling, HeilongJiang Province
130 38 00E
Magmatic graphite
Sun Xiangdong, 1994.
Bodies occur in stratiform, layered, lenses in the Yuqing Formation of the upper Archean Mashan Group. Typical textures are granular, schistose, and crystalloblastic. Main ore minerals are graphite, quartz, and feldspar, and minor minerals are diopside,
Liumao, Heilongjiang Province
45ø05'N
45 05 08N
130ø47'E
130 47 05E
sillimanite
Reserves of 28.25 million tonnes graphite. Superlarge deposit.
Xiao, Changsheng and others, 1994.
Consists of bedded, stratiform and lensoid graphite in Al-rich gneiss and is hosted in sillimanite gneiss, graphite schist and gneiss and marble in the the Jiamusi terrane. Deposit consists of graphite schist (13 to 16% C) and graphite gneiss (3 to 8% C)
Sandaogou, Heilongjiang Province
45ø11'N
45 10 30N
130ø31'E
130 30 45E
Sillimanite
Metamorphic sillimanite
Not available. Superlarge deposit.
Jiang, Jisheng, 1994.
Occurs in high grade metamorphic Al-rich sedimentary rock series (Mashan Group).The main host rock is sillimanite schist, sillimanite gneiss and minor garnet-sillimanite-cordierite gneiss.Bodies are in stratiform,with length of several km and thickness o
Komissarovskoe (Vorob'eva plad)
44 33 42N
131 27 15E
Grade of 1.92 g/t Au and 49-52 g/t Ag.
S.N. Rodionov, written commun., 1991.
Consists of low-grade, short Au-Ag-pyrite veins that occur in dacite volcanic rock that is interpreted as part of a Permian volcanic sequence The veins contain minor galena and sphalerite, occur in metasomatic sericite-biotite-quartz bodies in fracture z
Mingli, Heilongjiang Province
45 40 05N
127 30 30E
Bindong
Average grade of 1-2% Zn, 0.5% Pb.
Consists of several tens of stratiform bodies in skarn formed at the contact of limestone of the lower member of the Early Devonian Heilonggong Formation with a Jurassic granite porphyry. The bodies are concordant to their host rock and trending NW with
Zolotoi Stream (Sofie-Alekseevskoe)
44 16 55N
131 23 44E
Average grade of 1.3 g/t Au, 5 g/t Ag.
E.D. Petrachenko, written commun., 1985.
Consists of zones of thin pyrite-gold-quartz veins, disseminated gold and coarse-grained pyrite in volcanic rock with chlorite and carbonate alteration with local course-grained pyrite. Deposit is hosted in a Late Permian volcanic-sedimentary sequence.
Baikal
44ø12'N
44 11 54N
131ø06'E
131 06 01E
Average grade of 0.01% Cu and about 0.01% Mo.
Petrachenko and Petrachenko, 1985.
Consists of veinlets and disseminations that occur along contacts of gabbro, diorite, gabbro, and syenite, in and adjacent to the intrusive rocks. The deposit covers an area of 150 to 200 m2 and consists of hydrothermally altered biotite-K-feldspar rock
Wudaoling, Heilongjiang Province
127 10 00E
Huang, Dianhao and others, 1994.
Consists of irregular masses at a contact zone between quartz porphyry and intermediate and siliceous volcanic rock of Late Permian Wudaoling Formation. The quartz porphyry is silica-rich with >75% SiO2), has K2O+Na2O of 7.97%-8.04%, K2O/Na2O of 1.21 to
Niutoushan, Jiutai County, Jilin Province
44 21 05N
126 16 40E
Grade of 78.65-98.25% CaF2 for fluorite ore; 51.42-67.06% CaF2 for quartz-fluorite ore, and 20-40% CaF2 for fluorite-quartz type.
Ni, Guijin, 1992.
Occurs at the intersected part of the NE-trending Jiutai-Qitamu fault and NW-trending Hewan-Taoshan fault in volcanic rock of the Early Cretaceous Yingcheng Formation. Controlled by the secondary faults of the two main faults, fluorite occurs as veins, l
Gongpengzi, Heilongjiang Province
45 27 40N
127 28 25E
Zn, W
Average grade of Cu 1.23% Cu, 0.41 W.
Editorial Committee, Discovery History of Mineral Deposits of China, Heilongjiang volume, 1996.
Cccurs in the contact zone between the granite and marble, sandstones and slate of the Yuquan Formation of Early Permian age. The major body is 1,315 m long, 30 m thick, and 440 m long  downdip. Some bodies contain Cu-Zn mainly and other bodies contain m
Dongfengshan, Heilongjiang Province
47 12 00N
129ø55'E
129 55 00E
Co
Homestake Au
Consists of stratiform Au deposits in BIF in the Proterozoic Dongfengshan Group. The BIF deposit occurs at the core of a anticline, varies fropm 40 m to 120 m thick, and contains 0.01 to 100.41 g/t Au. Four mineral facies occur in the BIF: a sulfide laye
Daxilin, Heilongjiang Province
47ø30'N
47 30 00N
128 51 00E
Xilin
Yan, Hongquan and others, 1994.
The deposit is located at the northern end of the Xilin field. The ore-bearing strata is same as those in the Xiaoxilin Pb-Zn deposit (L-52-10) and belong to a sequence of carbonate-clastic rocks of the Early Cambrian. Granite porphyry and quartz porphyr
Shuangyashan, Heilongjiang Province
46ø43'N
46 42 50N
131 05 50E
Average grade of 30% Fe.
Deng, Xianyuan, 1980; Cao, Jingxian, 1993b.
Consists of bedded and stratiform BIF deposits that occur concordant to the host rock. The main deposit is 2,169 m long, 8 m thick and extends 520 m down dip. The host rock is sillimanite schist and gneiss and marble of the Xingdong Group. The deposit mi
Xiaoxilin, Heilongjiang Province
47ø21'N
47 21 00N
128 58 00E
Ag,Cd,In
Average grade of 4.09% Pb, 1.61% Zn. Reserves of 260,000 tonnes Pb, 326,500 tonnes Zn.
Occurs in a fault-controlled epicontinental aulacogen. Host rock is mainly Early Cambrian dolomite marble (with oolitic texture) and tremolite marble and interlayered with metavolcanic rock and carbonaceous slate. Deposit minerals are mainly pyrrhotite,
Yangbishan, Heilongiang Province
46 40 10N
Sillimanite, P
Consists of several layers of graphite-rich schist. A single body is 300-500 m long, 2-5 m thick. Deposit occurs in an EW-trending belt. The host rocks are biotite schist, quartz schist, calcarceous schist, garnet schist, sillimanite schist and sillimani
Laozhuoshan, Heilongjiang Province
131ø32'E
131 32 05E
Laozhuoshan
Average grade of 6.85 g/t Au. Reserves of 20 tonnes Au.
Liu, Fu and others, 1996.
Related to both the Hercynian granitoids and Mesozoic intermediate and siliceous stocks and dikes, including diorite, quartz diorite, diorite porphyry, granite porphyry and felsite. Two types of Au deposits occur: (1) mainly Au veinlets and stockworks; a
Ergu-Xishan, Heilongjian Province
47ø05'N
47 05 00N
128ø20'E
128 20 00E
Grade of 2.55-3.37% Pb, 3.23% Zn. Reserves of 129,800 tonnes Pb, and 221,300 tonnes Zn.
Occurs in the axial part of the Ergu-Xujiugou anticline in the Zhangguangcailing fold belt that contains Early Permian siltstone and marble that occur in xenoliths in Hercynian medium-grained biotite plagiogranite, porphyritic biotite granites, and grano
Donghai, Jixi City, Heilongjiang Province
45 20 05N
131ø01'E
131 00 58E
Ore bodies occur in stratiform and  lenticular forms in the Yuqing Formation of the upper Archean Mashan Group. Typical ore fabric includes lepidoblastic textures and varied  schistose and massive structures, Main minerals found in the ores inclu
Khvoshchovoe
47ø58'N
47 58 28N
136ø11'E
136 11 10E
Grade of 0.02-0.4% Cu, 0.01-0.20% Mo, 0.01-0.09% W.
V.B. Shuvalov, written commun., 1986.
Consists of zones of veinlets and disseminations associated with intense metasomatic alteration composed of biotite, microcline, argillite, sericite, quartz and carbonate alterations. Deposit is hosted in a Cretaceous amphibole-biotite granodiorite and b
Lermontovsky
46ø57'N
46 56 44N
134ø27'E
134 27 24E
Grade of 0.67-3% W2O3.
Gvozdev, 1984.
Consists of skarn in lenses, sheets and nests that occur at the top contact of an Early Cretaceous granitic stock that intrudes bedded limestone. Skarn ranges from 40 to 640 m long and 1 to 78 m thick. Deposit formed in three stages: (1) skarn (diopside,
Vostok-2
46 28 03N
135ø53'E
135 52 40E
Average grade of 0.65% Cu, 1.64% W2O3. Mined since 1980's.
Stepanov, 1977; Rostovsky and others, 1987.
Consists of skarn in veins and sheets that formed in several stages. From older to younger the stages are: (1) skarn composed mainly pyroxene, plagioclase, amphibole and garnet; (2) greisen alteration of skarn and granitoid with formation of quartz, feld
Zvezdnoe
46 10 23N
136ø30'E
136 30 27E
Porphyry Sn
Average grade of 2.56% Pb, 0.53% Sn, 2.16% Zn.
Rodionov, 1988.
Consists of a neck of Late Cretaceous(?) to Paleocene subvolcanic rhyolite with numerous (up to 40%) miarolitic cavities filled with a quartz-cassiterite aggregate. Rhyolite altered to sericite and contains finely disseminated cassiterite. Cassiterite-su
Tigrinoe
46 05 19N
135 44 58E
Sn, W, Ta, Nb, In
Mo, Zn, Bi
Average grade of 0.14% Sn and 0.045% WO3.
Korostelev and others, 1990; Gonevchuk and Gonevchuk, 1991.
Consists of: (1) a greisen along the contact of a Li-F granite pluton; (2) a linear stockwork consisting of a thick network (5 to 10 to 70 veinlets per meter) of parallel, NS-trending quartz-topaz veins that range from 3 to 100 cm thick and are hosted in
Zimnee
45ø46'N
45 46 25N
135ø58'E
135 57 40E
Grade of 0.1-3.0% Cu, 3.18% Pb, 0.59% Sn, and 4.09% Zn.
P.G. Korostelev and others, written commun., 1980; Nazarova, 1983.
Consists of breccia, breccia-and fracture-filling veins, zones of closely spaced veinlets and pockets that occur in fracture zones. These structures range up to 1200 m long, are extensive down dip and vary from several tenths of a meter to several tens o
Tayozhnoe 1
45ø30'N
45 29 46N
136ø39'E
136 39 28E
Kema
Grade of 50-2000 g/t Ag and 1 g/t Au. Mined since 1980's.
A.N. Rodionov and others, written commun., 1976; Ratkin and others, 1991.
Consists of steeply-dipping quartz veins that occur along NW to NS fractures that intrude Early Cretaceous sandstone. The veins vary from 100 to 500 m long and 0.5 to 2 m thick and also occur laterally beneath a contact between sandstone and an overlying
Dalnetayozhnoe
45 39 51N
136ø08'E
136 07 55E
Average grade of 1.53% Pb, 0.53% Sn, 2.58% Zn.
P.G. Korostelev and others, written commun., 1980.
Consists of mineralized fracture zones that contain irregularly distributed veinlets, pockets, and disseminations in Lower Cretaceous flyschoid sandstone and siltstone.  About 30 ore bodies occur in north-south-trending fracture zones, possibly up to 1 k
Zabytoe
45ø39'N
45 38 56N
135 25 04E
W, Sn, Bi
Grade of 0.01-0.1% Sn, 0.01-12.61% W2O3.
P.G. Korostelev and others, written commun., 1987; Gvozdev and others, 1990.
Consists of complex Sn-Bi-W minerals related to a Late Cretaceous granitic stock. The upper part of the stock consists of leucogranite with biotite granite and granite porphyry. The lower part consists of granite and aplite that contain lithium micas wit
Malinovskoe
45ø08'N
45 08 11N
135ø02'E
135 02 12E
Grade of 0.6-12.9 g/t Au, 0.42-4.5% Cu.
Petrachenko and others, 1991.
Deposits consists of veinlet and disseminated minerals in syenite. Deposit minerals are chalcopyrite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, marcasite, arsenopyrite, gold, bismuthinite, glaucodot and sphalerite; with minor argentite, freibergite, galena, cinnabar and enarg
Plastun
44ø39'N
44 38 53N
136ø12'E
136 12 23E
Associated skarn contains 30-350 g/t Ag, 0.3-0.8% Cu.
Mikhailov, 1989.
Consists of veinlets and disseminations from 100 to 150 m thick, with sulfide-bearing zones from 15 to 20 m thick. Deposit minerals are pyrite and chalcopyrite, with subordinate arsenopyrite, sphalerite and galena. Deposit is hosted in Late Cretaceous (C
Kafen
47ø36'N
47 35 41N
136ø15'E
136 15 27E
V.P. Bredikhin, written commun., 1979.
Consists of linear zones of quartz alteration with disseminated sulfides that occur around numerous granitic apophyses. Ore minerals are pyrite, chalcopyrite, and molybdenite. Veins occur at the margin of granite body and partly in host rock, in a zone o
Ariadnoe
ERROR 45ø13'
45 12 31 N
ERROR 134ø28'
134 27 45 E
Ariadny
Pt
Grade of 1.0-11.8% TiO2; 0.086% V2O5.
Shcheka and Vrzhosek, 1985.
Consists of abundant disseminated ilmenite that occurs in layers in pyroxene-hornblende gabbro and pyroxenite in layered intrusions. The ilmenite layers are several tens of m thick and several hundred m long. A K-Ar isotopic age for the host intrusion is
Skrytoe
45 05 02N
134ø35'E
134 35 05E
Grade of 0.1-0.88% W2O3.
V.I. Gvozdev and others, written commun., 1988.
Scheelite occurs in: (1) zones of quartz-epidote-feldspar hydrothermally-altered rock; zones range from several cm to several m thick; and (2) feldspar-quartz veins in skarn and hornfels. Skarn types are amphibole-plagioclase, garnet, pyroxene-plagioclas
Yuzhnoe
44 44 49N
135ø21'E
135 21 11E
Pb, Zn, Ag
Sn, Cd
Grade of 349 g/t Ag, 6.78% Pb, 0.95% Sb, 0.16-1.2% Sn, 9.8% Zn. Mined for Ag from 1970's to present.
Vasilenko and Strizhkova, 1987.
Main vein occurs in a syncline in Early Cretaceous biotite siltstone intercalated with coarse-grained sandstone. Vein ranges from 0.5 to 1.4 m thick, extends for 1.6 km and is prospected to depth of 900 m. Deposit contains Zn, Pb, Ag, Cd and Bi minerals.
Ussuri
45ø18'N
45 18 06N
133ø38'E
133 37 41E
Kabarga
Average grade of 23.8-38.6% Fe.
Denisova, 1990.
Hosted in Cambrian siliceous limestone, limestone, graphitic pelitic shale, Fe-Mn and phosphate layers and dolomite. The rock is intensely deformed. The stratigraphic thickness ranges up to 1 km. Magnetite and hematite layers occur along the layering pla
Nikolaevskoe
44 35 18N
135ø40'E
135 39 51E
Grade of 62 g/t Ag, 1.5-8.7% Pb, 1.36-10.5% Zn. Mined from 1970's to present. Main shaft about 500 m deep.
Garbuzov and others, 1987; V.V. Ratkin in Nokleberg and others, 1997.
Hosted in a giant olistolith of Triassic limestone that is part of an Early Cretaceous accretionary complex. The skarn occurs along the contacts of limestone with hosting siltstone and sandstone and with overlying felsic volcanic rock of a Late Cretaceou
Smirnovskoe
44 38 04N
135ø20'E
135 19 59E
Pb, Zn, Sn
Average grade of 69 g/t Ag, 2.69% Pb, 0.41% Sn, 3.52% Zn. Mined for Ag from 1950's to about 1993.
Consists of (1) cassiterite and sulfides in shear zones and (2) quartz vein and greisen. Cassiterite and sulfides occur in a series of en echelon shear zones along a regional fault. Host rock is weakly propylite-altered Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) fly
Krasnogorskoye 2
135 58 02E
Average grade of 62 g/t Ag, 5% Pb, 0.26% Sn, and 6.77% Zn.
Ratkin and others, 1990.
Consists of steeply-dipping quartz-sulfide veins that range up to several hundred m long along strike and from 0.2 to 1.5 m thick. The veins intrude Late Cretaceous tuff. Sphalerite, cassiterite and galena are the dominant deposit minerals and the margin
Lidovskoe
44ø26'N
44 26 01N
135 48 35E
Average grade of 7.8% Pb, 6.4% Zn. Mined since 1950's.
Govorov, 1977; Ratkin and others, 1990.
Consists of gently-dipping (approximately 30ø) sulfide veins that cut Early Cretaceous siltstone and sandstone. Most veins contain galena and sphalerite, with subordinate gangue minerals. Deposit formed in two stages: (1) quartz, muscovite, chlorite, ars
Dalnegorsk
44ø29'N
44 28 41N
135ø35'E
135 34 54E
Boron (datolite) skarn
World class deposit.Produces over 90%  all borates in Russia. Mined from 1970's to present.
Ratkin, 1991; Ratkin and Watson, 1993; P. Layer, V. Ivanov, and T. Bundtzen, written commun., 1994.
Occurs in a thick skarn formed in a large, upturned olistolith of bedded Triassic limestone that is enclosed in Early Cretaceous clastic sedimentary rock. The skarn extends to a depth of approximately 1 km, where it is intrude off by a granitic intrusion
Partizanskoe (Soviet 2, Svetliy Otvod)
44ø25'N
44 25 19N
135 29 52E
Grade of 67.6 g/t Ag, 1.5-3% Pb, 0.6-4% Zn. Mined from 1950's to present.
Ratkin and others, 1991.
Consists of numerous, small, steeply-dipping skarn bodies that occur at the contact of a Triassic limestone olistolith surrounded by a Early Cretaceous clastic rock. Deposits merge and form a single skarn body about 400 m below the surface and pinch out
Katenskoe
47 17 28N
136ø13'E
136 12 57E
Shcheka and others, 1991.
Consists of disseminated ilmenite in Early Cretaceous pyroxene-hornblende gabbro and olivine gabbro. Deposit consists of lenticular bodies that are several tens of m thick and at least 1 km long.
Zarechnoe
44 39 29N
134ø39'E
134 39 00E
Grade of 0.05 g/t Au, 0.02-0.9% Cu.
Occurs in a 400 x 800 m elongate stockwork that is spatially related to fractured andesite flows. Deposit exhibits intense propylitic alteration (actinolite, epidote, biotite and chlorite) with fine veinlets, disseminations and small pockets of chalcopyr
Khrustalnoe
44ø28'N
44 28 08N
134ø59'E
134 58 45E
Pb, W, Ag
Grade of 0.8-1.7% Pb, 0.22% Sn, up to 11.8% Zn. Mined during 1950's and 1960's.
Radkevich and others, 1980.
Deposit consists of 70 to 80 steeply-dipping veins with dominantly NS and NW trends. Veins extend for up to 1 to 3 km along strike and up for 500 to 600 m down dip; with an average thickness of 0.15 to 0.20 cm. The major mineral assemblages occur in a zo
Vysokogorskoe
44 20 48N
135ø10'E
135 10 00E
Grade of 1.0% Sn. Mined from 1960's to present. Largest mine in Kavalerova area.
Litavrina and Kosenko, 1978; Ryabchenko, 1983.
Consists of quartz-chlorite-cassiterite, quartz-sulfide-cassiterite and sulfide-cassiterite veins and fracture zones in Early Cretaceous olistostrome partially overlain by Late Cretaceous felsic volcanic rock. Sn minerals are related to the areas of quar
Arsenyevsky
ERROR 44ø25'
44 25 26 N
ERROR 134ø47'
134 47 14 E
Pb, Zn, W, Ag
Grade of 2-3% Sn. Locally up to 20-25% Sn, Also contains from 0.1-0.5% WO3 , 1-2% Pb and Zn , and a few hundred ppm Ag. Mined since 1970's.
Rub and others, 1974; Radkevich and others, 1980.
Consists of a series of parallel, steeply-dipping quartz veins that extend up to 1000 m along strike and 600 to 700 m downdip. The deposit is closely controlled by moderate-to steeply-dipping rhyolite dikes with a K-Ar isotopic age of 60 Ma. The ore mine
Koksharovskoe
44 27 38N
134ø08'E
134 08 07E
Grade of 1.0-10% P2O5; 3.3-4.5% TiO2.
Consists of disseminated ilmenite, magnetite and apatite that occur in a hornblende and biotite pyroxenite with a K-Ar isotopic age of 160 Ma. Minor PGE minerals also occur. Intrusive rock is weathered and weathered pyroxenite may have economic concentra
Lazurnoe
44ø06'N
44 06 00N
134ø24'E
134 24 00E
Contains up to 3 g/t Au, 0.3-0.6% Cu, 0.008-0.2% Mo.
R.I. Petrachenko and V.G. Gonevchuk, written commun., 1984; Petrachenko and others, 1987.
Consists of a stockwork of veinlets and disseminated deposit minerals in an asymmetric semi-ring; around the hypabyssal body. Chalcopyrite, bornite, pyrite, sphalerite and molybdenite occur to a depth of 300 m. Sulfides associated with propylitic alterat
Chernyshevskoe
133ø17'E
133 17 00E
Voznesenka
Grade of 1.5-6.5% Pb and 0.7-2.5% Zn.
Bazhanov, 1988.
Consists of layered assemblage of pyrrhotite, arsenopyrite, pyrite, galena, and sphalerite that occurs at the contact of a limestone sequence with overlying Early Cambrian siltstone. Rare conformable zones of disseminated sulfide occur in the limestone a
Voznesenka-I
44ø18'N
44 18 00N
132ø08'E
132 07 51E
Average grade of 4% Zn.
Androsov and Ratkin, 1990.
Consists of massive and thick-banded sphalerite and magnetite-sphalerite layers in Early Cambrian bedded limestone turbidite. Deposits are lenticular, 1 to 2 m thick, 20 to 100 m long and occur in dolomitic limestone and marl. The sulfide bodies and host
Yaroslavskoe
44ø16'N
44 15 58N
132ø13'E
132 13 16E
Yaroslavka
Average grade of 0.52% Sn. Mined from 1950's to 1970's.
Govorov, 1977.
Occurs mainly in greisen that mainly replaces skarn, limestone and shale and to lesser extent granite and granite porphyry that has a Rb-Sr isotopic age of 408 Ma and an initial Sr ratio of 0.7136. Sn quartz and quartz-tourmaline veins also replace skarn
Voznesenka-II
44 11 01N
132 08 05E
Fluorite greisen
Resources of 450 million tonnes fluorite ore averaging 30-35% CaF2. Mined since 1960's. Currently largest producer of fluorite in Russia.
Consists of massive to disseminated fluorite that occurs above the apex of a 1.5 km wide intrusion of Late Cambrian Li-F alaskite granite with an isotopic age of 512 to 475 Ma. Deposit consists of vein and greisen that occurs along a NS-trending fault. D
Salyut
46ø22'N
46 22 00N
137ø41'E
137 41 00E
Average grade of 1.75 g/t Au.
A.N. Rodionov, written commun., 1983.
Consists of teeply-dipping veins and veinlets in alteration zones. Veins range from 0.1 to 1.5 m thick; zones range from 0.3 to 40-50 m thick. Deposit formed in several stages including: (1) sulfide-poor gold-pyrite-quartz, argentite-adularia-quartz vein
Glinyanoe
46 11 00N
137ø55'E
137 55 11E
Average grade of 8.3 g/t Au, and 122 g/t Ag.
A.N. Rodionov, written commun., 1986.
Consists of adularia-quartz, sericite-chlorite-quartz and carbonate and chlorite-quartz veins and zones that contain pyrite, arsenopyrite, galena, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, argentite, acanthite, Ag-tellurides, and native gold and Ag. The veins and zones
Malakhitovoe
47ø06'N
47 05 52N
135ø04'E
135 04 20E
Grade of 0.1-1.6% Cu in stockwork; up to 0.5% Cu in breccia zone.
Occurs in a circular aureole of hydrothermally-altered rock with dimensions of 200 x 200 m. The aureole occurs over an intrusive dome. Successive mineral assemblages are: (1) quartz-biotite-actinolite with pyroxene and epidote; (2) quartz-biotite-actinol
Verkhnezolotoe
46ø32'N
46 32 00N
136ø26'E
136 25 49E
Kema?
W, As, Zn
Grade of 3 g/t Au, 86 g/t Ag, 0.35-2.27% Cu, 0.69% Pb, 0.26% Sn.
Orlovsky and others, 1988.
Occurs at the NW margin of a caldera that contains dikes of calc-alkaline andesite porphyry that is interpreted as tongues of a domeal subvolcanic intrusion. A stockwork occurs in a circular aureole of hydrothermally-altered rock with a surface exten of
Nesterovskoe
46ø04'N
46 03 50N
137ø49'E
137 49 23E
Mo, Ag
Petrachenko and others, 1989.
Consists of a 50 x 200 m aureole of hydrothermally-altered stock. Dominant alteration is quartz-sericite. Deposit minerals are pyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite and molybdenite. Malachite occurs in oxidized zone. Ag content increases with depth. Deposit o
Yantarnoe
46ø20'N
46 20 09N
136 33 56E
Grade of 0.1-2.17% Cu, 0.03-1.02% Pb, 7.3% Sn, and 0.7-2.22% Zn.
Consists of veinlets and disseminations of cassiterite and sulfides in a pipe of volcanic breccia composed of trachyandesite and rhyolite. These units intrude Early Cretaceous clastic sedimentary rock. The older part of the deposit is in rhyolite in the
Yagodnoe
47ø09'N
47 08 46N
138ø35'E
138 34 47E
Pb, Cu, Zn
Grade of 4.28 g/t Au, 49.3 g/t Ag.
R.I. Petrachenko, written commun., 1988.
Occurs in thin zones, up to 1 km long, of hydrothermally-altered quartz and chlorite rock with superimposed Au-polymetallic deposit that contains galena and sphalerite, with minor chalcopyrite, Ag sulfides and molybdenite. Zones are associated with Paleo
Burmatovskoe
47 05 31N
138ø06'E
138 06 18E
Grade of 0.8-8.4 g/t Au, 10-61 g/t Ag.
Rodionov and Kuznetsov, 1984.
Consists of Au-Ag replacement of Paleocene age that occurs as lenticular metasomatic zones of varying mineralogy: (1) hydromica-quartz; (2) sericite-chlorite-quartz; and (3) carbonate-quartz.  Local skarn and propylite composed of magnetite, hematite, an
Sukhoe
46 57 54N
138ø09'E
138 08 50E
Consists of carbonate-quartz, adularia-quartz and chlorite-quartz veins that contain gold, Ag, polybasite, pyrargyrite, proustite, galena, sphalerite, chalcopyrite and pyrite. Hydromica-quartz alteration zones are associated with host veins. Au/Ag ratio
Motokura
44ø41'N
44 41 06N
142ø28'E
142 28 20E
Average grade of 7.15% Pb, 8.01% Zn, 1.03% Cu, 3 g/t Au, 50 g/t Ag.  Production of 131,696 tonnes ore(from 1957-1965), 11,000 tonnes Pb, 9,800 tonnes Zn, 700 tonnes Cu, 8.6 tonnes Ag.
Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1968; Yahata and others, 1996.
Consists of NE-striking quartz veins with less significant NW-striking veins. Veins range up to 2 m thick and about 150 m long. Veins are mainly quartz and sericite, with minor barite. Main deposit minerals are sphalerite, galena and pyrite, with an asse
Ryushoden
44 18 46N
143ø19'E
143 19 25E
Average grade of 0.27% Hg.  Production of 880 tonnes Hg (from 1947-1974).
Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1968; Kato and others, 1990.
Consists of dissemination that occur along faults. Pyrite, cinnabar and calcite veins occur in the disseminated zone. The main deposit mineral is cinnabar and minor deposit minerals are native Hg and pyrite. Gangue minerals are quartz, chlorite and calci
Numanoue
44 10 42N
143ø26'E
143 26 03E
Grade of 3-17 g/t Au,15-1,500 g/t Ag.  Production of 1.2 tonnes Au, 65 tonnes Ag (from 1927-1959).
Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1968; Kato and others, 1990; Mining and Materials Processing Institute of Japan, 1990;MITI, 1994; Yahata and others, 1999.
Consists of EW-striking quartz veins. Veins range up to 3 m thick and about 400 m long. Veins are comprised mainly quartz, with minor calcite, barite and adularia. Main deposit minerals are argentite and native gold along with pyrargyrite, cerargyrite, n
Sanru
44ø23'N
44 23 05N
142ø39'E
142 38 43E
Average grade of 7.3 g/t Au, 42 g/t Ag.  Production of 807,735 tonnes ore (from 1925-1943, 1957-1983).   Production of 5.92 tonnes Au, 33.8 tonnes Ag.
Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1968; Mining and Materials Processing Institute of Japan, 1990; Sugaki and Isobe, 1985.
Consists of ENE-striking quartz veins. Veins range up to 4 m thick and about 1500 m long. Veins are mainly quartz, adularia, kaoline, calcite and sericite. Main deposit minerals are electrum, argentite, pyrargyrite and pyrite. Minor deposit minerals are
Konomai
44 08 00N
143ø21'E
143 21 00E
Average grade of 6.4 g/t Au, 108 g/t Ag.  Production of 11,486,000 tonnes ore, 73.2 tonnes Au, 1,240 tonnes Ag (from 1917-1973).
Sumitomo Metal Minig Co, 1981; Kato and others, 1990; Mining and Materials Processing Institute of Japan, 1990; Maeda, 1990.
Consists of EW and NE-striking quartz veins. More than 18 veins occur in an area 15 by 5 km. One typical vein is 10 thick m and 2,100 m long. The veins mainly consists of quartz, chalcedony, calcite and adularia. The main deposit minerals are native gold
Shimokawa
44ø13'N
44 13 25N
142ø42'E
142 41 34E
Hidaka
Cu, Zn, Co
Average grade of 2.3% Cu, 0.8% Zn, 0.22%Co, 20.3% S.  Production of 6,800,000 tonnes (from 1941-1982).
Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan, 1965; Kato and others, 1990; Mariko and Kato, 1994.
Consists of seven sulfide bodies that occur along the same stratigraphic horizon. The horizon strikes NS and dips 50 to 60o E. The sulfide bodies occur along a 1,800 m long zone. Average thickness of the bodies is 5.2 m with a maximum of 30 m. The main d
M
Alexandrovskoye 1
ERROR 51ø46'
51 46 00 N
ERROR 83 ø01'
83 51 E
Kolyvansk
Alexandrov, 1947; Sotnikov and Nikitina, 1971.
Consists of the series of north-north-west-striking thin (up to 2-3 cm) quartz-turmaline veins hosted in slightly greisenized finegrained granite of Taltsk massif (P-T). The veins are placed echelon-like and sometimes formed stockwork. The veins contain
Maslenskoye
51ø25'N
51 25 00N
ERROR 82 ø04'
82 24 00E
Rudny Altai
Reserves of 17000 tonnes.
Kuznetsov, 1982; Chekalin, 1991.
Consists of Cu-sulfide lenses and layers in Frasnian (Late Devonian) porphyry and tuff. Amygdaloidal porphyry and their tuffs with interbeds of sericite-quartz shale and siltstone are intensely schistose. In the shear zones they are changed into chlorite
Korgon
50ø55'N
50 55 00N
83 ø01'E
83 51 00 E
Korgon-Kholzun
Resources of 38,500,000 tonnes grading of 12,3-49.8% Fe; 0.41-2.71% TiO2.
Kuznetsov, 1982; Kalugin, 1985.
Consists of lenses and layers of hematite-magnetite hosted in Middle Devonian volcanic and sedimentary rock. Deposit mineral horizon ranges up to 50 m thick and extends to 6.5 km along strike. Bodies rithmically alternate with argillo-siliceous and argil
Inskoye
51ø03'N
51 02 30N
ERROR 83 ø09'
83 09 E
Average grade of 45.2% Fe; 0.06% P2O5. Reserves of 250,000,000 tonnes.
Kalugin, 1974,1981; Chekalin and Polovnikova, 1997; Orlov, 1998.
Consists of magnetite layers in an Eifelian volcanic and sedimentary sequence. The host rock is intruded by the Permian Tigerek granitoid pluton. Along the contact with the granitoid, host rock is recrystallized to hornfels and skarn. Deposit occurs in a
Zacharovskoye
51ø37'N
51 37 00N
ERROR 81 ø03'
81 23 00E
Average grade of 5.96% Pb, 10.56% Zn, 2.03% Cu, 58 g/t Ag. Reserves of 165,500 tonnes Pb, 294,000 tonnes Zn, 55,800 tonnes Cu, 161 tonnes Ag.
Doronin and Kartashev, 1982; Zyryanova and others, 1983; Gaskov and others, 1991; Sharov and others, 1998.
Consists of lenses and layers of pyrite-polymetallic bodies hosted in Givetian-Frasnian (Middle and Late Devonian) volcanic and sedimentary rock. Deposit occurs in a synclinal fold with gentle (10-20ø) limbs that, in turn, occur on the limb of the Aleisk
Stepnoye
51ø26'N
51 26 00N
ERROR 81 ø05'
81 55 00E
Average grade of 3.73% Pb, 7.45% Zn, 1.14% Cu, 35 g/t Ag. Reserves of 163,300 tonnes Pb, 325,800 tonnes Zn, 53,000 tonnes Cu, 173 tonnes Ag.
Kuznetsov, 1982; Abdulin and Kayupov, 1978; Chekalin, 1981; Sharov and others, 1998.
Consists of series of lenses of sulfide polymetallic minerals hosted in Givetian (Middle Devonian) volcanic and sedimentary rock overlapped by Frasnian (Late Devonian) volcanic rock (siliceous lava, tuff and tuffaceous sandstone). Deposit is confined to
Talovskoye
Average grade of 5.35% Pb, 11.05% Zn, 1.87% Cu, 34.5 g/t Ag. Reserves of 176,900 tonnes Pb, 370,400 tonnes Zn, 60,700 tonnes Cu, 117 tonnes Ag.
Kuznetsov, 1982; Chekalin, 1983; Sahrov and others, 1998.
Consists of lenses and ribbons of massive and streaky sulfide polymetallic minerals hosted in Givetian-Frasnian (Middle Devonian-Late Devonian) volcanic and sedimentary rock. Deposit occurs in a volcanic depression that is filled by alternating argillace
Kolivanskoye
ERROR 51ø11'
51 11 00 N
82 ø08'E
82 38 30 E
Average grade of 0.68% WO3, 1.4% Cu.
Baklakov, 1945; Potapjev, 1965; Sotnikov and Nikitina, 1971.
Consists of steeply-dipping quartz veins that extendup to 120 to 150 m, lenses and nests that occur in a thick aplite granite dike that is interpreted as a an apophysis of a major biotite granite pluton. The quartz veins extend at least 500 m deep. The d
Rubtsovskoye
51ø28'N
51 28 00N
ERROR 81 ø00'
81 30 00E
Average grade of 6.52% Pb, 11.9% Zn, 4.62% Cu, 150 g/t Ag. Reserves of 149,500 tonnes Pb, 271,300 tonnes Zn, 116,000 tonnes Cu, 346 tonnes Ag .
Kuznetsov, 1982; Scherban and others, 1980; Sahrov and others, 1998.
Consists of layered and lenses of massive sulfide polymetallic minerals hosted in Late Devonian sedimentary and volcanic rock. Host rock sequence is 140 m thick and consists of siliceous-argillic siltstone with interbeds of arkose sandstone, tuffs and tu
Cherepanovskoye
51ø11'N
51 11 00N
ERROR 82 ø09'
82 19 00E
Average grade of 2.7% Pb, 9.4% Zn, 1% Cu.
Mitropolsky and Parenago, 1931; Kuznetsov, 1982.
Consists of series of Au- and Ag-bearing veins within fissure zones in volcanogenic rocks of the Middle Devonian age. Host rocks are represented by acid tuffs, tuff conglomerates and felsic lavas intruded by subvolcanic bodies of quartz-porphyries and fe
Mayskoye 2
51ø17'N
51 17 00N
ERROR 81 ø08'
81 58 00E
Consists of conformable lenses and pipies of sulfides in streaks and disseminations in Eifelian-Frasnian (Middle to Late Devonian). sedimentary and pyroclastic rock. Host rock is siliceous-carbonaceous siltstone and pyroclastic rock of siliceous composit
Mulchichinskoye
51ø42'N
51 42 00N
ERROR 83 ø07'
83 57E
Consist of stockwork system with thin veinlets, several that are long, that occur in narrow linear steeply-dipping zones up to 20 m thick. Deposits place among granite porphyry at the endocontact of Talitsk granitoid massif (Permian and Triassic). The ma
Korbalihinskoye
51 11 05 N
ERROR 82 ø03'
82 13 00E
Average grade of 2.01% Pb, 9.81% Zn, 1.46% Cu, 54.2 g/t Ag. Reserves of 497,800 tonnes Pb, 2,403,200 tonnes Zn, 360,100 tonnes Cu, 1,360 tonnes Ag.
Kuznetsov, 1982; Chekalin, 1985; Gaskov and others, 1991; Sharov and others, 1998.
Consists of lenses of pyrite and polymetallic sulfides that are hosted in Middle to Late Devonian volcanic and sedimentary rock. Host rock is mainly basalt and rhyolite, siltstone and sandstone. Numerous subvolcanic quartz porphyry, amigdaloidal diabase
Tushkanikhinskoye
51ø18'N
51 18 00N
ERROR 81 ø02'
81 52 00E
Rundy Altai
Consists of nests, streaks and disseminations of polymetallic sulfides hosted in Middle and Late Devonian carbonaceous siltstone and siliceous tuff. Deposit extends up to 1200 m long extends in the band of increased jointing. In this zone the several bod
Lazurskoye
51ø06'N
51 06 00N
ERROR 82 ø05'
82 25 00E
Average grade of 1.19% Pb, 4.78% Zn, 1.2% Cu, 31.1 g/t Ag. Reserves of 43,400 tonnes Pb, 175,600 tonnes Zn, 45,100 tonnes Cu, 115 tonnes Ag.
Kuznetsov, 1982; Chekalin, 1991; Sharov and others, 1998.
Consists of lenses of massive pyrite-polymetallic and Cu-pyrite minerals hosted in rhyolite-dacite porphyry and tuffs of the Frasnian stage (Late Devonian). Sedimentary and siliceous pyroclastic rock is of minor importance. Subvolcanic Late Devonian rhyo
Semenovskoye
51ø05'N
51 05 00N
82 29 00E
Reserves of 2,100 tonnes Cu, 13,200 tonnes Pb, 31,500 tonnes Zn.
Mitropolskiy and Parenago, 1931; Kuznetsov, 1982; Chekalin, 1991.
Consists of lens of sulfide polymetallic minerals hosted in Frasnian (Late Devonian). volcanic and sedimentary rock. The host series consists of alternating calcareous-argillaceous shale, flinty rock, tuffite with interbeds of limestone, siliceous tuffs
Srednee
ERROR 82 ø07'
82 07 00E
Average grade of 2.68% Pb, 4.95% Zn, 0.59% Cu, 61.6 g/t Ag. Reserves of 218,700 tonnes Pb, 423,100 tonnes Zn, 47,200 tonnes Cu, 530 tonnes Ag.
Kuznetsov and others, 1988; Sharov and others, 1998.
Consists of lenses and pipes of streaky sulfide polymetallic minerals hosted in Eifelian volcanic and sedimentary rock. The host horizon consists of mudstone, siltstone, tuff and tuff breccia of rhyolite-dacite and lesser mafic tuff. Subvolcanic bodies o
Zarechenskoye
ERROR 82 ø06'
82 06 00E
Au, Pb, Zn, Ag
Average grade of 2.89% Pb, 3.91% Zn, 0.89% Cu, 46.4% BaSO4; 343 g/t Ag. Reserves of 11,2900 tonnes Pb, 44200 tonnes Zn, 10,000 tonnes Cu, 650,000 tonnes BaSO4, 432 tonnes Ag.
Dmitriev, 1964; Abdulin and Kayupov, 1978; Kuznetsov, 1982; Gaskov and others, 1991; Sharov and others, 1998.
Consists of lenses and stockwork with masses, streaks and disseminations of barite and sulfides that are hosted in Eifelian volcanic and sedimentary rock. Deposit occurs in a narrow basin zone steeply-dipping bedding. The bordering sublatitudinal fault z
Zmeinogorskoye
51ø08'N
51 08 00N
ERROR 82 ø01'
82 11 00E
Zn, Pb, Cu, Au
Average grade of 1.19% Pb, 4.78% Zn, 1.2% Cu, 31.1 g/t Ag. Reserves of 66,500 tonnes Pb, 102,900 tonnes Zn, 11,800 tonnes Cu, 223 tonnes Ag.
Consists of conformable deposit of barite-polymetallic minerals hosted in siltstone and siliceous rock in a Eifelian volcanic and sedimentary series. This series is intruded by subvolcanic bodies of rhyolite-dacite porphyry and dikes of diabase porphyry.
Beloretskoye
ERROR 51ø01'
51 01 00 N
ERROR 82 ø00'
82 30 E
Reserves of 250,000,000 tonnes with average grade of 33.5% Fe.
Kalugin and others, 1974, 1981; Kuznetsov, 1982.
Consists of bed-like deposits of magnetite-mushketovite ores among volcanogenic-sedimentary rocks of Eifelian age. Ore containing sequence intruded and metamorphosed by Tigirek granit massif of Permian age. Along with magnetite ores, marbl, skarn, metamo
Beloretsskoye
ERROR 50ø46'
50 46 00 N
ERROR 83 ø00'
83 00 E
W, Be
Jakovlev and others, 1964, 1965; Kosals, 1968, 1971; Kuznetsov, 1982.
Consists of of W-Be minerals in skarn, quartz vein, and greisen in granite porphyry and adjacent Late Silurian limestone. Pyroxene-garnet-vesuvianite skarn is dominant. Skarn bodies are up to 600 m long and 80 to 150 m thick. Major minerals are wolframit
Loktevskoye
ERROR 51ø15'
51 14 30 N
ERROR 81 ø04'
81 14 00E
Consists of a series of small (to 1.5 m thick) quartz-sulfide veins accompanied by streaks and disseminatations in Eifelian (Middle Devonian). Siliceous argillite and siltstone. Deposit occurs in a breccia zone cutting a gentle brachyanticline. The core
Kazancevskoye
51ø46'N
51 46 00N
ERROR 83 ø02'
83 42E
Sotnikov and Nikitina, 1971; Kuznetsov, 1982.
Consists of quartz veins and diseminations in greisen. Occurs in northern exocontact of Talitsk granitoid massif among metamorphozed sandstone-shale rock. Two types of deposits occur: (1) dense network of thin (5-15 cm) quartz veins with fluorite, muscov
Jubileinoye
51ø00'N
51 00 00N
ERROR 81 ø01'
81 41 00E
Average grade of 2.68% Pb, 4.95% Zn, 0.59% Cu, 61 g/t Ag, 43.4% BaSO4. Reserves of 100,800 tonnes Pb, 389,900 tonnes Zn, 67,900 tonnes Cu, 301 tonnes Ag, 127,000 tonnes BaSO4.
Astaf'ev, 1982; Gas'kov and others, 1991; Sharov and others, 1998.
Consists of lenses and ribbons of sulfide-pyrite-polymetallic minerals in volcanic and sedimentary rock of Frasnian age (Late Devonian). Deposit occurs in the Zolotushinsk district on SE side of the Aleisk anticlinorium. Host rock consists of alternating
Yubileinoye 2
81 41E
Consists of lenses and ribbons of sulfide pyrite-polymetallic minerals in Frasnian (Late Devonian) volcanic and sedimentary rock. Deposit occurs in the Zolotushinsk district on SE side of the Aleisk anticlinorium. Host rock consists of alternating layers
Kruchkovskoye
50ø52'N
50 52 00N
81 ø00'E
81 50 30 E
Kuznetsov, 1982.
Consists of the two small lenses of rich oxidized Cu-Pb deposit minerals hosted in Eifelian (Middle Devonian) tuffaceous-sedimentary rock. Host rock is siliceous tuffs with interbeds of siltstone, sandstone and quartzite. Subvolcanic quartz porphyry occu
Zolotushinskoye
50ø59'N
50 59 00N
ERROR 81 ø07'
81 27 00E
Astaf'ev, Belyaev, 1973; Abdulin, Kayupov, 1978; Kuznetsov, 1982.
Consists of conformable lenses and stocks of massive pyrite-polymetallic minerals and streaks and disseminations in Eifelian (Middle Devonian) clastic and volcanic rock. Deposit occurs at the NE side of the Zolotushinsk anticline in the contact zone of s
Novo-Zolotushinskoye
50ø58'N
50 58 00N
Kuznetsov, 1982; Abdulin and Kayupov, 1978; Baryshev, 1978.
Consists of lenses, pipes, and masses of pyrite-polymetallic minerals in masses, streaks and disseminations in Eifelian (Middle Devonian) clastic and volcanic rock. Deposit occurs at the wing of the anticlinal structure bordered by sublatitudinal fault z
Chernukhinskoye
51ø40'N
51 40 00N
83 59E
Consists of quickly pinching thin (to 4 cm) quartz and quartz-turmaline veins, occur in mineraliezed north-west-tranding fracture zone among slightly greisenized granite of Talitsk massif (P-T). The veins contain dissemination of wolframit, sheelite, pyr
Verkhne-Sludianskoye
51ø43'N
51 43 00N
ERROR 83 ø03'
83 43E
Alexandrov. 1947; Sotnikiv and Nikitina, 1977; Kuznetsov, 1982.
Consists of a series of steeply-dipping quartz veins that are hosted along contact of Talitsk granite massif (Permian and Triassic) among the metamorphosed Cambrian-Silurian sandstone and shale. The sedimentary host rock is intruded by numerous small bod
Chagyrskoye
51ø29'N
51 29 00N
83 13 00E
Grade of 250 g/t Ag, 7.8-8.4% Pb, 3.7-12.7% Cu.
Grigor'ev, 1928; Mitropolskiy, Parengo, 1931.
Consists of pipe-like shoot of metasomatic sulfide polymetallic ores in limestones of the Silurian age. Ore deposit is situated at the Charysh-Inskaya zone in the NW Gorny Altai. Silver-lead-copper ores of the deposit are supposed to be related to a stoc
Plotbistchenskoye
51ø24'N
51 24 00N
82 59E
Consists of quartz-molybdenite veins in an aplite granite stock that is interpreted as an apophysis of the Ust-Belovsk granitoid pluton. The veins are range up to 90 m long and vary some cm to 1 m thick. Deposit minerals are molybdenite, chalcopyrite, py
Chesnokovskoye
ERROR 83 ø08'
83 28E
Reserves of 6 200,000 tonnes Fe.
Consists of lens-like bodies of skarn-magntite ores that situated in contact zone of ribekite granite and diorite with Silurian marbled limestone. Ore bodies displaced along the southern contact of intrusive among hornfels and skarns. Two lagest ore bodi
Kharlovskoye
82 31E
Fe, Ti
V
Averade grade of 15.3% Fe, 5.9% TiO2. Reserves of 1,700,000,000 tonnes. Resources of 4 000,000,000 tonnes.
Shabalin, 1976; Kalugin and others, 1981; Kuznetsov, 1982.
Consists of layers of titanomagnetite in a gabbroic lopolith pluton that covers about 10 sq.km. The pluton contains alternating melanocratic olivine gabbro and barren leucocratic gabbro, norite and anorthosite. Thickness of igneous layers ranges up to se
Karagosh
51ø47'N
51 47 00N
ERROR 89 ø02'
89 22 00E
Matrosov and Shaposhnikov, 1988.
Consists of numerous quartz veins and veinlets in fracture and silica alteration zones in Silurian biotite granite. These zones extend 3 km along strike and up to  to 500 m wide. Local areas have high concentrations of quartz veins and veinlets up to sev
Ustaurikhinskoye
51ø51'N
51 51 00N
ERROR 84 ø00'
84 30E
Derbikov and Labasin, 1942; Sotnikov and Nikitina, 1971.
Consists of series parallel thin quartz veins quickly pinching out along strike. Veins occur in sublatitudal fracture zone that occur in granite (Permian and Triassic) of Belokuricha massif. They are located in band 700 m long and 150 m wide. Quartz vein
Munguntayga
49ø59'N
49 59 00N
89 ø07'E
89 47 30 E
Kalgutinsk
Kuznetsov and others, 1966; Sotnikov and Nikitina, 1977.
Consists of quartz veins, veinlets and places of greisen-altered rock that contain Mo minerals. Deposit occurs in cupolas of a biotite granite intrusive that intrudes Late Givetian deposits alterted to hornfels and local skarn. Quartz veins are irregular
Osinovskoye
Koropec and Kubinkin, 1940; Sotnikov and Nikitina, 1971.
Consists of the series of about 20 quartz veins that occur along a sublatitudal fault zone hosted in biotite granite in the sought part of Belokurikha massif (Permian and Triassic). The veins extend along strike up to some tens m. A chain of veins in sou
Cheremshanskoye
ERROR 51ø27'
51 26 30 N
ERROR 85 ø07'
85 17 30E
Sarasinsk
Kuznetsov and others, 1978.
Represented by a mineralized zone of crush associated with the sublatitudinal fault, which divides the Lower Cambrian carbonate series and Middle Cambrian volcanogenic-sedimentary deposits. Mercury manifestations are confined to knots of intersections of
Ilyinskoye
ERROR 85 ø04'
85 04 00E
Shirgaita
Dmitriev, 1958; Tychinsky, 1963; Kuznetsov, 1982.
Consists of veins and disseminations of galena and sphalerite along the contact between sandy argillite and volcanic rock of Middle Devonian age. The layered rocks are intruded by a quartz-porphyry dike. Deposit occurs in the same belt as the Shirgaita a
Ivankinskoye
51ø41'N
51 41 00N
ERROR 84 ø07'
84 27 30E
Sotnikov, Nikitinf, 1971.
Consists of small-scale (cm thick) quartz-tourmaline veins in mica schist, amphibolite, and gneiss-granite along the southern exocontact zone of Belokurikha granitoid massif. Quartz-tourmaline with muscovite and fluorite veins contain disseminations of w
Asgat
ERROR 49ø52'
49 52 20 N
89 ø08'E
89 38 30 E
Ag,  Sb
Bi,  Cu
Average grade of 384 g/t Ag, 0.5% Sb, 0.58% Bi, and 1.02% Cu. Reserves of 7,700 tonnes Ag, 12,200. tonnes Bi, 106,600 tonnes Sb, and 238,200 tonnes Cu.
Borisenko and others, 1992; Jargalsaihan and others, 1996.
Consists of 5  mineralized  zones  hosting  siderite  veins  following  quartz-siderite stockwork. Host rocks are Middle  to  Upper  Devonian  black,  black-grey  siltstone  intruded  by  Carboniferous   granite  massif.  The  siltstone  is  intensively
Ozernoye 1
49ø50'N
49 50 00N
ERROR 89 ø01'
89 31 00E
Ag, Sb
Borisenko and others, 1984, 1986, 1992.
Consists of siderite-sulfosalt veins and vein zones in an alternating sequence of Middle to Late Devonian sandstone, siltstone and shale and diabase dikes. About 20 veins and zones occur and range from 45 to 540 m long, 0.1 to 2.5 m thick and extend to m
51ø12'N
51 12 00N
ERROR 85 ø06'
85 16 00E
Average grade of 1.57% Pb, 1.25% Cu, 3,77% Zn.
Dmitriev, 1958; Kuznetsov and others, 1966; Kuznetsov , 1982.
Consists of conformable layers and lenses deposits of polymetallic sulfides hosted in sedimentary part of a Middle Devonian volcanic and sedimentary sequence. Deposit occurs at the central part of the Anui-Chuisk synclinorium in alternating limestone and
Krasnogorskoye 1
ERROR 50ø06'
50 05 30 N
ERROR 88 ø04'
88 24 00E
Kuraiy
Silica-carbonate (listvenite) Hg
Resources of 1,000 tonnes grading 0.12% Hg.
Kuznetsov and others, 1978; Obolenskiy, 1985.
Consists of steeply-dipping listvenite zone with Hg minerals along the fault. Deposit is hosted in listvinite and Cambrian limestone and shale. Deposit extends for several hundreds of m along strike and 300 m at depth. The main deposit mineral is cinnaba
Jaryshol
51ø27'N
51 27 00N
ERROR 88 ø09'
88 09E
Resources of 250,000,000 tonnes grading 21-50% Fe.
Kalugin and othes, 1981; Parubin, Vlasov, 1982.
Consists of steeply-dipping bodies of magnetite in Early Silurian volcanic and sedimentary rock (sandstone, siltstone, limestone, andesite-rhyolite volcanic rock, and tuff). Gabbro and diorite intrusives (Silurian(?), Chlorite-amphibole, epidote, albite-
Kyzylchin
50ø03'N
50 03 00N
ERROR 88 ø08'
88 18 00E
Korgon-Kholzunskiy
Tychinskiy, 1963; Kuznetsov, 1982.
Consists of a Pb-Zn lenses in fractures and breccia zones in quartzite. Deposit consists of the Cambrian limestone, quartzite and Middle Devonian sandstone and shale, sandstone and quartz porphyry tuffs. The Cambrian and Middle Devonian deposits are divi
Chagan-Uzunskoye
50ø04'N
50 04 00N
88 09 00E
Average grade pf 0.17% Hg. Resources of 5,000 tonnes.
Consists of a steeply-dipping listvenite zone with Hg minerals that extend for about 5 km along a large overthrust. Hg minerals occurs in schistose listvenite along a contact zone between the plate-like body of serpentinite and Cambrian sandstone, greywa
Kazandinskoye
51ø16'N
51 16 00N
ERROR 84 ø01'
84 21E
Alexandrov, 1947; Sotnikov and Nikitina, 1977.
Consists of quartz-wolframite veins tht occur mostly in aplite granite of Talitsk granitoid massif (Permian and Triassic). The main part of quartz veins range up to 10 cm thick. The veins are irregular and locally are closely spaced. The main ore mineral
Aktashskoye
ERROR 50ø12'
50 12 00 N
87 ø02'E
87 12 00 E
Average grade of 0.4% Hg. Reserves of 5500 tonnes.
Consists of steeply-dipping columns and lenses in Cambrian limestone altered to dolomite and silica. The deposit is controlled by fracture zones and fissures related to large overthrusts. The columns and lenses form an en-echelon-like system that extends
Chagan-Burgazy
49ø40'N
49 40 00N
ERROR 88 ø06'
88 36 00E
Consists of steeply dipping quartz veins and lenses of lead ores in the fracture zone among the shales and sandstones of the Cambrian-Ordovician age. A series of the ore bodies were traced in the fissure zones in the band of 2 km long. The individual ore
Ursulskoye
50ø38'N
50 38 00N
ERROR 85 ø09'
85 39 00E
Consists of layers, lenses, disseminations and nests of Pb-Zn sulfides in Middle Devonian volcanic and sedimentary rock. Deposit occurs at the crest of a brachyanticline in adjacent to a fault. Host rock is siliceous and local andesite flows and tuff and
Rudny Log
49ø25'N
49 25 00N
89 ø00'E
89 00 00 E
Average grade of 40.44% Fe.
Sledzjuk and Sokolov, 1959.
Consists of hematite hosted in Devonian volcanic and sedimentary sequenses, that are composed by siliceous volcanic rock, pyroclastic and argillo-siliceous rock. Deposit minerals are hosted in siliceous and siliceous-ferruginous sedimentary rock. Steeply
Timofeevskoe
51ø01'N
51 01 00N
84 10 E
Resources of 100,000,000 tonnes grading 50% Fe, 0.05 % S, 0.03% P2O5.
Kalugin and others, 1981.
Consists of lenses of magnetite skarn along a contact zone of small Late Devonian Timofeev diorite massif  intruding Middle Devonian sedimentary and volcanic rock (porphyry, tuff, sandstone, limestone). The pyroxene-garnet-amphibole skarn averages 300-40
Kazinikhinskoye
ERROR 84 ø03'
84 03 00E
Consists of polymetallic sulfide  bodies, lenses, and nests in volcanic and sedimentary rock of Middle Devonian age. Deposit occurs in the northern part of the Korgonl fault-trough structure. The host rock is volcanic rock of siliceous and intermediate c
Karagem
49ø55'N
49 55 00N
ERROR 87 ø01'
87 11E
Co skarn
Bazenov, 1958; Kuznetson, 1982; Indukaev, 1988.
Consists of steeply-dipping Co-bearing quartz-carbonate and carbonate veins in exocontact zone of w granodiorite intrusive. The host rock is silica-altered limestone of Silurian age. The veins occur in systems up to 650 m long and 70 m thick. Separate ve
Sinyukhinskoye
51ø55'N
51 55 00N
ERROR 86 ø01'
86 41E
Martaiginsk
Reserves of 20 tonnes.
Nikolaev and Neverovicn, 1958; Luzgin,1974; Korobeynikov, 1997; Sharov and others, 1998.
Consists of quartz-carbonate and Au-Cu-sulfide skarns that occur in a contact zone of an Ordovician and Silurian granitoid pluton intruding Middle Cambrian volcanic and sedimentary rock. Varikous wollastonite, pyroxene and garnet skarn occurs along conta
Khuren Khairkhan uul
49ø16'N
49 16 00N
89 03 00 E
Grade of  5-10% BaSO4.
Shaandar and others, 1992; D. Gansukh and D. Tyleu., 1985, written commun., 1985.
Lenses of barite up to 8-10 cm thick are interlayered with the Early Devonian sandstone. Occurrence has minimum strike length of 0.15-1.0 m with content of 5-10% BaSO4
Krasnoyarskoye
84 13 00E
Tychinskiy, 1965; Kuznetsov, 1982.
Consists of series of steeply-dipping quartz-sulfide polymetallic veins in schistose Middle Devonian quartz-porphyry and albitophyre volcanic rock. Seven quartz veins occur. The major body extends 840 m along strike. Deposit occurs in irregular nests, st
Toshint Uul
48ø58'N
48 58 22N
89 ø04'E
89 44 22 E
Grade of 0.01-1.0% Cu, 0.6-4.0 g/t Ag, up to 0.1 g/t Au.
A.V. Bobrovskii and others, written commun., 1991.
Consists of quartz-sulphide stringers and disseminations in Vendian(?) to Early Cambrian(?) Zamtyn volcanic and clastic formation. Zone is a strip 300 m wide and 1200 m long in Khetstolgoi fault zone. Deposit minerals are chalcopyrite, malachite and azur
Ulaan khus
49ø02'N
49 01 57N
89 ø01'E
89 31 30 E
Grade of 2.12-4.17% Hg.
A. V. Bobrovskii and others, written commun., 1991.
Consists of cinnabar disseminations and stringers in Cambrian metasedimentary rock that is intensely altered to silica, carbonate and argillite. The occurrence is along a thrust fault that forms one branch of the Tolbo nuur fault zone. The Vendian to Ear
Urzarsaiskoye
ERROR 49ø23'0
49 23  00N
ERROR 88 ø05'
88 25 00E
Average grade of 0.11% WO3 with up to 0.3 % WO3. Reserves of 100,000 tonnes.
Obolenskiy, 1960; Sotnikov and Nikitina, 1977; Kuznetsov and others, 1978.
Consists of a stockwork of scheelite-bearing veinlets hosted contact metamorphosed and locally in weakly metasomatized Cambrian and Early Ordovician sandy shale. The stockwork extends for 600 m long, is 400 m wide, andextends up to 500 m at depth. The st
Uzuurtolgoi
48ø59'N
48 58 30N
89 28 40 E
Cu, Ag,Au, Sb
Grade of 0.2-1.0% Zn, 0,2-1,0% Pb.
Consists of brecciated and zones in Cambrian altered slate, sandstone and siltstone. Wallrock is altered to silica and limonite. Breccia zones and quartz-sulfide veins range up to 500 m long and several tens of m wide. Deposit minerals in the zones are p
Vladimirovskoye
50ø46'N
50 46 00N
ERROR 84 ø05'
84 05 E
Zilberman and others, 1958; Kuznetsov, 1982; Borisenko and others, 1984; Indukaev, 1988.
Consists of Co-bearing skarn in contact zone of small diorite intrusives in Charysh fault zone. Amphibol-garnet and garnet-pyroxene skarns originated by metasomatic replacement of Devonian tuffs and partly diorite. Skarns altered to quartz-scapolite-amph
Akkemskoye
ERROR 49ø46'
49 46 00 N
ERROR 86 ø07'
86 47 E
Chrust, 1937; Kuznetsov, 1938; Sotnikov and Nikitina, 1977.
Consists of series of small-scale quartz-molibdenite veins of complicated structure in silicified and pyritized sandstone-shale deposits of Cambrian age. They localized 2 km far from gramitoid massif Belucha Mountaine. Quartz-molibdenite veins occur in s
Malachite
48ø49'N
48 48 30N
89 ø02'E
89 32 30 E
Average grade of 1.0% Cu, 0.8g/t Au.
Consists of a sulfide-bearing carbonate-quartz replacement zone in a NW-trending fault in the Early Cambrian Uzuurtolgoi Formation. The zone is 1800 m long, 5-8 m wide, dips steeply and strikes longitudinaly. Three areas occur with irregular distribution
Kalgutinskoye 1
49ø14'N
49 14 00N
ERROR 88 ø02'
88 02E
Average grade of 1.9% WO3, 0.36% Mo,  0.11% Bi2O3,  0.035% Be. Reserves of 12,000 tonnes WO3, 5,500 tonnes Mo; 235 tonnes Bi2O3; 48 tonnes BeO.
Baklakov, 1945; Kalugin , 1961; Pafienko, 1961; Sotnikov and Nikitina, 1977; Sharov and others, 1998.
Consists of quartz veins that occur in Kalguta granite pluton and in adjacent country Devonian extrusive rock. Deposit consists of more than 300 veins that occur in a NE-striking band that is about 2 km long and ranges up to 500 m wide. Single veins rang
Kulbich
ERROR 86 ø06'
86 46E
Grade of 0.2-0.3% Cu, 0.005-0.01% Mo.
Domarev, Vysokoostrovskaya, 1959; Nikolskaya, 1961; Kuznetsov and others, 1966.
Consists of a porphyry Cu-Mo- deposit in an inner contact zone in a stock of Devonian granite porphyry and Late Cambrian volcanic-sedimentary host rock. Deposit minerals occur in two zones of hydrothermally-altered rock up to 5-6 km long and 200-500 m wi
Kalgutinskoye 2
ERROR 49ø12'
49 11 30 N
88 04E
Grade of 15-54% Fe. Resources of 300,000,000 tonnes Fe.
Kalugin, 1970; Kuznetsov, 1982; Sinyakov, 1988.
Consists of hematite deposits hosted in Middle Devonian tuffaceous unit with rare carbonate and siliceous rock interbeds. Deposit horizon extends up to 15 km along strike. Bodies are lens-shaped, and range from tens to some hundred m long, and up to 20 m
Mushgu
48ø44'N
48 44 00N
89 23 30 E
W, Sb
Resources of130,000 tonnes WO3, 300 kg Au.
Consists of scheelite-bearing stockwork and ferberite-siderite veins that occur in argillaceous schist, sandstone and conglomerate of the mid-upper Moutain Altai Formation. Zone has a NW to N-NE strike and dips to the E. The eastern margin of prospect is
Onhot uul
48ø41'N
48 40 45N
89 30 36 E
Sediment-hosted Cu
Average grade of 1.0% Cu.
Consists of Cu-bearing sandstone horizon in Middle to Late Devonian clastic Bardamgol Formation. consisting of siltstone, sandstone, conglomerate. One sandstone horizon containing malachite and melaconite has length 3-5 km. Average grade of Cu is 0.3% (f
Akalakhinskoye
49ø27'N
49 27 00N
ERROR 87 ø04'
87 04 00E
Li, Ta, Nb, REE
Average grade of 0.8% Li2O, 0.01% Ta2O5, 0.01% Cs, 0.08% Rb. Reserves of 128,000,000 tonnes.
Vladimirov and others, 1998.
Consists of a stock (with dimensions of 1 by 1.5 km) of spodumene-granite porphyry and biotite porphyry granite in the main phase of the Chindagatui pluton. Spodumene granite porphyry is white with a fine-grained groundmass of albite, quartz, and muscovi
Kara-Alakha
49ø19'N
49 19 00N
87 ø08'E
87 08 15 E
Kaluzhnyi, 1963; Sotnikov and Nikitina, 1977.
Consists of series of quartz veins in  Cambrian schist along the contact of a biotite porphyry granitic massif. Thickness of the veins ranges up to 1 m. Molybdenite occurs along vein selvages. The other ore minerals are pyrite, wolframite, chalcopyrite,
Khovd gol
88 ø01'E
88 51 00 E
Reserves of 10,000 tonnes WO3.
Jargalsaihan and others, 1996; S. Dandar and others, written commun., 1999.
Consists of ferberite-scheelite-quartz veins that occur in argillaceous schist ad quartz-chlorite schist of the upper Cambrian-Early Ordovician Altai Mountain Formation, plagiogranite and granite. Host sedimentary rock have weak argillic and sericitic al
Koksinskoye
50ø15'N
50 15 00N
84 ø08'E
84 08 30 E
Resources of 65,000,000 tonnes grading 50.49% Fe.
Consists of layered and lenticular magnetite-hematite bodies hosted in Devonian sedimentary and volcanic rock series. Host rock is fine-grained psammitic and aleuritic tuffite. Bodies extend 210-525 m along strike and are 1-19 m thick. Hematite admixture
Dungerekh
48ø51'N
48 51 00N
88 ø07'E
88 17 50 E
Mo, W
Be, Li
Grade of 0.3-3.86% Mo, locally up to 6.48% Mo, 0.03% Li, 0.1-0.3% Be, 0.07% W.
Storozhenko, 1991; Dandar and others, written commun.,1999.
Consists of molybdenite, beryl, pyrite, and scheelite that occur in greisen and silica alteration, and deformed zone ranging from 150-200 m long and 0.1-1.2 m wide. Deposit hosted in middle Devonian Dungerekh granite pluton with K-Ar isotopic age of 312-
Kok-Kolskoye
86 ø08'E
86 28 00 E
Erashov, 1936; Zinovjev and others, 1939, 1946; Kaluzhny, 1963; Sotnikov and Nikitina, 1971.
Consists of NE-striking quartz veins that are hosted in Orochogan granite massif and hosting metamorphosed Cambrian-Ordovician sandstone-shale sequences. More than 30 veins occur. They are from 30 to 360 m long and from 0.1 to 0.75 m thick. Deposit miner
Kholzunskoye
50ø08'N
50 08 00N
ERROR 84 ø04'
84 14E
Grade of 0.10% V2O5, 1.77-3.49% S, 0.25-0.34% P2O5. Reserves of 600,000,000 tonnes grading 29.7% Fe.
Popov, 1967; Kassandrov, Zadorozhskiy, 1970; Kalugin and others, 1974, 1981; Kalugin, 1976; Kalugin, 1985; Orlov, 1988.
Consists of layered volcanic and sedimentary magnetite hosted in intensely-deformed Middle Devonian rock. Host rock is limestone, tuff, and dacite, and interbedded trachydacite porphyry, and quartz albitophyre. Deposit ranges from 300 to 600 m thick and
Osokinskoye
85 ø03'E
85 13 00 E
Consists of spatially divided sublatitudal quartz veins both in biotite granite (Permian and Triassic) of Belokurikha massif and hornfels; skarn in limestone in roof pendants. Veins are from 40 to 450 m long and from 5 cm to 2 m thick. In granite veins a
Nominy Am
48ø14'N
48 14 00N
89 42 00 E
Orgil and others, 1987; Demin and others, 1990; B.N. Podkolzin and others, written commun.,1990.
Consists of sulfides in quartz and quartz-barite veinlets in a breccia zone hosted in the Early to Middle Devonian Otogiin Formation that consists of dacite, andesite, tuff, tuff breccia, and quartz-calcite sandstone. The breccia zone strikes NW and occu
Chindagatuiskoye
ERROR 49ø15'
49 14 30 N
86 ø05'E
86 35 30 E
Kaljuzhny, 1963; Sotnikov and Nikitina, 1971.
Consists of quartz vein series in contact zone of biotite granite and granite-porphyry intrusive. Veins are north-east-striking and deep-steeping. The ore mineralization in veins represented by disseminations of molibdenite, wolframite, chalcopyrite, bis
Qibeiling, Xinjiang
48ø10'N
48 10 00N
ERROR 87 ø00'
87 40 00E
Beryl
Resources of 4606 tonnes muscovite.
Consists of several tens of granitoid pegmatite veins that average 100-300 m long and 2-10 m thick in an area of 80 square km. Pegmatite veins occur in the contact zone between the Hercynian gnessic two mica grante and the Middle to Late Ordovian biotite
Qilinmutaer, Xinjiang
48ø18'N
48 18 13N
ERROR 86 ø09'
86 59 00E
Consists of several tens of muscovite pegmatite veins 50-200 m long and 1-2 m thick. Muscovite is collectively in middle-coarse-grained pegmatite zone as mass or nest. The deposit minerals are muscovite, quartz and small amount of feldspar and Beryl. The
Baliktigkhem
ERROR 50ø22'
50 21 30 N
89 ø09'E
89 59 30 E
Consists of cassiterite-quartz veins and greisen zones in the apical part of a Devonian granite pluton. The greisen contains tourmaline, topaz, cassiterite, pyrite, arsenopyrite, and beryl. The ore minerals are more abundant in veins and lenses of quartz
Sarasinskoye
ERROR 85 ø00'
85 30 00E
Consists of cinnabar in lenses in Proterozoic limestone that is overlapping by Middle Devonian volcanic rock. The lenses occur along steeply-dipping, stepwise shears in an overthrust. As minerals also occur in lenses of coarse-grained orpiment and realga
Sary-Gimatei
ERROR 50ø15'
50 15 00 N
Zaikov and others, 1978; Zaikov and others, 1981.
Consists of stratiform bedded, finely disseminated and streaky Pb-Zn sulfides in Neoproterozoic volcanic, clastic and carbonate rock. Deposit occurs in a block composed of ancient rock along the Kurai major fault zone. Host rock is siltstone, coaly shale
Batunkovskoye
ERROR 51ø42'
51 42 00 N
ERROR 85 ø05'
85 15 E
Consists of series of west-east-striking thin quartz veins, that form the discontinuous ore zone hosted in ancient granite-gneiss and partly hornfels. The mineralized zone is 960 m long and from 50 to 150 m width. The separate quartz veins traced to 50-8
Proezdnoye
ERROR 95 ø03'
95 53 00E
Ondumsk
V.I. Sotnikov, this study.
Consists of gold-bearing quartz veins and stockwork zones in Cambrian and Ordovician granitoids. The veins to 100-350 m along strike and average 0.3-0.4 m thick (up to 1.5 m in swells). Quartz is the predominant vein mineral along with lesser sericite, e
Karasugskoye
51ø19'N
51 19 00N
ERROR 92 ø06'
92 06E
Karasug
REE, Fe, CaF2, BaSO4
Fe-REE carbonatite
Grade of 25.75% Fe in primary ores, 30-33% Fe in oxidizied ores. Reserves of 270,000,000 tonnes.
Mitropolskiy, 1959, 1972; Ontoev, 1966; Kalugin and others, 1981; Sinyakov, 1988.
Consists of pipes and nests of fluorite, barite, hematite, and siderite in a zone of brecciated Silurian sandstone and siltstone. Deposit ranges from 130 to 700 m long, is 30 to 100 m thick, and extends to a depth of 800 m. Primary ore minerals are sider
Mugurskoye
50ø16'N
50 16 00N
ERROR 95 ø00'
95 10E
Mugursk
Grade of 30-47% Fe.
Golubev, 1959; Matrosov and Shaposhnikov, 1988.
Consists of steeply-dipping layers of ferrous quartzite hosted in Precambrian metamorphic rock. The host rock is mica quartzite, biotite schist, amphibolite, marble, ferrous quartzite and graphite schist. One layer varies from 4 to 10 m thick, extends up
Eligkhem
ERROR 92 ø04'
92 44E
Karpuzov, 1996.
Consists of gold-bearing quartz veins hosted by early Paleosoic sandstone and that occur at significant distance from a Cambrian-Ordvician plagiogranite massif. Quartz veins are spatially associated with minor intrusions of diorite, gabbro, and diorite.
Ulatayskoye
ERROR 50ø51'
50 50 30 N
92 17 00 E
Fe, REE
BaSO4
Grade of 37-53% Fe.
Mitropolskiy, 1962, 1972; Ontoev, 1966.
Consists of lenses carbonaceous fluorite-barite-Fe-bodies hosted in Middle and Late-Devonian argilliceous-sandstone deposits. Intrusive rock consists of gabbro and gabbro and diabases (Middle Devonian(?)) and Post Devonian granitoids. Junger lampophyre d
Shuden uul
50ø40'N
50 40 00N
Halite
Evaporate halite
Reserves of 79 million tones, grading 93.74-96.03% NaCl. Production of 88.4 thousand tonnes between 1975-1988.
Turischev, 1943; Sumiya, 1974; Sumiya and others, 1979. D. Maam and others, written commun., 1990.
Consists of a lenticular bed of halite that occurs in a Middle and Late Devonian evaporate basin. Halite deposit has a length of 250-800 m and with thickness of 10-12 m. The concentration of halite is 93.74-96.03% NaCl, 1.15-1.76 CaSo4,-0.08-0.26% Na2SO4
Davst uul
50ø20'N
50 20 00N
93 ø00'E
93 20 00 E
Production and reserves of 387.4 thousand tonnes grading 93.96-95% NaCl.
Dorjnamjaa and others, 1977; Shaandar and others, 1992; Khuazhin, 1966; Zh. Sumiya and B.C. Plutenko, written commun.,1975.
Consists of halite which occur in the Middle-Late Devonian evaporate basin.  The halite deposit has lenticular beds with length of 2150m and with an average thickness of 270 m.  The content of halite is 95.0% NaCl, 1.52% NaSO4, 0.04% KCl, 2.26% LOI. Depo
Chergak
51ø04'N
51 04 00N
91 ø00'E
91 00 00 E
Co, Cu, Ni
Zaikov and others, 1981.
Consists of Cu-Co sulfoarsenide veins hosted in Ordovician and Silurian clastic and carbonate rock that are intruded by small Permian gabbro and diorite stocks and dikes. The host rocks are altered to silica and sericite. The deposits occur in fractures
Actovrak
ERROR 51ø10'
51 10 00 N
90 ø04'E
90 34 00 E
Khemchik-Kurtushubinsk
Chrysotile
Tatarinov and Eremeev, 1967; Nikitchin, 1979.
Consists of chrysotile-asbestos deposits in the Actovrak ultramafic pluton. The pluton is a steeply-dipping body that is 3.5 km long, 0.2 to 0.5 km wide, and is emplaced conformable with Vendian and Early Cambrian extrusive and sedimentary rock. The plut
Oyut tolgoi 2
95 ø08'E
95 58 00 E
Telmen
Ni, PGE, Au
Average grade of 0.36% Cu. Reserves of 50,000 tonnes Cu.
Togtokh and others, 1977; Garamjav and others, 1978, B.N. Podkolzin and others, written commun.,1990.
Consists oof Cu sulfides in a Middle Cambrian gabbro and hornblendite stocks that occur along the Khangai fault system for 6.0 km and ranges up to 1.5 km wide. The igneous rock intrude Paleoproterozoic gneiss, schist and amphibolite. The sulfides occur a
Pertoyskoye
ERROR 90 ø03'
90 43 00E
Ontoev, 1960; Zaikov and others, 1981.
Consists of zones of disseminated sulfides including small lenses and nests of massive galena hosted in Middle Devonian volcanic and sedimentary rock. Deposit is related to rhyolite porphyry sill that intrudes red-bed clastic sedimentary rock. Deposit is
Tardan
ERROR 95 ø04'
95 14E
Vachrushev, 1972; Kuznetsov, 1981; Korobeynikov and others, 1976, 1997.
Consists of an Au skarn that occurs along the contact zone of a Late Cambrian gabbro, diorite and tonalite pluton that intrudes Early Cambrian carbonaceous and volcanic rock. Magnesium-silicate and calc-silicate skarn replaces te carbonate and aluminosil
Tsagdaltyn Davaa
49ø12'N
49 12 00N
95 18 00 E
Grade of 0.016-0.24% Ni (average 0.175% Ni), 0.003-0.023% Co (average 0.008-0.013% Co), up to 0.02% Cu.
Togtokh and others, 1977; B.N. Podkolzin and others, written commun.,1990.
Occurs in 3.5 sq.km. serpentinite massif. The deposit minerals are magnetite, a black Ni mineral, chromite and martite. Other minerals are ilmenite, limonite, chalcopyrite, pyrite and pentlandite. The massif strikes NE for 5.0 km and ranges up to 0.7 km
Tomorchuluut
94 ø07'E
94 07 00 E
Khan Hokhii
Resources of 18 million tonnes magnetite grading 24-41% Fe.
Filippova, 1977; Bakhteev and others, 1984.
Consists of bodies of silica-magnetite lenses and layers in Paleoproterozoic gneiss and greenstone schist. Bodies trend NW, are concordant with host rock and occur in an area 2.5 by 0.2 km. Approximately 10 occurrences similar to and in the vicinity ot t
Tolailyk
50ø29'N
50 29 00N
ERROR 90 ø05'
90 35 00E
Consists of Cu-Co sulfoarsenide veins hosted in volcanic and sedimentary rock that is intruded by Permian gabbro, diabase, diorite and granite porphyry dikes. Deposits are concentrated in quartz and quartz-carbonate veins in Vendian and Cambrian porphyry
Borts Uul
93 57 00 E
Zn, Au, Ag
Volcanogenic Cu-Zn massive sulfide (Urals type)
Grade of 0.5-0.6-1.3% Cu with a cutoff grade of 0.1% Cu. Resource in the Northern part is 28,200 tonnes Cu with average grade of 1.0-1.5% Cu to a depth of 100.0 m.
D. Baatar and others, written commun., 1979; Baadai and others, 1982; Podkolzin and others, 1990.
Consists of sulfide rich lenses and tabular bodies in volcanic rock at the intersection of the Khangai and Zavkhan major faults. The deposit contains three parts. In Northern part is hosted in faulted horizons and lenses of andesite, dacite, basalt tuff
Chazadyrskoye
ERROR 50ø24'0
50 24  00N
ERROR 90 ø07'
90 27 00E
Terligkhaisk
Represented by steeply dipping listvenite zone and chloritized metamorphic rocks with mercury mineralization along the fault. The zone of mineralization extends for about 600 m. It has an average thickness of about 1.5 m and was traced to 150 m at a dept
Ulaantolgoi
49ø28'N
49 28 00N
93 02 00 E
Khalzanburged
Zr, Nb, Ta, REE
Resources of 10,000-12,000 tonnes Ta, 100,000-120,000 tonnes Nb, 20,000-25 000 tonnes Y, few hundred thousand tonnes Zr.
Jargalsaihan and others, 1996.
Consists of Zr-REE minerals in a hypabyssal late Paleozoic(?) stock of alkaline ribeckite syenite that intrudes Middle and Late Cambrian granodiorite. The northern part of the stock (with an area of 0.12 sq.km.) is altered to biotite-quartz-albite and ri
Bayankhairkhan
ERROR 48ø44'
48 43 45 N
94 ø06'E
94 26 25 E
Au-Cu-Fe
Average grade of 0.95 g/t Au.
B.A. Samozvantsev and others, written commun., 1982.
The  ore-field  consists  of  the  Upper  Proterozoic  ( the  Middle  Riphean )  Tsagaannuur  Formation  intruded  by  the  Upper  Proterozoic  and  Upper  Permian  granite.  It  is  presented  by  skarn  localised  along  the  eastern  contact  of  Uppe
Yolochka
49ø34'N
49 34 16N
91 51 00 E
Hovd
Au(Cu,Fe)
Grade of 0.4-1.0 g/t Au, 0.1-0.5% Cu, up to 0.06% Zn, up to 0.2% Pb, up to 2.5 g/t Ag.
L. B. Chistoedov and others, written commun., 1990.
Hosted in the Tsagaan Shiveet major fault zone, in the western margin of the Nuuryn terrane. Occurrence hosted in Vendian to Early Cambrian Tsol Uul Formation, Early Silurian Khutsbulag Formation and the Early Devonian Makdor Intrusive Complex. The Tsol
Erdenekhairkhan
48ø11'N
48 11 00N
95 ø04'E
95 44 20 E
Au, Cu, Fe
Grade of 1.3-1.4 g/t Au, 0.2-1.0% Cu, 10.0-50.0 g/t Ag.
A. Enkhbayar and others, written commun., 1982; B.A. S. Samozvantsev and others, written commun., 1982.
Hosted in Vendian and early Paleozoic carbonate rock of the Tsagaanolom Formation that is intruded by a Permian syenite stock.  Magnetic anomaly indicates skarn is 600 m long and 300-400 m wide. The skarn is cut by two NE-trending, steeply-dipping faults
Khagarlyn
49 25 10N
91 ø09'E
91 49 16 E
Grade of 0.001-2.3 g/t Au, 1.0% Cu.
Yakovlev, 1977; L.B. Chistoedov and others, written commun., 1990.
Consists of Early Cambrian Icheet Formation of greenschist with limestone horizons. Occurs in the major Tsagaanshiveet fault zone. Bodies consist of banded skarn in a chain. Skarn contains disseminated chalcopyrite and malachite coatings. The skarns are
Tora-Sairskoye
ERROR 51ø23'0
51 23  00N
ERROR 94 ø04'
94 24 00E
Kuznetsov, 1981.
Consists of steeply-dipping fracture zones at the contacts and in andesite-porphyry dikes cutting Early Devonian sandstone. There are 7 bodies known. They have a length of 20-35 m and thick of 1-5 m. Average content of 0.2% Hg. Hg minerals occur in irreg
Shartolgoi
49ø05'N
49 05 00N
92 43 00 E
Ta, Nb, Zr, Y
La, Ce
Grade of 0.01-0.08% Ta2O5, 0.05-0.63% Nb2O3, 0.1-4.0% ZrO2, 0.02-5.68% Y2O3.
Consists of Nb-Ta-REE minerals in late Paleozoic alkaline subvolcanic rock that intrude a Cambrian granodiorite pluton. The alkaline rock comprise a volcanic and plutonic structure 2 sq.km. in area and are intensely altered along with the host Cambrian g
Nukhet
48ø17'N
48 17 00N
94 56 00 E
Au, Cd, Au
Average grade of 1.4% Pb, 1.9% Zn. Mining from small open pit in pre-historic time.
Consists of stratabound disseminated sulfides in a zone several thousand m long that is hosted in Proterozoic siderite-altered limestone. Bodies ranges from 2 m x 220 m to 2.5 m x 320 m. Major minerals are sphalerite, galena, pyrite, siderite, and calcit
Namiryn gol
49ø21'N
49 21 00N
91 39 00 E
Uuregnuur
Ranging up to 1.0% Cu, 0.1% Zn+Pb, up to 20.0 g/t Ag.
Blagonravov and others, 1977; Jamyandorj and others, 1977; Tseveennamjil. and others, 1981; B.N. Podkolzin and others, written commun., 1990.
Consists of several zones with altered with Cu sulfides that occur in the hanging wall of a NW-trending thrust fault in Devonian Kharkhiraa cataclastic granite. The zone is 200-500 m wide and 8000 m long. Host rock is altered to argillite, silica and alb
Gozgor
49 13 52N
91 57 12 E
Grade of 1.0-3.0% Cu and up to 20 g/t Au.
L.V. Chistoedov and others, written commun.,1991.
Consists of quartz veinlets in epidote-altered andesite porphyry in the Vendian to Early Cambrian Tsol uul Formation that consists of marine mafic and intermediate volcanic rock with limestone horizons. Deposit occurs along the Tsagaanshiveet fault. The
Achit nuur
ERROR 49ø33'
49 32 36 N
90 ø01'E
90 51 36 E
Be, Sn
Grade of 0.05-3.29 WO3, 0.003-2.7% Be, 0.005-0.03% Mo, 0.01-0.2% Sn, 0.1-0.5% Pb, 0.08% Li, 0.5% Y. Inferred resource 58000 tonnes WO3.
Consists of wolframite, beryl, and molybdenite mineralization in quartz veins from 15 to 20 m long and 0.1-0.5 m thick, with average thickness of 0.2 m. Mineralization occurs along the contact of Kharkhiraa granite pluton with Ordovician tuff-sandstones.
Kupol
91 41 00 E
Average grade of 0.52% Cu, 0.01% Zn, 0.01% Pb, 0.2% Ba.
Jamyandorj and others, 1977; B.N. Podkolzin and others, written commun.,1990.
Consists of 5 thin horizons with malachite coatings that occur along the hinge of anticline in Early to Middle Jurassic red sandstone. Horizons are 0.1-0.12 m thick and have a length of 400 m. Channel and rock chip samples contains Cu up to 0.52%, Zn-0.0
Otor uul
91 13 00 E
Ag, Au, Zn
Grade of up to 1.3% Cu, 0.04-1.0% Zn, up to 200.0 g/t Ag, 0.001-0.1% Sn and Bi, 0.5% Sn, up to 0.1 g/t Au.
Yakovlev, 1977; Ayush and others, 1982; Podkolzin and others, 1990; Chistoedov and others, written commun., 1991.
Consists of garnet-epidote skarn bodies in xenolith of sandstone-shale formation with limestone horizon. The xenolith occurs on Late Devonian Kharkhiraa granite massif and is intruded by granite porphyry bodies. Skarn body contains nests, disseminations
Daltyn Khudag
49ø24'N
49 24 07N
91 03 19 E
Cu, Pb, Ag
Grade of 0.11-0.67% Sn, 1.64% Cu, 0.7% Zn, 0.01% Pb, 1-10 g/t Ag.
S. Dandar and others, written commun.,1999.
Consists of skarn bodies 25-30 m thick, 50 m long and 1-2 m wide occurring in the contact of Kharkhiraa granite complex with host Ordovician slates and tuffsandstones. The age of the Granite is 347 Ma (K-Ar). Main ore minerals are cassiterite, chalcopyri
Omnogobi
49ø06'N
49 06 00N
91 38 00 E
Range of 0.13-1.47% Cu with average of 0.88% Cu.
Jamyandorj and others, 1977; Podkolzin and others, written commun., 1990.
Consists of lenses and tabular bodies of sandstone and siltstone with chalcocite disseminations and malachite and azurite coatings, in Middle to Late Ordovician volcanic and sedimentary rock formation. Deposit is 50 m wide and extends 1500 m. The thickne
Khatuugiin
48ø53'N
48 52 40N
91 ø06'E
91 56 15 E
REE-Zr-Ta
Nb, Sn
Grade of 0.006-0.23% Ta2O5; 0.04-0.28% Nb2O5 0.2-0.6% Zr; 0.01% Sn. Resources of 6,737 tonnes Ta2O5, 73500 tonnes Nb2O5.
Consists of Zr-Ta-Nb-REE minerals in albite-quartz-mica metasomatite in Bayan Ulzii subalkaline granite hosted in Early Cambrian volcanic rock. Three metasomatic bodies with a size of 700-1200 m x 35-55 m thick occur along the Altankhukhii fault zone tha
Arzakskoye
51ø31'N
51 31 00N
ERROR 93 ø02'
93 22 00E
Terlighaisk
Kuznetsov, 1981; Grechishchev and others, 1978.
This deposit is represented by a mineralized fracture zone of NE strike within alkaline volcanic rocks, rhyolites, andesites, tuffs, and sandstones of the Middle Devonian age. A zone is a few hundreds of meters long and 0.5-1.7 m thick. Mercury mineraliz
Umnu Khutel
48ø56'N
48 56 22N
91 ø04'E
91 34 34 E
Bi, Sn, Ag
Grade of 0.2-1.0% W, 0.01-0.1% Mo, 0.05-0.6% Sn, 0.0005% Bi, 0.1-0.2% Li, 0.8-2 g/t Ag. Resources of 30,000 tonnes W, 6,000 tonnes Mo, 4,000 tonnes Bi, 3,000 Sn.
G. Bomboroo and others, written commun., 1979; S. Dandar and others, written commun., 1999.
Consists of W-Mo veins occurring in the contact zone of the Late Carboniferous Kharkhiraa granite pluton that intrudes sandstone and aleurolite of Mountain Altai Group. Veins are from 10 to 200 m long and from 0.25 to 1.0 m thick in 100-500 m wide zone.
Dulaan khar uul
90 ø06'E
90 26 00 E
Ag, Pb, Zn
Grade of  2.05% Zn, 0.1-1.76% Pb, 1.1 g/t Au,  1.0-45.0 g/t Ag, 0.1-0.3% Cu. Resources of 665,000 tonnes Zn, 430,000 tonnes Pb, 16.0 tonnes Au.
Shubin and others, 1985; V. Filonenko and others, written commun.,1991.
Occurs in margin of volcano tectonic caldera containing Early to Middle Devonian Dulaankhar Formation that consists of rhyolite tuff, flows, tuffaceous sandstone, rhyolite and dacite porphyry subvolcanic bodies, and dikes and diabase dikes. Deposit occur
Bayanbulag
ERROR 48ø47'
48 47 00 N
91 54 00 E
Grade of 0.13-0.16% Cu, 6.0 g/t Ag.
Bomboroo and others, 1978; B.N. Podkolzin and others, written commun., 1990.
Consists of Cu mineralization in Middle  to  Upper  Ordovician  sandstone  and  siltstone. Sandstone  lenses  5.0 m thick and  20.0 m long contain  malachite  and  azurite  along  foliation.  Chalcocite,  covellite  and  chalcopyrite  form impregnations.
Khuren tolgoi
48ø42'N
48 42 00N
V. Samozvantsev and others, written commun., 1982.
Main part of deposit consists of branches and lenses of silica, epidote and hematite alterations in andesite porphyry with disseminations and thin stringers of chalcocite and bornite. Zone has a width of 80 m and length of 1000 m and is hosted by Early C
Ulaan uul
49ø13'N
49 13 27N
90 14 32 E
Nb, Y
Reserves of 2,280 tonnes WO3. Resources of 5,870 tonnes WO3, 8.4 tonnes Nb, 500 kg Y.
Amitan, 1993; A.N. Demin and others, written commun., 1990; S. Dandar and others, written commun., 1999.
Consists of about 40 NE-trending quartz-wolframite veins that occur in the western part of the Jurassic Ulaanuul leucocratic granite pluton. Veins range up to 1000 m long and from 0.1 to 1.5 m wide and contain beryl, molybdenite, Y-bearing fluorite and s
Molybdenum Stockwork
49 12 40N
90 12 30 E
Grade of 0.05-0.08% Mo, 0.01-0.2% WO3, 0.001% Be. Resources of 3,370 tonnes Mo.
Amitan, 1993; Dandar and others, written commun., 1999.
Consists of disseminated and stringer Mo mineals in a Late Jurassic (200-130 Ma) granite pluton hosted in Middle to Late Devonian rhyolite and dacite. Stockwork occurs in an area of 0.8 sq.km., NE elongate and 10-40 m thick. Molybdenite, quartz-sulfide,
Tsunkheg
49ø11'N
49 11 00N
90 ø03'E
90 03 00 E
Resources of: 8,000 tonnes WO3 grading 0.1-40% WO3, and average grade of 2.39% WO3; 50,000 tonnes WO3 grading 0.12-0.2% WO3, 100 g/t Ag, 0.5-1.0% Cu, 1% Sb, 0.5-1.0% Zn, and 2% As.
Consists of complex vein and W stockwork that are hosted in a NE-trending zone of Ordovician-Silurian sandstone, siltstone, tuffstone and tuffaceous siltstone. Host rock is altered to sulfides, contact metamorphosed and intruded by minor bodies of gabbro
Maikhan Uul
91 00 40 E
Ta-Nb-REE
Albite syenite-related REE
Grade of 0.3% Ta, 0.003-0.5% Nb. Reserves of 1013 tonnes Nb, 1,123 tonnes Y, 720 tonnes Ce, 1,206 tonnes La,  8,307 tonnes Zr. Resources of 230,000 tonnes ore.
Consists of Ta, Nb and REE minerals in albite-altered zone in nepheline syenite. Zone is 1-7 m wide and 500 x 4 m long and contains quartz-fluorite veins. K-Ar isotopic age is 244 ñ5 Ma
Tsakhir
48ø30'N
48 30 00N
91 55 00 E
Nb, Ta
Average grade of 0.02% Ta, 0.5 Nb, 3.0% Zr, 0.02% Y. Resources of 7,500 tonnes Ta , 125,000 tonnes Nb, 220,000 tonnes Zr, 50,000 tonnes Y.
Consists of Zr, Ta, Ni and REE minerals related to minor intrusions of nordmarkite and alkaline granite developing into feldspar quartzose and albite metasomatite. Metasomatic rock form oval isometric (150 x 250 m elongated (1-50 x 700 m) area. Dikes of
Khalzanburegtei
48ø22'N
48 22 00N
91 56 00 E
Nb, Zr
Average grade of 0.011% Ta2O5, 0.2% Nb2O5, 1.46% ZrO2, 0.11% V2O5. Resources of 17,800 tonnes Ta2O5, 3,353,000 tonnes Nb2O5, 24,028,000 tonnes ZrO2, 489,900 tonnes Tr2O3.
Kovalenko and others, 1995.
Consists of Nb-Zr-REE with fluorite related to alkaline granite pluton of Khalzan Buregtei. Ore minerals are pyrochlore (Nb-rich), zircon silicates (Zr-rich), and REE-F-carbonate. Fluorite is abundant in veins and disseminations. Deposit contains LREE wi
Akolskoye
ERROR 51ø48'
51 48 00 N
92 ø05'E
92 15 00 E
Khovuaksinsk
Zaikov and others, 1981; Borisenko and others, 1984.
Consists of quartz-carbonate veins hosted in the Upper Proterozoic amphiboles, crystalline schists, skarnized Lower Paleozoic volcanogenic-sedimentary rocks, serpentinized and listvenitized ultrabasic rocks. Skarns are related to the gabbro-diorite intru
Teht
48 40 41N
90 24 38 E
Bi, Au
Average grade of 0.45% Co. Resources of 3,650 tonnes Co, 4,560.0 tonnes Bi, 1,880 kg Au.
Consists of 2 deposits located 1700 m apart and hosted by siltstone and sandstone of the Middle Devonian Khatuu gol Formation. Deposit in the first area consists of deluvial rubbles of a size up to 0.5 m, consisting of brecciated sandstone with distribut
Khyargas
93 52 00 E
Grade of 0.01-0.09% Zn+Cu, 0.2 g/t Au, 1.0 g/t Ag.
B.A. Samozvantsev and others, written commun.,1982.
Consists of a sublatitudinal-trending listvenite zone in serpentinite. The zone ranges from 50 m to 100 m wide and ranges up to 500 m long and occurs in a melange zone. Deposit minerals are pyrite, chalcopyrite, malachite and Fe oxides. Abundant deposit
Sharbuureg
48ø37'N
48 37 10N
90 ø08'E
90 28 25 E
Grade of 120-2,300 g/t Ag, 1.0% Sb. Resources of 52.3 tonnes Ag.
Consists of 10 NE-and sublongitudinally-trending veins, veinlet zones and breccia zones with siderite-sulfosalt deposition. The occurrence is along the Khovd regional fault, in clastic rock of the Middle Devonian Khatuu gol Formation. The dip of these ra
Khatuugiin gol
48ø39'N
48 39 00N
90 ø09'E
90 09 00 E
Demin and others, 1990; B.N. Podkolzin and others, written commun., 1990.
Consists of sulfides in lenses and horizons in a zone that extends for 25 km in black shale of the Middle to Late Devonian Khatuu gol Formation along the eastern branch of the Khatuugiin gol River. Sulfides are pyrite, pyrrhotite, and chalcopyrite in dis
Tolbo nuur
48ø35'N
48 35 10N
90 ø05'E
90 15 30 E
Cu, Pb, Zn,  Au
Grade of 16.3-254.4 g/t Ag, 0.04-0.33% Sb, 0.01-0.87% Cu, 0.01-1.27% Pb, 0.01-0.39% Zn, 0.5 g/t Au. Resources of 756 tonnes Ag, 6,223 tonnes Sb, 5,344 tonnes Cu, 7,716 tonnes Pb, 3,582 tonnes Zn.
Consists of Ag-sulfides related to quartz-siderite, siderite veins, veinlets, zones and breccia cemented by siderite. Occurrs along the Tolbo nuur regional fault zone in Middle Devonian Khatuu gol Formation clasticous rock intruded by Mesozoic diabase di
Tolbo
48ø24'N
48 24 00N
90 19 00 E
Grade of 0.03-0.7% Cu.
Borisenko and others, 1992; Podkolzin and others, 1990; Demin and others, written commun., 1990.
Consists of Cu minerals along the contact of the Middle Cambrian to Early Ordovician Uulyn Altai Seri and Early to Middle Devonian Otogiin volcanic and clastic units. The contact is a fault in NE part and unconformity stratigraphic contact in the souther
Khukh-Adar
48 18 00N
90 22 00 E
Grade of 0.1-15% Cu, 0,2-6.9% Zn, 0.8% Pb.  Resources of 405,000 tonnes Pb, 202,500 tonnes Zn, 1,878,000 tonnes Cu.
Orgil and others, 1985 ; Syezd and others, 1987; Demin and others, 1990; D. Dorjgotov, written commun., 1990; B.N. Podkolzin and others, written commun.,1990.
Consists of sulfide-bearing zones in Cambrian slate, sandstone and siltstone that are intruded by a diabase dike. Wallrock is hydrothermally-altered to silica, sericite and limonite. Zones contain quartz-sulfide veins that range up up to 7.5 km long and
Baruun Tserd
ERROR 50ø25'
50 25 00 N
91 43 00 E
Reserves of 1.5 million tonnes, grading 72.8-85.1% CaSO4.
Ganbaatar, 1999, Dorjnamjaa and others, 1977; Dimo and others, 1978; Turischev, 1945; P. Shaandar and others, 1992. D. Maam and others, written commun., 1990.
Consists of gypsum, anhydrite, and carbonate that occur in Middle-Late Devonian terrigensous and carbonate rock in a volcanic and sedimentary basin.  The gypsum stratum is exposed for 1050 m and has a maximum thickness of 17 m.  Gypsum is fibrous, with m
Khargait 2
91 36 00 E
Au, Ag, Pb
Average grade of 1.5% Cu, from 1.0 to 4,312.0 g/t Ag, up to 2.0 g/t Au.
Jamyandorj and others, 1977; Tseveennamjil and others, 1981; Shubin and others, 1985; B.N. Podkolzin and others, written commun.,1990.
Consists of sulfides along a thrust fault that cut silica-altered and Mn-altered Late Devonian granite and Jurassic sedimentary rock. The zone is 20 m wide. Grab samples contain 0.4-5.96% Cu (average 1.5%) and 1.0 to 4312.0 g/t Ag and 2.0 g/t Au.
Tsagaangol
48 40 42N
90 11 35 E
Au, Ag,  Cu
Grade of 0.003-0.8% Co, 1.5 g/t Au, 1.0-15.0 g/t Ag, 0.03-0.4% Cu.
Consists of chalcopyrite, cobaltite, gold and Bi minerals hosted by sandstone and siltstone of the Middle Devonian Khatuu gol Formation. Zones of silica and sulfide alteration are steeply (70-90ø) dipping, NW-trending and 15.0-30 m wide. They are distrib
Terligkhaiskoye
51ø30'N
51 30 00N
ERROR 93 ø06'
93 06 00E
Average grade of 0.2% Hg. Reserves of 1,650 tonnes.
Consists of steeply-dipping lenses in a Early and Middle Devonian volcanic and sedimentary sequence that occur in en-echelon fracture zones connected with faults that bound the Kyzil-Khasch graben. Six Hg occurrences are in the Kyzil-Khasch graben and on
Uzun-Oy
ERROR 93 ø05'
93 45 00E
Lebedev, 1967, 1971; Zaikov and others, 1981.
Consists of Cu-Co sulfoarsenide veins hosted in Silurian clastic and carbonate and Early Devonian volcanic rock that is intruded by mafic and intermediate dikes. Deposits occur along fractured zones and dike contacts. Deposit veins are typically lenticul
Hovu-Aksinskoye
51ø09'N
51 09 00N
ERROR 93 ø03'
93 43 00E
Ag, Bi
Smirnov, 1978; Borisenko and others, 1984; Lebedev andCherezov, 1989; Lebedev, 1998.
Consists of carbonate veins with As-Ni-Co minerals. The host rock is metasomatically altered and consist of Silurian limestone, Carbonaceous sandstone and siltstone, and Early Devonian porphyry and tuffaceous conglomerate that are intruded by Late Devoni
Aryskanskoye 2
ERROR 50ø18'
50 18 00 N
ERROR 95 ø06'
95 16 E
Average grade of 39% Fe.
Consists of bed-like ore deposits of ferrous quartzite hosted in Precambrian metamorphic rocks. Productive ore horizon constructed by micaceous quartzite, biotite shist, amphibolite, marble, ferrous quartzite, graphitic shist. Ore beds are 8-10 m thick.
Boksonskoye
ERROR 51ø59'
51 59 N
ERROR 100ø08'
100 08 E
Bokson-Kitoiskiy
Average grade of 40% Al203, about 1% Cr203.
Il'ina, 1958; Orlova, 1958.
Consists of bauxite layers that occur over different dolomites (spotty, reef-generating, algae, banded, pink and red) in part of the thick Bokson suite in Archean and Proterozoic metamorphic and mafic igneous rock. Thickness of the bauxite beds average 5
Berhem uul
50 22 00 N
ERROR 100ø06'
100 06 00 E
Hovsgol
Average grade of 12.55% P2O5. Reserves of 17.77 million tonnes.
Yu.A. Borzakovsky and E.A.Suprunov, written commun.,1990.
Consists of silicic-carbonate phosphorites and occurs in the downside of the Hubsugul series. The thickness of the bench is 211 m. The silicic-carbonate phosphorites are represented with aphanite, granular, banded and breccian petrographic types. The lar
Khargana gol
100ø00'E
100 00 00E
Reserves of 75,320 tonnes, grading 56-58% f.c..
N.I. Yakhantov, written commun., 1931, Marinov and others, 1977; Shaandar and others, 1992, Jargalsaihan and others, 1996.
Consists of graphite (up to 98%), microline, biotite, and orthoclase that occur in skarn. The graphite body forms thin veins, lenses, nodules, and sheets in limestone. Length is 1000 m. Graphite thickness varies from 0.1-1 m thick with a content of 56-58
Manhan uul
50ø17'N
50 17 00N
100ø08'E
100 08 00E
Grade of 14.8-15.7% P2O5. Resources of 88.0 million tonnes.
Yu.A. Borzakovsky and E.A.Suprunov, written commun., 1990.
The phosphorite-bearing bench, up to 770 m thick, occurs in the edges of synclinal folds and consists of clastic and carbonate formations of the Hubsugul series. The thickness of the phosphorite beds reach 16.3 m and the length is 9 km. The phosphorite c
Duchin gol
50ø22'N
50 22 00N
Bugseingol-Ovormaraat
Magmatic nepheline
Resources of 58.3 million tonnes Al2O3 grading 28.8% Al2O3.
Yashina, 1975; Yakovlev and Il'in, 1977, Andreeva and others, 1990.
Hosted in Early Devonian nepheline-bearing igneous rock, including urtite, rare ijolite-urtite, and subalkaline trachyte gabbro and theralite. The igneous rock forms two stocks with a surface area of 0.9 by 0.6 and 0.6 by 0.3 km. The predominant urite co
Beltesin gol
ERROR 50ø27'
50 27 00 N
99 ø01'E
99 21 00 E
Reserves of 223 million tonnes grading 19-23% Al2O3. Grade ranges from 22.43-29.25% Al2O3.
Yashina, 1975, 1977; Andreeva and others, 1990.
Consists of Al-bearing pluton composed of urtite, urtite-ijolite, teralite and subalkaline gabbro of early Devonian age. Host rocks are Precambrian marls and limestones with graphite and silicified marbles.   Nepheline bearing rocks are mainly coarse-gra
Uvurmaraat (Ujigin gol)
99 ø03'E
99 43 00 E
Grade of 26.2-29.06% Al2O3.
Yashina, 1975, 1977.
Consists of Al-bearing rock, mainly foyaite-juvite and rare urtite of Early Devonian age (400-396 Ma) the Overmarat pluton (about 30 sq.km.) that intrudes Precambrian marble and lower Paleozoic granodiorite. Pluton is confined to intersection of the Over
Dalan
100ø04'E
100 04 00E
Grade of 21.7-27.3 P2O5. Resources of 19.4 million tonnes.
Yu. A. Borzakovsky and E. A. Suprunov, written commun.,1990.
Consists of phosphorite located in the south of the Hubsugul basin. The phosphorite-bearing bench, up to 15 to 23 m thick, consists of silicic-carbonate sediment with 3 phosphorite beds with a length of 3 km and a thickness of 11.3m.
Suultolgoi
49ø58'N
49 58 00N
Grade of 15.0-18.0% P2O5. Production of 8.2 tonnes. Resources of 16 million tonnes.
Consists of phosphorite associated with silicic-carbonate sediment and occurring in the downside of the Hubsugul series.
Altanboom
ERROR 50ø20'
50 20 00 N
98 ø00'E
98 30 00 E
Bugseingol-Ovotmaraat
Sr, Mo
Grade of 0.01-0.05% Ta2O5, 0.0002-0.03% Nb2O5, 0.0001-0.03% REE, 0.002-0.289% Mo. Resources of 1,700 tonnes Ta205, 1,610 tonnes Nb2O5, 1,100 tonnes Mo.
Hosted in a late Paleozoic leucocratic muscovite granite stock (with surface dimensions of 200-290 by 250-350 m) and in several granite dikes altered to greisen and silica. That contains Ta minerals. The greisen superposed on Mo minerals. The Ta minerals
Burenhan
49ø48'N
49 48 00N
99 57 00 E
Average grade of 23.1% P2O5, 1.5% F. Production of 205.57 million tonnes.  Resources of 113.2 million tonnes.
Byamba, 1996; Yu.A. Borzakovsky and E.A. Suprunov, written commun.,1990.
Consists of 21 areas of phosphorite resources located in the south of the Hubsugul basin and occurring in the lower part of the Hubsugul series. The phosphorite-bearing bench, up to about 200 m thick, consists of  alternating dolomites, limestones, silic
Uhagol
100ø02'E
100 02 00E
Average grade of 22% g/t  P2O5. Resources of 150 million tonnes.
I'lin, 1973, Y.A. Borzakovsky and E.A.Suprunov, written commun., 1990.
Consists of phosphorite-bearing horizon having a thickness of 30 m and length of 14 km. Four phosphorite beds range from 3.7 to 7 m in thickness. Deposit occurs in northmost part of the Hubsugul basin and occurs in a narrow longitudinal sycline. The phos
Hitagiin gol
49ø49'N
49 49 00N
99 50 00 E
Sedimentary Fe-V
Resources of 11,039 million tonnes V2O5. Grades range from 0.05-0.235% V, up to 0.05% Mo, 0.002-0.034% Cu, and up 1.0% Pb, and 0.2-1.0% Ba.
S. Tseveennamjil and others, written commun., 1983.
Occurs in Early Cambrian carbonate and clastic units in the Horidol Formation of the Hovsgol Group. Three horizons with V minerals occur, two hosted in siliceous carbonaceous slate and one in chert. The host rock is intercalated carbonaceous slate, silts
Khanjargalant Uul
49ø43'N
49 43 00N
Sn, Zn, Fe
Grade of 0.02-1.0% Cu, 0.01-0.03% Sn, 0.02%-1.0% Zn.
D. Chuluunbat and others, written commun.,1977.
Consists of garnet-pyroxene-magnetite skarn in Early Cambrian limestone, Early to Middle Cambrian sedimentary rock, and Middle to Late Cambrian granitoids of the Selenge Complex. Skarn occurs in lenses and ranges from 15.0-20 m long and 3.0-10 m wide. Or
Manganese
49ø41'N
49 41 00N
99 59 00 E
H ovsgol
Grade of 5.0-10.0% Mn.
Tseveennamjil and others, 1983.
Consists of Mn-bearing siliceous siltstone and sandstone horizon developed in Early to Middle Cambrian Uhaagol Formation of the Khovsgol Group. Exposed thickness of the horizon ranges from 50 m up to 200 m and the exposed length is 2600 m. Horizon has co
Tsagaan Tolgoi
99 40 00 E
Consists of veins in greisen and greisen-altered Early and Middle Devonian leucocratic medium-grained granite pluton. Deposit occurs in greisens and greisen granite, that form body of 200 m in diameter. It has zonal structure: core conisits of milky quar
Khoo Ulaan Uul
48ø54'N
48 54 00N
101ø55'E
101 55 00E
Orhon-Selenge
Grade of 0.12-0.25% Cu, 0.005-0.2% WO3, -0.005-0.05% Mo.
B. Gurlkhaajav and others, 1974, H. Gonchigjav and others, written commun., 1984.
Consists of disseminated Cu minerals in intensively altered subvolcanic syenite porphyry intruding Permian siliceous volcanic rock. Silicifica and argillite alteration occur along a NW-trending fault zone. Samples contains: Cu up to 0.12-0.25%, rare WO3
Kuskunug
ERROR 96 ø04'
96 24 00E
Chrysotile-asbestos
Grade of 2.6-6.5% fibrous asbestos.
Tatarinov and Eremeev, 1967; Matrosov and Shaposhnikov, 1988.
Consists of chrysotile and asbestos in the Kuskunug ultramafic massif of 5 x 0.3-0.6 sq.km. in area. The massif consists of apoharzburgite serpentinite. Deposit measures 685 x 95-150 m2. Asbestos occurs in nets and individual veins. Talc-carbonate metaso
Agashskoye
ERROR 50ø11'
50 11 00 N
97 ø00'E
97 40 00 E
Ulug-Tanzek
Ta, Nb, REE
Kudrin and Kudrina, 1959.
Represented by alkaline metasomatites replacing the rocks of the Agashsk massif. The latter is composed of alkali quartz- and nepheline syenites. During metasomatosis syenites were replaced by biotite-aegirine microclinites with subsequent silicification
Bayan-Kol
ERROR 50ø30'
50 30 15 N
ERROR 96 ø01'
96 41 00E
Average grade of 26.5% Al2O3.
Kononova, 1961, 1962; Matrosov and Shaposhnikov, 1988; Dancig and others, 1988.
Hosted mainly in nepheline-bearing igneous rock (ijolite-urtite to juvite) of the Silurian and Devonian Bayan-Kol alkaline pluton. The pluton is conformable with folded Proterozoic marble and is highly eroded. Nepheline content varies from 65 to 84%. Ass
Kharlinskoye
ERROR 50ø32'
50 32 15 N
ERROR 96 ø05'
96 35 00E
Resources of 1 000,000,000 tonnes. Grading 17-23% Al2O3.
Yashina, 1957; Kononova, 1961.
Consists of nepheline rock in the Kharlinsk alkaline massif of Silurian and Devonian age in marble of Proterozoic age. Ijolite, ijolite-urtite, and malignite occur in the exocontact zone of the massif. The zone has a half-ring shape, is 200-800 m wide, a
Verkhne-Kundusskoye
50ø14'N
50 14 00N
97 13 00E
Zr, Hf
Consists of a lens of metasomatite of 1300 m long and 200 m thick occurred in granodiorite of the Kundus-Balyktygkhem massif in the fault zone of sublatitudinal strike. Mylonitized granodiorite is metasomatically replaced by zonal metasomatite. In the di
Uliin davaa
100ø09'E
100 09 00E
Average grade of 21% P2O5. Resources of 19.5 million tonnes.
I'lin, 1973; Byamba, 1996, Yu.A. Borzakovsky and E.A.Suprunov, written commun., 1990.
The phosphorite-bearing bench, up to 20 to 30 m thick, occurs in the downside of the Hubsugul series with a length of 9-10 km. The bench consists of dolomite, siliciums and black shale. Three phosphorite beds in this bench have thickness ranging from 2 t
Dahu-Nurskoye
ERROR 96 ø06'
96 46 00E
Grade of 24-30% Al2O3. Resources of 60,000,000 tonnes Al2O3.
Yashina, Kononova, 1960; Dergachev, 1973; Dergachev, Shibanov, 1974.
Consists of nepheline-containing rocks of the Dahu-Nur alkaline massif (S-D). The massif occures in Proterozoic terrigeneous and carbonate rock. Nepheline-bearing rocks are urtites, ijolite-urtites, ijolites, and calcite-nepheline metasomatites. The rock
Shukbulskoye
50ø24'N
50 24 00N
ERROR 96 ø07'
96 37 00E
Tastyg
Li
Consists of spodumene pegmatite veins intersecting Mesoproterozoic sandstone with limestone interbeds. In total ten subparallel veins occur. They dip at angle 60-70 eastward. The length of the largest vein No. 1 is 800 m, thickness is 10 m. Pegmatite are
Toskulskoye
50ø19'N
50 19 00N
96 42 00E
Average grade of 22.5% Al2O3, 14% Na2O+K2O.
Yashina, 1957; Yashina and Kononova, 1960.
Consists of leucocratic nepheline syenite in the Toskul alkaline intrusive of the fissure type hosted in the Proterozoic clastic-carbonate series. Aluminiferous rock of the massif occupy the area about 4 sq.km. The total amount of nepheline and feldspar
Zost tolgoi
48ø43'N
48 43 00N
101ø25'E
101 25 00E
Up to 0.15% Cu, from 0.07%-0.2% W, up to 2.0 g/t Ag.
H. Gonchigjav and others, written commun., 1984.
Hosted in E and SE endo-and exocontact of Permian granite massif consisting of granite and syenite porphyry. The intrusive massif intrudes Permian tuff and volcanic rock formation of the Khanui Seri. There is eruption breccia body in eastern part and Jur
Minjuurt tolgoi
49ø31'N
49 31 00N
99 01 00 E
Grade of 0.1-1.61% Cu.
H. Batchuluun and others, written commun., 1975.
Consists of skarn hosted by schist, metasandstone and limestone of the Late Rephean Darkhad series, Middle to Late Cambrian Telmen Complex granitoids and Devonian granite. Skarns occur in area 650 m by 5-20 m. In the NW part of the zone, there is a tabul
Pichi-Kholskoye
96 34 00E
Grade of 22-25% Al2O3; 10-15% (Na2O+K2O).
Yashina, 1957; Yashina and Kononova, 1960; Dergachev, 1973.
Consists of leucocratic nepheline syenite and pegmatite derivatives in the Piche-Khol alkaline intrusive of the fissure type hosted in the Proterozoic clastic-carbonate series. Aluminiferous rock of the massif occupy the area of 1.7 sq.km. Postmagmatic a
Tsagaan-Uul
49ø36'N
49 35 34N
98 ø03'E
98 43 12 E
Hugiingol
Zn,Pb
Grade of 0.1-1.0% Pb, 0.1-1.0% Zn.
Consists of disseminated sulfides layered zones that are interbedded with Proterozoic metamorphic rock including dark schist and marble. Zones range up to 950 m long and several tens of m wide. Deposit minerals are pyrite, sphalerite, galena and pyrrhoti
ERROR 50ø24'
50 23 30 N
96 11 30 E
Grechishchev and others, 1997.
Hosted in the Ulug-Tanzek pluton composed of main phase of subalkaline biotite granite, quartz syenite, granosyenite and alkaline granite and younger felsite and quartz porphyry with anomalous Li, F, Zr and REE. Quartz-albite-microcline metasomatite with
Ulan-Erginskoye
50ø06'N
50 06 00N
ERROR 97 ø04'
97 04 00E
Average grade of 22.5% Al2O3.
Yashina, 1957.
Consists of medium-and coarse-grained nepheline syenite in the Ulan-Erginsk alkaline intrusive of the fissure type (C) occured in Proterozoic marbles. Aluminiferous rock of the massif occupy the area of 4.2 sq.km.. Nepheline syenite have the banded struc
Korgere-Daba
ERROR 97 ø02'
97 12 00E
Average grade of 23.5% Al2O3.
Yashina, 1965.
Consists of nepheline-bearing igneous rock in the Carboniferous Korgere-Daba alkaline pluton that intrudes Neoproterozoic marble. Thie pluton consists of hornblende-nepheline syenite and aegirine-arfvedsonite foyaite. The pluton extends over an area of 3
Hogorgo
Grade of 12-21% P2O5 Resources of 1.5 million tonnes P2O5.
I'lin, 1973, Yu.A. Borzakovsky and E.A.Suprunov, written commun.,1990.
Consists of breccia and banded phosphorite alternating with beds of dolomite, limestone, and silica rock. The phosphorite-bearing horizon is up to 90 m thick and occurs in the lower part of the Hubsugul Series of Vendian to Middle Cambrian age. The depos
Kara-Adyr
50ø12'N
50 12 00N
Rb, Cs
Consists of series of spodumene and muscovite-tourmaline-garnet pegmatite veins in Mesoproterozoic carbonaceous and clastic sedimentary rock. Total of 57 veins occur. Muscovite-tourmaline-garnet pegmatite veins occur along the exocontact zone of a Li gra
Chikskoye
50ø09'N
50 09 00N
96 44 00E
Grade of 24-31% Al2O3.
Yashina, 1957; Yashina and Kononova, 1960; Dergachev, Shibanov, 1974.
Consists of nepheline-bearing rocks of the Chik alkaline massif (S-D), which is conformable with host folded marbles of the Proterozoic age.  Nepheline-bearing rocks are developed at the area about 0.3 km2. The massif is slightly eroded. Therefore, nephe
Verkhne-Emigenskoye
49ø54'N
49 53 30N
97 ø03'E
97 23 30 E
Consists of 10 veins of spodumene pegmatite of which three are the most important. The vein lengths are 85, 65 and 160 m, respectively, the thickness varies from 4 to 8 m. The veins occur in Mesoproterozoic marble and alkaline biotite granite. Veins dip
Tastygskoye
49ø53'N
49 53 00N
ERROR 97 ø08'
97 18 00E
Li, Ta, Nb, Be
Reserves of 450,000 tonnes Li.
Consists of a pegmatite veins field that contains thick veins that exhibit persistent lateral and vertical trends. The field is more than 1000 m long and varies from 180 m thick in the northern part to 375 m in the southern part. Pegmatite veins trend su
Bayangol 1
ERROR 50ø04'0
50 04  00N
Buteeliin nuruu
Consists of two spodumene pegmatite veins that are 100-200 m long and 10-20 m thick that cut Mesoproterozoic marble. The veins are composed of quartz, albite, spodumene, apatite, muscovite, beryl, columbite, pyrite, fergusonite, cassiterite, zircon, and
Burginskoye
96 52 E
Consists of two zones of spodumene containing pegmatite veins. Horizontal dimention between vein zones is 300m. Host rocks are biotite, bimika, bimika-garnete-staurolite cristalline shists intercalated with biotite and biotite-garnet quartzites. Mineral
Pichi-Tastygskoye
49 52 00 N
ERROR 972ø00'
9727  00E
Consists of the three veined zones of spodumene pegmatite containing more than 20 veins. The North zone extends up to 120 m along strike, an average thickness of veins in it is 0.5-0.7 m. The Central zone is 220 m long whereas an average thickness of vei
Seveligskoye
ERROR 49ø56'
49 55 30 N
ERROR 96 ø03'
96 53 00E
Consists of the large spodumene-pegmatite vein cutting Mesoproterozoic schist and plagiogneiss. The vein extends 370 m along the fault of NW (315ø) strike and has an averge thickness up to 20 m. The vein has an asymmetric zonal structure. Its footwall co
Khartynskoye
50ø01'N
50 01 00N
96 ø04'E
96 14 15 E
Consists of three pegmatite lenses in middle Paleozoic marble. The lens thicknesses are 152, 80, and 40 m, respectively. Thickness varies from 6 to 30 m. Pegmatite bodies are zoned. In pegmatite bodies, a quartz-feldspar amazonite-rich zone with a coarse
Salbart group
48 37 00N
Tarvagatai
Grade of 18.6-60.0% Fe.
V. Jamsranjav and others, written commun., 1984.
Consists of magnetite lenses in Paleoproterozoic schist, gneiss and granite-gneiss. The lenses are 200-70 m by 7-10 m.
Khachim gol
51ø07'N
51 07 00N
100ø16'E
100 16 00E
Ti, V
Resources of 10 million tonnes ore grading 41.57% Fe; 5.54% TiO2, 0.43% V.
Consists of Ti-magnetite in a Middle Cambrian zoned gabbro and pyroxenite intrusion that is 5.5 m wide, and contains sulfide and oxides in lenses, masses, and disseminations in zones about 3.0 km long.
Skarn
49 13 20N
97 42 24 E
Grade of 0.001%-0.02% Cu, 0.001%-0.006% Pb.
Batchuluun and others, written commun., 1980.
Consists of Cu-bearing skarn at the contact of Vendian to Early Cambrian limestone with Devonian granite. Skarn occurs in area of approximately 9.0 sq. km. There are 3 skarn bodies located from 0.7 km to 2.0 km apart. The size of skarns is: 0.75 km by 1.
Kharaat Uul
96 43 30 E
Grade of 0.001-1.0% Cu.
Togtokh and others, 1979; B.N. Podkolzin and others, written commun., 1990.
Consists of garnet and epidote-garnet skarn at the contact of Proterozoic granite with Paleoproterozoic marble. Skarn bodies vary from 10.0-20.0 sq.m. to 1500 sq.m. Cu minerals occur in two skarn bodies, in masses, breccia, disseminations, spots, and str
Zos Uul
48 42 30N
98 20 30 E
Cu-Mo
Average grade of 0.2% Cu, 0.01% Mo. Resource of 100,000 tonnes Mo.
Chilkhaajav and others, 1980; Bayandorj and others, written commun., 1980; Sotnikov and others, 1981, 1985.
Consists of Late Permian and Early Triassic granitoids that intrude Paleoproterozoic metamorphic rock, Paleoproterozoic granite, Cambrian gabbro, granodiorite and granite and Early Devonian volcanic rock and Permian granosyenite and granite. The Late Per
Onts Uul
49 10 30N
96 18 20 E
Grade of 0.001-0.01% Cu, 0.031% Ni, 0.004% Co.
D. Togtokh and others, written commun., 1979.
Consists of Cu minerals hosted in Paleoproterozoic biotite granite intruded by rhyolite porphyry, diorite porphyry, gabbrodiorite and granite dikes. Cu minerals occur in 2 areas located 2.0 km apart. The northern area flows a NW-trending, foliated, fault
Naran bulag
48 35 00N
97 ø07'E
97 47 00 E
Average grade of 0.08% Cu, 0.0005% Mo in granite porphyry; 0.03 % Cu -0.001% Mo in granodiorite porphyry; 0.01% Cu and up to 0.001% Mo in diorite.
Sotnikov and others, 1985, B.N. Podkolzin and others, written commun.,1990.
Consists of a Early Cambrian sedimentar and volcanic unit intruded by Middle to Late Cambrian Telmen Complex, the Late Devonian Tes Complex and Late Permian dikes. The Early Cambrian sedimentary and volcanic formation occurs in the eastern part of the re
Solongot
Au, W
Grade of 0.001-0.1% Cu, up to 0.3% W, 0.1 g/t Au, 4.0 g/t Ag.
G. Jamsranjav and others, written commun., 1984.
Hosted in a xenolith of Paleoproteozoic limestone and gneiss in a Late Permian granite. The xenolith is altered to skarn minerals, silica and llimonite and extends sublongitudinally for 2.0 km and ranges up to 1.5 km wide. The deposit minerals are hemati
Most uul
48ø03'N
48 03 00N
Ti, apatite
Grade of 30-60% Fe, 6-16%  TiO2.
Izoh and others, 1984.
Hosted in the Paleoproterozoic layered gabbro and anorthosite Most uul massif that crops out over 150 sq.km. The massif consists mainly of anorthosite (90%). Main deposit minerals are magnetite and ilmenite. Early magmatic disseminated and massive deposi
Takhilt nuur
48ø47'N
48 46 40N
96 45 30 E
Average grade of 0.24% Cu, 0.084% Ni.
Consists five Cu mineral zones in Neoproterozoic gabbro and diorite and gabbro intruded by Neoproterozoic leucogranite stocks and dikes. Neoproterozoic gneiss with schist horizons occurs to the E of the gabbros. The vary from 30 m to 80 m wide and are cl
Khagnuur
48ø06'N
48 06 00N
96 31 00 E
Resource of 3.4 million tonnes Mn grading 30.53% Mn.
B. Samozvantsev and others, written commun., 1982.
Consists of Mn sandstone beds that occur between a Vendian lower carbonate and upper clastic sedimentary rock. The Mn sandstone crops over a 1.4 sq.km., is 0.3 km to 2.0 km wide, and 2.0 km long. The Mn beds range from 2.0 m up to 7.0 m thick (average of
Tsagaan Nuur
51ø14'N
51 14 00N
99 23 00 E
Average grade of 25% P2O5. Resources of 150 million tonnes.
I' lin, 1973; Yu.A. Borzakovsky and E.A.Suprunov, written commun., 1990; Byamba, 1996.
Consists of a phosphorite horizon occurring in the western edge of the Hubsugul basin. The phosphorite bench occurs in lower part of the Vendian-Middle Cambrian Hubsugul Series. Six main phosphorite beds occur. The thickness of some beds ranges from 2 to
Saihangol
Grade of 4.0-36.72% MnO, 3.2-21.88% Fe2O3. Resources of 293 million tonnes ore with 65 million tonnes Mn, 43 million tonnes Fe.
C.A. Kiselov and others, written commun., 1959.
Consists of pyrolusite and minor hematite in siliceous layers in carbonate of the Early Cambrian Khoridol Formation. Main deposit mineral is pyrolusite with minor hematite. The host rock containing the pyrolusite siliceous beds ranges from 10-20 m thick.
Hubsugul
50ø41'N
50 41 00N
100ø10'E
100 10 00E
Grade of 20-40% P2O5. Production of 632.9 million tonnes.
Muzalevskii, 1970; I'lin, 1973; Byamba, 1996.
Consists of up to five phosphorite beds that alternate with dolomite, limestone, chert, aleurolite, and argillite in a phosphorite-bearing zone. The phosphorite beds range from 5 to 50 m thick, generally occur with carbonate rock, and form mainly aphanit
Bagatsagaan gol
ERROR 50ø41'
50 41 00 N
ERROR 100ø05'
100 05 00 E
Reserves of 293 million tonnes ore, and 65 million tonnes Mn with average grade of 20% Mn. Reserves of 43 million tonnes Fe with average grade of 13.9% Fe.
Zaitev and others, 1984.
Consists of Mn-  and  Fe-bearing  siliceous  horizon occurring  above  phosphate -bearing  horizons  in  the  Khesen  Fotmation  of  Vendian  to  Lower  Cambrian  age.  The  length  of  the  horizon  is  up  to  30 km.   The  thickness  of  manganese-bea
Oshurkovskoye
ERROR 51ø57'
51 57 N
ERROR 107ø27'
107 27 E
Dzhida-Selenginskiy
Apatite
Average grade of 4.1% P2O5.
Litvinovsky and others, 1998.
Deposits consists of apatite in plutonic sheeted complex and occurs in concordant, lenses, plates and dikes of coarse- and medium-grained alkaline gabbro and syenite. Apatite occurs in alkaline gabbro and is available ubiquitously with average grade P2O5
104ø22'E
104 22 00E.
Dzid-Selenginskiy
Soil anomaly with 0.002-1.5 g/t Au, 10.0-100.0 g/t Ag, 0.006-0.2% Pb, 0.02-0.06% Zn, 0.01-0.08% As.
L. P. Alaev and others, written commun., 1985.
Hosted in early Paleozoic Jid Complex granite intruded by Jurassic granite. Consists of pyrite-galena-quartz veins, beresite alteration zones, and quartz veinlets zones. Occurrence cut by a sublongitudinal-trending fault with western and eastern parts. V
Oyuut Uul
49ø38'N
49 38 00N
106ø11'E
106 11 00E
Up to1.5-2.16% Cu.
Sotnikov and others, 1985; Polishuk and others, 1961; B. Purevsuren and others, written commun., 1986.
Consists of sulfide-bearing fault fractured, mylonitized and silica-altered zone in Permian volcanic rock. Host volcanic rock is white and contain pyrite and chalcopyrite disseminations and malachite and azurite coatings. Samples contains 1.5-2.16% Cu an
Bots
105ø37'E
105 37 00E
Basaltic Cu (Lake Superior type)
Grade of 0.05-1.08% Cu. Average grade of 0.3 g/t Au.
V.I. Ushakov and others, 1965; L.P. Alaev and others, written commun.,1985.
Consists  Cu mineralization developed in Upper  Permian  to  Lower  Triassic  amygdaloidal   porphyrites  and  their  tuffs.    Copper  mineralization  extends  for  4.0 km.  Host  porphyrites  are  intruded  by  diabase  dikes  of  thickness  2.0 - 3.0
Malo-Oinogorskoye
50 18 N
ERROR 103ø38'
103 38 E
Mo-porphyry
Filko and Kuzmin, 1988; Pokalov and Vasin, 1978; Petrovskaya and Spirddonov, 1977; Khodanovich, 1995.
Consists of a large steeply-dipping linear stockwork (1650 x 300-400 m, 560 m deep), NW elongated. It occurs in exo-partly endocontact of granite porphyry (Early Jurassic-12) of the intrusive of fracture type. Deposit consists of molybdenite, pyrite, pyr
Dzhidinskoe district
ERROR 50ø19'
50 19 N
ERROR 103ø21'
103 21 E
Mo (Be, Pb, Cu, Zn)
Grade in stockwork ores of 0.16-0.18% WO3, in vein bodies 0.5-1.0% WO3. Average age grade of 0.1-0.15% Mo, 0.3-0.5% Pb, 0.3% Cu, up to 2,8 ppm Au, up to 315 ppm Ag. Prospected to 700 m depth.
Besova, 1932; Kushnarev, 1954; Povilaitis, 1960; Ignatovich, 1961; Malinovsky, 1962; Ontoev, 1974; Scheglov and others, 1978; Reif and Bazheev, 1982;. Feofilaktov, 1980; Smolyansky and Ignatovich, 1982; Dzhida ore region, 1984; Mokhosoev, 1984, Gordienko
Occurs in three areas in the apical part of a small Triassic granite massif. The Pervomayskoye stockwork Mo deposit (620x540 m) is mushroom-shaped, and extends to a depth of 240-250 m. Ore consists of molybdenite, pyrite, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, bismut
Tomor tolgoi
49ø18'N
49 18 00N
106ø10'E
106 10 00E
Grade of 52.4-54.8% Fe. Reserves of 25 million tonnes.
Filippova and others, 1977; Podlessky and others, 1988; N.A. Chebotarev and others, written commun., 1990.
Consists of Fe skarn hosted by Vendian to Early Cambrian siliceous and mica schist with marbled limestone and dolomite horizons, intruded by Middle to Late Cambrian diorite and Permian(?) (or Devonian(?)) granite, granosyenite and syenite. These rock is
Tavt
50ø07'N
50 07 00N
102ø26'E
102 26 00E
Resources of 12 million tonnes ore.
V.S. Tsyba and others, written commun., 1990; Jargalsaihan and others, 1996.
Hosted mainly in early Paleozoic gabbro and granitoids with xenoliths of Vendian to Early Cambrian limestone that are intruded by Late Permian granitoids of the Selenge Complex and by early Mesozoic granitoid stocks and dikes of the Orkhon Intrusive Comp
Serten
49ø04'N
49 04 00N
105ø33'E
105 33 00E
Grade of 0.02-0.2% Cu, 10.0-50.0 g/t Ag.
B. Batroom and others, written commun., 1992.
Consists of lenses of skarn that occur along a contact between Neoproterozoic limestone xenoliths of the Darkhan series that is intruded by Cambrian gabbro and peridotite. The skarn lenses occur from 50 m to 200 m apart in an area 700 by 20 by 40 m. The
Khotol
105ø31'E
105 31 00E
Average grade of 0.1% Ni, 0.05% Co.
B.N. Podkolzin and others, written commun., 1990.
Consists of a peridotite horizon 70.0 x 10.0-20 m cut by horizontal pyrrhotite stringers 1-2 mm thick. Host rock is Middle Cambrian bedded peridotite, gabbro and massive gabbro and diorite that intrudes Neoproterozoic Limestone of the Darkhan Series. Sam
Baruunburen
ERROR 49ø17'
49 17 00 N
ERROR 104ø41'
104 41 00 E
Maximum grade of 0.13-0.38% Cu.
D. Garamjav and others, written commun.,1972.
Consists of  weak  impregnation  of  native  copper,  malachite,  cuprite,  azurite  in  quartz-epidote  veins.  Host rocks are  Upper  Permian  to  Lower  Triassic  andesite  porphyry,  basalticandesite,  basalt  porphyry,  tuffconglomerate  and  tuff.
Arsentievskoye
ERROR 51ø16'
51 16 N
ERROR 106ø46'
106 46  E
Fe, P, V
Grade of 5.11-6.04% Ti02 for disseminated ores; 7.73-9.28% TiO2 for thickly disseminated ores; 13.3.8% for compact ores.
Smirnov and Perelygina, 1959; Bogatikov, 1965; Tarasova, 1968.
Deposit occurs in differentiated intrusion of the medium and basic composition (gabbro, gabbro-anorthosites, syenites) of the Caledonian age lying between orthogneisses. Ilmenite-magnetite ores within the massif occur in the band of gabbro and gabbro-ano
Urt
48 38 30N
106ø32'E
106 32 20E
North Hentii 2
Average grade of 18.9 g/t Au. Resources of 363 kg Au.
N.E. Nevzorov and others, written commun., 1933; V. V. Taranin and others, written commun., 1965.
Consists of two quartz veins that occur in middle Palaeozoic rhyolite subvolcanic body. The size of NW-trending vein was 200 x 0.25-0.56 m. No data for second vein is absent. The average grade is 18.9 g/t Au.The first vein is mined out by openpit and 5 a
Boroo 4
48ø46'N
48 45 45N
106 09 30E.
North Hentii 1
Average grade of 12.9 g/t Au. Resource of 478 kg Au.
Blagonravov and Shabalovskii, 1977; V.N. Loginov, written commun.,1956, R. Khennel and others, written commun., 1968.
The  deposit  represents  NNW-oriented,  steep  ( 50 - 600 )  to  east  dipping,  140 m  long  and  1.3 m  thick  quartz  vein  localised  in  contact  between  Lower  Paleozoic    the  Boroogol  granodiorite  in  east  and  Devonian  age  the  Ikh  Tash
Boroo 7
48 47 00N
106ø05'E
106 04 30E
Average grade of 9.0 g/t Au. Resource of 350 kg Au.
V.N. Loginov, written commun., 1956; R.R. Khennel and others, written commun., 1968; Blagonravov and Shabalovskii, 1977.
The  deposit  represents  quartz  vein  of  length  200 m  and  of  thickness  0.4 - 1.0 m  (the average  0.93 m ),  localised  in  Lower  Palaeozoic  sandstone-shale  formation  of  the  Khara  Group,  intruded  by  Early  Mesozoic  age  granite  porphy
Teshig 1
49 58 40N
102ø29'E
102 28 55E
Fe,Ag,Cu
Skarn contains 0.1-1.0 g/t Au with average grade of 0.5 g/t Au. Magnetite bodies average 0.3% Cu, up to 0.5 g/t Au (average 0.1 g/t Au). Average grade of 0.12% Cu in skarn without magnetite.
L.P. Alaev and others, written commun., 1985.
Hosted in Vendian to Early Cambrian volcanic and sedimentary rock of the Buuraltai Unit that is intruded by gabbro quartz syenite of the Late Permian Selenge Complex, and by various early Mesozoic dikes and stocks. Deposit is a Cu-Au magnetite-garnet-epi
Boroo
48ø45'N
48 45 00N .
106 09 00E
Average grade of 3.0 g/t Au. Resource of  40.0 tonnes Au.
Blagonravov and Shabalovskii, 1977; Dejidmaa, 1985; N.N. Loginov, written commun., 1956; R. Barsbold and others, written commun.,1960; R. Khenel and others, written commun., 1968, 1970 , G. Choren and others, written commun., 1986, 1988.
Occurs along a major sub-latitudinal fault zone that dips gently north and cuts sedimentary rock in the early Paleozoic Khara Group the early Paleozoic Borogol granitoid complex. These rocks are intruded by early Mesozoic gabbro, diabase, and diorite dik
Baavgait
ERROR 48ø37'
48 37 00 N
ERROR 106ø30'
106 30 00 E
North-Khentii
Grade of 15.0-25.0 g/t Au, 25.0 g/t Ag.
N. E. Nebzorov and others, written commun., 1933, Popov and others, 1962; A. Kampe and others, written comun.,1968.
The  deposit  mined  out  in  1913 - 1919  by  "Mongolor"  joint  venture.    It  was  presented  2  quartz  veins   localised    in  Middle  Palaeozoic  rhyolite  subvolcanic  body.  Sub-latitudinal  oriented  and  dipping  to  north  ( dipping  angle
Sujigt
48 34 40N
106ø31'E
106 31 00E
Resources of 2918.2 kg Au, 975.1 kg Ag
R. Kruse and others, written commun., 1970; Jargalsaihan and others, 1996.
Consists of quartz veins and stockwork that occurs along a NE-striking, minor fault altered zone that cuts early Paleozoic granite and granodiorite of the Boroogol Complex. The fault zone is a part of the Sujigtgol regional fault and occurs between a mid
Serten-Nomgon
Average grade of 0.275% Cu, 0.54 g/t Pt+Pd.
Ts. Gundsambuu and others, written commun., 1992.
Consists of lenses of chalcopyrite, magnetite and ilmenite in a Middle Cambrian bedded gabbro stock. The stock consists of gabbro and norite, troctolite, olivine gabbro, anorthosite, gabbro and diorite. Chalcopyrite, magnetite and ilmenite disseminations
Tsagaanchuluut
Grade of 9-10 g/t Au. Resources of 1.0 tonne.
N.N. Loginov, written commun., 1956; Barsbold and others, 1960; R. Khenel and others, written commun.,1968, 1970; Blagonravov and Shabalovskii, 1977; Dejidmaa, 1985; G. Choren and others, written commun., 1986, 1988.
Consists of a sublatitudinal-trending, gently (20-350) to N dipping quartz vein with a thickness of 0.6 m to 3.5 m (average 0.98 m) and of length 220 m on-striking extension and 160 m on dipping extension. Host rock is the early Paleozoic contact metamor
Narantolgoi
48 34 30N
105 55 50E.
Average grade of 8.2 g/t Au. Reserves of 177,343 tonnes. Resources of 440,000 tonnes.
B.R. Khennel and others, written commun., 1970; Lagonravov and Shabalovskii, 1977.
Consists of parallel quartz veins in early Paleozoic sandstone and shale of the Kharaa Group that is intruded by an early Mesozoic granodiorite stock. Deposit contains the Main and the Parallel veins and lesser veins that strike sublongitudinally. The Ma
Naranskoye
ERROR 51ø02'
51 02 N
ERROR 105ø44'
105 44 E
Average grade of 31% CaF2. Prospected to depth of 350 m.
Kremlyakov, 1970; Teterin, 1971; Teterin and Arkhipchuk, 1971; Kozhemyachenko and others, 1972; Bulnaev, 1995.
Consists of 17 steeply-dipping veins, 9 of these are largest (600-1200 x 1,0-4,6x170-300 m). Two morophological types: veins of filling and zones of crushing, locally combined in the same structure. In mineral composition this is quartz-fluorite type: ma
Zalaat
49ø51'N
49 51 00N
102ø01'E
102 01 00E
Egiingol
Reserves of 91.2 tonnes grading 3.8% asbestos.
Pinus and others, 1984; Kleiner and others, 1977; Kuznetsov and others, 1986; Jargalsaihan and others, 1996.
Hosted in a serpentine melange in dunite and peridotite. Deposit consists of chrysotile-asbestos in variably serpentinized alpine ultramafic rock. Deposit occurs in the central part of the intrusive in a lens extends NE. In the ultramafic massif are two
Saikhan (Bor Khujir)
106ø13'E
106 13 00E
W, Sn (Be)
Average grade of 0.58% REE. Resources of 12,432 tonnes W, 5940 tonnes Be, 13,355 tonnes Sn, 1215 tonnes Ag.
Kovalenko and others, 1984
Consists of beryl, wolframite and cassiterite in lepidolite-albite and microcline-albite granite, that occur in granite leucogranite granite. Quartz-beryl veins and lenses are 0.5x10 m,and quartz-wolframite veins 0.5 x 300 m. Granite is altered to a dept
ERROR 48ø21'
48 20 40 N
ERROR 106ø10'
106 09 50 E
Grade of 1.0-2.0 g/t Au.
Ts. Baadai and others, written commun., 1989.
Deposit occurs in  a  sub-longitudinal  oriented  fault  weak  zone  of  length  1300 m  and  of  width  550 - 650 m,  in  the  Lower  Palaeozoic  granite  of  the  Boroogol  complex.  The  zone  hosts  granite-aplite  and  diorite  porphyry  dykes,  qua
Erdenetiin Ovoo
49ø00'N
49 00 00N
104ø08'E
104 08 00E
Grade of 0.8-7.6 g/t, Cu, 0.001%-0.76% Mo. Reserves of 10,851,000 tonnes Cu and 167,073 tonnes Mo.
Yakovlev, 1977; Gavrilova and others, 1984, 1989; Sotnikov and others, 1985; Koval and Gerel, 1986; Gerel, 1989; Dejidmaa, 1996; Lamb and Cox, 1998.
Consists of stockwork veinlets and veins of quartz, chalcopyrite  and molybdenite in, or near granodiorite porphyry of Selenge Complex. The size of the stockwork at the surface is 2800 m by 300-1300 m  and the primimary deposit dimensions are 1000 m by 6
Khujiryngol
49ø08'N
49 08 20N
103ø39'E
103 39 00E
Grade of 0.01-3.0% Cu, 0.1-8.0% Pb, 0.03-0.5% Zn, 1.0-60.0 g/t Ag, 0.001-0.005% W, locally up to 0.01% W.
R.N. Goncharov and others, written commun., 1986.
Consists of widely distributed veins, stringers and breccia consisting of quartz, tourmaline-quartz and quartz-chlorite. They form a linear stockwork zone. Deposit minerals are chalcopyrite, pyrite, hematite, magnetite, native copper, malachite, azurite,
Tsagaan dabaa
106ø04'E
106 04 00E
Sn, Be
Resource of 3,497 tonnes WO3. Grade ranges from 0.1-12.6% WO3.
Consists of quartz-wolframite veins and zones that occur in a multistage Late Triassic-Early Jurassic granite pluton. Veins mainly occur in the central elevated part of pluton that consists of fine-to medium-grained biotite and leucocratic granite. The v
Shand
48 46 30N
104ø13'E
104 13 00E
Grade of 0.1-0.5% Cu, 0.0001%-0.1% Mo. Probable reserves of 500,000 tonnes Cu.
V.P. Arsentev and others, written commun., 1985.
Consists of a Cu sulfide zone with surface dimensions of 350 by 1100 m. The zone occurs in the SW and western part and along the contact of a granodiorite porphyry stock. Deposit minerals are chalcopyrite, molybdenite, sphalerite, galena, magnetite and h
Zuunturuu gol
48 52 30N
103ø36'E
103 36 00E
Average grade of 0.11% Cu, up to 0.68% Cu, 9.0-26.0 g/t Ag.
D. Tovuudorj and others, written commun., 1971.
Consists of 24 small quartz-epidote replacement lenses in andesite porphyry and tuff of Permian Khanui Seri formation. Native copper disseminations and malachite, azurite coatings occur in the lenses. Area is cut by faults that strike NW and NE and by sy
Bulgan
48ø52'N
48 52 00N
103ø31'E
103 31 00E
Grade of 0.02-1.0% Cu-0.0008-0.003% Pb.
Tovuudorj and others, 1971; E. Burentogs and others, written commun., 1982.
Consists of Cu mineralization  in  lens-like  quartz  -epidote  veins  and  veinlets hosted by Upper  Permian  Khanui Seri volcanic rocks. The volcanics are andesite, basaltic andesite  and tuff  cut  by  a  series  of  dikes  of  diorite  porphyry,  sye
Bumbat
48ø16'N
48 16 25N
104ø34'E
104 33 30E
Probable resource of 16 tonnes Au. Grade ranges from  0.1-50.9 g/t Au,  0.5-8.9 g/t Ag.
B. Purevsuren and others, written commun., 1992; Sh. Enkhbaatar and others, written commun., 1993; Jargalsaihan and others, 1996; D. Terra and others, written commun., 1996; Enkhbaatar, 1998.
Consists of quartz veins in schist, amphibolite, and quartzite of the Zaamar Formation. The main vein strikes NE, dips steeply SE, is approximately 1.0 km long, ranges from 0.91 m to 8.26 m wide, and extends to 300 m below depth. Ore minerals are pyrite,
Baikalskoye
ERROR 51ø55'
51 55 N
ERROR 103ø00'
103 00 E
Sharizhalgaiskiy
Estimated reserves and resources to depth 1200 m are 288.8 million tonnes with average grade of 27.42% Fe.
Uchitel and others, 1967, 1968; Shafeev and others, 1977; Saraev, 1972; Drobyshevsky and others, written commun.,;,1986; V.M. Speshilov and others, written commun., 1971.
Deposit consists of  25 ore-bearing beds (150-3300 x 6-67 x 600-800m) of  ferriferous quartzites in the sunclinal fold. The ore-bearing sequence consists of alternating crystalline schists and charnokites (AR1). There are two types of  ores: (1) quartz-p
Ormiin Tsagaan nuur
48ø48'N
48 48 00N
102ø55'E
102 55 00E
North  Mongolian
Grade of 0.001-0.01% Cu. :ocal rare grade of 0.1% Cu.
B. Gurlkhaajav and others, written commun., 1974.
Consists of weak Cu minerals in altered Late Permian rhyolite and dacite porphyry, their tuffs, tuffbreccia and ignimbrite of the Khustai unit, intruded by syenite porphyry, quartz porphyry stocks and granite and felsite dikes. Zones of intensive breccia
Nariin-gol
48 06 07N
104ø25'E
104 25 25E
Grade of 9.25-10.13 g/t Au, 2.48 g/t Ag. Reserves of 1.3 tonnes.
Enkhbaatar,1998; Sh. Enkhbaatar and others, written commun., 1994.
Occurs in the SW nose of the Zaamar anticline axis hinge consisting mostly of the Zaamar Formation of early Paleozoic the Kharaa Group. This unit consists of amphibolite facies clastic rock with rare horizons of mafic composition volcanic rock (the lower
Slyudyanskoe
ERROR 51ø38'
51o38'N
ERROR 103ø43'
103o43'E
Prisayanskiy
Phlogopite
apatite (wollastonite, diopside)
Phlogopite skarn
Range of 5-50% raw phlogopite.
Kalinin and others, 1939,1957; Korzhynskaya, 1958, Jorzhinsky, 1947; Sherman, 1969; Kalin and Markov, 1939; Chulkov and Yanchukovsky, 1962; Zamaraev, 1981q
Consists of 130 small bodies that are subdivided into 3 morphological genetic types. (1) veins (19 x 0.7 x 33 m) (main economic type), confined to transverse fractures or shears. Bodies consist of diopside (30%), scapolite (18%), phlogopite (50%), pargas
Ereen
48 37 20N
106 31 30E
Average grade of 19.2 g/t Au. Reserves of 361 kg Au.
A.I. Popov and others, written commun., 1962; A.,Kampe and others, written commun., 1968;Jargalsaihan and others 1996.
Consists of two quartz veins that occur in a middle Palaeozoic rhyolite subvolcanic body. Quartz veins are surrounded by weak alteration halos. Vein 1 strikes NE and dips gently (35-45) SE, is 500 m long, and the thickness ranges from few cm to 1 m (aver
Tomortei
107ø16'E
107 16 00E
Grade of 0.06-2.2% Fe, 0.01 -0.03% P. Reserves of 188 million tonnes ore grading 50.4-54.8% Fe.
Filippova and Vydrin, 1977; N.A. Chebotarev and others, written commun., 1990.
Consists of ten lenses and layers of magnetite skarn in Late Riphean Darkhan Group metasandstone, schist, dolomite and dolomite-altered limestone. The bodies occur in a 1.0 x 6.0 km area at the southern contact of Permian(?) (or Devonian) syenite and gra
Bayangol 3
ERROR 49ø36'
49 36 00 N
107ø01'E
107 01 00E
Reserves of 110 tonnes ore grading 34.6-57.1% Fe.
Filippova and others, 1977; N.A. Chebotarev and others, written commun.,1990.
Consists of a magnetite skarn in the late Riphean Darkhan Group with sandstone, shale, and limestone. Deposit occurs along NW and SE branches of NE-trending Bayangol fault zone. Host rocks are locally, intensively replaced by an epidote-albite-actinolite
Oyut tolgoi 3
49ø39'N
49 38 55N
106ø39'E
106 38 30E
Fe-Cu-Au
Grade of 4.0-9.0g/t Au, 40.0-73.0 g/t Ag, 0.003-0.022% B in skarn. Range of 120.0-1570.0 g/t Au in monofraction sulphides samples. In channel samples, average grade of -0.38-3.75% Cu, -0.04-0.53% S, 0.01-0.1% B.
Buryblin and others, 1959; Podlessky and others, 1988; B.N. Podkolzin and others, written commun.,1990.
Occurrence hosted in Vendian to Early Cambrian marble, dolomite, schist and quartzite (chert) intruded by early Palaeozoic ultramafic rock, peridotite, pyroxenite, gabbro, diorite. Monzonite and quartzic syenite are formed in contact between diorite and
Bulagtai
104 22 00E
Not available. Mined out.
Consists of W-Mo-quartz veins related to the Bulagtai granite pluton and occur in the contact with host rocks.
Ara-Ilinskoe
ERROR 50ø56'
50 56 N
ERROR 113ø17'
113 17 E
Onon-Turinskiy
As, Ag, Bi
Fogelman, 1964, 1968; G.V.Shubin, 1984.
Consists veinlets and stockwork that are hosted in a cryptovolcanic diatreme that contains extrusive units (trachyliparites), subvolcanic bodies (dikes of quartz porphyries, diorite porphyry, and diorite stock), and explosive units (breccia with clasts o
Lubavinskoye
49 38 06N
ERROR 112ø10'
112o10'E
Grade from a few to several hundred ppm Au.
Bindeman, 1968; Kitaev, 1977; Shubin, 1984.
Consists of saddle-shaped gold-quartz veins, dikes and local stockwork. The veins are subdivided into extensive veins that extend some hundred m that dip steeply and short brecciated veins that extend tens of m and dip gently. The former occur in shears
Gurvanbulag
49 02 00N
113ø58'E
113 58 00E
Volcanic-hosted U
Reserves of 16,500 tonnes U grading 0.172% U.
Jargalsaihan and others, 1996; Ochirbat, 1998.
Consists of 17 U bodies in a Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous volcanic and sedimentary rock sequence. Bodies have an average thickness of 3.5 m and occur in two tabular beds in an area of 3 sq. km. Host rock consist of 100-400 m thick sequence of tuffac
Baruunkhujirtyn gol
ERROR 49ø18'
49 18 00 N
ERROR 112ø43'
112 42 30 E
Up to 5.0 g/t Au.
B.V. Shekin and others, written commun.,1985
The  occurrence  is  localised  in  sub-latitudinal  oriented  tectonic  weak  fault  zone  that  is  the  border  between  the  Ereendavaa  uplift  and  the  Mesozoic  graben.   The  territory  of  the  occurrence  consists  of  Proterozoic  metamorphic
Shumilovskoe
ERROR 50ø08'
50o08'NN
ERROR 110ø03'
110o03'
Onon-Chikoiskiy
Sn, (Mo, Bi)
Average grade of 0.28% WO3 in greisen, 0.85% WO3 in quartz vein.
Gaivoronsky, 1995; Levitsky, 1964; Omeljanenko and others, 1973; Getmansky, Chernov, 1976; Skursky, 1996.
Contains 30 W greisen bodies and 50 quartz-wolframite-cassiterite veins with dimensions of 10 by 700 by 0.2 m. The greisen body has dimensions of 600 by 500 m, is concealed and dips gently to 70 to 140 m depth. The greisen occurs in a superdomal zone tha
Kunaleiskoye
5018 N
ERROR 110ø01'
110 01 E
Grade of 0.8-2.0% WO3.
Grigoriev and Dolomanova, 1955; Grigoriev, 1957; Dolomanova, 1959; Scheglov, 1966; Barabanov, 1975; Skursky, 1996.
Consists of 50 variably-trending, steeply-dipping quartz volframite veins (20-400x0.05-1.2 m) in the exocontact of stock (700-400 m) of granite porphyry (Early and Middle Jurassic). The major depsit minerals are wolframite and scheelite. Minor minerals a
Delberkhei bulag
112ø16'E
112 16 00E.
Au-Fe
Grade of 0.1-8.0 g/t Au.
B.A. Blagonravov and others, written commun., 1968; B.V. Shekin and others, written commun., 1985, S. Chuluunsukh and others, written commun., 1988.
The  territory  of  the  occurrence  occupies  10  sq. km  area  consisting  of  Permian  granite.  There  are  hematite,  quartz - hematite,  chlorite - hematite - quartz  and  quartz - tourmaline - hematite  mineralised  zones  localised  in  NW-orient
Narsan hundlun
112ø32'E
112 32 00E
Resources of 30,000 tonnes grading 0.4-0.5% Sn. Resources of 25,000 tonnes grading 0.3-10% Sn.
Khasin, 1977, Jargalsaihan and others, 1996.
Consists of quartz-chlorite and quartz-tourmaline metasomatite developed along small-scale faults in the Jurassic granite pluton that intrudes Devonian volcanic rock. The Sn content varies from 0.01 to 9.0%. Different types of deposition separated spatia
Ikh-Khajuu
49ø15'N
49 15 00N
109ø40'E
109 40 00E
Reserves of 30, 000-40,000tonnes grading 1-5% asbestos.
Consists of cassiterite-wolframite veins, veinlets, and greisen that occur along the contact of granite pluton and host Devonian-Early Carboniferous clastic rock. Deposit occurs in tectonic breccia and mylonite with fragments of granite and schist in a d
Zuuntartsgol
49ø10'N
49 10 00N
109ø35'E
109 35 00E
Mo, Be
Grade of 0.03% W, 022-2.65% Sn, 0. 003% Mo. Resources of 89.4 tonnes Sn, 35.9 tonnes WO3.
Consists of complex wolframite-cassiterite veins related to Jurassic granite pluton. Pluton consists of two mica leucocratic granite and granite porphyry, often with tourmaline. There are four types of veins: the most common are quartz-wolframite veins w
Upper Kumyr
49ø20'N
49 20 00N
Production of 877 tonnes Sn, 1,022 tonnes WO3.
Consists of quartz-wolframite, quartz-wolframite-cassiterite and quartz-molybdenite-beryl veins that occur at the contact along and in a granite pluton. The veins occurring in the granite pluton are bordered by a greisen zone that ranges up to 5-7 cm thi
Bom-Gorhonskoye
ERROR 51ø18'
51 18 N
ERROR 109ø20'
109 20 E
Khilokskiy
Grade of 0.5-1.0% WO3.
V.I.Sizykh, 1995; N.A.Ageev, U.A.Korchagin, 1975; A.A.Belogolovkin, 1977; D.O.Ontoev, 1974; Barabanov, 1975; Skursky, 1996.
Consists of a series of gently-dipping quartz-hubnerite veins that occur in three extended subparallel areas. The veins contain quartz (to 85 to 95%), large-tabular hubnerite (to 5 to 10 cm), muscovite, molybdenite, and fluorite. Less widespread are pyri
Bayanzurkh
ERROR 48ø09'
48 08 35 N
ERROR 111ø28'
111 27 45 E
Grade of 0.01-0.4 g/t Au, locally 1.0 -6.0 g/t Au, 2.0-40.0 g/t Ag, locally 500 g/t Ag, up to 0.02-0.03% Mo; up to 0.2% Zn, up to 0.05% Pb.
V.A. Bublik and others, written commun.,1990.
The  territory  of  the  occurrence  consists  of  early  Paleozoic  granite  of  the  Kherlen  complex  and  overlaying  on  the  latter  Permian  acidic  volcanics  of  the  Gazar Formation.  There  are  wide  distributed  NE-oriented,  steep  SE - dip
Khavtgai
48ø02'N
48 02 00N
111ø22'E
111 22 04E
Grade of 32.78-48.41% CaF2. Reserves of 252,000 tonnes, resources of 50,000 tonnes.
Ts.Tseden. written commun., 1990.
Consists of quartz-fluorite veins in a NE-trending, steeply-dipping zone of silica and kaolinite alteration in a late Paleozoic granitoid. Bodies vary from 2-6 m thick and several hundred m long. Major minerals are fluorite, quartz, kaolinite, and calcit
Tarbaldzheiskoe
49o46'N
ERROR 112ø29'
112o29'E
Pb, Sn, W
Grade of 0.75% Sn, 0.5-16% Pb; 1.6-24% Zn; 0.05-0.3% WO3.
Smirnov, 1937; Radkevich, 1941; Ontoev, 1960.
Consists of three stockworks and a series of veins. The largest stockwork is 350-400 m wide and 400-800 m long. The stockworks consists of: thin subparallel veinlets with quartz, cassiterite and arsenopyrite and rare fluorite, topaz, muscovite, pyrite, w
Tsagaanchuluut khudag II
49 27 30N
113ø24'E
113 24 00E
Up to 10.0-30.0 g/t Au.
Togtokh and others, 1974; Schekin and others, 1985.
Occurs along a sublatitudinal weak fault zone that occurs between Proterozoic basement and a late Mesozoic graben. Deposit consists of a zone of quartz breccia, veinlets and crystalline and porcelain quartz veins. The veins and breccia are variably-trend
Ugtam
49 16 07N
113ø49'E
113 48 55E
Contains up to 1.0 g/t Au.
A.I. Gusev and others, written commun., 1978.
Consists of 10 quartz-fluorite-sulfide breccia bodies in a brecciated, silica-altered zone in Mesozoic felsic volcanic rock. The zone follows the NW-trending Ugtam fault. Breccia bodies are 0.1-20 m thick and occur in area 1.2 km by 380 m. The grade of A
Khapcheranga
ERROR 49ø44'
49 44 N
ERROR 112ø21'
112 21E
Pb, Zn, W
Grade of 0.75% Sn, 0.3-25% Pb, 1-25% Zn, 0.01-0.17% Cd, 11-600 ppm Ag . Production of over 10,000 tonnes of metal. Deposit prospected to the depth 475 m; developed to 400 m depth.
Temeretskaya, 1939; Radkevich, 1947; Rudakobva, 1973; Smirnov, 1937; Ontoev, 1974; Gongalsky and Sergeev, 1995; Skursky, 1996.
Consists of 20 extensive (to 1100 m)  veins with thickness of 0.4-0.5 m, in swells 1.5-2.0 m in steeply-dipping shears with a NWN strike, and 50 small, variably-trending veins on the southern flank of the deposit. Major minerals are cassiterite, arsenopy
Emtinbulag
113 02 00E
Grade of 70-80% BaSO4.
Kleiner and others, 1977; Togtokh and Gansukh, 1973; Shaandar and others, written commun., 1992.
Consists of quartz-barite and barite veins in fine-grained biotite granite. The barite occurrence stlikes NE, is 10-60 m long, and 1-2-m thick. The barite is nodular to laminated and ranges up to 15x20 cm thick. The age of the deposit is interpreted as e
Tsairyn
49 11 20N
113ø43'E
113 42 30E
Ag, Pb, Zn, Cu
Up to 20 g/t Au, up to 1.0 kg/t Ag, up to 1.0-11.0% Pb, up to 1.0% Zn, up to 0.8%  Cu.
Ts. Tseden, written commun., 1990.
Consists of gold and other minerals in a steeply-dipping silica- and sulfide alteration zone following a fault. Host rock is Proterozoic schist, marbled limestone and gneiss in the Mesozoic Ugtam volcano-tectonic structure. Deposit extends 200 m down-dip
Bayandun
49 14 50 N
ERROR 113ø22'
113 22 20 E
Grade of 25% Fe, 4-7.1% Zn. Reserves of 240,000 tonnes ore.
D. Dorjgotov, written commun., 1990; Jargalsaihan and others, 1996.
Consists of numerous, steeply-dipping lenticular bodies of Fe Zn skarn that occurs along the contact between Devonian limestone and early Mesozoic subalkaline granite. The size of skarn bodies ranges from 40 by 100m to 100 by 800m. The bodies extend 100
Novo-Shirokinskoye
ERROR 51ø36'
51o36'N
ERROR 118ø42'
118o42'E
Pb, Au
Zn, Ag, Cu, Cd, In, Se, Te
Average grade of 3.53% Pb, 1.35% Zn, 3.11 ppm Au, 62 ppm Ag ; 0.25% Cu, 3.47 ppm Cd, 9.77 ppm In, 3.75 ppm Se, 6.44 ppm Te.
Kormilitsyn and Ivanova, 1968; Sanin and Zorina, 1980; Tauson, Gundobin, Zorina, 1987.
Consists of a thick metasomatic zone of listvenite-beresite and sulfides that occurs in en-echelon branching bodies. The zone is hosted in trachyandesite latite volcanic rock that is intruded by small stocks and dikes of diorite porphyry, granodiorite po
Zapokrovskoye
ERROR 50ø49'
50 49 N
ERROR 119ø10'
119 10 E
Carbonate-hosted As-Au metasomatite
Grade of  6.93% As in primary ore, from 2.2-9.65% As in oxidized ore.
Smirnov, 1961; Zavorotnykh and Titov, 1963.
Consists of various bodies As-Au minerals that occur in fractured veins, pillars, pipes, nests and lenses that are hosted in carbonate rock, primarily along the contacts between marble and schist and other sedimentary rock. The bodies occur along faults
Gurulevskoe
ERROR 50ø48'
50 48 N
Average grade of 8.4% As, 17.4 ppm Ag, range of 1.0-15.14 ppm Au.
Consists of steeply dipping veins in carbonate rock (often along contacts with dikes of granite porphyry and lamprophyre). The bodies strike over 370 m and downdip for 320 m, and thickness varies from 3 m to a few mm. The major ore minerals are pyrite an
Oktjabrskoye
ERROR 50ø47'
50o47'N
119o10'E
Pb, An, Ag, In, Cd, Ga, Ge, Tl
Average grade of 6.3% As, 3.7% Pb, 4.4% Zn.
Zavorotnykh and Titov, 1963.
Consists of a major vein confined to the fracture of shearing in carbonate rock and a large number of lenticular subparallel quartz veins. The dimensions of bodies over strike 80-100 m, dipping 250 m, thickness 2-3 m. Predominant deposit minerals are ars
Delmachik
ERROR 115ø43'
115 43 E
Shilkinsko-Tukuringrskiy
Sb, Bi, Te
Grading from units to tens ppm Au.
Fogelman, 1968; Gorzhevsky and Fogelman, 1970; Tomofeevskiy, 1972.
The deposit is confined to a thick zone of mylonitized volcanics (J2-3) in place of its intersection with dyke-like body of quartz porphyries. The main commercial type of ore is stockwork-disseminated mineralisation in brecciated and fractured rocks. Thi
Taseyevskoe
ERROR 51ø34'
51o34'N
ERROR 116ø38'
116o38'E
Ag, Sb, Se, Te, Hg
Range of a few ppm to some hundred ppm Au.
Petrovskaya and others, 1961; Yurgenson and Grabeklis, 1995; Skursky, 1996.
Occurs on border ofe Baleysky deposit and is part of a multi-root deposit, with bodies located at different depths. Consists of large steeply-dipping deposits, each consisting of "trunk" extensive veins and a series of small veins and veinlets accompanie
Baleyskoe
51 34 N
ERROR 116ø37'
116 37 E
AGg Sb, Se, Te, Hg
Grade of a few ppm to several hundred ppm Au.
Petrovskaya and others, 1961; Yurgenson and Grabeklis, 1995; M.D.Sursky, 1996.
Consists of quartz veins and zones of small veinlet and stockwork mineralization. Ore bodies are located in concentric gently-lying zones and in steeply dipping ruptured fractures. The former represent lenticular short and thin quartz veins,. the latter
Andryushkinskoe
ERROR 116ø32'
116 32 E
W, Bi
Podlessky and others, 1998.
Consists of one large and a series of small skarn bodies. The thickness of skarn ore body varies from 0.5 to 80 m, extending for over 800 m. Sakarn bodies are oriented along bending of dykes of porphyry-like granites and granodiorites which allows an ass
Bugdainskoye
ERROR 51ø09'
51o09'N
ERROR 117ø43'
117o43'E
W(Au, Ag, Pb, Zn)
Average grade of 0.073% Mo, 0.034% WO3, 0.09% Pb, 0.11% Zn.
Pokalov, 1978; Skursky, 1996; Ershov and others, 1998; Kruglova and others, 1965.
The deposit contains columnar stockwork  (1200x1000x650 m) confined to the central part of strongly eroded volcano-domal structure with 3.5 km diameter, reprsented by the neck of quartz porphyries (main neck) and stock of granite porphyries (side neck) o
Xiaoyinuogaigou, Inner Mongolia
50ø36'N
50 36 00N
119ø17'E
119 17 00E
East Mongolian-Priargun-Derbugan
Zhao, Guolong, and Huang, Zhanagi, 1994.
Consists of more than 150 gold alteration veins in Neoproterozoic strata. Veins trend NS and NW and are generally 10-100 m long, 0.5-5 m wide. From the bottom to top the host rock is: (1) Jiageda formation-mica quartz schist, leucogranulitite and metadia
Sredne-Golgotaiskoye
ERROR 51ø28'
51o28'N
ERROR 116ø39'
116o39'E
As, Ag, Sb, Bi, Te, Mo
Grade of trace to 80 ppm Au.
Tupyakov and Shirokiy, 1972.
Deposit contains quartz-molybdenite and quartz-tourmaline-sulfide (gold-bearing), gold-quartz veins with gold, and veins of chalcedony quartz with antimonite. The size of veins is 200-700 x 300 x 0.2x3.0 m. Gold bodies contain abundant quartz with modera
Solonechnoye
ERROR 51ø31'
51 31 N
118 54 E
Average grade of 67% CaF2. Surrounding area contains resource of 2.8 million tonnes CaF2.
Gulyaeva, 1937; Yakzhin, 1962; Pavlenko and Grachev, 1972; Kormilitsyn, 1973; Ivanova, 1974; Pavlenko, 1975.
Consists of an intricate zone that extends ENE for 1.5 km along strike and dips steeply NW. The zone contains two bodies. The main body is a linear stockwork (with dimensions of 350 by 25-30 x 200 m) that contains a series of closely-spaced, subparallel
Severo-Akatuevskoye
ERROR 51ø04'
51o04'N
ERROR 117ø47'
117o47'E
Au, Ag, Bi, In
Average grade of 9.6% Pb, 5.9% Zn.
Smirnov, 1961; Pligina, 1963; Sanin and Zorina, 1980; Dobrovolskaya, Gordeev, 1995.
Occurs in central part of a fracture that is 4.5 km long. Consistst of flattened pipes with lens cross-sections, have numerous vein branches. The main bodies are 200 m long, 2-3 m thick, small bodies vary in length from 70 to 140 m, thickness 2-5 m. Shar
Akatuevskoye
ERROR 51ø03'
51o03'N
ERROR 117ø45'
117o45'E
Zn, Au, Ag, Cd, In, Tl
Grade of 1-13% Pb, 1-3.5% Zn.
Ore bodies are located in the fault zone extending NE over 4.5 km and have vein- and pipe-like shape. Vein-like ore bodies are united by poorly mineralized rocks. Part of veins follows along parallel fractures, or through plumage fractures. The angle of
Fatimovskoye
ERROR 51ø20'
51 20 N
ERROR 116ø48'
116 48 E
Average grade of units to tens ppm Au.
Timofeevskiy, 1968; Tcheglokov, 1968; Gorzhevsky and Fogelman, 1970.
Consists of simple short veins, thin veinlets, dikes of granite porphyry, quartz porphyry, felsite, diorite porphyry and stockwork ore minerals in granitoids. Ore mineral assemblages are low sulfide (2-3% sulfides) and gold-pyrite-arsenopyrite-quartz. A
Zhetkovskoye
ERROR 51ø17'
51 17 N
ERROR 116ø55'
116 55 E
Average grade of 60% CaF2. Resources of to 1.5 million tonnes ore.
Puzanov, 1977; Kirillov, 1968.
Consists of a series of rake veins (200 x 4,8 x 200 m) located in the great tectonic zone in the middle Paleozoic granitoids. Deposit minerals are fluorite, quartz, kaolinite. Deposit occurs in the Turginsky fluorspar region.
Belukhinskoye
ERROR 116ø50'
116 50 E
Average grade of 0.3% WO3. Resources of over 10,000,00 tonnes.
Levitskiy, 1964; Skurskiy, 1966; Drozdov, 1939; Barabanov, 1961 and 1975; Druzhinin, 1968.
This is a vein field (4km2) containing about 97 steeply dipping quartz-wolframite veins (300-350 x 0,1-0,5 x 100-315 m) of NW strike in the stock (2km2) of granite porpyries (J2-3) and granodiorites (PZ2). The major minerals are wolframite, pyrite, chalc
Shunduinskoye
51 15 N
ERROR 116ø27'
116 27 E
Average grade Au from units to tens ppm
Consists of simple short veins forming thin streaks in dikes of siliceous rock (granite porphyry, quartz porphyry, felsite, rare diorite porphyry) and local stockwork in granitoids. Deposit minerals are low sulfide gold-pyrite-arsenopyrite-quartz type (s
Bukukinskoye
51o11'N
116o37'E
Bi, Mo
Average grade of 0.6% WO3 in quartz veins. Up to 1.0% Bi. In greisens range of 0.29-0.35% WO3.
Doctorovich-Grebnitsky, 1921; Barabanov, 1961; Levitsky, 1964; Druzhinin, 1968; Scheglov and others, 1978; Gaivoronsky, 1995; Skursky, 1996.
The deposit consists the vein field (7 sq.km) of 120 steeply dipping quartz-wolframite veins (500-2000 x 0.2 - 0.8 x 100-400 m) and two tungsten-bearing greisen bodies of stockwork shape (to 0.5 sq.km). The mineral composition of quartz-hubnerite-sulfide
Etykinskoye
ERROR 51ø00'
51 00 N
ERROR 116ø52'
116 52 E
Nb, Li, Rb, Cs, Su, Se
Beskin and others, 1994; Sitnin and others, 1995.
Occurs in the apical part of the massif of amazonite granite and consists of fine-grained lepidolite-amazonite-albite apogranite with economic tantalum. The outlines of the deposit are U-shaped that covers the western, northern and eastern endocontacts o
Tamengskoye
51 03 N
ERROR 116ø31'
116 31 E
Average grade of 65% CaF2.
Yakzhin, 1962; Ivanova, 1974.
Consists of 3 veins (50-270 x 0.5 x 1,5 x 115-125 m) of NE strike and SE dipping (60-75o) lying in flatly dipping tectonic zone of upthrust type, with the thickness about 300 m concordantly with the layering of the Early Jurassic sandy-schistose sediment
Kalanguyskoye
Average grade of 60% CaF2. Area surrounding mine contain resources of 6.3 million tonnes fluorspar.
Pilipenko, 1937; Yakzhin, 1962; Kotov and others, 1968; Kormilitsyn, 1973; Ivanov, 1974.
Consists of a series of fluorspar veins and crush zones with three commercial deposits. About 80% resources occur in one vein with dimensions of 1300 by 0.7-3.6 to 600 m. The vein contains three pillars with swells about 15-20 m thick. The major ore mine
Vozdvizhenskoye
51 17
ERROR 119ø31'
119 31
Au, Ag, Cd, In, Tl, Ga
Average grade of  6.3% Pb,  8.5% Zn,  106 ppm Ag.
Smirnov, 1961; Kulagashev, 1963; Sanin and Zorina, 1980.
Consists of sulfide bodies that occur in two parallel pseudo-layers spaced 10 to 40 m apart. The layers extend for over 600 m along strike and 400 m downdip. Individual sulfide bodies occur in flattened pipes, nests and layers. The dimensions along strik
Savinskoye-5
50 27 N
ERROR 118ø00'
118 00 E
Ag, Au, In, Cd, Ga, Tl, Te
Average grade of 2.45% Pb, 4.5% Zn.
Smirnov, 1961; Arkhangelskaya, 1963; Lobanova and Sanin, 1963; Sanin and Zorina, 1978, 1980.
Consists of lenses, veins, nests and pipes that occur in a thick (150-200 m) and extensive (over 2 km) zone. The zone contains skarn, propylite, relict of host limestone, schist, diorite, rare diabase dikes and fluorite and zeolite veins and nests. Depos
Liuyi, Inner Mongolia
49ø47'N
49 47 05N
119ø58'E
119 58 15E
Onor
Wang, Yin, and Huan, Ruihua, 1987.
Consists of the upper stratiform and lensoid bodies concordant to host rock. The body is trending NE, a moderate dip angle and is 130-750 m long, 1-25 m thick and 650 m downdip. The deposit minerals occur in masses and layers and are composed mainly of p
Klichkinskoye
ERROR 50ø26'
50 26 N
ERROR 117ø59'
117 59 E
Zn, Ag, In
Grade ranges from tens of fractions to 50% Pb (average 12%), from fractions to 17% Zn, and about 400 ppm Ag.
Smirnov, 1961; Arkhangelskaya, 1963; Sanin and Zorina, 1978, 1980.
Consists of a series of thin and discontinuous plates, veins, and pipes with sphalerite and galena in dolomite with thin beds of shale. Deposit occurs in the same tectonic zone as Savinsky-5 deposit to the S. The bodies strike for a few hundred m, extend
Barun-Shiveinsky
ERROR 51ø22'
51 22 N
ERROR 115ø10'
115 10 E
Aginskiy
Hg, Sb
Deposit is mined out. On the edges are resources of up to 5,000,00 tonnes WO3, with average grade of 0.8% WO3, 0.2% Hg, 0.05% Sb.
Scheglov, 1959; Baranov, 1975; Scheglov and Butkevich, 1978; Borovkov and Gaivoronsky, 1995.
Consists of a linear lenticular stockwork with surface dimensions of 800 by 80-250 m that strikes NW direction extendes to a depth of 200 m. The deposit consists of two types bodies: (1) lenticular breccia with dimensions of 10-80 by 1-2 m with ferberite
Garsonuyskoye
ERROR 117ø58'
117 58 E
Grade of 39-43% CaF2.
Doroshenko, 1971; Komarova, 1972; Ivanova, 1974; Kotov and Kotov, 1995.
Seven districts occur in an area of 9 sq.km about 1 km apart. About 50% of ore reserves occur in lenticular metasomatic occurrences of 4-25 m thickness (average 7.9), length of 50-940 m, depth of 115-275 m. Each site includes some tens of small veins, cr
Badaguan, Inner Mongolia
ERROR 49ø55'
49 55 00 N
ERROR 118ø56'
118 56 00 E
Low grade.
Consists of  veinlet-disseminates and  quartz veins in granodiorite. Around the granodiorite of the Early Yanshan Orogeny are rhyolitic volcanic rocks and cataclastic rocks. Varied dykes are seen in the mine: diorite porphyrite, lamprophyre, and granite
Malo-Kulindinskoye
ERROR 50ø59'
50o59'N
ERROR 115ø42'
115o42'E
Ta, Be
Nb, Sn, Li
Grebennikov, 1995.
Consists of a series of extensive pegmatite veins that strike NW strike and are hosted in biotite shale, sandstone and conglomerate. The pegmatite bodies are platy, lenticular, saddle-shaped and irregular. Bodies range from 1 to 18 m thick and extend sev
Spokoininskoye
ERROR 115ø03'
115 03 E
Ta, Nb, Sn
Average grade of 0.27% WO3 (range of 0.1-0.9% WO3).
Beus and others, 1962; Potapiev, 1971; Chetyrbotskaya, 1972; Scheglov and Butkevich, 1978; Reif and others, 1982; Grebennikov, 1995.
Consists of a greisen stockwork with a surface area of 600 by 320 m with a saddle shape and an apical thickness of 50 to 100 m. The stockwork occurs in the apex of Late Jurassic two-mica granite that is altered to albite. Deposit dips gently to a depth o
Sherlovogorskoye
ERROR 50ø33'
50 33 N
ERROR 116ø16'
116 16 E
W, Pb, Zn
Grade of 0.3-0.5% Sn. Prospected to depth of 400 m.
V.V.Aristov and others, 1961; Levitskiy, 1964; Ontoev, 1974; Sapozhnikov, 1986; Kulagashev, 1977; Antipin and others, 1980; Seminsky, 1980; Gaivoronsky, 1995.
Consists of a major deposit (20 x 12 km) and four related deposits: Sherlovogorskoye, Sopka Bolshaya, Tourmalinovy Otrog and Vostochnoye. Sherlovogorskoye greisen-wolframite deposit is formed by W veins of quartz-topaz-siderophile composition with varyin
Orlovskoye
51o02'N
ERROR 114ø45'
114o45'E
Nb, Li, Sn, F
Tauson, 1977;Grebenschikov, 1995.
Deposit is confined to the apical part of the stock of porphyry granite located in the wetsren part of the granitoid massif. The stock is the dome having nearly horizontal contacts with enclosing rock in the central part, gently dipping contacts (0-30o)
Berjozovskoe
ERROR 51ø14'
51 14 N
ERROR 119ø38'
119 38 E
Sedimentary siderite Fe
Siderite ore with average grade of 42% Fe, oxidized ore with average grade of 47.4% Fe.
Sokolova and .Ryabinina, 1958; Muratova and Pistsov, 1959; Yu.P.Pistsov, 1957 and 1967; V.V.Askasinsky, 1959; Sokolov and.Grigoriev, 1978; I.I. Muratova and others, written commun.,1956.
Consists of intricately constructed layer of Lower Cretaceous mineralized conglomerate breccias extending for 10 km, which is divided into 6 bed-like and lenticular gently lying (15-20o) ore bodies (370 - 500 x 24 - 74 x 850 - 1200 m). Two types of ore :
Abagaituyskoye
ERROR 49ø42'
49 42 N
ERROR 117ø52'
117 52 E
Average grade of 75% CaF2. Yearly output ranges from 200, 000 to 250,000 tonnes.
Kormilitsyn, 1973; Yakzhin, 1962; Soloviev, 1958, 1971; Pilipenko, 1937.
Consists of 30 veins of barite-quartz-fluorite type. The mineral composition: fluorite of some generations, calcite, quartz; in smaller amount there occur barite, adulare, kaolonite, pyrite, opal, manganese calcite and nakrite, very rare are sfalerite an
Wunugetushan, Inner Mongolia
49ø23'N
49 23 00N
117ø25'E
117 25 00E
Cu,Mo
Ag,Re
Reserves of 2.232 million tonnes Cu. Average grade of  0.4% Cu. Reserves of 0.412 million tonnes Mo. Average grade of 0.05%Mo.
Weishi, 1994.
Occurs at the intersection place between the NE-trending Manzhouli-Dalaidong thrust and strike-slip fault with a secondary NW-striking Hanigou fault normal fault that is a secondary structure of the NE-striking Deerbugan major fault zone. Deposit is host
Baits Ovoo
ERROR 50ø10'
50 10 00 N
ERROR 114ø41'
114 41 00 E
As, Sb, Cd, Au
Average grade of 7.2% P,b, 1.99% Zn, 288 ppm Ag. Reserves of 150,000 tonnes.
Consists of series of northwest-southeast striking, sulfide and quartz-sulfide veins hosted in altered zones of host rocks that contain  quartz-sericite-carbonate-pyrite alteration ( beresite ). The host rocks are Jurassic diorite and granodiorite that i
Berkh 2
ERROR 50ø13'
50 13 00 N
ERROR 114ø11'
114 11 00 E
Grade of 0.028-0.1% Ta, 0.038-0.078% Nb.
Kovalenko and others, 1977.
Consists of pegmatite bodies that occur along the contact of early Mesozoic granite pluton, composed of tourmaline and garnet bearing leucocratic granite with host Paleozoic terrigenous rocks. Rare metal mineralization is also hosted in contact metamorph
Ulaan
50ø13'N
50 12 50N
114ø06'E
114 06 20E
Au, Cu, Cd
Average grade of 1.25% Pb, 2.13% Zn. Resources of 1,212,000 tonnes.
D. Dorjgotov, written commun., 1990; Dorjgotov, 1996; Jargalsaihan and others, 1996.
Polymetallic sulfides occur mainly inside of a breccia pipe and veins in a NW-trending, steeply-dipping fault. The pipe intrudes Late Mesozoic siliceous volcanic rocks and basement metamorphic rock. The breccia is intensively altered by hydrothermal-meta
Khuts Ondor
114ø04'E
114 04 00E
Grade of 1.08%-2.1% Sb, from 0.01-0.1-0.3 g/t Au.
B.V. Shekin and others, written commun., 1985.
Consists of 3 parallel, silica-altered, stibnite and minor sulfide-bearing tectonic zones cutting Triassic sandstone. The zones are NW-trending and cut NE-trending sandstone horizons. The thickness of these altered zones ranges from 0.2-0.3 m to 1.0-3.0
Bor Ondor
49 51 56 N
ERROR 114ø16'
114 16 15 E
As, Sb, Pb, Zn
Grade of 2.0-2.0-15.0 g/t Au, 100.0-550.0 g/t Ag.
The  occurrence  is  localised  in  northern  outer  and  inner  contact  of  the  Middle  to  Upper  Jurassic  granodiorite  stock  intruding  Triassic  sandstone,  siltstone  and  shale.  There  are  distributed  diorite  porphyry,  granodiorite  porph
Avdartolgoi
ERROR 49ø40'
49 40 15 N
ERROR 114ø51'
114 50 40 E
Au, Ag, W
Mo reserves in well-explored part of the pipe estimated as 5237.0 tonnes with average grade of 0.09% Mo. In other not -well explored parts of the pipe reserves estimated at 4600 tonnes with average grade of 0.07% Mo, 0.01-0.05% W, and 0.1-0.52% Cu (rare
Yu. B. Mironov and N.S. Soloviev, written commun., 1990.
The  deposit  is  localised  in  eastern  part  of  the  Ulz  granite  stock  of  Middle  to  Upper  Jurassic  age,  in  explosive  breccia  pipe.  The  granite  stock  intrudes  Devonian  terrigenic formation.    Host  terrigenic   formation  is  intrud
Ovorkhooloi
49 50 20N
114ø18'E
114 17 45E
Grade of 0.1-0.5-1.0-2.0 g/t Au, 0.6 g/t Ag.
B.V. Shekin and others, written commun., 1985; G. Badarch and others, written commun., 1999.
Occurrence covers a 2.5 sq.km. area in the southern outer and inner contact of Middle to Late Jurassic granodiorite stock intruding Triassic sandstone and siltstone. Hosting structures are NNE-trending, parallel and are closely related spatially with gra
Nomint
49 39 00N
114ø44'E
114 43 50E
Up to 6.0-8.0 g/t Au, 1.0-50.0 g/t Ag, 0.3-1.2% Cu.
Yu.B. Mironov, and N.S. Soloviev, written commun., 1990.
Occurs in the western outer contact of the middle to upper Jurassic granite stock, in Devonian clastic rock. Host rock is Devonian sandstone, siltstone folded in to steeply-dipping isocline deformation, intruded by the Middle to Late Jurassic Ulz gol gra
Blagodatskoye
ERROR 119ø33'
119 33 E
Zn, Ag, Tl, In, Cd, Sn, Au
Average grade of 4.5% Pb, 5.3% Zn.
Sholkin and Lenok, 1963; Sanin and Zorina, 1980.
Consists of a series of irregular nests, veinlets, vein-, pipe- and bedded ore bodies forming stockwork in dolomitized and silicified carbonate rocks. The dimensions of ore bodies: some meters to 17-41 m long,  from some ten cm to 10.8 m thick. Ores are
Chuluun Khoroot
49 42 30N
114ø21'E
114 20 30E
Average grade of 0.01% Sn, 0.8-1.0% WO3.
Ivanov, written commun.,1945; Dorjgotov, 1986.
Consists of 15 quartz-wolframite veins that occur within sandstone-siltstone formation of Triasic age and related to fine-grained Jurassic granite stock. Upper part of this stock consists of fine-medium grained alaskites. Alteration is quartz-muscovite a
Erdenetolgoi
49ø29'N
49 29 20N
114ø34'E
114 33 50E
Ag,B,W
Grade of 1.2-10.2 g/t, Au, 1.0-3.0% Cu, 110-220 g/t Ag.
Blagonravov and Shabalovskii, 1977; Jargalsaihan and others, 1996; B.V. Shekin and others, written commun., 1985, Yu.B. Mironov and others, written commun., 1990.
Host rocks are Vendian to Early Cambrian, or perhaps  Devonian units that are intruded by a Jurassic intrusive stock consisting of diorite and granite. Sub-latitudinal and NW-trending faults are predominant. Three skarn zones occur along the northern and
Jiawula, Inner Mongolia
116 20 00E
Reserves of 236,300 tonnes Pb, 379,000 tonnes Zn. Grade of 130-173 g/t Ag, 3.16% Pb, 5.24% Zn.
Pan, Longju and Sun, Enyu, 1992; Li, Henian and others, 1994.
Consists of more than 40 veins that occur along NW-striking fractures. The wallrock is a complicated sequence of Late Permian volcaniclastic rock of the Laolongto Formation, intermediate to mafic volcanic rock of the Late Jurassic Tamulangou Formation, i
Chaganbulagen, Inner Mongolia
48 45 00N
116ø25'E
116 25 00E
East Mongolian-Priargunskiy- Deerbugan
Average grade of 278.6 g/t Ag.
Pan, Longju, and Sun, Enyu, 1992; Li, Weishi, 1994.
Located west to the NE-striked Deerbugan deep-seated fault zone.The deposit is controlled by the large scale NWW-trending Jiawula-Chaganbulagen fracture zone.The igneous intrusives are mainly late Yanshannian porphyries,which are quartz porphyry,f
Zuun Dagai
114 43 45E.
Au, As, Sb, Te
Grade of 0.5-0.6 g/t Au ; 50.0 g/t Ag.
Yu. N. Pecherkin and others, written commun., 1984, Yu.B. Mironov and others, written commun., 1990.
Consists of 0.1-3.0 m thick quartz and quartz-sulfide veins and veinlets in early Paleozoic granite. Deposit occurs in 0.3-1.2 km by 40.0-120 m wide zones in a NW-trending, 18 x 1.5-2.0 km area. The grade of Au ranges from 0.5 to 6.0 g/t and Ag up to 50.
Kharguit
114 34 00E.
Grade of 76.8-83.8% Au, 16.5-24% Ag.
Yu.N. Pecherkin and others, written commun., 1984.
Consists of NE-trending zone in Proterozoic crystalline gneiss and granite gneiss. Widely-distributed microdiorite dikes are cut by NW-trending, Au quartz veins in a shear zone. Ieins trend variably. Samples from quartz rubble in the central and the SW z
Urliin Ovoo
49 10 24N
114ø43'E
114 43 10E.
Grade of  0.5-30.0 g/t Au, 4.2% Ag, 0.11% Hg, 0.09% Cu.
Yu. N. Pecherkin and others, written commun., 1984; Yu.B. Mironov and others, written commun., 1990.
Hosted in Proterozoic gneiss intruded by early Paleozoic granite and by Mesozoic microdiorite, microsyenite and lamprophyry dikes. The depoist contains three zones with over 20 quartz veins. The zone occurs in a NW-trending area with dimensions of 10.0 k
Bayan uul 1
ERROR 48ø51'
48 51 10 N
ERROR 115ø38'
115 37 40 E
Grade of 9.36-123.0 g/t Ag, 0.11-1.46% Pb, 0.05 -1.06% Zn, 0.01-0.1% Cu. Reserves of 7 tonnes Au.
Yu. B. Mironov and others, written commun.,1993; Jargalsaihan and others, 1996.
Contains higher grade (up to 250 g/t Au). Consists of a few quartz veins that range up to 5.0 by 1500 m that occur in a weak fault zone that ranges from 7.7 to 15.95 m wide. The deposit contains 9.36-123.0 g/t Ag, 0.11-1.46% Pb, 0.05-1.06% Zn, and 0.01-0
Tsav
115ø23'E
115 23 00E
Grade of 6.48% Pb, 3.53% Zn. Resources of 420,000 tonnes.
Jargalsaihan and others, 1996; D. Dorjgotov, written commun., 1990.
Consists of quartz-sulfide and quartz-carbonate-sulfide veins in NW-trending, steeply-dipping altered zones hosted in Jurassic diorite, granodiorite and granite porphyry intruding Proterozoic metamorphic rock. The alteration consists of beresite (quartz-
Dornod
49 08 00N
114ø29'E
114 29 00E
Resources of 29,000 tonnes U grading 0.282% U.
Occurs in Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous volcanic and sedimentary rock of the Dornod uplift. Host rock is rhyolite, ignimbrite, tuff-rhyolite, and andesite-basalt. The deposit covers 20 sq. km with 13 tabular and stockwork bodies. The largest tabular
Kadainskoye
50o56"N
ERROR 119ø17'
119o17'E
Ag, Bi, Cd, Au, In
Average grade of 3.5% Pb, 5.6% Zn.
Smirnov, 1961; Polyakova, 1963; Sanin and Zorina, 1980.
Consists of a series of veins and stockworks. Large Kadainsly vein is characterized by varying thickness, presence of gentle bends over strike, and dipping branches and pinches. Occurs in carbonate rock along the contact with a thick, extensive dike of l
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Erentaolegai, Inner Mongolia
48ø25'N
48 25 00N
116ø31'E
116 31 00E
Mn, Au
Consists of layers, veins, and pods hosted in Late Jurassic volcanic rock, mainly Mesozoic Yanshanian adamellite and rhyolite porphyry. Deposits are strongly controlled by fractures. Two ore mineral assemblages occur with Mn-Ag and Ag quartz-vein mineral
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Baruunsuuj Undur
ERROR 49ø11'
49 10 30 N
ERROR 114ø06'
114 06 00 E
Average grade of 64% CaF2. Reserves of 270,000 tonnes, resources of 800,000 tonnes.
Consists of more than 50 quartz-fluorite veins in Permian granite. Veins dip steeply, length along strike is 100-300m, along dip up to 100m. Thickness of quartz-fluorite veins is 1.7m. Major minerals are quartz and fluorite.
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Khuvoobulag
114 18 00E
Grade of 41% CaF2. Reserves of 34,000 tonnes, resources of 167 000 tonnes.
Deposit consists of more than 20 quartz-fluorite veins in a NW-trending, steeply-dipping altered zone in early Mesozoic volcanic rocks and sedimentary rock. The alteration consists of silica alteration and kaolinite alteration. Quartz-fluorite veins exte
Alenuiskoye
ERROR 118ø15'
118 15 E
Average grade of  5.4% Pb.
Schelkuniva, 1958.
It is located within Paleozoic granodiorite-porhyries broken by the dyke of Late Jurassic dacite and andesite porphyrites and plagioporphyries. The ore bodies are confined to shear dislocations and consist of  mineralized zones of crusing containing stre
Shakhtaminskoye
51o17'N
ERROR 117ø53'
117o53'E
Grade of 0.03-1-2% (average 1%) MoS2, 0.5-0.7% Cu, about 0.8% Pb, about 0.9% Zn.
Pokalov, 1978; Sotnikov and others, 1995; Sidorenko, 1961; Kormilitsyn, 1973.
Consists of over 300 steeply-dipping veins (30-800 x 0.2-0.5 m) having low-grade stockwork inbetween. Three types deposit mineral assemblages occur: early-quartz-tourmaline with rare disseminations of large-scaly molybdenite; average-fine-grained quartz
Aprelkovskoye
51o48'N
ERROR 116ø17'
116o17'E
As, Ag, Sb
Average grade of 10 ppm Au and 0.64% As.
Skursky, 1996.
Over 500 gold ore veins are available at the deposit, they are clustered in vein and stockwork zones.  They extend from 100-150 m to 300-1200 m and reach 2 m thickness. Six stages of ore formation have been distinguished: scheelite-quartz , gold-quartz-p
Huanyu, Inner Mongolia
51 25 40N
124ø02'E
124 02 10E
Huanyu
Grade of 1.67-4.3% Pb, 1.1-4.3% Zn.
Shi Lindao, 1994.
Consists of a volcanic Zn-Pb-Cu massive sulfide deposit (Kuroko, Altai types) with 16 lensoid and stratiform bodies hosted in interlayered greenschist and marble of the Erguna Formation. The ore minerals are mainly massive and consist mainly of galena, s
Duobaoshan, Heilongjiang Province
125ø40'E
125 40 00E
Duobaoshan
Average grade of 0.45% Cu. Reserves of 2.37 million tonnes Cu.
Ge Chaohua and others, 1994.
Consists of disseminations, veinlets, and breccia in granodiorite and Late Ordovician, andesite porphyry and tuff in the Duobaoshan Formation. The granodiorite forms a composite batholith with a surface exposure of 8 sq.km. In the W part of the batholith
Tongshan, Heilongjiang Province
50ø10'N
50 10 05N
125 43 15E
Zhao, Yiming and others, 1997.
Deposit related to an intrusion with a central porphyry facies and an outer granodiorite faces dated at 311-283.1 Ma. The bodies are lenticular and stratiform. Some bodies at shallow depths are located in altered Middle Ordovician andesite. Deposit miner
Sanhe, Inner Mongolia
50 55 10N
120ø52'E
120 51 40E
East Mongolian-Priargun (Derbugan)
Ag, Mo and In
Grade of 16-21% Pb+Zn. Reserves of 360,000 tonnes Pb+Zn.
Gu, Qiaogen and Ji, Shaoxin, 1996.
Consists of numerous lensoid, lenticular and stratiform bodies 150-1500 m long and 0.5-30 m thick. The bodies are controlled by NW-trending faults and the deposit minerals are disseminated and massive. Main deposit minerals are pyrite, galena, sphalerite
Xieertala, Inner Mongolia
Grade of 38.28% Fe,  0.7-2% Zn,  0.0057% Cd, 0.0008% In. Reserves of  58.51 million tonnes Fe ore,  0.27 million tonnes Zn, 1202 tonnes Cd, 159 tonnes In.
Zhang Xianbao, 1993.
Deposit is hosted in a sequence of marine and marine-terrestrial alternating facies of intermediate-mafic--intermediate siliceous volcanic lava, pyroclastic rock and carbonates of the second member of the Xieertala Formation of the Late Carboniferous. Th
Bidzhanskoe (Kabalinskoe)
ERROR 48ø35'
48 35 00 N
ERROR 131ø47'
131 47 00 E
South Khingan
Average grade of 18.4% Mn. Reserves of 6,343,000 tonnes ore.
Onikhimovsky and Belomestnykh, 1996.
The deposit is hosted by metamorphosed sedimentary rock of Late Proterozoic - Early Cambrian age. Ore-bearing layer is intruded by Late Paleozoic granite intrusions at the Northern and Southern flanks of the ore field. The ore field extends for 8 km. It
Verkhnebidzhanskoe
48 37 25N
131ø30'E
131 29 42E
Malokhingan
Grade of 0.3-2.0% Sn.
Ognyanov, 1986.
Consists of metasomatic quartz-sulfide lenses that range from 50 to 80 m long along strike and extend up to 70 m downdip with a maximum thickness of 10 to 12 m. Deposit extends for about 1,300 m. Predominante late-stage deposit minerals are mainly sulfos
Kostenginskoe
ERROR 131ø28'
131 28 00 E
Reserves of 163,900,000  tonnes, grading 31.7% Fe.
Onikhimovskiy and Belomestnykh, 1996.
Occurs in the southern part of Bureya terrane. Deposit consists of three (Severnoye, Tsentralnoye and Yuzhnoye) stratiform Fe deposits that occur near the tectonic contact of Neoproterozoic dolomite and Early Cambrian limestone, sandstone and interbedded
Preobrazhenovskoye
131ø56'E
131 56 00E
Bidzhan
Resources of 927,700 tonnes grading 6.22% fluorite.
Occurs in a Devonian(?) biotite-hornblende granodiorite pluton. The central part of the pluton is intersected by A fracture zone that is 1.5 km long and from 250 to 300 m wide. The fracture zone contains seven lenses of quartz-muscovite greisen with REE-
Pengdingshan, Heilongjiang Province
129ø47'E
129 47 00E
Tuanjiegou
Jin, Shiqin and others, 1994.
Consists of low sulphide bodies in lenses, veins and nests. Area is underlain by biotite granite and granodiorite with abundant varied dikes, including fine diorite, diorite porphyry, and minor pegmatite. NW20-25-trending faults form the major direction
Tuanjiegou, Heilongjiang Province
48ø20'N
48 20 00N
130ø10'E
130 10 00E
Grade of 2-10 g/t Au. Reserves of 80 tonnes Au.
Consists of vein, composite vein and pods in the inner contact zone of a granodiorite porphyry (K-Ar isotopic age: 100 to 112.6 Ma) and in the altered fracture zones in the schist of Paleoproterozoic Heilongjiang Group. Marcasite is the main deposit mine
Chuihongshan, Heilongjiang Province
48ø27'N
48 27 25N
128 41 20E
Fe W Mo Zn
Cu Pb Sn
Grade of 40-50% Fe, 0.45% Cu, 0.32% WO3, 3.30% Pb, and 2.43% Zn Reserves of 531,000 tonnes Cu, 121,600 tonnes WO3, 194,300 tonnes Pb, and 478,600 tonnes Zn.
Cao, Jingxian, 1993a, b.
Consists of several skarn lenses that occur concordant to the bedding of host rocks and trend northwest along the contact between the alaskite granite and dolomite. The skarns occur mainly in masses, layers, stockworks, and veinlets. The ore minerals are
Wuxing, Heilongjiang Province
48ø08'N
48 08 05N
129ø31'E
129 30 40E
Wuxing
Pt, Pd
Average grade of 0.289 g/t Pt and 0.490 g/t Pd. Reserves of 8.33 tonnes Pt+Pd.
Qu, Xueqin and others, 1992.
Consists of two bodies in five gabbro and diorite intrusions that trend N-NE along an EW-trending fault. Deposits occur at the base of diopside layer and the top of an olivine-diposide layer in lenses and bands that range from several tens to 420 m long
Melginskoye
131ø21'E
131 21 00E
Melgin-Niman
Resources of 3,000 tonnes Mo grading 0.135% (up to 0.5%) Mo
Onikhimovskiy and Belomestnykh, 1996; V.I. Sukhov and S.M. Rodionov, written commun., 1986.
Deposit (approximately 4.5 km by 0.8-1.0 km) occurs in the NE-trending contact zone of granodiorite and leucocratic pink granite (Paleozoic-?). The contact zone is intruded by numerous dikes of microgranite and porphyry. Roof remnant of Proterozoic cryst
Chergilen
50ø54'N
50 54 00N
131ø36'E
131 36 00E
REE, Be
Felsic plutonic U-REE
Resources of 690 tonnes BeO, 6.49 tonnes REE, 2,800 tonnes Ce, 360 tonnes Ga, 6,800 tonnes Zr, 965 tonnes Nb. Maximum grades of contains up to 0.022% Be, 0,2% Y, 0.19% La, 0.38% Ce, and 0.02% Zr.
Consists of a late Paleozoic granitoid composed biotite granite, granodiorite, quartz diorite, and diorite. The granitoid intrudes Cambrian limestone and siltstone. These units in turn are intruded by a Mesozoic leucocratic granite. The late Paleozoic gr
Dzhalinda
49ø09'N
49 08 59N
131ø25'E
131 25 18E
Malo-Khingan
Rhyolite-hosted Sn
Grading up to 30% Sn and up to 0.5% In.
Consists of irregular ore pods that are emplaced in rhyolite that is intensely altered to beresite (quartz, sericite, and pyrite). Deposit occurs over a vertical interval of 10 to 20 m, in a volcanic vent and in adjacent rhyolite cover. Volume less than
Kimkanskoe
48ø55'N
48 55 00N
131 30 00E
Reserves of 221.7 million tonnes ore grading 35.1-35.9% Fe. Average grade of 35.69% Fe.
Consists of sheets and podiform bodies of banded Fe formation that occur in Neoproterozoic and Early Cambrian schist. Banded Fe consists of magnetite, hematite and rare quartz, amphibole, garnet, cordierite. The chemical composition of the ore is the fol
Diturskoe
131 54 00E
Reserves of 4,138,500 tonnes ore; 162 tonnes Ta2O5; 582 tonnes Nb2O5; 582 tonnes Sn, 6,442 tonnes Li2O; 3,876 tonnes Rb2O; 989 tonnes Cs.
The deposit is genetically connected with altered pegmatite bodies located within the exo- and endocontact zones of Early Paleozoic gneiss-granite massif. The host rock is represented of Late Proterozoic crystalline schists. Three pegmatite bodies were d
Khingan
48 59 23N
131ø15'E
131 14 59E
Grade of 0.6-0.7% Sn. Mined since 1960's.
Occurs in a pipe-shaped, hydrothermal explosion breccia that intrudes felsic volcanic rock. Deposit occurs in 15 areas in a zone that ranges from 10 to 50 m across, varies from 100 to 400 to 500 m long, and at depth occurs in a symmetrical breccia zone t
Sutarskoye
131 25 00E
Reserves of 163,900,000 tonnes ore; grading 32.7% Fe. Resources of 450 million tonnes.
Onikhimovskiy and Belomestnykh, 1996; A.G. Egorov and others, written commun., 1975.
Occurs in the southern part of Burea superterrane. Deposit consists of three (Western, Central and Eastern) serieses of stratiform bodies that occur in the Early Cambrian horizon of magnetite or magnetite-hematite quartzite and calcareous breccia. The ho
Yuzhno-Khingan
48 38 37N
131ø53'E
131 52 36E
V.A. Yarmolyuk and A.P. Glushkov, written commun., 1966.
Consists of Fe-and Mn-bearing beds of magnetite-, hematite- and magnetite-hematite-quartzite. Beds range from 18 to 26 m thick and are interlayered with chlorite dolomite breccia Underlying sedimentary rock contains of braunite, haussmanite and rhodochro
Birandzha
ERROR 51ø54'
51 54 00 N
ERROR 133ø00'
133 00 00 E
Ezop-Yam-Alin
Average grade of 0.06-0.07% Mo. Estimated reserves of Mo up to depth of 100 m is about 3,202 tonnes.
The deposit is located in North-Eastern flank of Turan terrane. It is hosted by Late Paleozoic porphyry granite intruded by Triassic (?) stocks of leucocratic granite and dikes of granite-porphyry. The host granite is altered up to greisen and quartz-ser
Boltoro
ERROR 50ø23'
50 23 00 N
ERROR 133ø54'
133 54 00 E
Badzhal-Komsomolsk
Resources of 130,000 tonnes Cu grading 2.89% Cu.
Devonian (?) limestone with lenses and thin interlayers of sandstone and siltstone is overlaid by Cretaceous volcanic rocks and intruded by Late Cretaceous granite intrusion. The limestone is altered up to pyroxene-garnet skarn in the contact with granit
Noni
132ø43'E
132 43 00E
East Mongolian or Priargunskiy - ?
Grade of 7-15 g/t Au, 20-50 g/t Ag, 0.5-1.5% (up to 3.0-5.0%) Cu.
Moiseyenko and Eirish, 1996; V.A. Buryak and A.E. Perestotonin, written comun, 1989.
Deposit is hosted in several steeply-dipping tectonic breccia in a fractured fault zone of 0.5-0.7 km wide and 5.0 km long. Bodies range from 0.2-0.3 to 10-11 m thick, from 100 to 450 m long and several hundreds m dip. Major minerals are an early assembl
Durmin
135 53 00E
Moiseenko and Eirish, 1996.
Consists of five zones of hydrothermally altered, quartz-adularia-sericite, quartz-adularia, and quartz veins and breccia that range up to 220 m long and up to 7 m thick. The ore minerals are pyrite and pyrrhotite with rare arsenopyrite, galena, sphaleri
Solnechnoe
50ø48'N
50 47 32N
136ø16'E
136 16 01E
W, Cu
Average grade of 0.56% Sn, 0.05% W, and 0.1% Cu. Mined since 1960's(?), mostly exhausted.
Consists of highly altered quartz-tourmaline zone numerous apophyses and occurs along and is related to a long NS-striking, left-lateral, strike-slip fault. The zone ranges varies from 0.5 to 15 m thick, is 800 m long and extends deep more than 500 m dee
Sobolinoye
50 40 33N
136 29 30E
Cu, W, Bi, Ag, In
Grade of 0.3-0.7% Sn, 0.53% Cu, 0.06% WO3, 0.014% Bi.
G.E. Usanov, written commun., 1987; Onikhimovskiy and Belomestnykh, 1996.
Occurs in the northern part of Amutsk Volcanic Basin in a fault-bounded district that covers an anrea of 5.4 sq.km. Deposit is bounded by the Leningradskiy thrust that dips W at a low angle (48o) and contains mylonite tectonic breccia. Along the thrust,
Ippatinskoe
133ø55'E
133 55 00E
Average grade of 0.31% Sn and 0.19% WO3 in 6 largest veins.
Consists of veins and selvages in the northern part of a large granitic body. Sixty-five veins occur. The veins range from 2 cm to 2 m wide, extend up to 290 m along strike, and are prospected to a depth of 100 m. The veins occur in a NS-trending zone th
Festivalnoe
50 40 43N
136ø21'E
136 20 30E
W, Cu, Bi, In, Ag
Grade of 0.4-1.0% Sn, 0.15% WO3, 0.9% Cu, 0.04% Bi, and up to several tens g/t Au. Mined since 1960's.
Consists of twenty-six veins associated with zones of quartz-tourmaline alteration. Ore mineral bodies range up to 1 km long and generally 3 to 7 m thick; locally up to 20 to 30 m thick. Ore minerals are complex and contain Sn, W, Cu, Bi, and Ag and econ
Metrekskoye
51ø56'N
51 56 00N
132ø28'E
132 28 00E
Resources of 47,500 tonnes Mo grading 0.1% (0.02-0.85%) Mo.
S. Sukhov and S. Rodionov, written commun., 1986; Onikhimovskiy and Belomestnykh, 1996.
Consists of numerous (about 80) quartz-molybdenite veins that exhibit a complicated morphology and contain low-grade disseminated sulfides, mainly, pyrite, molybdenite and chalcopyrite and wolframite and Bi minerals. The veins occur in an area of approxi
Kapral
50 40 54N
136 07 47E
Ranging up to 0.2% Cu, and up to 0.2% WO3.
Gonevchuk and Gonevchuk, 1980, 1983.
Consists of quartz-sulfide veinlets, veins, and disseminations of pyrite, pyrrhotite, molybdenite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, galena, wolframite, and Bi minerals across an area of approximately 0.3 sq.km. Cu and W contents increase with depth. Deposit hos
Loshadinayagriva (Main)
50ø33'N
50 33 14N
135ø14'E
135 13 54E
Grade of 0.3-1.5% Sn, up to 0.1% WO3 .
Consists of quartz-albite-muscovite hydrothermally-altered rock, with deposit minerals in both quartz-tourmaline lenses and quartz. Deposit mineral assemblages are: (1) cassiterite-quartz with wolframite and arsenopyrite; and (2) quartz-sulfide (galena-s
Pravourmiiskoe
50ø26'N
50 26 08N
134 14 58E
Grade of 0.1-5% Sn, 0.05% WO3, 0.5% Cu.
Consists of disseminations and veins that occur in a linear area over 1,500 m long, 5 to 25 m thick and extends several hundred m down dip. An earlier assemblage consists of quartz-topaz-cassiterite with fluorite and a later assemblage consists of quartz
Agnie-Afanas'evskoye
138ø47'E
138 47 00E
Pilda-Limuri
Average grade of about 25 g/t Au, maximum grade up to 1-2 kg/t Au. Mined from 1936 up to 1962 with production of 12 tonnes Au.
Moiseenko and Eyrish, 1996.
Occurs in a vein system that ranges up 0.5 km wide and up to 1.0 km long. System occurs in a anticline formed in Early Cretaceous sandstone and siltstone. Several diorite dikes occur along joints that cross host rock bedding. Veins range from 200-700 m l
Dyappe
51ø45'N
51 45 00N
139ø15'E
139 15 00E
Pilda-limuri
Sb, Te
Primary ore grading up to 5-6 g/t Au, oxidation zone gradomg up to 200-300 g/t Au. Mined from 1935 to1938 for Au and from 1941 to 1942 for Sb.
Consists of low sulfide quartz veins and lesser vein breccia with pyrite, arsenopyrite, antimonite, magnetite, and gold. Pyrite contains from 40-50 g/t up to 1.5 kg/t Au . Ore gold is fine-grained from 0.01-0.1 mm up to 1.2 mm. Au fineness is 600-650. Or
Uchaminskoye
138ø41'E
138 41 00E
Ag, Pb, Sn
Grade of 7.0-12.2 g/t Au, 30-70 g/t Ag, 0.5-1.0% Pb, 0.03-0.5% Sn.
V. Kochubey, written commun., 1955; Moiseenko and Eirish, 1996.
Occurs in folded Early Cretaceous sandstone and siltstone that is intruded by a Late Cretaceous granite porphyry stock and lamprophyre dikes. Deposit occurs in a linear zone of fractured sedimentary rock that is about 1.5 km wide and 0.8 to 30 m thick. T
Tumninskoye
139ø42'E
139 42 00E
Tumnin-Anyuy
Production of 576 kg of Au from 1962 to 1966.
Occurs in the northern part of Samarka terrane. Deposit consists of low sulfide Au quartz veins that parallel, or rarely crossut strike in wallrock. Isolated granite porphyry dikes also contain Au. The Au quartz veins range from about 200 to 500 m long a
Mopau
49 20 02N
138 46 57E
Average grade of 0.3% Sn.
Finashin, 1959; Usenko and Chebotarev, 1973.
Consists of lenticular zones in quartz-sericite rock. The zones contain abundant quartz-cassiterite, cassiterite-quartz-feldspar, quartz-cassiterite-chlorite and quartz-cassiterite-arsenopyrite-chlorite veinlets. The veinlets range from paper-thin to 0.5
Nochnoe
48ø34'N
48 34 24N
138 34 48E
Gavrilov and Mamaev, 1988.
Consists of a stockwork defined by a thick network of sulfide or quartz-sulfide veinlets containing pyrite, chalcopyrite, bornite and covellite as disseminations and in small, massive pods. Galena, sphalerite, arsenopyrite, sulfosalts and molybdenite occ
Moinskoe
48 05 48N
138ø38'E
138 38 14E
Ranging up to 0.3% Cu, 0.3% Mo.
Pertachenko and others, 1988.
Consists of chalcopyrite, sphalerite, galena, molybdenite and rare ferberite that occur in zones of veinlets, disseminations and veins. Zones contain galena, sphalerite and molybdenite that range up to 3 m thick. Deposit occurs along a NW-trending fault
Sukhoi Creek
48ø12'N
48 11 52N
138ø12'E
138 11 59E
W, Au
Grades up to 0.2% Cu and 0.01% Mo.
Petrachenko and others, 1988.
Consists of stockworks that are several hundred m across and in altered zones. Polymetallic minerals are dominant. The deposit minerals are chalcopyrite, molybdenite, sphalerite, galena, cassiterite, scheelite and pyrite; with significant Au and Ag. Depo
N
Kolyvanskoye
55ø11'N
55 11 00N
82 27E
Barlaksk
Vasjutinskaja and Michailovskiy, 1963; Verigo, 1969; Kuznetsov, 1982; Roslyakov and Sviridov, 1998.
Consists of quartz veins and greisen zones in the Triassic Kolyvan leucogranite. Veins range up to 60 cm thick, and contain cassiterite,wolframite, arsenopyrite, beryl, molybdenite and bismuthite. Gangue minerals are muscovite, K-feldspar, topaz, fluorit
Barandatskoye
ERROR 55ø47'
55 47 00 N
89 12 E
Average grade of 29.7% Fe. Reserves of 2 000,000,000 tonnes.
Kalugin and others, 1981; Kuznetsov, 1982.
Consists of siderite ore deposits that occur in Barandat sincline within the Kansk-Achinsk brown coal basin. Thin  interbeds and lenses of siderite hosted in siltstone and claystone, rarely in sandstones of Middle Jurassic age. Siderite contant in Upper
Gavrilovskoye
55ø24'N
55 24 00N
88 ø08'E
88 08 30 E
Roslyakov and others, 1977; Cheresov and others, 1992.
Consists of Au quartz-carbonate-sulfide veins hosted in stock of diorite porphyry related to gabbro and syenite of Cambrian-Ordovician age. Three veins occur and range up to 2 km long and about 2 m thick. Also occurring are 20 smaller veins that are 75-1
Kurgusulskoye
55ø12'N
55 12 00N
88 38 30 E
Kiya-Shaltyr
Average grade of 22.3% Al2O3.
Dancig and others, 1988.
Consists of nepheline in a large stock composed of urtite-syenite, nepheline-syenite, theralite-syenite and leucocratic theralite (Devonian). Host rock consist of Early Cambrian marble and schist. The area of the massif is 0.9 sq.km. Nepheline content in
Tulujul
55ø17'N
55 17 00N
ERROR 88 ø07'
88 17 00E
Grade of 22-27% Al2O3 .
Kuznetsov, 1982; Dancig and others, 1988.
Consists of nepheline in the contact zone of the Udarninsk massif of alkaline syenite (Devonian) in gabbro roof pendants. These remnants undersent metasomatic nepheline alteration. Dikes and lenses of plagioclase urtite, theralite-ijolite, ijolite-urtite
Belogorskoye
ERROR 55ø08'
55 08 00 N
88 ø06'E
88 36 00 E
Average grade of 21.5/% Al2O3 (47-52% SiO2; 7-11% Fe-oxides).
Luchitskiy, 1959.
Consists of nepheline-bearing rocks making up the large stock-like massif of about 1 km2 in area. The massif intrudes marmorized limestones and volcanogenic-sedimentary rocks of the Cambrian age. The massif is composed of nepheline syenites and theralite
Barzasskoye
ERROR 55ø45'
55 45 00 N
86 ø01'E
86 41 00 E
Belininsk
Bauxite (karst type)
Average grade of 41% Al2O3.
Consists of Cretaceous gibbsite bauxite in a contact karst zone developed in Proterozoic marble that is interlayered with amphibolite. Several tens of bauxite layers vary from 50 by 50 to 800 by 1200 m. The layers are separated by bauxite clays and are u
Fedotovskoye
55ø21'N
55 21 00N
87 21E
Grade of 12-20 g/t Au.
Alabin and Kalinin, 2000.
Consists of gold-sulfide-quartz veins hosted in quartz-diorite of Fedotovsk granitoid massif of Ordovician-Silurian age. The veins strike NE and di steeply dipping, range from 100-150 to 300-500 m along strike, and are 0.3-0.7 m thick. They occur down to
55ø00'N
55 00 00N
88 21 00 E
Average grade of 27.75% Al2O3.
Luchitskii, 1959; Klyushkina and others, 1963; Smirnov, 1974; Drozdov, 1978; Sazonov and others, 1997.
Consists of a large urtite dike that occurs along the contact between alkaline gabbro and Cambrian carbonate, volcanic and sedimentary rock. The alkaline gabbroid pluton is 2.1 sq.km. in area. The urtite dike is 2.3 km long and 20 to 200 m wide. Deposit
Centralnoye
87 40E
Bazhenov, 1971; Ivankin, 1973; Bulinnikov, 1977.
Consists of gold-bearing quartz and quartz-carbonate veins hostd in Central granitoid massif (Cm-O), catting carbonate-terrigene and volcanogenic rocks of Cambrian age. Dike magmatic rocks, especialy spessartites are wide-spread. There were discovered ab
Malorastaiskoye
88 15 00E
Grade of 62-70% CaF2 (in veins); 36-45% CaF2 (in ore zones).
Kuznetsov, 1982; Matrosov and Shaposhnikov, 1988.
Consists of steeply-dipping feldspar-fluorite veins, zones, streaks and disseminations of fluorite. Host rock consist ofthe Early Cambrian carbonate formations (limestone, dolomite and clay-carbonate slate) intruded by gabbro, gabbro and diabases, diorit
Ampalyk
ERROR 55ø29'
55 29 00 N
ERROR 86 ø02'
86 32 E
Taidon-Kondomsk
Grade of 29.5-33.1% Fe, 2.37-3.24% S. Reserves of 257,000, 000 tonnes.
Mertvecov, 1958; Flfbin, 1979; Kalugin and others, 1981; Kuznetsov, 1982.
Consists of deep-steeping lens-like and bed-like ore bodies of magnetite-skarn hosted along the contact of a intrusive of Early Paleozoic diorite and Cambrian effusive-sedimentary rocks. The ore bodies are overlaped by Mezozoic deposits of 140-220 m thic
Ust-Parninskoye
55ø23'N
55 23 00N
89 10 00E
Sorsk
Levchenko, 1975.
Consists of veins and disseminations of sulfide polymetallic minerals hosted in a Devonian red-bed volcanic and clastic sequence. Host volcanic and clastic rock is dissected by faults of sublatitudinal and sublongitudinal strikes. The two types of deposi
Agaskyrskoye
ERROR 54ø35'
54 35 00 N
Butalashvily, 1984; Pokalov, 1992.
Consists of molibdenum stockwork ore body that situated in distant exocontact of Sarala granite pluton (470-480 M.a.). It is 2 km far from this intrusive. Host rocks are repesented by Cambrian andesite-basalt porphyry interbedded with rhiolite-dacite, tu
Gromotukhinskoye
54ø55'N
54 55 00N
ERROR 88 ø00'
88 10E
Grade of 7-12 g/t Au.
Alabin and Kalinin, 1999.
Consists of numerous (more than 100) gold-sulfide-quartz veins that occur in the roof of an early Paleosoic granodiorite and granosyenite massif. Host rock is marble alternating with carbonaceous-siliceous-aleurolite schist, and andesite and basalt porph
Tuim
54ø21'N
54 20 30N
89 48 00 E
Kiyalykh-Uzen
Kuznetsov and others, 1966; Kuznetsov and others, 1971; Levchenko, 1975.
Hosted in pyroxene-garnet and garnet skarn that occurs along the margine of large roof pendants of Cambrian limestone that are intruded by the early Paleozoic Tuim granitoid pluton. The deposit minerals are scheelite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, molybdenite, p
Sarala
54ø39'N
54 39 00N
88 38E
Average grade of 8.4 g/t Au.
Miroshnikov and Prochorov, 1974; Sazonov and others, 1997; Shirokich and others, 1998.
Consists of a group of quartz-carbonate and sulfide veins hosted in Early to Middle Cambrian volcanic and sedimentary rock that is metamorphosed and hydrothermally-altered. The veins are related to early Paleozoic gabbro, diorite and granite intrusives.
Belo-Osipovskoye
ERROR 55ø04'
55 04 00 N
87 18 00 E
Kuznetsk
Kuznetsov and others, 1978; Obolenskiy and others, 1968.
Consists of a steeply-dipping crush zone that strikes strike and occurs along the contact between a andesite-basalt porphyry dike and volcanic and Middle Devonian sedimentary rock. The zone is 800 m long and ranges from 0.5 to 1.5 m thick. Ore minerals a
Ipchulskoye
54ø24'N
54 24 00N
ERROR 89 ø04'
89 14E
Grade of 0.03-0.15%Mo; 0.06% Cu.
Chernov, 1963; Pokalov, 1992.
Consists of streaks, disseminations, and stockworks of ore minerals in the exocontact zone of a stock of leucocratic granite that intrudes mafic volcanic rock, and gabbro and diabase of Middle Cambrian age. Ore minerals occur  5-15 m from the contact of
54ø22'N
54 22 00N
ERROR 89 ø09'
89 19E
Fe, Au, Ag, Mo
Kurbatov, 1934; Staroverov, 1934; Shamanskiy. 1935; Kuznetsov and others, 1966; Kuznetsov and others, 1971; Levchenko, 1975.
Consists of a lensoid body that occurs along the contact of the Tuim granitoid pluton that intrudes Cambrian carbonate rock. Garnet, pyroxene-garnet and magnetite skarn and hornfels and quartzite occur along the contact zone. Deposit occurs in a district
Kommunar
54ø20'N
54 20 00N
ERROR 89 ø05'
89 15E
Timofeevskiy and others, 1952; Korobeinikov, 1964; Okhapkin and Bozin, 1969; Smirnov, 1987.
Consists of stockworks and veins that occur in diorite massif are intruded by diorite and diabase porphyry dikes. Solgon granitoid batholith occurs in the district. Stockwork with gold-quartz veinlets system is conformable with general strike ofa large d
Kupriyanovskoye
86 31 00E
Consists of Hg minerals in the fracture zone along the contact of Devonian andesite-basalt porphyry sill and volcanic and sedimentary rock (tuff, tuffaceous sandstone and porphyry). Hg minerals occur in irregular disseminations and veinlets. The main dep
Glafirinskoye
54ø07'N
54 07 00N
89 39E
Kurbatov, 1934; Onosovskaya, 1937; Levchenko, 1975.
Consists of veins and lenses in a contact zone of early Paleozoic granitoid with Cambrian carbonate rock. The zone is 800 m long and 100 m thick in the central part. Deposit contains silicified granitoid and garnet-pyroxene and garnet-magnetite skarn. De
Natal'evskoye
55ø41'N
55 41 00N
ERROR 87 ø02'
87 52E
Vrublevskiy, 1960; Vasilev, 1970; Alabin and Kalinin, 2000.
Consists of a group of Au skarn bodies with a complicated mineral assemblage that occur along the contact of the Ordovician and Silurian Natal'evsk granitoid stock that intrudes Vendian and Cambrian andesite and basalt porphyry and tuff that are interbed
Pezass
54ø41'N
54 41 00N
ERROR 87 ø06'
87 46 00E
Consists of Hg minerals in feathering fracture zones along the the Kuznetsk fault that cuts Riphean marble. Fracture zones extend up several hundreds of m long and range up to 10 m thick in swells. Hg minerals occur in small nests, veinlets and dissemina
Spasskoye
54ø13'N
54 13 00N
ERROR 89 ø06'
89 06 00E
Consists of quartz veins that occur in a fracture zone among the Cambrian volcanigenic-sedimentary series. The veins are 40-60 m long. The individual veins reaches 200 m long. They are from 0.2 to 0.8 m thick. The veins conatin disseminated pyrite, schee
Balakhchino
ERROR 54ø06'
54 06 00 N
89 20 00 E
Grade of 4-6 g/t Au.
Consists of series (about 30) quartz-gold veins in the Lower Paleozoic diorite massif. The individual veins are traced up to 1 km along the strike. The thickness of veins ranges from some cm to 2-3 m. Wall rocks are beresitized along selvages. Ore minera
Nichkuryupskoye
54ø01'N
54 01 00N
89 34E
Grade of 0.01-0.03% Mo
Petrov and Mkrtychan, 1976.
Consists of a stockwork of quartz and molybdenite in endocontact zone of Sarala granitoid pluton (Cm-O). Intrusive rock consist ofporphyraceous middle-grained and leucocratic fine-grained granite. Hosting granitoids with streaks and disseminations of dep
Pezasskoye
54ø47'N
54 47 00N
87 08 30 E
Average grade of 70% zeolite.
Petrov, 1984.
Consists of zeolite deposits in Triassic volcanic and sedimentary rock (sandstone, tuff and tuffite). Zeolite-bearing rock form several gently-dipping beds of 1.6-6.0 m thick. Zeolite-bearing rock series extends 30 km along strike. Zeolites are clinoptil
Turtek
ERROR 54ø03'
54 02 30 N
89 16 00E
Consists of numerous quartz veins and veinlets in greisen-altered Cambrian-Ordovician granitoids. Deposit is of 150-200 m thick and extends up to several km with interruptions. Veins and veinlets are from 5 to 50 cm thick. The length of the individual ve
Kayvinskoye
54ø00'N
54 00 00N
V. Sotnikov, this study.
Consists of W quartz veins in Cambrian schist, limestone, and quartz porphyry. Five veins from 30-120 m long, and 2-50 cm width occur. Ore minerals are scheelite, pyrite, and molybdenite.
Verhne-Askizskoye
53ø48'N
53 48 00N
89 41 00E
Amshinskiy and Sotnikov, 1976.
Consists of quartz-scheelite veins that occur in a fracture zone cutting an an Early Cambrian syenite and diorite pluton that contains numerous Vendian and Cambrian xenoliths. The veins occur in a 100-m-wide band. Five main sublongitudinally-trending, st
Lavrenovskoye
54ø09'N
54 09 00N
88 16 E
Average grade of 37% Fe. Reserves of 73,300,000 tonnes. Resources of 170,000,000 tonnes.
Kuznetsov, 1982
Consists of lenses and layers of magnetite skarn along contact of diorite and granodiorite with marbled limestone and metamorphosed tufaceous sandstone (Late Carboniferous). More than 10 bodies exists and range from 700 to 1300 m along strike, 80-280 m t
Komsomolskoye
55ø35'N
55 35 00N
Denisov, 1968.
Consists of quartz-sulfide veins hosted in Ordovician-Silurian gabbro and diorite stock that intrudes Cambrian carbonaceous and volcanic rock. Stock intrusive is oval with dimensions of 5x3,5 km. Multiple xenoliths of contact metamorphosed and skarn-alte
Ityuiskoye
53ø32'N
53 32 00N
89 55E
W, Fe, Au, Ag, Mo
Okhapkin, 1963, 1969; Levchenko, 1975.
Consists of garnet and garnte-pyroxene skarn in a contact zone of an early Paleozoic granitoid massif with carbonate rock of Cambrian age. Abundant skarn bodies contain Cu minerals in branching, steeply-dipping veins that extend along strike to 150 m and
Usinskoye
88 25E
Average grade of 19.12% Mn (carbonate ore), 27% Mn (oxide ore). Reserves of 98,500,000 tonnes of ore. Resources of 276,500,000 tonnes ore.
Muchin and Ladygin, 1957; Mirtova, 1978; Kuznetsov, 1982; Bach and Batyrev, 1998.
Consists of bedded Mn minerals that occur in the upper part of an Early Cambrian sedimentary sequence of dark Mn limestone and interlayered mafic pyroclastic rock. The host strata ranges from 450 to 600 m thick, extends up to 4.5 km along strike and is d
Alguiskoye
ERROR 53ø42'
53 42 00 N
88 58 00 E
Reserves of 1,300,000 tonnes of powdery talc.
Shevelev, Kuz'min, 1971; Kuznetsov, 1982; Matrosov and Shaposhnikov, 1988.
Consists of lens-like talc deposit in the exocontact zone of the Algui massif composed of quartz diorites (O-S), which intrudes the Upper Proterozoic dolomites with interbeds of limestones, clay and flinty-clay shales of the Upper Paleozoic age. Within t
Balyksa
ERROR 53ø28'
53 28 00 N
89 11 30 E
Consists of disseminated and nest-like sulfide mineralization in lens-like pyroxene-garnet skarn bodies at the contact of the Early Paleozoic granitoids and volcanogenic-sedimentary rock series of the Cambrian age. Ore-bearing skarns are traced from 50 t
Kazymchanskoye
53ø22'N
53 22 00N
89 25 00E
Kuznetsov and others, 1966; Lavertov and Kuzmin, 1971.
Consists of masses, streaks, and disseminations of Pb and Zn minerals in dolomite of Vendian-Early Cambrian age. Deposit occurs along horizons of intraformational breccia and parallel fractures. Bodies occur near contacts of carbonate rock and leucocrati
Sukharinskoye
ERROR 87 ø08'
87 18E
Reserves of 5,100,000 tonnes Fe grading 49% Fe.
Gorelov and Yashin, 1971; Sinyakov, 1975; Kalugin and others, 1981; Orlov, 1998.
Consists of layers and lenses of magnetite skarn in Early Cambrian volcanoic, clastic and carbonate rock, intruded by granite and granodiorite. The bodies are concordant with host rock bedding. The bodies are from 250 to 1600 m long, from 140 to 700 m to
Vaganovskoye
54ø42'N
54 42 00N
Consists of karst bauxite deposits at the depressions of carbonate bed. Lateritic and sedimentary redeposited bauxite accompany them. Small bauxite bodies occur in separate funnel sinks. Bauxite have loose and stony structures, gibbsite-kaolinite composi
Uskandinskoye
54ø23'N
54 23 00N
85 46 00E
Salair
Distanov, 1977; Kuznetsov, 1982.
Consists of lenses of pyrite-bearing Cu-Zn deposit minerals in schistose and metamorphosed Early and Middle Cambrian volcanic and sedimentary rock. Deposit occurs nearly from the marginal overthrust dividing the Salair and Kuznetsk terrains. Host rock is
Urskoye district
54ø29'N
54 29 00N
85 25 00E
Grade of 2.4-5.5% Zn, 1.0-1.6% Cu, 0.13% Pb, 16-30 g/t Ag. Resources of 850,000 tonnes Zn, 405,000 tonnes Cu, 30,000 tonnes Pb, 730 tonnes Ag.
Distanov, 1977; Kuznetsov, 1982; Sharov and others, 1998.
Consists of lenses and layers of pyrite-polymetallic minerals hosted in Early and Middle Cambrian volcanic rock. The area of the deposit is 6x2 km. Host rock is schistose and metamorphosed in green-schist facies volcanic and sedimentary rock. The most ab
Elgentagskoye
53ø10'N
53 10 00N
89 20 30 E
Teisk
Resources of 15,000,000 tonnes grading 25-30% Fe.
Belous and Klyarovsky, 1959.
Consists of lenses of magnetite in contact zone of Early Cambrian carbonate rock and gabbro and diorite intrusive of Middle and Late Cambrian age. Limestone is intruded by small stocks of granosyenite (Devonian?). Deposit is magnesium-silicate skarn. Dep
Goriachegorskoye
ERROR 55ø20'
55 20 15 N
88 ø00'E
88 50 15 E
Average grade of 23% Al2O3; 55% SiO2; 3.5% Fe2O3.
Luchitskii, 1959; Smirnov, 1974; Kortusov and Grinev, 1986; Sazonov and others, 1997.
Consists of nepheline-containing rock in the Goriachegorsk zonal massif of alkaline gabbro and nepheline syenite of Early and Middle Devonian age. The intrusive is a  steeply dipping stock that is discordant to host basalt porphyry of Early Devonian age.
Teiskoye
Reserves of 136,400,000 tonnes grading 29.9% Fe. From 1966 to 1977 total production was 39.2 million tonnes of ore, with an average grade of 28.8% Fe.
Ivankin and Sokolova, 1969; Dolgyshin and others, 1979; Mikubaev, 1979; Kalugin and others, 1981; Mazurov, 1985; Sinyzkov, 1988; Orlov, 1998.
Consists of magnesium-silicate skarn and occurs in pipes of explosive breccia in Early Cambrian dolomite and limestone. Deposits types are magnesium-silicate skarn, calc-silicate skarn and aposkarn metasomatite. Magnesium-silicate skarn consists of forst
Abagasskoye
ERROR 53ø10'
53 10 00 N
89 20 E
Average grade of 34% Fe. Reserves of 94,200,000 tonnes.
Dolgushin, 1976, 1979; Kalugin and others, 1981; Gorelov, 1979.
Consists of deep-steeping lense-like and bed-like ferrous ore bodies in brecciated and metasomatic altered ortophire, sienite-porphyry and trachite (S-D1?), rarely limestone (V-Cm) and gabbro (Cm2-3). Wall rocks alterations are garnet-pyroxene skarn, epi
Kamenushinskoye
54ø19'N
54 19 00N
85 46E
Average grade of 1.71% Cu. Reserves of 110,000 tonnes Cu.
Lapuchov, 1975; Kuznetsov, 1982.
Consistsof streaks and disseminations of Cu sulfides in shear zones in a dacite quartz-porphyry that intrudes tuff and tuff breccia. Host rock is altered to silica, sericite, argillite, and propylite. Host and altered rock are cut by diabase and gabbro d
Izykhgolskoye
53ø12'N
53 12 00N
ERROR 89 ø07'
89 07 E
Average grade of 43.8% Fe. Reserves of 11,100,000 tonnes.
Belous, Klyarovsky, 1959; Orlov, 1998.
Consists of magnetite lenses in a breccia zone in Cambrian volcanic and sedimentary rock. Hydrothermaly-altered diabase in brecciated zone are wide-spread. Pyroxene is a principal mineral in altered diabases. There are 13 lenses of bodies ranging from 20
Mavrinskoye
54ø38'N
54 38 00N
ERROR 84 ø02'
84 42 00E
Mavrinsk
Consists of Hg minerals in a fracture zone related to a fault in a graben with Devonian volcanic and sedimentary rock and Cambrian limestone, sandstone, and quartzite. The Hg deposits occur in crush zones along the margin of and in quartzite. Deposit min
Salairskoye
54ø14'N
54 14 00N
85 47 00E
Pb, Zn, Ag, Au
Average grade of 0.13% Pb, 2.42% Zn, 8.5 g/t Ag, 11.22% BaSO4. Reserves of 72,400 tonnes Pb, 545,700 tonnes Zn, 219 tonnes Ag, 2,812,000 tonnes BaSO4.
Lapukhov, 1966; Distanov, 1964, 1977, 1983; Kuznetsov, 1982; Sharov and others, 1998.
Consists of masses, streaks and disseminations of barite-polymetallic metasomatite that is hosted in intensely schistose Early to Middle Cambrian volcanic rock. Deposit occurs in the Salair district in a large lens (4 by 1.5 km) of volcanic and subvolcan
Oktyabrskoye 4
54ø30'N
54 30 00N
84 55 00E
Berdsko-Maisk
Reserves of 1,090,000 tonnes grading 33.23-53.44% Al2O3.
Nagorskiy, 1958; Ageenko, 1970; Kuznetsov, 1982; Roslyakov, Sviridov, 1998.
Consists of diaspore bauxite that occurs at the base of dark-grey Early Devonian (Emsian) limestone. Deposit has an irregular average thickness of 2 m. Deposit horizon morphology is a fundtion of surface irregularities in underlying Early Devonian (Pragh
Novogodneye
54ø28'N
54 28 00N
ERROR 84 ø09'
84 59 00E
Grade of 45.7-51.4% Al2O3. Reserves of 1,000,000 tonnes.
Nagorskiy, 1958; Ageenko, 1970; Kuznetsov, 1982; Roslyakov and Sviridov, 1998.
Consists of bauxite deposits in the base of dark-grey Emsian (Early Devonian) limestone. Deposit horizon varies from 0.7 to 4.42 m thick (2.18 on the average). To the top, horizon gradually turns into overlying limestone and along strike and down depth c
Durnovskoye
84 17E
Average grade of 19.8% Mn. Reserves of 577,600 tonnes.
Smirnov, 1974; Kuznetsov, 1982; Bach and Batyrev, 1998.
Consists of Mn lenses hosted in carbonaceous-volcanogenic rock of Early Cambrian age. Volcanic rock is mainly siliceous. Hausmannite-braunite and manganocalcite deposits are conformable witn host rock. Ore strata is about 40-50 m thick. Nine bodies occur
Khaileolovskoye
52ø58'N
52 58 00N
89 16E
Average grade of 40% Fe; 0.54% S; 0.17% P2O5. Reserves of 14,800,000 tonnes. Resources of 200,000,000 tonnes.
Indukaev, 1972; Kalugin and others, 1981.
Consists of lenses and veins of magnetite in carbonate-siliceous rock of Cambrian age, that are intruded by gabbro of Silurian age. Wallrock alterations are albite, amphibole, scapolite, phlogopite, and chlorite skarn. Deposit occurs in narrow brecciated
Andrushkina River
ERROR 55ø16'
55 16 00 N
Grade of 24% Al2O3, 47% SiO2, 0.1-0.3% P2O5.
Luchitskiy, 1959; Klyushkina and others, 1963; Smirnov, 1974; Dancig, 1988.
Consists of gently pitching bed-like bodies of bereshites among the Lower Devonian volcanogenic rocks. There are eight bjerezite bodies which occur within the band of 10 km long. Separate intrusive bodies of 50-500 m thick were traced from 150 to 3700 m
Orlinogorskoye
54ø08'N
54 08 00N
Occurs along a fault zone between the Middle Cambrian volcanic and sedimentary rock and Late Cambrian calcareous sandstone. The Hg minerals occur beneath stratified Fe-quartzite and hematite that serve as structural and lithologic screen. Deposit mineral
Berdsko-Maiskoye
ERROR 54ø20'
54 20 00 N
85 ø07'E
85 07 00 E
Sukharina, 1973; Smirnov, 1974; Kuznetsov, 1982.
Consists of bauxite horizons that occur at the boundary between Middle and Early Devonian limestone that is intruded by Paleozoic granitoid dikes. The bauxite horizon ranges up to 20 m thick. The deposits and host rocks are folded. Higher-grade ores occu
Patynskoye
53ø13'N
53 13 00N
88 27E
Grade of 2.5-12.8% Fe, 0.5-7.8% TiO2.
Kuznetsov, 1982; Orlov, 1998.
Consists of titanomagnetite layers in the differentiated Patynsk gabbro pluton that intrudes and metamorphoses Proterozoic and Cambrian carbonaceous and volcanic rock. The pluton forms a lopolith that extends over 100 sq.km. The pluton contains layers th
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Tashelginskoye
53ø17'N
53 17 00N
ERROR 88 ø03'
88 13E
Reserves of 87,900,000 tonnes grading 29.5-46.5% Fe.
Shepel and Tolkachev, 1976; Kalugin and others, 1981; Kuznetsov, 1982.
Consists of lenses and layers of magnetite skarn that occurs along the contact of Proterozoic and Riphian amphibolite and marble intruded by gabbro, peridotite, diorite, and granite. Metasomatic rock consists of magnesium and calcic skarn and aposkarn. T
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Chilanskoye
52ø37'N
52 37 00N
89 57E
Grade of 27-48% Fe. Resources of 5,000,000 tonnes.
Belous and Klyarovskiy, 1959; Levchenko, 1975.
Consists of hematite layers hosted in Eifelian and Givetian sedimentary, volcanic, and tuff. Low-grade layers contains about 27% of Fe in a horizon up to 43 m thick. Horizon contains layers grading 30-48% Fe, 130-420 m long, and 4-10 m thick. The ore min
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Togulenskoye
53ø57'N
53 57 00N
85 56 00E
Reserves of 5,000,000 tonnes.
Consists of lenses of talc schist and talc in endo-and exocontacts of ultramafic massifs.
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Tamalykskoye
52ø45'N
52 45 00N
Mrass
Phosphorite
Grade of 13-32% P2O5.
Mkrtychan, 1966; Gurevich, 1968; Kazarinov and Krasil'nikova, 1972.
Consists of phosphorite layers in Early Cambrian volcanic and sedimentary rock. Phosphate-bearing packet of 70 to 150 m thick extends about 8 km along strike and contains several phosphorite beds in siliceous carbonate rock. The richest beds beds extend
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Svetlyi Klyuch
53ø08'N
53 08 00N
88 07 00E
Reserves of 5,400,000 tonnes, Resources of 25,000,000 tonnes.
Consists of lenses of talc in Neoproterozoic dolomite along the contact zone of the Azass granitoid intrusive. Outward the intrusive's contact the following metasomatic zones occur: diopside, tremolite, talc and silica-altered carbonate rock. The six tal
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Obukhovskoye
84 53 00E
Reserves of 10,000 tonnes grading 28.0-64.52% Al2O3.
Sukharina, 1966; Rostovtsev and Suchkov, 1968; Ageenko, 1970; Roslyakov and Sviridov, 1998.
Consists of corundum bauxite deposits on the rough surface of the Praghian (Early Devonian limestone. Deposit ranges up to 5800 m long and at the various parts extends to depths of 50-160 m; 240-440 m; and 480-720 m. Main deposit layer ranges up to 16 m
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Kedrovskoye
53ø18'N
53 18 00N
87 20 00E
Consists of streaks and disseminations of galena-sphalerite in a steeply-dipping breccia zone in Cambrian limestone. Limestone and sandy-argillaceous sedimentary rock overlap and are intruded by the diorite. Deposit extends 400 m along strike and is 12-3
Staro-Berikul
55ø30'N
55 30 00N
Granitoid related Au vein
Scherbakov and Roclyakov, 1970, 1976; Bulinnikov and Denisenko, 1983; Cheresov and others, 1992.
Consists of steeply-dipping gold-bearing quartz-carbonate-sulfide veins hosted in Early Cambrian porphyry at the exoconact of Dudetsk gabbro and diorite and syenite massif. Dikes of various ages are wide-spread. More than 100 veins of 300-800 m long and
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Telbes
53ø16'N
53 16 00N
ERROR 87 ø03'
87 23E
Reserves of 1,680,000 tonnes grading 42.5% Fe.
Kuznetsov, 1982; Sinyakov, 1975.
Consists of irregular  and lenses of magnetite-skarns. The host rock consists of Pennsylvanian porphyry, interbedded limestone and tuff and intruded by small granitoid stocks of Silurian Telbes Intrusive Complex. The bodies connected with skarn zone that
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Odrabash
53ø15'N
53 15 00N
87 21 E
Average grade of 35.14% Fe, 6.22% S, 0.02% P, 0.12% Zn.
Ivankin, 1974; Kuznetsov, 1982.
Consists of series of lenses and interlayers of magnetite in Middle Cambrian volcanic and volcaniclastic rock. Host rock is altered to amphibolite and pyroxene-garnet skarn. The main deposit consists of 6 lenses of bodies. Deposit is 715 m long and 47.5
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Kul-Taiga
52ø36'N
52 35 30N
89 02 30 E
Average grade of 13% Fe; 4% TiO2.
Consists of layers of titanomagnetite and ilmenite in weekly differentiated Kultaiga gabbroic massif. Oval-sheped intrusive area is 20 sq.km. In top of intrusive horizon of titan-augite and titanomagnetite gabbro of 600-1200 m thick occurs. This horizon
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Pykhtun
53ø04'N
53 04 00N
ERROR 87 ø05'
87 35E
Average grade of 30-40% Fe. Reserves of 17 000,000 tonnes.
Consists of magnetite and hematite bodies. Deposit is hosted in Cambrian and Ordovician rock (limestone, sandstone, siltstone, conglomerate) inruded by Mostokol granodiorite intrusive (Silurian). There are two types of deposit mineral assemblages: hydrot
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Kazskoye
87 22E
Grade of 38-45% Fe; 1-8% S; 0.02-0.75% P. Reserves of 120,000,000 tonnes.
Muchin and others, 1970; Sinyakov, 1974; Kalugin and others, 1981.
Consists of lenses and layers of magnetite skarn in siliceous, carbonate, and volcanic rock of Neoproterozoic age. Gabbro and syenite (Early Cambrian), diorite and granite (Silurian) and gabbro (Devonian) intrusives also occur. Five bodies occur and cont
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Temirtau
53ø03'N
53 02 30N
Average grade of 44.2% Fe, 0.77% Zn, 1.9% S, 0.15% P, 0.12% As.
Lapin and Sharapov, 1964; Ivankin, 1974; Kuznetsov, 1982.
Consists of a column of magnetite-skarn along the contact of Proterozoic volcanic and carbonate series and granite of Telbes pluton. Deposit occurs in relics of altered host rock in granitic massif. Mn skarn prevails and Ca skarn is less abundant. The si
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Turgenevskoye
ERROR 52ø51'
52 50 30 N
87 52 00E
Consists of small lenses of streaks and disseminations of pyrite-polymetallic minerals in schistose Early Cambrian volcanic and sedimentary rock e. Host rock is siliceous volcanic rock and their tuffs, shale, sandstone, rare limestone and were intruded b
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Belkinskoye
ERROR 52ø39'
52 39 00 N
Grade of 4-12 P2O5.  Reserves of 170, 000,000 tonnes.
Sukharina and others, 1961; Eganov, 1974; Kuznetsov, 1982; Matrosov and Shaposhnikov, 1988.
Consists of bed-like deposits of phosphorites within dolomite-limestone series of the Vend-Lower Cambrian age. Phosphorite-bearing horizon is up to 400-500 m thick. It contains about 10 ore beds of phosphate-bearing limestones and dolomites whose thickne
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Volshebnaya Zhila
52ø16'N
52 16 00N
89 28E
Serdyuk, 1997.
Consists of single quartz-sulfide vein hosted in Cambrian amphibole schist. The vein is conformable with host rock and extends along strike 20.7 m and 200 m to depth. Thickness of the vein ranges up to 1,5 m. Quartz vein is low-sulfide and contains pyrit
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Semeno-Krasilovskoye
85 35 00E
Grade of 39-41.3 Al2O3.
Consists of bauxite deposits in crust of weathering of Cretaceous-Paleogene age. Pyrite-altered argillic shale and mafic volcanic rock served as substratum for crust of weathering. Crust of weathering is of linear-areal type and has kaolinite-hydromica a
Novo-Berikul
55ø27'N
55 27 00N
ERROR 88 ø01'
88 11E
Kucherenko, 1970; Shirokich and others, 1991; Cheresov and others, 1992.
Consists of gold-bearing quartz-carbonate-sulfide veins hosted in Cambrian porphyry that are intruded by Cambrian-Ordovician Dudetsk gabbro, syenite and granite massif. Twenty veins of 300-800 m length and 0.1-0.5 m width occur. Wallrock is altered to be
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Taymetskoye
52ø30'N
52 30 00N
Grade of 0.93% Cu.
Sinyakov, 1997; Kuznetsov, 1982.
Consists of native copper in the Early Cambrian volcanic and pyroclastic series. Deposit is confined to the roofs of basalt flows and beds of pyroclastic rock characterized by highest jointing and porosity. One can distinguish the three deposits that are
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Anzass
ERROR 52ø07'
52 07 00 N
89 11E
North-Sayanian
Grade of 34-38% Fe; 0.97-2.66% S. 0.09-0.18% P2O5. Reserves of 167,000,000 tonnes.
Pavlov, 1964; Ivankin, 1974; Kalugin and others, 1981.
Consists of deep-steeping lens-like ore bodies of magnetite ores in Lower Cambrian volcanogenic-sedimentare rocks intruded by gabbro-albitites of O-S or Cm1 age. The host rocks are strongly dislocated. Metasomatic rocks contening albite, scapolite, epido
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Belininskoye
ERROR 53ø12'
53 11 30 N
85 ø04'E
85 54 00 E
Laterite Ni
Grade of 15% Ni, 0.01-0.09% Co.
Minaeva and Bykov, 1974; Kuznetsov, 1982.
Consists of Ni-bearing weathering crust developed on a ultramafic pluton consists of apodunite, apoperidotite serpentinite, and rare serpentinized pyroxenite.Seventeen layers and funnel-shaped shoots occur. The following deposit types occur: ferruginous-
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Sheregesh
52ø33'N
52 33 00N
87 34E
Reserves of 184,700,000 tonnes grading 35.83% Fe. Production of greater than 50 million tonnes ore.
Veselov, 1979; Kalugin and others, 1981; Kuznetsov, 1982; Orlov, 1998.
Consists of a magnetite skarn is hosted in Middle Cambrian volcanic and sedimentary rock including limestone, tufaceous sandstone, siltstnone and porphyritic trachite tuff that are intruded by gabbro, syenite and granite. The skarn consists of pyroxene a
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Alexandrovskoye 2
ERROR 53ø06'
53 05 30 N
85 53 00 E
Grade of 0.80-0.94% Ni and 0.05-0.07% Co.
Consists of the ancient nickel-bearing crusts of weathering developed on the ultrabasic rocks. The ultrabasic massif is composed of apodunite and apoperidotite serpentinites, rarely by serpentinized pyroxenites. The four ore areas are distinguished. Crus
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Shalym
52ø31'N
52 31 00N
Average grade of 45.1% Fe, 1.1% S, 0.07% P.
Consists of magnteite lenses and intercalations alternating with skarn and host rock. Host Late Carboniferous sedimentary-volcanjgenic series (tuff, tuffite, limestone) intruded by Shalym syenite massif. Two parallel layered magnetite-skarn zones thet bo
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Tashtagol
52ø28'N
52 27 30N
87 33E
Taidon-Kondonskiy
Reserves of 737.800,000 tonnes grading 45.57% Fe.
Kuznetsov, 1982; Sinyakov, 1988; Zeic and Moiseeva, 1966; Orlov, 1998.
Consists of lenses and layers of magnetite skarn in Middle Cambrian volcanic, carbonate and sedimentary rock. Widespead development of amphibole and amphibole-chorite-epidote metasomatite are typical. Deposit is conformable with host rock. It is 7.5 km l
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Kharadzulskoye
ERROR 52ø48'
52 48 00 N
85 ø09'E
85 59 00 E
Kharadzhulsk
Cu, Co
Unksov, 1961; Levchenko, 1975; Borisenko and others, 1984.
Consists of steeply dipping veins in keratophyre dikes and Early Devonian mafic volcanic rock. Deposit contains 27 veins that extend up to 1.4 km along strike and 350 m downdip. Vein thickness varies from 1 to 10 m. Ore minerals occur in masses, breccia,
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Kayanchinskoye
52ø02'N
52 02 00N
86 56 15E
Grade of 31-53% CaF2.
Koplus, Puzanov, 1976; Kuznetsov, 1982; Matrosov and Shaposhnikov, 1988.
Consists of quartz-fluorite veins and zones of disseminated fluorite in Middle Devonian dacite and rhyolite that are dut by dikes of alkaline granitoids, diabase and plagioclase porphyry. The main body consists of a branching quartz-fluorite vein that ex
Kundatskoye
Consists of a gold deposit in a shear zone in early and middle Paleozoic volcanic and sedimentary rock that are intruded by gabbro and granite intrusions. There are several deposit mineral assemblages: gold-containing, pyrite-polimetallic, gold-sulfide,
Irbinskoye
ERROR 92 ø02'
92 32 E
Kizir-Kazyr
Average grade of 38.8% Fe, 0.79% S. Reserves of 95,000,000 tonnes.
Dymkin and others, 1975; Kalugin and others, 1981; Sinyakov, 1988.
Consists of lensoid and layered magnetite in garnet and pyroxene-garnet skarn and aposkarn. Gangue minerals are amphibole, epidote, and chlorite. Skarn occurs in the contact zone of Ordovician gabbro, diorite and granodiorite plutons that intrude Early C
Beryozovskoye
ERROR 54ø29'
54 29 00 N
93 02 E
Average grade of 50% Fe. Reserves of 38,000,000 tonnes.
Consists of magnetite skarn occurring along exocontact of a gabbro-diorite-sienite intrusion. The host rocks are intercalatedf carbonaceous, clastic and volcanogenic rocks of Vendian-Cambrian age. There are 22 ore bodies connected with a garnet and garne
Lysanskoye
ERROR 93 ø07'
93 27E
Lysansk
Ti, fe
Grade of 6-10% TiO2; 15-24% Fe. Reserves of 1,500,000 tonnes TiO2, 12,500,000 tonnes Fe.
Kurceraite and others, 1974; Sinyakov, 1976; Matrosov and Shaposhnikov, 1988.
Consists of titanomagnetite and ilmenite in gabbro and pyroxenite intrusions that intrude metamorphosed Neoproterozoic volcanic and sedimentary rock. Intrusions are lens-shaped and range from 1 to 2 km long. Lensoid deposits occur along margins of intrus
Kedranskoye
54ø18'N
54 18 00N
Ti, Fe
Consists of titanomagnetite and ilmenite in a gabbroic intrusive hosted in metamorphosed Neoproterozoic volcanic and sedimentary rocks. Lens-shaped intrusive is of 5.3 by 0.5 km. Steeply-dipping body is bounded along SW part of massive, is elongated up t
Pionerskoye 1
ERROR 54ø21'
54 20 30 N
ERROR 93 ø04'
93 14 00E
Agulsk
Grade of 0.01-0.05% Mo.
Consists of zones of disseminated molybdenite in quartz-sericite metasomatite that occur over granitoids of the Kanzybinsk massif (Cambrian and Ordovician). The area of development of Mo minerals are 500x800 m2. Deposition is interpreted as related to yo
Dzhetskoye
ERROR 93 ø09'
93 09E
Average grade of 0.069% Mo and 0.032% WO3.
Consists of a quartz-molybdenite stockwork hosted in Neoproterozoic sandstone and shale that are intruded by small stocks of early Paleozoic granite and granodiorite. Deposit occurs both in granitoid and in adjacent host rock. Wallrock is altered to K-fe
Karaulnaya Gorka
93 03E
Djotsk
Weathering crust Mn (ñFe)
Grade of 13-40% Mn.
Cykin, 19671,2; Matrosov and Shapashnikov, 1988.
Consists of layers of loose Mn oxides in weathered silicious claystone and carbonaceous shale of Neoproterozoic age. Deposit is tabular, 200 m long, and 15-20 m thick, and extendsuto  70-90 m depth. Ore minerals are principally psilomelane and pyrolusite
Seibinskoye 1
54 21 00N
Average grade of 25% Mn. Reserves of 110,000 tonnes of ore.
Cykin, 1967a, b; Matrosov and Shaposhnikov, 1988.
Consists of Mn oxides in weathering crust that developed on Neoproterozoic siliceous and argillacoues shale. Deposit consists of loose and dense pyrolusite, psilomelane and limonite. Deposit sharply pinches out at depth. Deposit contains layers of loose
Djotskoye
Grade of 14-28.5% Mn.
Cykin, 1972.
Consists of manganese oxide ore deposti in the ancient weathering crust along the contact zone of Upper Proterozoic siliceous shists and dyke-shaped diorite intrusive. Deposit extends 500-600 m long and from 1-2 to 20-30 m width. Ores of psilomelane-pyro
Margoz
ERROR 54ø15'
54 14 30 N
93 10 00 E
Reserves of 5,500,000 tonnes grading 49.06% Fe.
Manankov and others, 1973; Dymkin and others, 1975; Orlov, 1998.
Consist of lenses and ore-bunches of skarn with magnetite that occur along the contact of Cambrian volcanic and sedimentary and metamorphic rock intruded by gabbro and diorite, diorite, syenite-diorite and granodiorite intrusive supposedly of Ordovician
Rudny Kaskad
54ø11'N
54 11 00N
Grade of 37.7-59.1% Fe. Reserves of 52,600,000 tonnes.
Consists lenses and masses of magnetite associated with garnet-amphibole skarn along the contact of gabbro and granodiorite intrusion with Cambrian carbonate-volcanic rock and their relics in intrusive rock. There are 15 bodies ranging from 90 to 750 m l
Leiba
55ø20'N
55 20 00N
93 33 00E
Grade of 1.15-15.03% Pb, 5.06-11.16% Zn, 0.062-0.096% Cd. Resources of 120,000 tonnes Pb, 125,000 tonnes Zn, 1140 tonnes Cd.
Kuznetsov and others, 1966; Tokushev, Tomskaya, 1990.
Consists of veins, stocks and veinlets of massive and streaky galena and sphalerite in Early Cambrian dolomite. Dolomite series overlaps Early Cambrianand Vendian sandstone and greywacke. Deposit is confined to brachyanticline cut by series of faults of
Terekhovskoye
54ø04'N
54 04 00N
93 29E
Reserves of 81,800,000 tonnes grading 37.2% Fe.
Kalugin and others, 1981; Orlov, 1998.
Consists of layers and lenses of magnetite both in skarn along the contact of Early and Middle Cambrian carbonate and volcanic rock and a gabbbro-diorite intrusive. Bodies are concordant with host rock banding. Gluchariny area consists of 13 bodies rangi
Odinochnoye
54ø12'N
54 12 00N
93 05E
Reserves of 72,600,000 tonnes grading of 35.1-60.0% Fe.
Vinogradov, 1966; Mazurov, 1979; Kalugin and others, 1981.
Consists of steeply-dipping magnetite-skarn lenses of bodies, that occure in Middle Cambrian volcanic and sedimentary rock intruded by diorite and granodiorite. The host rock altered in different extent in the form of epidote alteration, amphibolization
Sydinskoye
ERROR 92 ø05'
92 05E
Average grade of 35% Fe. Resources of 100,000,000 tonnes.
Andreev and Kurceraite, 1977; Kalugin and others, 1981.
Consists of layered hematite-magnetite bodies hosted in Proterozoic volcanic and sedimentary rock. Two large and several small bodies occur in band 2.2 km long. The largest bodies are from 70 to 525 m long and from 2 to 79 m thick. They contain hematite
Mulginskoye
54 05 30 N
ERROR 93 ø00'
93 10E
Grade of 37.5%Fe, 1.13-2.01% S; 0.005-0.43% P. Reserves of 15,300,000 tonnes.
Belous and Klyarovsky, 1959; Orlov, 1998.
Consists of layers and lenses of skarn with magnetite in a Cambrian sedimentary and volcanic sequence that inrtuded by gabbro and diorite intrusives. The bodies occur in two latitudial alongated skarn zones. The Central body extends 600-650 m along strik
Raduga
53ø23'N
53 23 00N
ERROR 95 ø02'
95 12 00E
Kizhi-Khem
Serdyuk and others, 1998.
Consists of lens and stock of Be greisens and beryl-fluorite metasomatite. Deposit occurs along the exocontact zone of a granitoid massif intruding Early Cambrian carbonate rock.
Burlukskoye
54ø02'N
54 02 00N
93 04E
Grade of 36.2-49.9% Fe, 1.5% S. Reserves of 32 000,000 tonnes.
Consists of the series of lens-like magnetite ore bodies along the contact within gabbro-diorite-granodiorite massif (O) in relics of carbonate volcanogenic rocks (Cm1-Cm2). The ore bodies situated in albite-amphibole-epidote-scapolite metasomatites and
Samson
54ø40'N
54 40 00N
ERROR 91 ø05'
91 05 E
Reserves of 23,300,000 tonnes grading 44,28% Fe.
Kuznetsov and others, 1971; Kalugin and others, 1981.
Consists of six steeply-dipping lensoid skarn-magnetite deposits that occur along a contact zone between a Paleozoicgranitoid and Early Carboniferous marble. Deposits range from 100 to 600 m long and extend from 320 to 610 m depth and range ukp to 5 to 3
Tibik
53ø54'N
53 53 30N
93 24 00E
Consists of quartz veins and quartz zones that occur in Cambrian extrusive rock with propylitic alteration. Separate zones range from 50 to 800 m long and 1.5 to 12 m thick. Zones are irregularly saturated with quartz veins and veinlets. The veins do not
Petropavlovskoye
53ø49'N
53 49 00N
93 37E
Grade of 27-51% Fe.
Consists of lenses of magnetite in among Middle Cambrian volcanic and sedimentary rock intruded by granite and syenite. Host rock altered to hornfels and skarn. Thickness of bodies is variable. The deposit minerals occur in lenses, spots, breccia, streak
Okunevskoye
53ø39'N
53 39 00N
94 04 00E
Be, CaF2
Resources of 800,000 tonnes CaF2 grading 30% CaF2.
Kachalo and others, 1976a, b; Serdyuk and others, 1998.
Consists of masses and lenses of fluorite-altered rock with beryl in the exocontact zone of the alkalic Seibinsk granitoid pluton. The steeply-dipping intrusive extends NE for 2.5 km and is altered to albite and fluorite. Host rock is marble, chert and m
Seibinskoye 2
ERROR 93 ø01'
93 31 00E
Bellyk
Reserves of weathering crust phorphate are about 13,000,000 tonnes grading 5-35% P2O5.
Kazarinov and Krasil'nikova, 1972.
Consists of packets of phosphate-bearing siliceous, carbonate and argilliceous rock underlain by bituminiferous limestone and overlapped by siliceous and argillaceous shale. Host rock is Neoproterozoic. Deposit consists of phosphorite and phosphate-beari
Telekskoye
ERROR 92 ø03'
92 03 00E
Weathering crust and karst phosphate
Average grade of 15% P2O5. Reserves of 135,000,000 tonnes P2O5.
Kazarinov and Krasil'nikova, 1972; Romanovich and others, 1982.
Consists of secondary phosphorite in the crust of weathering of the Early Cambrian dolomite alternating with coaly-flinty slate and quartzite. The two large lenses of phosphorite deposits occur in a belt of 8 km long and 1-2 km wide. Bodies extend 3.5-4.
Znamenskoye
54ø06'N
54 06 00N
92 34E
Average grade of 38.6% Fe. Reserves of 22,300,000 tonnes.
Belous and Klyarovsky, 1959; Orlov, 1998
Consists of lenses of bodies of magnetite in contact zone between Cambrian carbonate rock with diorite and granodiorite intrusive. The bodies are placed in garnet-pyroxene skarn. Albite alteration, epidote alteration and chlorite alteration of wall-rock
Tayatskoye
53ø31'N
53 31 00N
ERROR 94 ø03'
94 13E
Average grade of 37.21% Fe; 1.44% S; 0.11% P. Reserves of 22,000,000 tonnes.
Kalinin, 1962; Mazurov, 1979; Kalugin and others, 1981.
Consists of lenses and layers of magnetite in scapolite and albite-altered Cambrian volcanic rock that is intruded by early Paleozoic gabbro, diorite and granodiorite massif. The bodies are concordant with host rock and elongate from 100 to 700 m along s
Tabratskoye
53ø29'N
53 29 00N
94 ø05'E
94 05 30 E
Average grade of 29.3% Fe; 0.1% S; 0.06% P. Reserves of 221,500,000 tonnes.
Knyazev, 1974; Korel and Perfilyeva, 1979; Kalugin and others, 1981.
Consists of lenses, layers and stocks of magnetite in contact zones of gabbro, gabbro and diorite and granitoids with Cambrian carbonate and volcanic series. Host rock is pyroxene-epidote, amphibole-epidote and pyroxene-plagioclase skarn. There are three
Khabalykskoye
53ø28'N
53 28 00N
ERROR 94 ø01'
94 01E
Average grade of 37.2% Fe. Reserves of 12,000,000 tonnes.
Consists of steeply-dipping magnetite-skarn lenses in contact zone of Early-Cambrian volcanic and sedimentary rock intruded by a diorite stock. Deposit is concordant with volcanic and carbonaceous rock, is 1 km long, and 100-150 m thick. Seven lenses occ
Oktyabrskoye 1
ERROR 94 ø05'
94 35 00E
Consists of gold-bearing quartz veins in Early Cambrian metamorphic schist. The veins are lens-shaped with apophyses. The thickness of veins ranges from 0.5 to 2 m (locally to 5.5 m). The total length of 5 major veins is about 1 km. In vein selvages, the
Martyuhinskoye
ERROR 91 ø01'
91 51 00E
Barite
Consists of barite lenses hosted in Neoproterozoic carbonate and -shale. Length of barite bodies ranges up to 100 m, thickness of 6-8 m. The age of barite deposition is interpreted as early Paleozoic.
Oktyabrskoye 2
ERROR 53ø07'
53 07 00 N
94 34 00E
Sistigkhem
Average grade of 0.1% Hg.
Consists of a fracture zone in plagiogranite intruding Early Cambrian volcanic rock (Kuznetsov, 1981). Cinnabar occurs as fillings and thin coatings The occurrence is poorly studied.
Izykhskoye
53ø35'N
53 35 00N
93 05 45 E
Average grade of 36.17% Fe. Reserves of 37 600,000 tonnes.
Btlous, Klyarovsky, 1959; Orlov, 1998.
Consists of magnetite bodies in feldspar hornfels and siliceous rock along the contact of a quartz-diorite intrusive. The host rock is partly altered to garnet-amphibole skarn. The ore minerals occur both in host rock and in intrusive body. Magnetite is
Poselschik
53ø36'N
53 36 00N
ERROR 90 ø00'
90 00E
Fe,Au,Ag,Mo
Average grade of 1% Cu, 0.01% Mo.
Vachrushev and Sotnikov, 1972; Levchenko, 1975.
Consists of compound layered veins with pinches and swells in contact zone of early Paleozoic granitoid massif with Early Cambrian series of carbonate rock. The bodies often coinside with pyroxene-garnet and garnet-skarns. There are 58 bodies ranging fro
Kukshinskoye
53ø09'N
53 08 30N
ERROR 94 ø07'
94 17 00E
Consists of small fracture zones in Middle Devonian volcanic and sedimentary rock. The occurrence consists of cinnabar in thin veinlets and disseminations in hydrothermally-altered tuff and sandstone. Argillic alteration is typical.
Belokitatskoye
ERROR 53ø57'
53 57 00 N
ERROR 95 ø06'N
95 36 30 N
Grade of 36-88.6% Fe Reserves of 200,000,000 tonnes.
Consists of lenticular and layered deposits of hematite and magnetite in Early Cambrian volcanic and sedimentary rock consisting mainly of interbedded tuff, sandstone, phyllite, and by jasperite. The deposit occurs in the -Western and Eastern districts.
Tolcheinskoye
54ø05'N
54 05 00N
90 57 00E
Grade of 30-90% BaSO4.
Mkrtychan and Vasil'ev, 1976; Archinekov, 1986; Matrosov and Shaposhnikov, 1988.
Consists of barite deposits in Vendian and Cambrian siliceous and carbonate rock. Two deposits are defined: (1) a lensoid deposit aboout 400 m long and up to 60 m thick that occurs in a core of syncline; and (2) a layered deposit that is about 8 to 10 m
Julia Mednaya
54ø15'N
54 15 00N
90 26E
Average grade of 1.7%Cu, 0.11% Mo.
Kurbaton, 1934; Dymkin and others, 1974; Levchenko, 1975.
Consists of garnet, pyroxene, and vesuvian skarn in granitoids of early Paleozoic age. Five Cu and Mo ore zones occur in 17 small layers and lenses ranging from 50 to 200 m long, 1-5 to 13-15 m thick, and 50-100 m depth. The ore minerals are irregular an
Julia Svintsovaya
Bulynnikov, 1960; Levchenko, 1975.
Consists of Pb-Zn metasomatic layers and nests in the Cambrian limestone that grades upward into intercalating limestone, shale, and tuff. Limestone is intruded by Devonian syenite, granosyenite, and granite. Garnet-diopside skarn occurs along the intrus
Kapchalskoye
ERROR 53ø32'
53 32 20 N
91 45 45 E
Chapsordag
Grade of 90-96% BaSO4.
Savel'ev, 1978.
Consists of barite-calcite veins in a granitoid massif. Veins have a lenticular shape, range from 0.13 to 3.5 m thick, and extend 30 to 300 m along strike. Wallrock is slightly altered to argillite. Deposit is abandoned.
Kysyl-Tashskoye
52ø13'N
52 13 00N
ERROR 95 ø08'
95 28 00E
Ulugoisk
Distanov, 1977; Zaikov and others, 1981.
Consists of two pyrite lensoid deposits with superimposed magnetite that are hosted in Vendian and Early Cambrian volcanic rock. Deposit occurs close to a fault zone that borders the Ulugoi Basin that contains Devonian sedimentary rock. Deposit host rock
Sorskoye
90 07E
Mo,Cu
Grade of 0.04-0.07% Mo, 0.2-0.3% Cu.
Amshinskiy and Sotnikov, 1976; Pokalov, 1992; Sotnikov and others, 1993, 1995, 1998.
Consists of disseminations, streaks, and breccia that occur in intensely hydrothermally-altered gabbro and granitoid in the Cambrian and Ordovician Uibat pluton. The deposit minerals are associated with numerous stocks and dikes of subalkalic granite por
Sorminskoye
53ø53'N
53 53 00N
Grade of 50-90% BaSO4.
Consists of stratiform deposits of barite in Vendian and Cambrian siliceous and carbonate unit. Bands of barite, barite-enriched rock and limestone alternate in the lenses and layers.
Kyzyl-Tashtygskoye
ERROR 52ø01'
52 00 30 N
95 59 00 E
Average grade of 10.5% Zn, 1.5% Pb, 0.7% Cu.
Consists of lenses, stocks and ribbons of pyrite and polymetallic sulfides that are hosted in an Early Cambrian rhyolite and dacite and basalt complex. Deposit occurs in a paleovolcanic structure containing mafic and siliceous extrusiveand pyroclastic ro
Sayanskoye
52ø29'N
52 29 00N
93 44 00E
Chrysotile asbestos
Reserves of 6,500,000 tonnes grading 3-6% fibrous asbestos.
Tatarinov and Eremeev, 1967; Eremeev and Sibilev, 1972.
Consists of chrysotile-asbestos confined to an exocontact part of the large (180 sq.km.) Idzhimsk ultramafic massif. The massif is concordant with host Vendian and Early Cambrian siliceous-spilite-diabase formations. The massif is mainly composed of harz
Beiskoye
ERROR 53ø36'
53 36 00 N
ERROR 90 ø04'
90 14 E
Grade of 0.001-0.2% Mo.
Amshinskiy and Sotnikov, 1978.
Consists of numerous small quartz veins and veinlets among K-feldspathizied and silicified Lower Paleozoic leucocratic granite massif. The ore mineralization manifested in a north-west-striking zone up to 2 km logn, and 500 m wide. Ore mineralization was
Alga
54ø53'N
54 53 00N
92 33 00E
Average grade of 9.5% Pb. Reserves of 2000 tonnes Pb.
Consists of pipe-like ore bodies of lead ores in the Lower Cambrian limestones nearly the contact of leucocratic greisenized granites. Ore minerals are galena, sphalerite, argentite; in the zone of oxidation - anglesite, calamine, smithsonite, limonite.
Kyzyk-Chadrskoye
52ø10'N
52 10 00N
ERROR 94 ø08'
94 28 00E
Grade of 0.1-0.3% Cu.
Rafienko, 1956; Bucharov and others, 1982; Malich and others, 1988; Rogov, 1989.
Consists of Cu-molibdenum-porphyry bodies that occur in contact zone of sandstone-shale rock with quartz porphyry and granite porphyry intrusive stocks. Stockwork and vein deposit minerals occur in strong-altered host rock with sericite, silica and chlor
Malo-Shushenskoye
53ø02'N
53 02 00N
ERROR 91 ø02'
91 52E
Consists of quartz-carbonate-sulfide veins, zones, streaks and disseminations of sulfides in metamorphic chlorite and sericite-chlorite schist and schistose Cambrian diabase -porphyry. Small intrusions of diorite and plagiogranite dikes occur. The veins
Temir-Dag
ERROR 90 ø02'
90 02E
Fe, Au, Ag
Consists of sublatitudal zones in gneiss and skarn in marble along exocontact of early Paleozoic granitoids. There are about 20 deposits, ranging from 150 to 80 m long and 1-4 m thick. Deposit minerals occur in nests, streaks and disseminations. The depo
Taptan-Turazy
90 30 00E
Grade of 96-98% BaSO4.
Savel'ev, 1978; Matrosov and Shaposhnikov, 1988.
Consists of barite veins hosted in Devonian volcanic rock and tuff-conglomerate. Veins are from 20 to 400 m long and 0.1-1.5 m thick. Deposit minerals are high-grade in Cu sulfides. Deposit belongs to the transitional type of Cu-barite deposits of veined
Mainskoye
53ø00'N
53 00 00N
ERROR 91 ø08'
91 28 00E
Grade of 0.3-4.5% Cu, 0.2-4.9% Zn.
Belous and Novozhilov, 1969; Distanov, 1977.
Consists of layers and lenses of Cu-pyrite and Fe-oxide in Early Cambrian volcaniclastic, and and sedimentary rock. Deposit occurs near the regional Sayan-Minusinsk fault zone. Host greenschist consists interbedded black schist and sandstone along with l
Kamyshtinskoye
90 26 00E
Consists of quartz-molybdenite stockwork in hydrothermally-altered early Paleozoic biotite and alaskite granite of the Syrsk intrusive. Host rock alterations are K-feldspar, sericite, silica, greisen, and argillite alterations. There are two stock quartz
Igr-Golskoye
53ø24'N
53 24 00N
90 04 00E
Consists of lenses, bodies, and stockworks Pb-Zn minerals in carbonate and clastic rock of Vendian-Cambrian age. The elongated deposit is connected with a fracture along the contact of the Askiz gneissous granitoid massif of early Paleozoic age. The host
Bazikskoye
ERROR 53ø17'
53 17 00 N
90 ø00'E
90 20 00 E
Consists of quartz-sulfide veins in Early Cambrian limestone. The veins occur in fault zones in Early Devonian sedimentary and volcanic rock and in porphyry dikes. Five bodies occur, are from 55 to 500 m long, range from about 3 to 5.5 m thick, and exten
53ø11'N
53 11 00N
ERROR 90 ø09'
90 29 00E
Grade of 62-98% BaSO4.
Consists of about twenty barite veins in Devonian labradorite and augite porphyry that range from 30 to 1050 m long and 0.2 to 1.5 m thick. Ore minerals occur in masses and local breccia. Gangue minerals are quartz and calcite. Wall rocks adjacent to vei
Obkolskoye
52ø34'N
52 34 00N
91 42 00E
Consists of beryl-containing quartz veinlets among greisen-altered granite and greisens in the northern part of the Devonian Gremyachinsk massif. Beryl occurs in nests in minor amounts.
Zhurskoye
ERROR 91 ø04'
91 04 00E
Reserves of 3,100 tonnes CaF2 grading 76-85% CaF2.
Kachalo and Vasil'ev, 1976.
Consists of two conformable lenses of fluorite bodies in the lower part of Tournaisian limestone. The lenses extend 350 and 370 m along strike, are 0.2-0.4 m thick and pinchout rapidly at depth. Lenses contain from 5-10 to 85% fluorite.
Azkizskoye
ERROR 53ø05'
53 05 00 N
90 08 00 E
Rhodusite asbestos
Piskarskii, 1965; Romanovich and others, 1982.
Consists of rhodusite-asbestos deposits in the Devonian series composed of marls, siltstones, and sandstones. Rock alterations are albitization, dolomitization, and rarely kalispathization. The thickness of rhodusite-bearing series varies from 35 to 70 m
Butrakhtinskoye
52ø46'N
52 46 00N
90 06 00E
Unksov, 1961; Borisenko and others, 1984.
Consists of irregular, steeply-dipping veins in Middle Devonian sedimentary and volcanic rock that isare intruded by porphyry, diabase porphyry, and albite dikes. The veins occur mainly in tuffaceous rock and rarely in dikes. Veins range from 2 to 5 m th
Abakanskoye
ERROR 52ø25'
52 25 00 N
90 02 E
Average grade of 38% Fe. Reserves of 172,500,000 tonnes.
Bogatskiy and Kurceraite, 1966; Kalugin and others, 1981; Orlov, 1998; Sinyakov, 1988.
Consists of large lenses and layers of magnetite that are hosted in Early Cambrian extrusive and tuffaceous rock, andesite and basalt extrusives, tufaceous sandstone, and aleurolite intercalated with conglomerate and limestone. The magnetite deposits abo
Karbai
52ø01'N
52 01 00N
90 32E
Average grade of 20-54% Fe. Resources of 25,000,000 tonnes.
Consists of magnetite and mushketovite in metasomaticaly altered Silurian carbonaceous and clastic rock intruded by plagiogranite, granodiorite (Silurian) and microclinic granite (Early Devonian). Numerous small bodies of gabbro and diabase, diabase, qua
Sitikskoye
55ø47'N
55 47 00N
93 35 00E
Grade of 0.01-0.85% Hg.
Consists of streaks and disseminations of Hg minerals in silica- and carbonate-altered Devonian volcanic and sedimentary rock. Deposit extends for 180 m along strike and varies from 1 to 10 m thick. The deposit minerals are cinnabar, hematite, pyrite, ch
Konstantinovskoye
93 39E
Average grade of 18 g/t Au.
Timofeevskiy, 1950; Khazagarov, 1963, 1968; Romanov, 1971; Ivankin, 1974.
Consists of gold-sulfide bodies in endo-and exocontact of Olkhovsk granitoid massif (Ordovician) with Cambrian carbonate rock (dolostone, limestone). Carbonate rock is altered to skarn. Quartz-porphyry and diabase dikes occur. Deposit ocurs in granite an
Olkhovskoye
Timofeevskiy, 1950; Bulinnikov, 1968; Chazagorov, 1963, 1968; Smirnov, 1978.
Occurs along the contact zone of the Ordovician Olchovsk granitoid pluton that intrudes Early and Middle Cambrian sedimentary and volcanic rock that is contact metamorphosed and metasomatized. Lenses and columns sulfide deposits commonly occur in carbona
Medvezhie
93 26E
Timofeevskiy, 1950; Khazagarov, 1963, 1968; Ivankin, 1974.
Consists of gold-sulfide minerals in contact zone of Ordovician Olchovsk granitoid massif that intrudes Early and Middle Cambrian sedimentary and volcanic rock. Host rock is altered to hornfels and skarn. There are three morphological types: (1) lenses,
Beloziminskoye
ERROR 55ø34'
55 34 N
ERROR 100ø33'
100 33 E
REE, P, Zr, Ti
Grade of 0.39 %; Nb205 and 0.015-0.017 % Ta205.
Pozharitskaya and others, 1972; Frolov, 1975; Emelyanov and others, 1998.
Consists  of a stockwork body of carbonatites that occurs in a core of a alkaline ultramafic pluton. The stockwork extends over 10 km2, and in plan forms an ellipse trending northwest. The stockwork extends to about 750 m. The stockwork is surrounded by
Zashikhinskoe
53o36'N
ERROR 98oø05'
98o45'E
Zashikhinskiy
Zr, Sn, Hf, REE
Contains up to about 0.072% (on average 0.033%) Ta205 , average 0.25% Nb205.
Arkhangelskaya, and others, 1997.
Occurs in an alkaline granite pluton with riebeckite and rare aegerine-riebeckite. The pluton is a small lenticular stock with a surface area of 1 to 1.5 sq.km. The alkaline granite contains autometasomatic and post-magmatic albite alteration and associa
Verkhne-Iiskoye
ERROR 53ø00'
5310 N
ERROR 99 ø09'
99 39 E
Iiskiy
Average grade of 9.71% TiO2, 21-34% F, 0.47% P205.
Shabalin, 1977; Baryshev, 1981; Bognibov and Mekhonoshin, 1990.
Occurs in the early Paleozoic Khaaktygoy layered massif that contains anorthosite, olivine and titano-magnetite gabbro, olivine pyroxenite and plagioperidotite (kanzaskite). The gabbros are melanocratic and vary from anorthosite to ultramafic with sulfid
Botogolskoe
ERROR 52ø21'
52o21N
ERROR 100ø45'
100o45'E
Average grade of 21% Al203.
Solonenko, 1950.
Occurs in the Botogol alkaline nepheline syenite massif that forms an elongated oval that is 6 x 2 km and  intrudes Proterozoic schist and carbonate rock. The massif formed in three stages: normal pyroxene and quartz syenite; alkaline pyroxene and nephel
Zun-Kholba
ERROR 52ø08'
52 08 N
ERROR 101ø14'
101 14 E
Pb, An, Ag, Cu (Bi, Pt)
Grade of 26 ppm Au, 24-37 ppm Ag, 1.7ppm Pt.
Feofilaktov, 1992; Zhmodik and others, 1994; Dobretsov and Ignatovich, 1989.
Consists of a steeply-dipping zone (8000 x 200-600 m) that strikes NW and contains over over 30 bodies of which 12 are economic. The bodies are divided into: (1) steeply-dipping quartz-polysulfide; (2) banded chalcopyrite-pyrite bodies; and (3) quartz ve
Barun-Kholba
ERROR 52ø09'
52 09 N
ERROR 101ø00'
101   13  E
Grade of 1.8-18 ppm Au, 15-20 ppm Ag.
Levitsky, 1966; Vinogradov,1958; Dobretsov and Ignatovich, 1989.
Consists of a series of small echelon-like located quartz veins and zones of veinlet-disseminated mineralization confined to subparallel zones of layering NW  sublatitudinal strike (thickness of the zone of tectonites 100-150 m), in thge linear tectoinic
Pionerskoye 2
ERROR 52ø06'
52 06 N
ERROR 100ø58'
100 58 E
Average grade of 4.5 g/t Au.
G.N. Belskaya and others, written commun., 1958; Vinogradov, 1958; Gromova, 1960; Globa, 1963; Levitsky, 1966; Feofilaktov, 1970.
Consists of a large vein zone (2700 x 60 m) counting 20 quartz veins, three are economic and are 90-270 m long, 160 m deep and 0.2-0.6 m wide (to 3 m in swells). In pillars the Au grade is 250 ppm, Ag 76 ppm. Deposit is gold-pyrite-quartz type: pyrite 82
Ilchirskoye
ERROR 52ø02'
52o02'N
ERROR 101ø05'
101o05'E
Average grade of 2.5% asbestos fibre. Ranging 0.08-0.25% textile grade asbestos.
Gokoev, 1932; Blinnikov and Lodochnikoiv, 1936; 1947; Shamansky, 1945; Blinnikov, 1947; Krutsko, 1964.
Occurs in the Ilchir lens-shaped massif (2.5 x 1 km) composed of Vendian peridotite and serpentinite. Deposit is an irregular lens with dimensions of 1700 by 100-380 by 150-550 m. Deposit has a concentric structure: a central part of asbestos-bearing ser
Aksug
ERROR 53ø26'
53 26 00 N
96 34 E
Grade of 0.5-1.0% Cu, 0.02% Mo.
Popov and others, 1988; Dobrjanskiy and others, 1992; Sotnikov and Berzina, 1993, 1998
Consists of a stockwork with streaks and disseminations of Cu-Mo minerals in intensely-sheeted and hydrothermally-altered Early Cambrian volcanic rock that is intruded by the Aksug stock. The stock varies from gabbro and diorite in periphyry to granodior
Daschkhemskoye
96 54 00E
Consists of a Mo stockwork hosted in early Paleozoic silicified biotite granodiorite. Porphyry dikes occur in the district. The deposit occurs in seven areas that range from 1 to10 m wide and up to 30 m long. The total area of Mo deposits is 400 m2. Depo
Kazyrskoye
ERROR 96 ø09'
96 09 00E
Reserves of 30,000 tonnes BeO.
Kachalo and others, 1976; Serdyuk and others, 1998.
Consists of lenses and stocks of Be-bearing and beryl-fluorite metasomatite in Early Cambrian carbonate rock in exocontact zone of the granitoid intrusive.
Vishnyakovskoye
ERROR 55ø13'
55 13N
97 42 E
Tagulskiy
Nb, Li, Rb, Be, Sn
Grade of 0.014-0.026% Ta205.
Vakhromeev and others, 1983; Makagon and others, 1983; Ryabtsev, 1998.
Occurs in the Tagul-Tumanshet mobile zone and consists of gently-lying veins in fine-grained ortho-amphibolite and metamorphosed diabase and gabbro. Pegmatite veins are tabular, upper veins are arched and range up to 12 m thick and 2 km long. The average
Ulug-Alymskoye
53ø01'N
53 01 00N
ERROR 97 ø00'
97 30 00E
Pyatov, 1979; Matrosov and Shaposhnikov, 1988.
Consists of zones of molybdenite and scheelite in a hydrothermal metasomatite in the dome of a Devonian granite massif. Streaks and disseminations of chalcopyrite, scheelite and molybdenite occur in sericite-, albite- and silica-altered granitoids in the
Aryskanskoye 1
53 12 00 N
96 24 00 E
REE, Nb,
Ta, Zr, Hf
Grade of 0.2-0.5% REE.
Consists of of albite metasomatite with zircon (malacon) and Ti-Ta-Nb minerals that occur along a northwest-striking fault zone in the apical part of a middle Paleozoic granitoid massif. The deposit is 375 m long, varies from 15 to 70 m thick, and increa
Ulug-Odir-Oiy
52ø09'N
52 09 00N
ERROR 98 ø02'
98 02 00E
Consists of veins of alkali metasomatite confined to the exocontact zone of the Dugdinsk nepheline syenite massif and Neoproterozoic contact metamorphosed schist. Bodies consist of mariupolite and albitite veins resulted from metasomatic replacement of n
Dalneye
96 05 00E
Consists of lens-like bodies of pyrite-polymetallic massive sulfide ores hosted in rocks of the rhyolite-dacite-basalt complex of the Lower Cambrian age. The ore deposit is situated at the eastern flank of the Kyzyl-Tashtyg ore field. Ore mineralization
Malo-Tagulskoye
ERROR 54ø49'
54 49 N
ERROR 97 ø06'
97 06 E
Pt, V
Average grade in disseminated ore is 4.7% TiO2, 26.8% Fe.
Mekhonoshinand others, 1986; Starostin, 1998.
Occurs in the Malotagulsky massif of metagabbro in blocks that total 160 sq.km. Fault zones bound occurrences that are about 2 km long and 300-800 m wide. Wallrock include amphibolite, migmatite and eclogite. Bodies are a series of steeply-dipping lenses
Karasuk
ERROR 98 ø05'
98 35 00E
Consists of Pb-Zn lenses and pipes in Cambrian limestone. Deposit occurs in a syncline formed in crystalline, microlaminated limestone interbedded with bituminous limestone and siltstone. Limestone is intruded by small granosyenite bodies surrounded by a
Gutaro-Biryusinskoye
ERROR 54ø23'
54 23 N
97 46 E
Over 170 small veins.
Glebov, 1969 and 1971; Fedorov and others, 1975; Konoplev, 1937; Kochnev and others, 1989; Sokolov and others, 1970; Shmakin and others, 1969.
Consists of a large tectonic block with a number of pegmatite fields in hinges of gently-lying anticline folds of submeridional strike: Tepsinsky, Neroisky, and Gutarsky. Dimensions of pegmatite veins vary widely: length from 10 to 20 m to 800 m (average
Ingashinskoye
ERROR 53ø19'
53 19'N
ERROR 100ø54'
100o54E
Diamond-bearing kimberlite
Dibrov and others, 1960; Odintsov and others, 1962;.Sekerin and Vladimirov, 1986,1989; Pechersky, 1965; Prokopchuk and Metelkina, 1985; Sekerin and others, 1993.
Occurs in a dike field of nine small bodies (0.08-1.0 x 50-850 m) that intrude Paleoproterozoic schist. Dikes composed mainly of olivine and phlogopite, and minor serpentine, talc, calcite, titanomagnetite, pyrope, and Cr-spinel, and rare ilmenite, apati
Sredneziminskoye
ERROR 53ø27'
53o27'N
ERROR 100ø26'
100o26'E
Pazharitsky and others, 1972; Frolov, 1975; Emelyanov and others, 1998.
Consists of carbonatite with REE minerals in a multi-phase massif of ultramafic-alkaline rock. In plan, has a lenticular shape of 2.6 sq.km. and is extended NW along the controlling fault. Numerous relics of enclosing rock, both in periphery and in the c
Gorkhonskoye
ERROR 53ø31'
53 31 N
99 29 E
Average grade of 0.2-0.85% Hg.
Geological Studies of the USSR (Irkutsk Oblast), 1969.
Consists of two districts with nests, streaks, and stockworks. The two districts occur along the feather branches of the Iisky-Gorkhon fault. In the first district, the deposit extends for 220, and extends for 100 m in the second district. Deposit consis
Agulskoye
ERROR 54ø27'
54 27 00 N
96 13 E
Average grade of 0.07% Mo.
Consists of a Cu-Mo stockwork hosted in Proterozoic  schist and gneiss intruded by a Paleozoic granitoid stock. The host rocks are altered to K-feldspar, silica, and sericite. A hydrothermal alteration zone contains some intensely brecciated and silicifi
Sosnovy Baits
ERROR 52ø43'
52 43 N
ERROR 102ø03'
102 03 E
V, Cr, Ge
Resources of 19.2 million tonnes grading 27.9% Fe.
Uchitel and others, 1966; Mikhailov, 1983; Geological Structure of the USSR, 1987; L.N. Suprunenko and others, written commun., 1966; V.G. Rybakov and others, written commun., 1988.
Consists of a series of alternating Paleoproterozoic garnet-biotite and amphibole gneiss and schist. About 30 beds of ferruginous quartzite (50-1000 x 1.4-11 m) occur and are composed of thin banded magnetite and hematite. Major minerals: hematite (to 55
Onotskoe
ERROR 52ø38'
52o38'N
ERROR 102ø04'
102o04'E
Talk, magnetite
Nadelyaev, 1958; Basmanov, 1960; Korenbaum, 1967; Romanovich and others, 1982.
Occurs in the western part of the Onotsky graben that contains Paleoproterozoic volcanic and carbonate rock. Most of the talc is in carbonate in the Kamchadal sequence. Two productive horizons occur. (1) The lower horizon is 100-150 m thick and consists
Savinskoe
ERROR 52ø35'
52 35 N
ERROR 102ø08'
102 08 E
Magnesite, talc
Reserves of about 300 million tonnes. Resources of  2.5 billion tonnes. Magnesite is coarse-crystalline.
Nadelyaev, 1958; Basmanov, 1960; Blinnikov and others, 1967; Baranov and others, 1971; Poletaev, 1973; Scherbakov and Poletaev, 1977; Romanovich and others, 1982; Urasina and others, 1993.
Deposit consists of a lens trending NW (9000 x 600 m) and occurs along the western edge of a syncline dipping NE at 65-85o. Deposit contains magnesite (79-95%), chlorite (to 7%), quartz (0-7%), serpentine (to 1%), talc (1-6%), pyrite (to 3-5%), rare anti
Zhidoyskoye
52 01 N
ERROR 102ø52'
102 52 E
Average grade of 13.75%TiO2.
Isakova and others, 1967; Konev, 1970.
deposit is hosted by pyroxenite of the Zhidoysky massif that contains the Devonian Ziminsky Intrusive Complex. The massif occurs in the tectoni zone in Archean gneiss and covers the area 0.7 sq. km. Its composition includes pyroxenite and ijolite. Massif
Ulzutuiskoye
ERROR 53ø04'
53 04 N
ERROR 111ø40'
111 40 E
Ozerninskiy
Grade of 0.07-7.16% Zn, 0.06-0.83% PbO, 16.68-29.15; Fe, 7.13-11.68 S. Pb:Zn 1:6.
Kovalev, Buslenko, 1992.
Occurs in the Ozerninsky deposit and consists of host layer in the core of gently-lying syncline. The host layer contains a series of lenticular bodies occurring conformably to aleuro-sandstone and tuff, and andesite-basalt porphyry. Six bodies occur and
Ozernoye 2
ERROR 52ø58'
52 58 N
ERROR 111ø37'
111 37 E
Pb, Ag, Cd, Fe, Tl, S, Ba
Average grade of 5.49% Zn, 1.02% Pb, 25.57% Fe 20,13% S.
Distanov, 1977; Tsarev, 1995; Distanov and Kovalev, 1996.
Consists of stratified bodies of layered, banded, lenticular and complex form.The bodies extend from 1300 to 2340 m, thickness from 1-2 to 30-45 m.Deposit occurs in layers and extends to a depth of 350 m. Deposit is interpreted as pyrite-polymetallic typ
Gundui
ERROR 52ø57'
52 57 N
ERROR 111ø34'
111 34 E
Ozerninsky
Fe, barite, Pb, Zn, Au,  P, Mn, Co, V, Cd,  In
Grade of 0.92% Cu, 22-31% Fe, 27-46% barite.
Vetrov and Krupskiy, 1964; Konovalov, 1964; Vasiliev, 1977; Ponomarev and others, 1978; Nefediev and Vinogradov, 1982; Tsarev and Firsov, 1988; Kovalev and Buslenko, 1992; Tsarev, 1995.
Occurs in an outlier of Early Cambrian carbonate and pyroclastic rock along a contact with quartz-plagioclase porphyry. Deposit contains two large, steeply-dipping occurrences that range from 300-1000 m long, 600 m deep, and 8 to 105 m thick. Also occurr
Kydzhimitskoye
53o12'N
ERROR 110ø44'
110o44'E
Eravninsky
Grades from 1 to 25% Sn.
Khrustalev and Lositsky, 1970; Kopylov and others, 1977; Komarov and others, 1978; Shobogorov and others, 1983; Ignatovich and Martos, 1986; Belogolov and Sizykh, 1988.
Consists of veins and layers in four zone fractures that strike sublatitudinally and are two km long and up to 30-40 m thick. The veins and layers consist of brecciated quartz-tourmaline metasomatite with sizes of 1500 by 220 by1-128 m and that occur in
Egitinskoye
ERROR 52ø32'
52 32 N
111 02 E
Average grade of 53.2% CaF2. Reserves of  4.2 million tonnes ore.
Popov, 1981; Korotaev and others, 1986; Bulnaev, 1995.
Consists of 23 bodies and a series of small lenses in three deposits (600-1000 x 400 x 230 x 270 m) located at distances of 200-400 m. Three gently-lying, bedded, metasomatic occurrences (100-760 x 4-12 x 50-310 m) consist of breccia with clasts of limes
Lugovoye
ERROR 55ø05'
55 05 N
ERROR 108ø37'
108 37 E
Pribaikalskiy
Average grade of 6.4% Zn with maximum of 16% Zn. Average grade of 0.38% Pb with of maximum 8% Pb. Average grade of 1% CaF2 with maximumm of 10% CaF2.
Ivanov and others 1993; Sinchuk, 1965; Geological Studies of the USSR, 1969.
Consists of layered lenticular bodies in the syncline structure filled with carbonate rock. Bodies extend for 1200 m, thickness 2-5 m, depth of stripping 100 m. Deposit minerals occur in veinlets, disseminations and are primarily sphalerite (with galena,
Mokhovoye
ERROR 55ø48'
55 48 N
Muiskiy
Grade of 1.0-2.0% Sn, rarely to 8% Sn, up to 0.4% Cu.
Khrustalev and Yatsenko, 1977; Mitrofanova, 1979, 1981; Khrenov and others, 1983; Ignatovich, 1986; Skurskiy, 1996.
Consists of 23 lenses that range from 3-15 m thick and extend to 110 m depth. The lenses occur in pillars metasomatically altered cataclastic zones. Deposit assemblages are: (1) cassiterite-hematite; (2) magnetite-feldspar metasomatite with chalcopyrite
Budyumkanskoye
52o58'N
ERROR 119ø30'
119o30'E
(Pb, Zn, Cu, Bi, W)
Grade of 0.26-1.5% Sn.
Vasiliev and Vasilieva, 1988; Skursky, 1996; Sergeev, 1963; Radkevich, 1953; Dolomanova, 1963; Borisov, 1955, this study; V.D.Sazonov, 1979, this study.
Consists of mineralized zone (1000 x 300 m) including 4 linear stockworks (100 - 960 x 1.5 - 4.4 m) of steep NW dipping. They are formed by short quartz-cassiterite veins of complex  morphology. Composition of ores: cassiterite (crystal dimensions up to
Solonechinskoe
ERROR 52ø30'
52o30'N
ERROR 119ø46'
119o46'E
Grade of 7.2% Sb, 2-7 ppm Au .
Vasiliev, 1995.
Occurs in the stratified bed of jasperoids (silica- and dolomite-altered carabonate breccia) about 200 m thick and to 4 km in extent in schist and carbonate sedimentary rock is Early Cambrian. The host schist and carbonate sequence is overthrust by grani
Kariiyskoye
52o48'N
ERROR 118ø31'
118o31'E
Ag, Bi, W
Average grade of 13.5 ppm Au. Ranging from traces to 140 ppm Au.
Zhurba and others, 1968; Onischuk and others, 1968; Kolosova and others, 1970; A.M.Spiridonov and others, 1995.
Deposit occurs in NW segment of a dome formed in the Late Jurassic. Host rock is gabbro and diorite, diorite, granodiorite, and quartz diorite of Paleozoic age. Close to the deposit is the great Kara-Chachinsky granite massif (Middle and late Jurassic) o
Yekaterininskoye
52 38 N
ERROR 118ø41'
118 41 E
East Mongolian-Priarguskiy
As, Ag
Low-grade As, Pb, Zn ores with minor 1.0-1.5% Zn.
Smirnov, 1961.
Consists of a series of vein-and nests in sheared dolomite limestone. The combination of some clusters produces a dense network in a thick but short zone. The nests occur at depth 30-40 m, locally 80 m, with the thickness 0.5-4,0 m. The stockwork dips ne
Zhirekenskoye
ERROR 52ø50'
52 50 N
ERROR 117ø22'
117 22 E
Cu, W
Grade of 0.08% Mo, 0.03-0.15%Cu. Annual production of 2.4 million tonnes ore.
Kalutskiy, 1966; A.V. Ivanov and others, written commun., 1966; Melnikova and Sudarikov, 1970; Pokalov, 1978; Sotnikov and others, 1995;
Consists of isometric stockwork (with surface dimensions of 1200 by 100 m) with a central pipe (120 by 60 m) of explosive breccia that extends to a depth of 600 m. Deposit minerals occur in disseminations, veinlets and breccia and occur in a quartz-K-fel
Usuglinskoye
ERROR 52ø41'
52 41 N
ERROR 115ø08'
115 08 E
Nerchinsko-Dzheltulakskiy
Average grade of 64% CaF2. Explored to 350 m. Margin of deposit contains resources of 2.9 million tonnes CaF2.
Donenko, 1959; Soloviev and Struve, 1959; Yakzhin, 1962; Kotov, 1995.
Hosted in seven fault zones that strike NW and occur in an area from 1-3 km wide. The zones contain extensive, steeply-dipping veins that extend from 800-3000 m, range from 0.3-1.8 m thick and extend to a depth of100-400 m. Deposits occur in pillars that
Darasunskoye
ERROR 52ø22'
52o22'N
ERROR 115ø33'
115o33'E
Nerchinskiy
Ag, As, Pb, Zn, Cu, Te, Sb, Bi, In, Cd, Se, Tl, Ga
Grades up to a few to 300 ppm Au, with average grade 6.5 ppm Au.
Zvyagin and Sizikov, 1971.
Consists of over 120 steeply-dipping quartz-sulfide veins that extend along strike for 1.0-1.2 km. The zone of veins ranges from 100 to 1000 m thick and individual veins range from 5-20 cm thick. A zone of wall rock marginal to the veins is about  0.6-1.
Teremkinskoye
ERROR 52ø23'
52o23'N
ERROR 115ø28'
115o28'E
Ag,Pb, Zn, Cu, Sb, Bi, In, Cd, Ga
Grade of few ppm to several hundred ppm Au.
Gulina, 1985; Kulikova, Zorina, 1989; Zorina and others, 1991; Seminsky and others, 1994; Yurgeson and Yurgeson, 1995.
Bodies consist mainly of sloping and steeply-dipping quartz-sulfide veins and zones under screens of sloping dikes of plagioporphyry, felsite and felsite-porphyry (Middle and Late Jurassic) creating staged structure of the deposit. Sloping veins strike f
Talatuiskoye
ERROR 52ø24'
52o24'N
ERROR 115ø23'
115o23'E
Ag, Fe, Cu, W, Bi, Pd, Mo, Cd
Range of hundred fractions to some tens ppm Au.
G.F.Il'ina, 1994; Yurgeson and Yurgeson, 1995.
Consists of intricately shaped zones. Thickness of zones from 20 to 100 m.The bodies proper are echelons in lens-shaped zones. The central part of lenses is thickest and achieves 20-40 m, basically 5-10 m. The gangues consist ofquartz and tourmaline, dep
Kruchininskoye
ERROR 52ø12'
52 12 N
ERROR 114ø22'
114 22 E
Kruchininskiy
Fe, P,  V, Pt
Average grade of 6% TiO2 in grey and 15% Fe in disseminated ores. Average grade of 6-15% Ti02 and 15-35% Fe in compact ore. Average grade of 1.43-3.93% P205, 0.09% V205.
Vakhromeev, 1959; Demin, 1964; Lebedev, 1965; Balykin and Shabalin, 1984.
Occurs in the Variscian Angashansky differentiated gabbro and anorthosite massif that forms a large xenolith in younger granitoids. The massif has an irregular oval shape and extends EW. The massif consists of two complexes: sulfide-bearing gabbro and py
Irokinda
ERROR 55ø57'
55 57 N
ERROR 115ø15'
115 15 E
Grade of 0.7-133.8 ppm Au.
Yatsenko, 1968; D.A. Tantsyrev and others, written commun., 1969; Rubanov and others, 1970; Levitskiy, 1971; Namolov, 1980; Rubanov, 1980; Dzasokhov, 1985; Dzasokhov, 1987; Shelkovnikov, written commun., 1986.
Consists of 36 variably-trending and gently-lying quartz veins that occur to a depth of 480 m. The average length is 150-180 m and thickness is 0.5-0.9 m. Veins contain about 0.2-0.5% sulfides that consist of pyrite (up to 78%) and galena (up to 15%), sp
Muoklakanskoye
ERROR 54ø43'
54o43'N
ERROR 118ø39'
118o39'E
Mo, Ag, Au
Average grade of 0.8% WO3.
Sizykh and others, 1985; Skursky, 1996.
Consists of two subparallel zones that host 30 steeply-dipping quartz-hubnerite-sulfide veins (with dimensions of 300-600 by 0.5 by 2.0 m). The first zone contains a series veinlets and about 1.0%WO3, up to 1400 ppm Ag and to 3.4 ppm Au. The second zone
Ukonikskoe
ERROR 53ø58'
53o58N
119ø43'E
119o43'00E
Ag, Pb, Zn, S
Range of 1-170 ppm Au.
Fedchul and Lukin, 1995.
Consists of two zones that range from 300 1.5 km long and contain quartz-carbonate-sulfide veins, lenses and streaks and disseminations. The zones varies from 0.15 to 4.5 m thick, extend 300-400 m downdip and from 40 to 220 m along strike, with an averag
Orekitkanskoye
ERROR 54ø38'
54o38N
ERROR 116ø42'
116o42'E
Karengskiy
Grade of 0.15%-0.40% Mo.
Fillimonov, written commun., 1936; Pokalov, 1960, 1978; Zilov and Pokalov, 1962; Yablokov, 1963; Ignatovich and Scheglov, 1968; Bulnaev, 1995.
Consists of an intricate stockwork (with dimensions of 2100 by 1600 m) that forms three bodies with 0.03% Mo. The stockwork consists of a dense network of quartz-molybdenite and sparse pyrite-quartz-beryl, molybdenite and quartz-wolframite veinlets and r
Itakinskoye
ERROR 53ø53'
53o53'N
ERROR 118ø45'
118o45'E
Ag, Sb, As
Range of traces to 60 ppm Au.
Melnikova and Krjukov, 1970; Kalashnikov and Davydov, 1995.
Deposit occurs in veins and stockwork that is 10-15 m thick.The body extends 150-600 m along strike, 400-450 m downdip with a thickness 0.2-0.3 to 15 m. Characteristic feature abundant antimonite. The main ore minerals, in addition to antimonite, are pyr
Davenda
ERROR 53ø33'
53 33 N
ERROR 119ø19'
119 19 E
Bi  Au, Ag, As (W, Sn) Cu, Pb
Grade of 0.19-0.47% Mo.
Galaburda, 1958; Druzhinin, 1960.
Consists of a series of 23 subparallel quartz veins of NE strike (200-1800 x 250 - 500 x 0.4-0.7m). Ore minerals:molybdenite, pyrite, rarely bismuthine, native bismuth, arsenopyrite, chalcopyrite, sporadically galena, sphalerite, gold, silver, scheelite,
Klyuchevskoye
53o32'N
ERROR 119ø22'
119o22'E
Ag, Pb, Zn, Cu, Ga, Ge
Average grade 3 ppm, Ag 2.1 ppm, Zn 0.08% Cu 0.06% Pb 0.09%
Borodaevskaya and others, 1957; Krivolutskaya, Gongalsky, 1995, Petrovskaya, Andreeva, 1969.
Consists of a system of zones of fracturing and crushing that are filled with numerous Middle and Late Jurassic siliceous dikes and stocks porphyry rock, hydrothermal formations with sulfides, occurring in K-feldspar- and albite-altered granite and grano
Aleksandrovskoye
ERROR 119ø15'
119 15 E
Shilkinsko-Takuringrskiy
Grade of 2.4-18.6 g/t Au.
Fischer, 1968.
Consists of gold-sulfide-quartz veins and veinlet-impregnated zones. Veins exhibit intricate morphology of shirt extent (up to 100  m over strike and tens of meters over dipping), thicknes varying from 0.5 to 1.5 m. The maximum size of mineralization fro
Kavakta
ERROR 55ø53'
55ø53'
ERROR 125ø22'
125ø22'
P, Ti, Fe
Reserves of apatite & Ti magnetite ores are 5 billion tonnes grading 15% Fe, 3.6%TiO2, 2.3% P2O5 , 0.06% V2O5.
Stogniy and others, 1992.
Consists of apatite and Ti-magnetite hosted in the central part of a pluton with a core of dunite, peridotite, troctolite, and anorthosite, and a margin of norite, magnetite-bearing gabbro, and norite and gabbro. The ultramafic rock contains sulphides, i
Bamskoe (Chul'bango)
ERROR 55ø59'
55 59 00 N
ERROR 123ø54'
123 54 00 E
North Stanovoy
Average grade of 8.4 g/t Au and 25 g/t Ag.
A.V. Lozhnikov and others, written commun., 1989; Kurnik, 1992.
Consists of thirty-five zones of listwenite and beresite hydrothermal alteration that occur in granite and gneiss. The altered zones contain eight Au prospects with abundant veins, pods, and small quartz and quartz-carbonate veinlets. Prospects range fro
Kirovskoe
54ø27'N
54 27 00N
124ø14'E
124 14 00E
Shilkinsko-Tukutingrskiy
Mined until 1961. Production of about 10 tonnes gold.
Gurov, 1969; G.P. Kovtonyuk, written commun., 1990.
Consists of NW-striking gold-quartz-sulfide veins hosted in an Early Cretaceous granodiorite stock. Veins commonly occur along contacts of diabase porphyry dikes that cut the granodiorite. Contacts of veins are generally sharp, although host rock is hydr
Burindinskoe
53ø41'N
53 41 00N
124ø54'E
124 54 00E
Average grade of 9.5 g/t Au, 42.6 g/t Ag. Reserves of about 827,400 tonnes ore. Inferred reserves of 6,230 kg gold and 38,200 kg silver.
V.A. Taranenko, written commun., 1991; G.P. Kovtonyuk, written commun., 1993.
Occurs in steeply-dipping quartz and quartz-carbonate gold-bearing veins.  Veins range up to 200 m length, with an average thickness of about 10 m. Hosted in an Early Cretaceous volcanic sequence overlying the Gonzhinsky terrane of the Burea-Khanka super
Berezitovoe
122ø35'E
122 35 00E
Zn, Pb, Au, Ag
Average grade of 3.3 g/t Au, 14.3 g/t Ag, 0.93% Zn , 0.57% Pb. Contains an estimated 42.3 tonnes Au, 201.0 tonnes Ag, 131.0 thousand tonnes Zn, 80 thousand tonnes Pb.
A.K. Ivashchenko and A.A. Kuzin, written commun., 1982; Vakh, 1989.
Consists of massive Pb-Zn sulfides that occur in a lenticular, northwest-striking, steeply-dipping (75-85ø) zone that ranges up to 1000 m long and 100 to 160 m thick. The deposit hosted in Early Proterozoic gneissic granite. The sulfidesare  metamorphose
Ershiyizhan, Heilongjiang Province
52 30 10N
125 40 05E
East Mongolian-Priargunskiy- Deerbuga
Gu Qiaogen and Ji Shaoxin, 1996.
Consists of veinlets and disseminations of gold and Cu and Mo sulphides in granite porphyry and quartz diorite. Cu minerals occurs in the inner zone of the intrusion whereas Au occurs in the outer zone. Alterations include K feldspar, silica, quartz-seri
Borgulican
53ø40'N
53 40 00N
126ø39'E
126 39 00E
North Bureya
Cu, Au
Ag, Mo
Unexplored. Grades up to 1% Cu, up to 3.3 g/t Au, up to 0.3-16.0 g/t Ag, up to 0.6% Mo.
Moiseenko and Eirish, 1966.
The deposit is located at the intersection of North-Bureya zone and Sutam-Tygda deep fault. The mineralization is hosted by Early Cretaceous dacite and andesite of taldanskaya suit and monzonite of Arbinsky intrusive massive. Well zoned alteration is des
Kolchedanny Utyos
55ø26'N
55 26 00N
131ø46'E
131 46 00E
Tyrkanda-Stanovoy
Grade of 1-2-120 g/t Au with average of 5-20 g/t Au, 6-64.1 g/t Ag, locally up to 1,384 g/t Pt. Not mined.
Consists of a linear set of en echelon quartz-pyrite veins with irregular unclear contacts that strike NW. Gold-bearing quartz-sulfide veins range up to 2.5 m thick. The deposit minerals occurs in micromeritic masses and breccia. Deposit minerals are pyr
Malomyr
53ø06'N
53 06 00N
131ø50'E
131 50 00E
Kerbi-Selemdzha
Grade of 5.0-12.4 g/t Au. Resources of 30-50 tonnes gold.
K.F. Klyzhko and V.P. Levshuk, written commun., 1982; S.G. Parada, written commun., 1984; B.D. Melnikov, written commun., 1993.
Consists of quartz veins and local stockworks, with an area of 12 sq.km. Most of gold reserves occur in the gently-dipping Diagonalnaya zone that extends about 3 km along strike and ranges from 30 to 150 m thick. The zone has average grade of 1 to 2 g/t
Zolotaya Gora
126ø44'E
126 44 00E
Djeltulaksky
Average grade of grade 52 g/t Au. Intermittently mined from 1917-1948. Production of 2.5 tonnes Au.
Mel'nikov, 1984.
Consists consists of quartz veins and zones of hydrothermally-altered metamorphic rock that is conformable to host rock layering. Alteration assemblages are predominantly sericite and quartz and chlorite, amphibole and quartz. The main mineral assemblage
Kamenushinskoe
52ø43'N
52 43 00N
129ø07'E
129 07 00E
Shimanovsk-Gar
Cu, FeS
P.N. Radchevsky, written commun., 1956 , V.V. Ratkin in Nokleberg and others, 1997.
Consists of sulfide lenses that range from 100 to 800 m long and 2 to 12 m thick that are conformable to bedding. Eleven lenses occur to depths of up to 300 m. Pyrite is the main ore mineral along with lesser hematite, magnetite, and pyrite, and rare cha
Pioneer
53ø27'N
53 27 00N
126ø27'E
126 27 00E
Average grade of 2.7 g/t Au, and 5.2 g/t Ag. Reserves of 17.1 tonnes Au, 20.1 tonnes Ag.
N.E. Malyamin and V.E. Bochkareva, written commun., 1990; V.N. Akatkin, written commun., 1991.
Occurs near the margin of an Early Cretaceous granodiorite intrusion in both the intrusion and in adjacent country rock that consists of contact-metamorphosed Jurassic sandstone and siltstone. Deposit consists of veins of quartz, quartz-feldspar, quartz-
Gar
129 04 00E
Resources of 389.1 million tonnes. Average grade of 41.7% Fe. Not mined
Zimin, 1985; Zimin and Konoplev, 1989.
Consists of sheeted Fe deposits that occur in metamorphosed Early Cambrian(?) felsic and mafic volcanic rock interlayered with limestone lenses in the Gar terrane. Magnetite is the dominant ore mineral. The Fe beds occur chiefly in an upper Early Cambria
Pokrovskoe
Average grade of 4.4 g/t Au, 15 g/t Ag. Reserves of 15 million tonnes.
Khomich and others, 1978; Mel'nikov, 1984; Khomich, 1990;V.D. Mel'nikov, written commun., 1993.
Hosted in a sequence of Early Cretaceous andesite, dacite, and tuff that overlie a Jurassic coal-bearing sequence of sandstone, siltstone and argillite. Deposits consist of gently-dipping quartz veins and zones of hydrothermal alteration. The main altera
Chagoyan
52ø19'N
52 19 00N
128ø22'E
128 22 00E
Resource of 65 thousand tonnes Zn. Average grade of 1.42% Pb, 5.16% Zn, and up to 3,000 g/t Ag.
I.G. Khel'vas, written commun., 1963; V.V. Ratkin in Nokleberg and others, 1997.
Consists of a galena-sphalerite aggregate that occurs as cement between grains in sandstone. Veinlets are also common. The deposit is about 270 m long and one m thick, and is hosted in quartz-feldspar sandstone that underlies Cambrian(?) limestone and do
Etara
55ø52'N
55 52 00N
136ø05'E
136 05 00E
Preddzhugdzhursky
Up to 53.6 g/t Au, up to 92 g/t Ag,
Consists of a set of quartz and quartz-sulfide veins, veinlets, and lenses that range from 10 m to 300 m long and 0.1 m to 2-3 m thick. Deposit bodies occur in the NS-striking shear zone that is 3 km long and 1 km wide and is hosted in Late Cretaceous mo
Nelkanskoe
54 18 26N
134 59 22E
Uda-Shantar
Grade of 4-30% P2O5 with average of 7-11% P2O5.
Shkolnik, 1973.
Consists of a phosphorite sedimentary breccia that occurs in a steeply-dipping sequence of jasper and volcanic rock that is exposed in an erosional windows below gently-dipping Jurassic sedimentary rock. Host rock is silica-altered dolomite and limestone
Ir-Nimiiskoe-2
54 08 08N
134ø38'E
134 37 30E
Ranging from 3-12% phosphorus anhydrite averaging 7-8%.
S.G. Kostan'yuan and others, written commun., 1973.
Consists of numerous and unusual phosphorite bodies that occurs in a sedimentary breccia formed in atoll fans and seamounts. Deposits occurs in an area 25 to 30 km long and 6 to 8 km wide, and are hosted in complex, steeply-dipping and folded rock that f
Ir-Nimiiskoe-1
54 08 31N
134ø36'E
134 36 14E
Average grade of 22.4% Mn.
Consists of partly metamorphosed, steeply-dipping, lenticular and sheeted, bedded Mn bodies that occur in a diverse Early Cambrian sequence of jasper, shale, spilite, basalt, and basaltic tuff that overlay a carbonate reef complex and seamounts. Mn bodie
Kolchedannyi Utyos
ERROR 55ø00'
55ø00'
ERROR 132ø01'
132ø01 E
Cu, Pb, Zn, Bi, Sb, Co, and Au and Pt
Range of 1-2-120 g/t, Au, 6-20 g/t Ag, and locally up to 64.1 g/t  Ag.
Karsakov and Romanov, 1976; L.B Sushkin, written commun., 1991; Moiseenko and Eirish, 1996.
Consists of a NW-trending linear system that contains close-spaced quartz-pyrite veins with irregular, indistinct contacts. The veins are hosted in pyroxene, biotite-pyroxene and hornblende-pyroxene gneiss and schist interlayered with amphibolite, marble
Milkanskoe
54 03 33N
134 08 14E
Average grade of 30.9% total Fe, 29.1% soluble Fe, 2.1% Mn, 0.27% P, 0.01% S.
Consists of several deposits in a district of 100 sq.km. Deposits consists of numerous lenticular and sheeted magnetite bodies that consist of conformable, steeply-dipping bodies of complex composition. Magnetite bodies occur in a layer up to 600 m thick
Lagapskoe
53 53 53N
134ø16'E
134 15 47E
Range of 4-30% anhydrous phosphorous averaging 5-7%.
Zagorodnykh, 1984.
Consists of carbonate beds that contain phosphorite breccia with Cambrian fossils. Beds locally range up to 30 m thick, but generally range from several tens of cm to 20 m thick. Phosphorite breccia contains fragments of primary phosphorite, dolomite, li
Boguchanskoe
52ø39'N
52 39 00N
137ø08'E
137 08 00E
Average grade of 0.18% WO3, 0.32% Sn. Reserves of 21,000 tonnes WO3, 3,000 tonnes Sn.
Zones of skarn, quartz-feldspathic, and quartz-sericitic alteration are located within the sandstone-siltstone sequence intruded by Boguchan stock of sub alkaline granite and by numerous kersantite and spessartine dikes. The thickness of the zones of mos
Galamskoe
53ø37'N
53 36 47N
133 55 54E
Mn, P2O5, S
Grade of 42.4% Fe; 39.8% soluble Fe; range of 1.7-13.6% Mn and average grade of 6.9% Mn. Average grade of 0.9% P2O5, 0.03% S.
Consists of six lenticular, steeply-dipping bodies in jasper beds that are in a contact metamorphosed zone adjacent to Late Cretaceous granite and granite porphyry. Additional undiscovered bodies may occur. Individual bodies range from 10 to 90 m thick,
Davakit
53ø44'N
53 44 00N
133ø12'E
133 12 00E
Baladek
Ti, P
Anorthosite-apatite Ti-P
Resources of 65.34 million tonnes P2O5.
The deposit consists of 12 vein-like mineralized bodies occurred within the intrusive massif consisted of gabbro, gabbro-norite, and pyroxenite.  The ore bodies of  29-700 m width each extend for over 1000-3700 m along strike and 100-300 m dip.  Ores  ar
Gerbikanskoe
53 29 14N
133 12 18E
Grade of 42-43% Fe, 33-53% soluble Fe. Average grade of 1.8% Mn and 9.6% P.
Consists of two zones separated by a sequence of sandstone and siltstone. The zones consist of approximately 30 steeply-dipping, sheeted, and lenticular bodies of magnetite and hematite. Individual bodies range from several tens of m to 5 to 7 km long, a
Kuma
55ø45'N
55 45 00N
ERROR 135ø58'
135 58 00 E
Grade of 1.06% (0.1-12.9%) Cu, 0.88% (0.1-21.2%) Zn, 0.13% (0.1-8.4%) Pb, 12.37 g/t (locally up to 300.0 g/t) Ag, 0.16 g/t (locally up to 3.1 g/t) Au. Resources of 66,600 tonnes Cu, 55,500 tonnes Zn, 8,200 tonnes Pb, 78.1 tonnes Ag, 1,000 kg Au.
V.I. Pilipeyko, written commun., 1983.
Veinlets, disseminations and pockets of chalcopyrite, chalcocite, magnetite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, galena and sphalerite occur in (1) garnet-pyroxene skarn bodies along the contact between Archean plagiogneiss and Cretaceous(?) granodiorite body; (2) zones
Itmatinskoe
53ø21'N
53 21 06N
133ø24'E
133 24 08E
P2O5, S, Mn
Grade 40-43% total Fe, 39-42% soluble Fe, 0.6% P, 0.05% S, 1.5% Mn.
Deposit hosted in a steep syncline that contains up to 17 conformable, lenticular and sheeted bodies of magnetite-hydroxide Fe minerals in a zone up to 4 km long and 40 to 50 km thick. Total length of zone of bodies is 12 to 15 km and total stratigraphic
Kurumskoe
53 22 35N
132ø53'E
132 52 40E
Mn, S, P2O5
Average grade of  42% Fe, 40% soluble Fe, 0.8% Mn, 0.4% S, 0.85% P.
Consists of steeply-dipping, lenticular and sheeted bodies of contact metamorphosed magnetite that ranges from 1.5 to 2.0 km long and 15-30 m thick. Bodies occur in a band up to 4.0 km long along the contact of a Late Cretaceous granodiorite. Host rock i
Ingagli
53 03 39N
133ø22'E
133 21 36E
Kerbi -Selemdzha
Eirish, 1972.
Consists of a quartz vein hosted in a late Paleozoic stock. Vein contains quartz, gold, arsenopyrite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, and sphalerite. Gold fineness of 720.
Kharga
52ø57'N
52 57 05N
133 37 37E
Grades up to 40 g/t Au, up to 2.5 g/t Ag, up to 0.4% WO3. Production of 5.3 tonnes Au. Intermittently mined from 1901-1955.
Moiseenko, 1965; Eirish, 1972.
Consists of two types of veins: (1) thick veins that intrude early Paleozoic greenstone (spilite); and (2) short, branching veins that intrude carbonaceous schist and highly altered zones in albite-mica-quartz schist. Veins have constant dip thickness, a
Lednikovy-Sarmaka
134ø41'E
134 41 00E
Grade of 0.37% (0.31-0.43%) WO3, 0.18% (0.14-0.21%) Cu. Resources of 41,000 tonnes WO3, 28,000 tonnes Cu.
A.I. Bukhanchenko, written commun., 1988.
Occurs in apical portion of a Late Cretaceous granite pluton and granite porphyry dikes that intrudes sandstone and siltstone. Deposit consists of a linear stockwork that ranges up to 2 km long and about 300 m wide. The stockwork consists of quartz and f
Tokur
53 09 06N
132ø49'E
132 49 29E
Production of 27.1 tonnes Au. Mined from 1933 to 1940.
Radkevich and others, 1969; Eirish, 1972; Mel'nikov and Fat'yanov, 1970; P.H. Layer, V. Ivanov, and T.K. Bundtzen, written commun., 1994.
Consists of Au-bearing veins. Deposit minerals comprise 3% the veins and consist of pyrite, arsenopyrite, gold, sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite, tetrahedrite, tennantite and scheelite. Gangue minerals are quartz, adularia, sericite, chlorite
Afanas'evskoe
52 49 41 N
ERROR 133ø24'
133 23 32 E
Kerbi - Selemdzha
Average grade of 6.3 g/t Au. Mined from 1929-1949.
Eirish, 1972; Yu.P.Tsykunov, written commun., 1981; B.D. Melnikov, written commun., 1993.
Consists of quartz veins and zones of hydrothermal alteration (quartz-albite-chlorite-carbonate-sulfide).  Zones are up to 1100 m long; thickness rarely exceeds 2.0 m. Largest zone consists of a series of quartz veins and veinlets that occur in brecciate
Zazubrinskoe
53 09 00N
132ø22'E
132 22 00E
Resources of 9,046 thousand tonnes ore grading 11.2 g/t Au. Mined from 1927 to 1947.
O.F. Shishkanova, written commun., 1970.
Consists of gently-and steeply-dipping quartz veins with gold (fineness 750), predominante arsenopyrite and lesser pyrite, sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite, cassiterite and molybdenite. Up to 7% As. Veins are about 2.5 m thick and up to 600 m long. Steep
Poiskovoe
132ø12'E
132 12 00E
Average grade of 37.4 g/t Ag. Partly mined at surface.
N.S. Ostapenko and G.I. Neronsky, written commun., 1975.
Consist of NE-trending, steeply-dipping quartz veins. Six veins occur for 400 m and range from 0.25 m to less commonly 1.5 m thick. In addition to fine-grained gold (less than 0.5 mm), veins contain galena, pyrite and arsenopyrite. Pyrite and arsenopyrit
Ezop
52 27 58N
134ø11'E
134 10 55E
Contains up to 0.2% Sn.
Usenko and Chebotarev, 1973.
Consists mostly of sulfide-bearing veins, veinlets and disseminations. Disseminated zones range up to 18.7 m thick; veins vary from 0.1 to 2 m thick. Sulfides, including arsenopyrite and pyrrhotite, form up to 80% of veins. Pyrite, cassiterite, sphalerit
North-Shantarskoe
55ø09'N
55 09 15N
137ø35'E
137 35 06E
Grade of less than 6-8% P2O5.
Consists of phosphorite deposits that occur in a sedimentary breccia with indistinct borders. Deposit ranges up to 15 to 16 m thick and is hosted in carbonate rock in a sequence of chert and volcanic rock that is partially altered to quartz-carbonate roc
Sagurskoe
52ø59'N
52 58 46N
132ø36'E
132 35 54E
Grade of 0.3-35.2 g/t Au. Production of 2,940 kg Au from 1944 to 1956.
Eirish, 1972; B.I. Shestakov, written commun., 1988.
Consists of comformable quartz veins that crosscut foliation and dip from 30ø to 60ø. Veins are 0.1 to 1.0 m thick and a few m to 240 m long. About 80 veins occur. Veins contain gold (grains up to 3 mm, fineness 857) and arsenopyrite, pyrite, sphalerite,
Talaminskoe
52ø42'N
52 42 00N
133 24 00E
Sb, Au
Average grade of 6.94% Sb, 0.3% As, 1.5 g/t Au, 15 g/t Ag. Mined from 1938 to 1943. Produced 511 tonnes of stibnite concentrate.
A.F. Amerikantsev, written commun., 1953.
Consists of quartz veins, less common quartz-calcite veins, with stibnite, pyrite, chalcopyrite and arsenopyrite and one vein of quartz-scheelite. Eighteen veins, dipping at 45ø to 90ø, are prospected. Veins range from a few cm to 4 m thick and from 40 t
Olgakanskoe
52ø21'N
52 20 41N
134 04 17E
W, Mo, Bi
Consists of three varieties of greisen: (1) pods and veins in granite; (2) flattened bodies in the apices of domal granite cusps and partly in Late Cretaceous felsic extrusive rock; and (3) zones with late-stage, cassiterite-quartz and cassiterite-sulfid
Feklistov
136ø43'E
136 43 00E
Kondyor-Feklistov
Cr, Ni, Co
Average grade of 0.018 g/t PGE; 10.0 g/t Zr; 1,386 g/t Cr; 260.0 g/t Ni; 53.0 g/t Co.
Natural alloys of PGE and Ni-Cr-Co occur in central dunite part (1.9x3.0 km) of a zoned ultramafic complex surrounded by peridotite, pyroxenite, and gabbro in circular zones. The zoned ultramafic complex of Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous age intrudes acc
Mayskoye 1
Preddzhugdzhurskiy
Average grade of 22% (1.0-61.0%) Zn, 7.5% (1.0-34.0%) Pb, 11-46 g/t Ag.
S.Rodionov, D. Andrews, written commun., 1993.
Deposit is hosted in Riphean dolomite and schist. Based on limited outcrop data the deposit is interpreted as conformable with the host rock that dip at 60-70o to the SE. The Riphean sequence forms a block (approximately 45-60 by 20 km), that is fault bo
Gayumskoe
55ø43'N
55 42 58N
134 14 51E
Grade of 8.7% P205, locally up to 31.6% P205. Estimated resources of 40 million tonnes P2O5.
Lennikov, 1968, 1979; Panskikh and Gavrilov, 1984; Neimark and others, 1992.
Consists of a group of closely-spaced, veins and stocks (nelsonite) of apatite, ilmenite, and titanomagnetite in anorthosite that occurs in lenticular and irregular bodies of olivine gabbro, gabbro, pyroxenite, and dunite. Apatite is a hydroxyl-F-bearing
Maimakanskoe
55ø37'N
55 37 11N
134ø30'E
134 29 42E
Resources of 63 million tonnes P2O5 extending to 400 m depth.
Consists of sparsely to densely disseminated, sheeted and lenticular, apatite-ilmenite-Ti magnetite deposits in olivine gabbro, gabbro and norite, gabbro and pyroxenite and pyroxenite. Deposit minerals are massive apatite, apatite-ilmenite, ilmenite and
Dzhaninskoe
55ø31'N
55 30 43N
134ø09'E
134 08 56E
Grading up to 4% P205. Resources of 78 million tonnes P2O5 to a depth of 400 m.
Consists of sparsely disseminated apatite, ilmenite, and Ti-magnetite in melanocratic olivine gabbro and pyroxenite in stocks in anorthosite. Apatite contains up to 1.14% F. Ti magnetite contains up to 10.7% TiO2 and 0.28% V205. Ilmenite contains 7.8% Fe
Bogidenskoe
ERROR 55ø38'
55 37 58 N
ERROR 133ø42'
133 41 39 E
Anorthosite apatite Ti-P
Grade of 3-15% apatite averaging 5.7% P2O5. Contains an estimated 34.3 million tonnes P2O5. Extends to depth of 400 m.
Consists of densely disseminated, massive lenticular, and sheeted bodies that occur in strongly stratified, rhythmic layers in olivine gabbro, syenite, syenite, anorthosite, norite, and pyroxenite. The sheeted deposits extend over 10 km along strike. Ore
Mnogovershinnoe
53 53 22N
139ø48'E
139 48 24E
Lower Amur
Zalishchak and others, 1978; Ivanov and others, 1989.
Consists of hydrothermally-altered, adularia-sericite-quartz vein zones that range up to 800 m long and contain a series of adularia-quartz veins and veinlets. Some deposits consist of rhodonite-carbonate veins and lenses of skarn and sulfides. The depos
Iskinskoe (Askum)
140ø26'E
140 26 00E
Average of grade of 26.1% alunite. Reserves of 336,581,000 tonnes alunite ore.
Hosted in intensively-altered Tertiary dacite and rhyolite. Deposit consists of a metasomatic body of quartz-alunite surrounded by a concentric zone of quartz-sericite alteration and an outer zone of propylitic alteration. Deposit is 2.3 km long, 1.2 km
Bichinskoe
52 32 11 N
ERROR 139ø32'
139 32 24 E
Avearge grade of up to 0.2% Sn, 0.155% W, and 0.01% Mo.
Consists of a stockwork of veinlets, small veins, and greisen in granite, porphyry dikes, and hornfels over an area of 0.2 km2.  Ore minerals are cassiterite and wolframite, with rare molybdenite, arsenopyrite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, sphalerit
O
Kolpashevskoye
58ø00'N
58 00 00N
82 19E
Bakcharsk
Resources of 27,000,000,000 tonnes grading 20.33% Fe.
Shachov, 1964; Rosljakov and Sviridov, 1998.
Consists of hydrogoethite-leptochlorite layers hosted in weakly cemented marine shallow-water deposits. Deposit consists of submeridional belt of 26 km wide and 50 km long. Major deposit occurs in Maastrichtian Kolpashevsk Fe horizon that consists presum
Parabel-Chuzikskoye
57ø23'N
57 23 OON
ERROR 80 ø04'
80 34E
Average grade of 33.6% Fe. Resources of 77,000,000,000 tonnes.
Shachov, 1964; Kuznetsov, 1982.
Consists of hydrogoethite-leptochlorite oolitic deposits hosted in weakly cemented marine shallow-water sedimentary rock. Deposit occupies band of 25-45 km wide. Deposits connected with Narymsk Fe horizon (Santonian-Campanian). They occur at depth 270-39
Bakcharskoye
56ø33'N
56 32 30N
ERROR 82 ø02'
82 12 30E
Reserves of 28,000,000,000 tonnes with average grade of 37.4% Fe.
Shachov, 1964; Sviridov, 1988; Rosljakov and Orlov, 1998.
Consists of brown ironstone beds hosted in loosely or weakly cemented marine shallow-water Late Cretaceous and Paleogene sedimentary rock that overlies the Siberian Platform. The deposit covers an area of 1,200 km2 and occurs in three stratigraphic level
Parbigskoye
56ø29'N
56 29 00N
ERROR 80 ø02'
80 32E
Consists of goethite-hydrogoethite-leptochlorite layers hosted in weakly-cemented marine shallow-water, Santonian-Campanian sedimentary rock (Narimsk Fe horizon). Deposit horizon occurs at depth 150-185 m beneath the surface and varies from 3 to 32 m thi
Iverskoye
56ø06'N
56 05 30N
86 ø03'E
86 33 30 E
Resources of tens of million tonnes.
Consists of lenses of siderite hosted in limestone and shale of Early Cretaceous age. Thickness of siderite lenses is 0.5-32 m and cover an area of 4.5 sq.km.
Semiluzhinskoye
56ø22'N
56 22 00N
85 14 30 E
Grade of 1-21.4% Sb, 2 g/t Au.
Ivanova and Iljenok, 1970; Bazhenov and Dobner, 1995; Roslyakov and Sviridov, 1998.
Consists of mineralized brecciated zone with quartz-stibnite gold-bearing veins and veinlets and disseminations. Deposit consists of Early Carboniferous carboniferous clastic rock that is cut by diabase dikes. In a sublatitudinal breccia zone the body is
Ust-Talskoye
59ø52'N
59 52 00N
93 20 30 E
Tatarsko-Tyradinskoye
Li, Sn
Average grade of 0.01% Sn.
Brovkov and others, 1985.
Consists of cassiterite-bearing pegmatite veins. Eleven pegmatite bodiesare associated with granite and aplite dike in Paleoproterozoic amphibole schist and limestone of age. Pegmatite veins occur a the fracture zone between two Neoproterozoic granitoid
Mutovskoye
58ø36'N
58 36 00N
95 ø02'E
95 42 00 E
Smirnov and others, 1976; Obolenskiy, 1985.
Consists of Hg minerals that occur in a zone of steeply-dipping overthrust upon that the silt-shale series is overthrust Cambrian limestone and dolomite. Finely-disseminated cinnabar occurs in the latters. The size of the deposit is unknown.
Polkan Gora
59ø13'N
59 13 00N
Vorogovsko-Angarsk
Average grade of 60% Fe.
Consists of magnetite deposits in metasomatically altered Proterozoic calcareous hornfels along the contacts of the Neoproterozoic Chirimbinsk granitoid massif. Magnetite is associated with amphibole-epidote metasomatite and rarely occurs in hornfels alo
Lendakhskoye
59ø08'N
59 08 00N
93 33E
Resources of 180,000,000 tonnes grading 39-63%Fe.
Komov, 1969; Kalugin and others, 1981; Matrosov and Shaposhnikov, 1988.
Consists of layered and lenticular bodies of magnetite hosted in middle Riphean sedimentary and metamorphic rock along contact of Chirimbirsk granite massive. Host rock alterations are hornfels, carbonate and sericite alterations. Epidote-amphibole-garne
Enashiminskoye 2
59ø29'N
59 29 00N
ERROR 92 ø08'
92 28E
Resources of 450,000,000 tonnes grading 36-51% Fe.
Consists of layers and lenses deposits of magnetite in metamorphosed middle Riphean volcanic, carbonate, and clastic rock. Host rock and deposit are intruded by Chirimbinsk granitoid pluton. The contact zone is contact metamorphosed, carbonate-altered an
Ilinskoye
ERROR 58ø53'
58 53 15 N
94 05E
Tatarsko-Tyradinsk
Grade of 0.1-0.3% WO3.
Consists of lenses of scheelite skarn that occurs along the endocontact zone of Tatarskiy granite massif. Deposit occurs in roof pendants of Proterozoic marble, transformed into pyroxene-garnet skarn. Eleven skarn bodies occur in a sublatitudal zone that
Nikolaevskoye
58ø47'N
58 47 00N
ERROR 94 ø00'
94 10E
Central-Yenisey
Grade of 6-8 g/t Au.
Serdyuk, 1997; Li, 1979.
Consists of gold-bearing stockwork deposits that formed as a results of intrusion of quartz-carbonate tabular bodies by quartz veins and veinlets. Host rock is biotite and biotite-chlorite metamorphic schist, phillite and black-shale with Proterozoic qua
Vasilievskoye
58ø41'N
58 41 00N
94 21E
Average grade of 8 g/t Au.
Li, 1997; Serdyuk, 1997.
Consists of series of parallel quartz veins. Wallrock consists of strongly sheestose siltstone and sandstone. About 150 quartz veins occur. The more productive Vasilievskoya vein extend along strike 740 m. Thickness of deposit including mineralizied wall
Sokhatinoye
94 01 00E
Verkhoturovsk
Average grade of 38% Al2O3 .
Peltek, 1967; Smirnov, 1978.
Consists of karst-type bauxite deposits in a Proterozoic limestone sequence. Karst cavities are 2500-28000 m2 in area and up to 150 m depth. Eight lenses occur. Productive horizons consist ofPaleogenic variegated in color clays, bauxitic clays and bauxit
Gerfedskoye
58ø42'N
58 42 00N
94 14E
Li, 1979; Serdyuk, 1997.
Consists of gold-bearing stockwork that formed on crossing of tabular bodies of carbonate-quartz metasomatite by quartz veins. Metasomatite formed during replacement of schist and volcanic rock of Proterozoic age. Wall-rock alteration consists of carbona
Mokrinskoye
58ø27'N
58 27 00N
94 57E
Angara-Pit
Ranges from 20-25-57% Fe.
Consists of bedded deposits of hematite that occur in Proterozoic sandy-shaly rock series. Deposit consists of alternating hematite and barren beds that range from some cm to tens of m thick. Horizon is several km long and up to 100-130 m thick. Deposit
Enashiminskoye 1
59ø55'N
59 55 00N
ERROR 92 ø07'
92 57E
Brovkov and others,, 1985.
Consists of gold-bearing quartz, quartz-feldspar and quartz-carbonate veins and veinlets hosted in Neoproterozoic mica and, andalusite schist and quartzite. Deposit is 750 m long and 10-90 m wide. The main ore minerals are stibnite, berthierite, native g
Verchne-Kamenskoye
59ø10'N
59 10 00N
92 35 00E
Okhapkin and others, 1976; Brovkov and others, 1985.
Consists of streaks and disseminations of polymetallic sulfides hosted in quartz-porphyry and plagiogranite porphyry dikes cutting Neoproterozoic shale and limestone. Tectonic zone has NE strike and contains 7 quartz-porphyry dikes that are more than 2 k
Verkhoturovskoye
58ø19'N
58 19 00N
95 08 00E
Average grade of 44.5% Al2O3, 14.8% SiO2.
Kashtanov, 1967; Lesgaft, 1967; Smirnov, 1978.
Consists of valley-shaped type of karst bauxite deposits that occur in the contact zone of Proterozoic carbonate rock and metamorphic schist. Karst depression is about 400 m long. Karst depression is filled out by Cretaceous-Paleogenic drift beds and lac
Kirgiteiskoye 2
ERROR 58ø25'
58 25 00 N
94 ø08'E
94 48 00 E
Matrosov and Shaposhnikov, 1988; Eremin, 1991.
Consists of two types: (1) lode deposits of massive talc in Proterozoic dolomite, quartzite and metamorphic schist and (2) loose talc in a Cretaceous-Paleogene weathering crust. Deposit is 100 m thick extends up to 3.5 km long. The bodies of pure talc in
Mulinskoye
59ø25'N
59 25 00N
ERROR 91 ø07'
91 47E
Dacenko and others, 1994; Karpuzov, 1996.
Consists of pegmatite veins hosted in Neoproterozoic shale. Pegmatite veins occur along the contact zone of subalcaline leucogranite of Gluchikhinsk Complex (653-658 Ma). Pegmatite veins range up to 900 m long and to 3.7 m thick. Deposit minerals are spo
Kirgiteiskoye 1
58ø25'N
58 25 00N
94 43 00E
Grade of 39-62% Al2O3.
Kashtanov, 1967; Peltek, 1967; Smirnov, 1978.
Consists of bauxite deposits of karst type. Bauxite-bearing deposit is about 30 km long. Karst cavities consist oftwo types: (1) valley-type depressions up to 150 m depth related to a fracture zone; (2) shallow (up to 50 m depth) oval-shaped karst caviti
Murlinoye
58ø44'N
58 44 00N
Consists of karst-type bauxite deposits hosted in Proterozoic marbles. Karst cavities filled out by Paleogenic variegated and bauxitic clays, bauxite, coaly clays and brown coals. A depth of carst cavities ranges up to 260 m. Five bodies up to 17000 m2 i
Sredne-Tatarskoye
93 53 00E
Average grade of 38% Al2O3.
Pel'tek, 1969; Matrosov and Shaposhnikov, 1988.
Major part of the deposit occurs in karsts. The areas of bodies vary from hundreds to 40000 m2. Their thickness ranges from 10 to 200 m. There are three productive horizons among Paleogene sedimentary rock that consist of variegated clays, bauxitic clays
Teneginskoye
59ø06'N
59 06 00N
92 28 00E
Average grade of 5.5% Zn, 0.5% Pb.
Consists of a zone of brecciated limestone and shale containing veinlets and nest aggregates of oxidized Pb and Zn minerals hosted in Neoproterozoic carbonate rock. The main deposit has sublatitudinal strike and dips at the angle 50-80ø. It extends up to
Udorongovskoye
ERROR 58ø24'
58 23 30 N
94 ø03'E
94 33 00 E
Reserves of 1,146,000,000 tonnes grading 35.6% Fe.
Yudin, 1968; Kalugin and others, 1981; Brovkov and others, 1985; Orlov, 1998.
Consists of bedded hematite hosted un Neoproterozoic rock series that characterizied by alternating argillite, siltstone and sandstone. Ore horizon is 45-180 m thick. Eight layers of 20 m total thickness occur. Separate layers extend up to 3-4-km along s
Udereiskoye
58ø30'N
58 30 00N
ERROR 94 ø09'
94 09E
Sb,Au
Grade of 0.8-4.2 g/t Au.
Distanov and others, 1975; Berger, 1981; Brovkov and others, 1985.
Consists of quartz veins and veinlets with Au and Sb minerals hosted in Mesoproterozoic quartz-chlorite-sericite, quartz-sericite and chlorite-sericite schist. Deposit is mainly in a steeply-dipping shear zone that is conformable with host rock structure
Oleniya Gora
93 05 30 E
Average grade of 0.1% WO3
Consists of scheelite-bearing quartz veins cutting Neoproterozoic metamorphic rock that is intruded by Tatarsk-Ayachtinsk Granitoid Complex. Deposit occurs along the contact of quartz-carbonate-mica and quartz-mica schist with quartzite. Deposit extends
Detalnoye
59ø00'N
59 00 00N
92 26 00E
Obolenskiy, 1985.
Represented by streaky-disseminated cinnabar mineralization at the contact between limestones and shales of the Kergetei series (PR) in the zone of the Chernorechensk fault. Disseminated cinnabar occurs in the cement of breccia and in quartz-calcite-dolo
Nizhne-Angarskoye
58ø16'N
58 16 00N
94 33E
Reserves of 1,200,000,000 tonnes grading 40.4% Fe.
Consists of layered hematite hosted in late Riphean argillite, siltsone and sandstone. Fe horizon is 45 to 180 m thick and occurs in 36 separate deposits that range up to 29 m thick, extend up to 15 km along strike and range to 650 m depth. Fe layers are
Goltsovoye
58ø22'N
58 22 00N
94 03E
Consists of quartz veins in exocontact zone of Neoproterozoic Tatarsk granite massif. Veins occur in metamorphozed carboniferous phyllite, siltstone, and shale of Mesoproterozoic age. Sedimentary rock in some places contact metamorphosed to hornfels near
Rudakovskoye
58ø13'N
58 13 00N
ERROR 94 ø06'
94 26 00E
Grade of 1.3-4.9% Pb, 0.6-4.3% Zn.
Okhapkin and others, 1976.
Occurs in a fracture zone in Late Riphean limestone. The thickness of the zone is about 50 m. The bodies occur in streaks disseminations of galena and sphalerite with a thickness from 0.2 to 5.5 m.
Moryanikhinskoye
58ø31'N
58 31 00N
Average grade of 2.5% Pb, 1.1% Zn.
Brander and others, 1985; Brovkov and others, 1985; Ponomarev and others, 1991.
Consists of consists of layered bodies of disseminated, streaky and massive Pb-Zn sulfides hosted in late Riphean dolomite and limestone. Deposit occurs in a SE periclinal closing of an anticline complicated by a shear zone. Host rock is are 320 m thick
Razdolninskoye
58ø15'N
58 14 30N
94 20E
Consists of quartz-stibnite veins hosted in carboniferous sandstone and siltstone, quartz-chlorite-sericite and quartz-sericite schist. Host rock alterations are: silica alteration, carbonate alteration, sericite alteration and chlorite alteration. Hydro
Lineinoye
ERROR 93 ø08'
93 28 00E
Average grade of 1.03% Pb, 3.78% Zn.
Okhapkin and others, 1976; Brovkov and others, 1985; Ponomarev and others, 1991.
Consists of concordant layers and lenses of pyrite-polymetallic minerals hosted by late Riphean in carbonaceous clastic and carbonate rock. Deposit is confined to steeply-dipping (40-60ø) limb of sublatitudinal anticline bordered at the hanging wall by a
Dolgozhdannoye
58ø14'N
58 14 00N
ERROR 94 ø02'
94 12 00E
Smirnov, 1978.
Represented by bauxite deposits of hollow morphological type. Bauxite-bearing horizon overlays discordantly the crust of weathering of Proterozoic amphibolites and metamorphic schists. Ore horizon is composed of bauxitic clays and highly ferruginous baux
Kiiskoye
91 19 00 E
REE, Zr, Nb, Li
Weathering crust carbonatite REE-Zr-Nb-Li
Resources of 1,020,000 tonnes grading 1.57% REE.
Consists of REE-Nb-polymetallic and U-REE-Th deposit minerals in the Kiisk nepheline-syenite massif. The main deposit minerals are bastnaesite, rabdofanite, parisite, zircon, monazite, loparite, xenotime, thorianite and thorite. The content of useful com
Tatarskoye
58ø24'N
58 24 00N
REE, Ta, Nb
Brovkov and others, 1985; Lapin, 1996; Serdyuk, 1998; Elutin and others, 1999.
Consists of phosphate and Ni minerals in carbonatite and alkali metasomatite that occur in an exocontact zone of a granitoid pluton that intrudes interbedded Proterozoic quartz-mica schist, marble, quartzite, amphibolite and amphibole-chlorite schist. Th
Visokaya Gora
59ø54'N
59 54 00N
ERROR 92 ø09'
92 49 00E
W, Mo, Au, Sb
Consists of the zones of greisen-altered granite that are part of the Neoproterozoic Vysokaya Gora pluton.The zones occur in quartz-mica schist and quartz-biotite-sillimanite hornfels. A net of quartz veins and veinlets varied from some centim to 1 m thi
Krutoye
ERROR 58ø30'
58 29 35 N
93 05 00E
Brovkov and Okhapkin, 1976.
Consists of pyrite-bearing galena-sphalerite layered and lenses of bodies hosted in Late Riphean dolomite and dolomitic limestone. The major deposit minerals occur in a zone of crush in that hydrothermal alterations of rock is widespread. The elongated z
Kondakovskoye
94 02 30E
Matrosov and Shaposhnikov, 1988; Serdyuk and others, 1998.
Consists of pegmatite bodies occurred in Early Proterozoic metamorphic rock (binary mica disten-garnet-sillimanite schist, quartzite and amphibolite). More than 270 pegmatite bodies occur. They generally consist of layered veins, rarely by nests and stoc
Gorevskoye
58ø07'N
58 07 00N
93 30 00E
Average grade of 7.02% Pb, 1.36% Zn. World class deposit.
Okhapkin and others, 1976; Distanov, 1985; Brovkov and others, 1985; Kuznetsov and others, 1990; Avdonin, 1997.
Consists of concordant lenses of Pb-Zn sulfides hosted in late Riphean clastic and carbonate rock. Deposit occurs in a small synclinal fold on the limb of a larger anticline that is cut by the Main fault and associated fracture and shear zones on the NE
Tchernoretchenskoye
92 15 00E
Consists of Hg minerals along the thrust of Proterozic coal, clay, shale and limestone over Early Cambrian variegated sedimentary rock. Deposit is hosted in metasomatic quartzite and silica-altered limestone making up the hanging block of the thrust. Hg
Ust-Angarskoye
58ø08'N
58 08 00N
93 00 00E
Consists of streaks and disseminations of deposit minerals in skarn in late Riphean limestone. Deposit occurs in the exocontact zone of the Sogrinsk granitoid massif (850+/-50 Ma). Deposit minerals occurs in the edge zone of limestone and dolomitic limes
Kurishskoye
56ø31'N
56 31 00N
94 58 00E
Bedobinsk
Average grade of 1% Cu.
Malich and others, 1987.
Consists of stratiform Cu minerals in Late Riphean clastic red molasse. The most abundant Cu minerals occur in variegated sedimentary rock formed in a coastal-marine and deltaic facies. Four Cu horizons range from 0.5 to 4.5 m thick and display features
Predivinskoye
57ø03'N
57 03 00N
93 13E
Kansk
Average grade of 33.8% Fe.
Consists of ferrous quartzite deposits hosted in Early-Proterozoic metamorphic rock. Host rock is mica-, chlorite-, chlorite-actinolite schist; mica quartzite, metavolcanic rock with lenses of limestone and dolostone. According to geophysical data, depos
Kuzeevskoye
56ø43'N
56 43 00N
93 58E
Consists of quartz, quartz-sulfide veins and quartz-low-sulfide veinlets zones in brecciated Archean and silica-altered gneiss and mylonite. The veins are from some tens m to some hundred m long and to 1-2 m thick. Wall-rock alteration are silica alterat
Bogunai
ERROR 56ø12'
56 12 00 N
94 35 E
Li, 1974; Bovin and Li, 1976; Serdyuk, 1997.
Consist of more than 40 quartz veins hosted in Archean metamorphic rock. The main host rocks are garnet and pyroxene plagiogneiss, granulite, migmatite, charnockite, and pegmatite, and diabase, diabase porphyry and gabbro dikes. Venis range up to several
Barginskoye
ERROR 56ø07'
56 07 00 N
94 35 00 E
Consists of  pegmatite veins in Archean garnet-hypersthene gneiss. Host rocks along veins are altered to mica, staurolite-mica, and amphibole gneiss. 121 pegmatite veins occur and are generally conformable to host rock schistosity. Veins are layered, ext
Olympiada
92 53E
Au in black shale
Reserves of 700 tonnes Au grading 3-4 g/t Au.
Li and others, 1990; Genkin and others, 1994; Li, 1997; Safonov, 1997.
Occurs at the central part of the Central-Yenisei metallogenic belt in the Verkhne-Enashiminsk district and consists of layered and saddle-shaped bodies of disseminated Au-sulfide in metasomatite hosted in regionally-metamorphosed Late-Proterozoic carbon
Kanskoye
56ø11'N
56 11 00N
94 08E
Consists of quartz-molybdenite veins in the Neoproterozoic Nizhnekansk granitoid pluton. Veins range up to 270 to 300 m long, and from 0.16 to 0.38 m thick. Host rock is altered to greisen. Ore minerals are molybdenite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, and ilmenoru
Mazulskoye
ERROR 56ø06'
56 05 30 N
90 24E
Grade of 18.2-19% Mn, 13-18% Fe. Reserves of 6,500,000 tonnes ore.
Mirtova, 1978; Kuznetsov, 1982.
Consists of layered Mn minerals in Early Cambrian sedimentary and volcanic rock (diabase porphyry, tuff, tuffite, argillitic-siliceous schist, quartzite). A single body is 160x40 m thick. Deposit minerals are Mn carbonate, manganite and Mn-hydrosilicate.
Pravoberezhnoye
59ø57'N
59 57 00N
92 36 00E
Consists of a lensoid quartz vein cutting Neoproterozoic quartz-carbonate-mica schist. Cinnabar occurs in fissures in quartz grains.
Ayakhta
ERROR 59ø13'
59 13 00 N
94 05 E
Average grade of 4.4 g/t Au.
Consists of gold-bearing quartz vein zones that occur in Proterozoic sequence of shale and siltstone are intruded by Ajachta granit massif. Host rocks are metamorphosed in green-shist facies. Small bodies of leucocratic granitis intrusives at the ore dep
Bolshepitskoye
ERROR 59ø15'
59 15 00 N
93 ø04'E
93 54 00 E
Average grade of 9% Pb, 0.3% Zn, 0.02% Cu.
Consists of lens-like bodies, veins and disseminated ore mineralization in limestones within volcanogenic-terrigene-carbonate series of the Upper Riphean age. Ore-containing rocks are dark fine-grained and detrital grey limestones. The fracture zones are
Ishimbinskoye
59ø03'N
59 03 00N
94 28E
Average grade of 39.4% Fe. Reserves of 238,200,000 tonnes.
Consists of bedded hematite hosted in Late-Riphean rock that consists of alternating argillite, siltstone, and sandstone. Ore horizon is 45-180 m thick and extends up to 20 km along strike. Ten ore mineral layers with total thickness of 35-35 m occur. De
Nizhne-Gondinskoye
98 32E
Bogdanov and others, 1973; Narkelun and others, 1977.
Consists of stratiform deposits of cupriferous rock related to argillite, clastic and carbonaceous Middle and Late Cambrian Evenkiisk Suite. Host rock is light-grey calcareous sandstone and dolomite with regular dissemination of chalcopyrite and pyrite.
Kliminskoye
ERROR 58ø36'
58 35 30 N
ERROR 98 ø07'
98 27E
Angara-Ilim
Average grade of 61% Fe. Reserves of 30,000,000 tonnes.
Consists of magnetite bodies in steeply-dipping eruptive breccia pipe. Deposit constracted by chlorite-calcite rock, pyroxene-garnet skarn and skarn in tuff, siliceous-carbonate and siliceous rock and microquartzite. Layered bodies are wide spread. There
Levoberezhnoye
98 22E
Resources of 110,000,000 tonnes grading 20-30% Fe.
Consists of layered magnetite bodies in brecciated zone and metasomatically altered Cambrian carbonate rock that is intruded by Triassic diabase. Metasomatic rock is of serpentine-chlorite-calcite composition. Deposit is 2 km long, 200 m thick and extend
Bedobinskoye
ERROR 58ø48'
58 48 00 N
97 12 30 E
Grade of 0.1-0.6% Cu.
Narkelyun and others, 1977.
Consists  of stratiform Cu sulfides in the Middle to Late Cambrian argillaceous, clastic, and carbonaceous rock of the Evenkiisk suite. The Cu sulfide horizon is 2 to 3 m thick. Host lithologies are red aleurolite and siltstone. Host rocks are dolomitic
Porozhinskoye 2
58ø38'N
58 38 00N
Average grade of 43.6% Al2O3.
Peltek, 1967, 1969; Smirnov, 1978.
Consists of karst bauxite deposits that occur in the contact zone of Proterozoic clastic and carbonate rock. Bauxite horizon consists of variegated bauxitic clays, earthy and stony clay bauxite. Horizon is 15 km long and 12 to 45 m thick. Separate deposi
Kichetskoye
57ø29'N
57 29 00N
96 02E
Krugovich and Kiselev, 1982; Dunaev, 1998.
Consists of skarn with Mn magnetite formed in an explosion pipe that is associated with development of trap magnatism (Early Triassic). Deposit is controlled by Chunsk major fault zone. Principal deposit minerals are magnetite and garnet. Associated mine
Chuktukonskoye
59ø26'N
59 26 00N
ERROR 98 ø08'
98 58 00E
Lapin, 1992, 1996; Lapin, Tolstov, 1993.
Consists of Nb-REE minerals and phosphate minerals that occur in weathered carbonatite that is part of the Chadobetsk alkalic ultramafic complex. The carbonatite contains mainly calcite and dolomite, has an isotopic age of 260 to 200 Ma. The weathered cr
Taloye 1
58ø33'N
58 32 30N
ERROR 99 ø01'
99 21E
Average grade of 37.10% Fe. Reserves of 66,500,000 tonnes.
Britan and Gorshkov, 1975; Kalugin and others, 1981; Orlov, 1998.
Consists of magnetite deposits in a brecciated zone of Early Cambrian carbonate rock intruded by Triassic diabase bodies at depth. The host rock altered to skarn and to serpentine-chlorite-calcite metasomatite. The major body contains 80% common resource
Verkhne-Ollonokonskoye
59ø31'N
59 31 00N
96 08 30 E
Resources of 300,000,000 tonnes grading 55-65% Fe.
Kalugin and others, 1981; Malich and others, 1987.
Consists of magnetite bodies along the NW fault zone in early Paleozoic clastic-carbonate rock. Intrusive body of diabase occurs in deposit. Deposit extended by magnetic prospecting and ranges up to 5 km long and 0.5-1.5 km thick. The bodies occur in len
Beryambinskoye
ERROR 58ø23'
58 23 00 N
ERROR 99 ø02'
99 32 E
Reserves of 39,800,000 tonnes with average grade of 34% Fe.
Chesnokov, 1967; Kalugin and others, 1981; Malich and others, 1987; Orlov, 1998
Consist of bed-like and lens-like ore bodies of magnetite ores in Middle-Upper Cambrian brecciated rocks (dolomite, limestone, sandstone, marl, siltstone). Calc-silicate and magnesium-silicate skarns are wide spread in the brecciated zone and altered int
Pikhtovoye
ERROR 99 ø06'
99 06E
Resources of 100,000,000 tonnes.
Consists of steeply-dipping magnetite bodies in a volcanic diatreme. The volcanic pipe occurs at the intersection of NE and NW disjunctives and filled by fragments of Early Cambrian carbonate-clastic rock with tufogenic matrix. The deposit minerals occur
Ognenskoye
ERROR 58ø28'
58 27 30 N
ERROR 99 ø04'
99 14E
Average grade of 33.7-52.84% Fe. Reserves of 40,200,000 tonnes.
Britan and Gorshkov, 1975; Kalugin and others, 1981.
Consists of shallow -angle lodes of magnetite in brecciated zone in Early Cambrian carbonate rock intruded at depth by Triassic diabase bodies. The host rock metasomatically altered to calc-silicate skarn and chlorite-serpentine-calcite rock. Two deposit
Vostok
99 09E
Resources of 50,000,000 tonnes grading 30-40% Fe.
Consists of bowl-shaped body of Fe minerals along the contact of skarn and limestone in a volcanic diatreme. The body is about 600 m long and 35 to 140 m thick. The deposit minerals occur in breccia, streaks and disseminations and veins. The deposit mine
Tagarskoye
ERROR 99 ø08'
99 08E
Grade of 24% Fe (primary ore), 38-41.2%Fe (oxidized ore). Reserves of 265,300,000 tonnes.
Dymkin and others, 1974l 1979; Kalugin and others, 1981; Smirnov, 1987.
Consists of Fe-bodies in skarn and late metasomatite that replaced explosive breccia containing fragments of limestone, diabase, dolostone and siltstone. There are two types of skarn: magnesium-silicate (forsterite and spinel) and more recent calc-silica
Tatyaninskoye
ERROR 56ø42'
56 42 N
ERROR 104ø26'
104 26 E
Angaro-Ilimskiy
Trap-related Fe skarn (Angara-Ilim type)
Average grade of 30.96% Fe.
Shiryaev and others, 1958; Pekarin, 1960.
The main body (280x260 m) has isometric shape, occurs in the central part of the volcanic pipe filled with tuffite. At depth the body acquires lens shape. Deposit-controlling volcanic pipe (1000x500 m) extends NE and extends 500 m down. The rock enclosin
Yubileinoye 1
ERROR 59ø06'
59 05 30 N
ERROR 103ø28'
103 28 00 E
Reserves of 65,000,000 tonnes.
Momdzi, 1976; Dunajev, 1998.
Consists of two lenses of Mn magnetite in skarn in brecciated zone with a NE strike. The skarns formed near the trap sill. Skarns are predominatly of garnet composition. Replacement of skarn by chlorite, serpentite, epidote occurs. The deposit minerals o
Sputnik 1
58ø57'N
58 57 00N
ERROR 103ø52'
103 52E
Reserves of 70,000,000 tonnes grading 35-40% Fe.
Momdzi, 1976; Fon-der-Flaas, 1977; Kalugin and others, 1981; Dunajev, 1998.
Consists of a steeply-dipping Mn magnetite body in skarn zone among Permian clastic  and Early Triassic tuffaceous rock, intruded by diabase dikes and stocks. Garnet skarn is predominant. Replacement of garnet skarn by serpentine, chlorite and epidote oc
Atavinskoye 1
ERROR 58ø57'
58 57 00 N
ERROR 103ø51'
103 50 30 E
Grade of 30-35% Fe. Reserves of 50,000,000 tonnes ore.
Momdzi, 1976.
Consists of magnesian magnetite ore deposits among the skarnized and hydrothermaly alterated sandstone of Permian age and Lower Triassic tufacceous rocks. There are some dolerite intrusive bodies within the limits of the ore field. Scarnized rocks are of
Nerjundinskoye
ERROR 58ø50'
58 50 N
ERROR 103ø48'
103 48 E
Resources of 622.2 million tonnes Fe grading 30.58% Fe. Forecasted resources to 1500 m depth of about 825 million tonnes with cut-off grade of 22% Fe.
Vorontsov, 1976; V.D. Parovoy and others, wriiten commun., 1976, Strakhov, 1978; Vakhrushev and others, 1976; Pukhnarevich, 1986; Modzhi and others, 1976; Geological Structure of the USSR, 1987; Fon-der-Flaas, 1977.
Consists of two large occurrences: a pillar (2500x20-400 m) occurrence confined to the central part of explosion pipe; and a gently plate (250-1980x3.4-132.6 m). Deposit occurs at depth of 400-500 m in basal sill of diabase porphyry. Major deposit minera
Kapaevskoye
ERROR 58ø31'
58 31 N
ERROR 103ø45'
103 45 E
Average grade of 30.28% Fe to 1400 m depth.  Resources of 743.2 million tonnes.
Momdzhi and others, 1976; Vakhrushev and others, 1976; Fon-der-Flaas, 1977; Srakhov, 1978; Rozhkov and others, written commun., 1981; Pukhnarevich, 1986.
Consists of a large inricate volcanic pipe that contains 82 bodies (40-1750 x 2,500 x 40-1430 m). The main deposit occurs in 6 steeply-dipping lenses, two subhorizontal occurrences, and one crater occurrence, in the upper part ofthe pipe. Ore minerals oc
Rudnogorskoe
ERROR 57ø15'
57 15 00 N
ERROR 103ø42'
103 42 00 E
Grade of 35.47-30.65% Fe.
Roslyakov and others, 1960; Momdzhi and others, 1976; Vakjhrushev and others, 1976; Strakhov, 1978; Fon-der-Flaas, 1981; Pukhnarevich, 1986; Geological Structure of the USSR, 1987; Seminsky and others, 1994; Speshilov and others, written commun., 1987.
Consists of four closely located explosion pipes filled with tuffite and occurring in sublatitudinal and submeridional fracture zones. The largest one has oval shape with dimensions 600x1500 m. The main deposit is hosted by 3 steeply-dipping sublatitudin
Korshunovskoe
ERROR 56ø32'
56 32  N
ERROR 104ø00'
104§ 08 E
Resources of 637 million tonnes ore grading 26% Fe to depth of 1200 m.
Antipov, 1960: Vakhrushev and others, 1976; Momdzhi, 1976; Strakhov, 1978; Geological structure of USSR, 1987; Fon-der-Flaas, 1981; Seminsky and others, 1994; B.P. Fitsl and others, written commun., 1995.
Consists of a stockwork (with plan dimensions of 2,400 by 700 m) composed of four partly merged layers that contain variable amount of hematite and martite in upper layers, calcite and magnetite in middle layers and halite and magnetite in lower layers.
Ponomarjovskoye
ERROR 58ø39'
58 39 N
ERROR 104ø48'
104 48 E
Prospected reserves 81 milliont/, with Fe content from 18-50%
Strakhov, 1976; Romanchenko, written commun., 1983; Nikulin and others, 1989.
Consists of 6 bodies of NW and NE strike (50-750x13.5-25.0 m) confined to steeply-dipping zone of faults crossing volcanic pipe (1200 x 1400 m). Major deposit minerals: magnteite, martite, rare hematite. Deposit mineral assemblages are calcite-magnetite
Chuyskoye
58 25 N
113 26 E
Mamsko-Chuiskiy
Feldspathoids
Largest mica-bearing site of the Mamsky province with 73 prospected veins.
Chesnokov, 1975; Sokolov, 1959 and 1960; Vasilieva, 1960, 1963 and 1983; Vasilieva and Sychev, 1966; Andreev, 1959, 1969.
Consists of 4 pegmatite  fields (Chuisky, Dovgakitsky, Mochikitsky, Rybachinsky) controlled by the same named granite-migmatite domes. The  clusters of pegmatite veins occur along the zones of reverse strike faults. Plagiopegmatites are contained in larg
Vitimskoye
ERROR 58ø13'
58 13 N
Kyanite, feldspathoid
Reserves comprise 12%  of mica in the Mama-Chuya region. Medium-sized veins predominate.
Drugov and Karpov, 1975; Zavalishin and Lvova, 1954; Kremlyakov, 1966, 1969.
Consists of 130 veins located in 4 pegmatite fields controlled by the shear zones and flat-lying flexure folds. The dimensions of veins vary in length from 20 to 1000 m, in thickness from 1 to 30 m (average 10 m) and from 100 to 150 m over dipping. Cross
Bolshoye Severnoye
ERROR 58ø01'
58 01 N
113 22 E
Kyanite, feldspathoids
Reserves of about one thousand tonnes.
Makaraov, 1937; Sokolov, 1959; Timofeev, 1961; Kremlyakov, 1962; Morakhovsky, 1966.
Consists of a series of pegmatite veins (20 - 200 x 15 x 10 - 100 m) both of concordant layers and  transverse crossing and diagonal-crossing types. Pegmatites are two-feldspar, micatization if quartz-muscovite. Major minerals: muscovite, quartz, microcl
Lugovka
ERROR 58ø04'
58 04 N
ERROR 112ø54'
112 54 E
Feldspatoids, kyanite
Reserves are 150 kg/m3 of large-scale muscovite with a raw muscovite content of 100-300 kg/m3. Contains up 14% of total mica in Mamsky mica-bearing province.
Zavalishin, Chesnokov, 1960; Verkhozin and Kochnev, 1979; Kochnev,1966, 1968, 1971; Rudenk and others, 1980.
Consists of two pegmatite fields and a series of veins that occur along a sublatitudinal tectonic zone and associated shear folds. Vein dimensions vary from small (920-50 x 1-5 m) to very large (200-500 x 10-30 m), at depth of 115 m. The vein are concord
Kolotovskoye
113ø00'E
113   01 E
Altgausen, 1934; Petrovskaya, 1941; Dvorkin-Samarsky, 1961; Sokolov, 1970; Kochnev and others, 1971.
Consists of a large field pf 150 pegmatite veins of diverse forms: widespread crossing and longitudinal dikes and rare pipes and veins. Crossing bodies vary from 50 to 150 m long, locally extending 1500 m, 2-15 m thick. Concordant bodies are 20-100 m and
Komsomolsko-Molodezhnoye
ERROR 57ø46'
57 46 N
112 29 E
Small and average-sized ore bodies.
Suchkov, 1961; Tarasov and others, 1975.
Consists of a series of small concordant layered pegmatite veins (15-150 x 2-15 x 10-80 m) having plagioclase-microlcline composition. The type of micatization is basically quartz-muscovite, rare pegmatoid. Mineral composition: quartz, plagioclase, micro
Synnyrskoye
ERROR 56ø56'
56 56 N
ERROR 111ø31'
111 31 E
Synnyrskiy
Grade of 5-10-80% apatite.
Arkhangelskaya, 1964.
Occurs in the Synnyrsky zoned massif of alkaline and nepheline syenite and in an associated large zone of metasomatite. Deposit consists of two types of apatite-rich areas. (1) one type of area is melanocratic metasomatite composed of combinations of ijo
Kholodninskoye
ERROR 56ø13'
56 13 N
ERROR 109ø49'
109 49 E
Olokitskiy
Cu, Ag, Cd, As, Sb
Grade of 4.0-6.3% Zn, 0.5-1.7% Pb, 0.02-0.05% Cu, 80-100 ppm Cd, 200-500 ppm As, 30-50 ppm Sb.
Distanov E.G, 1977; Distanov E.G, Kovalev, 1995, 1996.
Consists of a series of steeply-dipping, lenticular, rhythmic and thin-layered bodies of massive pyrite and polymetallic sulfides. Deposit extends up to 7 to 8 km. Host rock consist of alternating beds of graphite-mica-carbonate-siliceous schist (tens to
Sogdiondonskoye
ERROR 57ø42'
57 42 N
112 10 E
Rare large veins are prevalent
Semenenko, 1948; Ignatova, 1957; Chesnokov, 1966; Tyurin, 1966, 1967; Galkin, 1969.
Consists of a series of veins (20-300 x 1-25 x 150 m) of various shape with predominant cross-cutting veins and dikes controlled by sublatitudinal fractures zones and flexures. Deposit consists of plagioclase-microcline pegmatite and quartz-muscovite peg
Murunskoe
58ø02'N
58o 22' N
ERROR 119ø11'
119o11'E
Charskiy
Charoite
Charoite metasomatite
Konev and others, 1996.
Deposit of charoitite and charoite rock and consists of breccia, vein, and crossing bodies with dimensions from a few cm to several tens of m. Occurs in Archean and Proterozoic in phenitized gneiss, quartz sandstone, and dolomite. The charoite rock is a
Sakinskoye
ERROR 56ø35'
56 35 N
118 42 E
Uguy-Udokanskiy
Average grade of 0.74% Cu.
Chechetkin and others, 1985; Volodin, Chechetkin and others, 1994.
Occurs in hinge and SE edge of the Sakinsky syncline. The host is the middle part of the Upper Sakukansky subsuite (650 m) and the lowermost part of the Naminginsky Suite (250 m) of the Udokan serisd, Paleoproterozoic. The suite consists of variagated sa
Udokanskoye
ERROR 56ø34'
56 34  N
ERROR 118ø30'
118 30 E
Ag, Au, Tl, S
Grade of 1.86-2.43% Cu, 13.6 ppm Ag, 0.51 ppm Au. Resource of 1,200 million tonneds grading 2% Cu.
Chechetkin and others, 1985; Kirkham and others, 1994; Volodin and others, 1994; Chechetkin and others, 1995; Starostin, 1998.
The structure of the deposit consists of the Sakukansky quartzite with interbeds of thin-layered ferruginous sandstone 1400-1500 m thick and Naminginsky siltstone with interbedded of sandstone and shale, 300-500 m thick. Units are intruded by Paleoproter
Chineyskoye
ERROR 56ø28'
56 28 N
ERROR 118ø43'
118 43 E
V, PGE, Ni, Co, Au
Grade of 0.40-16.75% Cu, 0.1-72.0 ppm Pt; 1-255 ppm Pd; 0.15-9.60 ppm Au, 0.027-0.260% Ni; 0.005-0.01% Co.
Melnikova and others, 1983; Gongalsky and others, 1995.
Occurs along contact of the Chineisly stratified gabbro and anorthosite pluton in the Chiney complex (2300-1800 Ma) with sedimentary metamorphic rocks of the Early Proterozoic age. Deposit extends for 13.7 km and has an inhomogeneous structure with four
Ledyanoe
ERROR 56ø10'
56ø10'
119ø30'
Kalar-Stanovoy
Ranging from  11.7-30 g/t Au.
Glukhovsky and others, 1993; Koshelev and Chechyotkin, 1996; Moiseenko and Eirish, 1996.
Occurs in shear zone and quartz vein and zones in blastomylonite that cut retrograded Paleoproterozoic gabbro and anorthosite, leucocratic anorthosite and rare melanocratic anorthosite, charnockite and pegmatoid granitoid. The veins vary from 0.2 to 0.5
Chineiskoye
ERROR 56ø29'
56 29 N
ERROR 118ø33'
118 33 E
Cu, V, PGE, Ni, Co, Au
Average grade of 4.9% TiO2, 25.7% Fe; 0.56% Cu, 0.34% V205, 12.5 ppm PGE.
Petrusevich, 1946; Belova, 1980; Melnikova and others, 1983; Konnikov, 1986; Gongalsky and Krivolutskaya, 1993; Gongalsky and others, 1995; Skursky, 1996.
Deposit is located in the Chineisky horiozontally layered gabbro-norite  massif (2300-1800 Ma) of lopolite-like shape. Massif is about 15 km long, 708 km wide. Highly-titanium gabbroids occupy 85% and are subdivided into two series: iron ore with maximum
Sulbanskoye
ERROR 56ø50'
56 50 N
ERROR 117ø26'
117 26 E
Up to 17 ppm Cu and Au./
Cupriferous sandstones...", 1966; Truvachev, 1980; Chechetkin  and others, 1985; Volodin and others, 1994; Skursky, 1966.
Deposit occurs in Kodaro-Udokan trough in metamorphosed sedimentary rock (metasandstone, metaquartzite, shale, phyllite) of the Alexandrovsky Suite that refers to flishoid formation of the Udokan series (Paleoproterozoic). The entire Alexandrovsky sequen
Pravo-Ingamakitskoye
ERROR 56ø25'
56 25 N
ERROR 118ø34'
118 34 E
Average grade is economic.
Cupriferous sediemnts..., 1966; Chechtkin and others, 1985; Apolsky and others, 1988; Volodin and others, 1994.
Occurs in the Kodaro-Udokan trough in the Tchitkandinsky Suite of flysch formation, Udokan series (Paleoproterozoic). The lower subsuite (thickness 1000-1100 m) consists of oligomictic, rare calcareous sandstone and aleurolite. Its upper part contains th
Burpalinskoye
56ø02'N
56  29  N
ERROR 119ø40'
119 40 E
Average grade deposit.
Narkelyun and others, 1968; Aksenova and others, 1969; Chechetkin and others, 1985; Apolsky and others, 1988.
Consists of the zone of disseminated sulfides of iron and copper in the LOwer Proterozoic coastal-marine sediments (quartzite-like and  calacreous sandstones, siltstones, argillites). The zone strikes for  9 km, 150 m wide. On the SW edge occur a seriees
Verkhne-Sakukanskoye
ERROR 56ø47'
56 47 N
ERROR 116ø57'
116 57 E
Average grade of 18 ppm Au, 36 ppm Ag.
Koshelev and Chechetkin, 1996; Skutsky, 1996.
Gold-quartz deposit in gabbros in veins and veinlet zones. About 50 veins occur and extend for 80-400 m and range up 0.5-3 m thick. Thickness of veinlet zones about a few tens of m, and extend for a few km. Deposit consists of quartz and  gold, and lesse
Molodezhnoye
ERROR 56ø09'
56 09 N
ERROR 115ø01'
115 01 E
Baikalo-Muiskiy
Average grade of 7.7%. asbestos, 15-20% textile grades fibre.
Malyshev, written commun., 1960; Krutsko, 1964; Bashta, 1966; Zamanshikov, Tatarinov and Artemov,1967; Novikova, 1967; Bashta, 1970.
Consists of lens-shaped stockwork trending NW, is 760 x 520 m wide and 630 m deep. The stockwork occurs in a Paleoproterozoic layered massif with the same name (0.5 x 5.0 km) that is composed of dunite and harzburgite. The stockwork has concentric zonati
Chertovo Koryto
ERROR 59ø28'
59 28 N
ERROR 114ø48'
114 48 E
Tonodskiy
Average grade of about 2.6 g/t Au.
B.V. Antonov and others,wriiten commun., 1967; Ivanov and others, 1995; Kotkin, 1995.
Consists of three gently lying stockwork zones conformable with submeridional striking thrust. Zones contain quartz and sulphides in Paleoproterozoic carbonaceous schist and sandstone. Stockwork consists of variably-oriented veins and veinlets in fault z
Kelyanskoye
ERROR 56ø19'
56 19 N
ERROR 114ø27'
114 27 E
Grade of 0.01-25.1% Hg, 0.1-0.78 Sb.
Kiselev, 1968; Demidova, 1976.
Consists of a series of steeply-dipping zones that occur along a major thrust fault that cuts Early Cambrian dolomite. The zones consist of layers and lenses with dimensions of 160-450 x 2.8-4.0 m. The zones extend for a few tens of km and consist of qua
Katuginskoye
ERROR 56ø18'
56 18 N
ERROR 119ø12'
119 12 E
Sr, V, Y
Beskov, 1995; Sobachenko, 1998.
Consists of microcline-albite-quartz metasomatite with finely disseminated REE minerals. Deposit is divided into two blocks (Western and Eastern) by a NE-striking fault. The eastern block is uplifted 400 m relative to the western block. In plan view, the
Unkurskoye
Melnichenko and others, 1972; Chechetkin and others, 1985; Volodin and others, 1994.
Occurs in the Unkursky brachysyncline disrupted by gabbros of the Luktursky granitoids of the Kemensky massif and dikes of gabbro and diabases. Two Cu-bearing layers occur in metamorphosed deposits of the Early Sakukansky subsuite (thickness 450-600 m) o
Vysochaishiy
ERROR 58ø45'
58 45 N
ERROR 115ø32'
115 32 E
Bodaibinskiy
Average grade of 2.36 ppm Au.
Buryak, 1959, 1963a, 1963 b;Buryak and Popov, 1969.
Deposit includes a thick (90-210 m) zone of sulphide veinlets and disseminations that extend over 1600 m long. Summary content of sulphides from 0.5 to 5-6%, of that the main ones are pyrite (90-95%) and pyrrhotite (1-4%). rare chalcopyrite. Of minor imp
Sukhoy Log
ERROR 58ø37'
58 37 N
Grade of 2.8-3.6 ppm Au and similar grade for Pt.
Kazakevich, 1959; Popov, 1969; Kazakevich, 1963; Kotkin, 1968, 1975; Buriak, 1969, 1975; Lobanov and others, 1976; Inshin and Gerasimova, 1977; Konovalov, 1985; Sher and Mitrofanov and others, 1998.
Deposit consists of two types: (1) quartz and sulfide veinlets and disseminations of (75% reserves); and (2) low-sulfide quartz-veins (25% reserves). The first type consists of layered linear stockwork consisting of veinlets and disseminations with pyrit
Olondo
ERROR 57ø05'
57ø05'
ERROR 119ø44'
119ø44'
West Aldan
Ag, Pt
Grade of 3-5 g/t Au, up to 2.5 g/t Pt.
Popov and others, 1990; Zhizhin and others, 1994; Popov and others, 1997; Smelov and Nikitin, in press.
Consists of quartz veins and massive carbonate-amphibole-quartz-sulfide metasomatite zones cutting metamorphosed ultramafic rock in the Olondo greenstone belt. Au content of the metavolcanic host rock increases with intensity of metasomatism to a maximum
Charskoye
ERROR 57ø12'
57 12 N
ERROR 118ø40'
118 40 E
Average grade of 28% Fe.
Babkin and others, 1977; Glagolev and Myznikov, 1990; Kudryavtsev and others, 1979; Mironjuk and others, 1971; Petrov, 1976; Shakhov, 1969; Myznikov, 1995; Devi and others, written commun.,1979.
Consists of a large number of deposits of ferrous quartzites (Sulumatsky, Nizhne Sakukansky, Sakunnyrsky et al.), each consisting of a few steeply dipping occurrences (550-1950 x 4.5-178 x 1000 m) of magnetite-hematite layers in linear zones of submeridi
Krasnoye
ERROR 56ø48'
56 48 N
ERROR 119ø01'
119 01 E
Co, Mo, Ag. Bi
Average grade.
Feoktistov, 1966; Cupriferous sediments..., 1966; Trubachev, 1980; and others, 1985.
Occurs in the sedimentary rock of Chitkandisnky Suite (thickness 400 m) of the Udokan seris of the Paleoproterozoic. The suite consists of variagated-colored sandstone, aleurolite and argillite, is interpreted as flishoid formation. Bodies consist of ric
Dogaldynskoe
ERROR 114ø43'
114 43 E
Resources of 2.9 tonnes Au. Average grade of in ore pillars 8.5 ppm Au.
Nikolaeva, 1961; Sher, Kondratenko, 1962; Buriak, 1969.
Consists of a large quartz saddle-like vein of about 2 km long (economic part makes up 560 m. The vein is the monominetal quartz aggregate (93-97%) with insignificant amounts of ankerite, siderite, calcite, sericite, rarely apatite, chlorite, albite. Of
Tarynnakh
ERROR 58ø19'
58ø19'
119ø17'
Fe,Au
Resources of 2 billion tonnes grading 28.1% Fe.
Bilanenko and others, 1986;Gorelov and others, 1984; Akhmetov, 1983; Biryul'kin and others, 1990.
Consists of three deposits separated by gneissose granite, gneiss and schist of varying composition. Deposits are dominated by fine-grained hornblende-actinolite-magnetite ferruginous quartzite. Cummingtonite-magnetite, chlorite-magnetite and magnetite v
Seligdar
58 36 N
ERROR 125ø11'
125 11 E
Nimnyr
Apatite carbonatite
Reserves of 1,616 million tonnes grading 6.72% P2O5.
Smirnov, 1982; Entin and others, 1991.
Consists of apatite in an asymmetric carbonatite stock with dimensions of 2 by 1.02 km. At depth of 1.6 km, the stock narrows to a few hundred square m. The stock contains carbonatite composed of: apatite and carbonate; apatite, quartz and carbonate; mar
Usuu
ERROR 57ø51'
57 51
ERROR 120ø14'
120ø14'
Uguy-Udokan
Davydov and Chiryaev, 1986.
Consists of Cu occurrences in the Goruoda Formation that extends for 25 km along the eastern flank of the Uguy Basin. The formation exhibits lagoonal and bar facies. Three thick horizons of Cu deposits occur. The lower horizon contains carbonate rock and
Dagda
ERROR 57ø14'
57ø14'
ERROR 121ø04'
121ø04'
Fe, Al
Resources of 100 million tonnes ore.
Biryul'kin and others, 1990.
Consists of several bodies of poor (10-25% magnetite) Fe quartzite. The deposit occurs in amphibole and amphibole-plagioclase schist and amphibolite of  Late Archean age.  Thickness of the orebodies varies from 0.5 to 1.3 m, the length is 0.2-1.0 km. In
Pravokabaktanskoe
ERROR 56ø41'
56ø41'
ERROR 122ø31'
122ø31'
Ag, Cu, Pb
Grade of  0.003-1.5 g/t Au, 10 g/t Ag, 2% Cu, 0.1% Pb, 0.001%) As. Eastern continuation of the zone contains sulfide-quartz veins from 0.4-0.8 m thick with up to 10 g/t Au.
Consists of a linear stockwork of actinolite-chlorite-plagioclase blastomylonite saturated with quartz veins and veinlets varying from a few millim to a few m in thickness. The veins are hosted by Late Archean diaphthoric and silica-altered rock of mafic
Perekatnoe
ERROR 124ø20'
124ø20'
Upper Aldan
piezoquartz
Piezoquartzite
Dorofeev and others,1979.
Consists of piezoquartz quartzite in high-alumina gneiss and mafic schist. The rock crystal deposits tend to occur at rupture intersections and in fold flexures and periclines. They form single veins that range from 0.5 to 2 m thick and 20 to 30 m long a
Tayozhnoe 2
ERROR 125ø26'
125 26 E
Dyos-Leglier
Resources of 1.2 billion tonnes grading 20-60% Fe with average grade of 39.8% Fe, 2.12% S, 0.1% P2O5.
Dorofeev, 1979; Bilanenko and others, 1986; Biryul'kin and others, 1990; Biryul'kin and others, 1990; Kovach and others, 1995a, 1995b.
Deposit horizon iis 200 m thick and consists of magnetite skarn, Mg skarn, amphibole-diopside rock, Paleoproterozoic coarse-grained marble and biotite gneiss with an isotopic age of 2.3 to 2.1 Ga. Subjacent rock is amphibole gneiss and schist and the ove
Nadyozhnoe, Fyodorovskoe
ERROR 57ø36'
57ø36'
ERROR 125ø05'
125ø05'
Tympton
phlogopite, vermiculite
Resources of about 7,000 tonnes grading 45.1 kg/m3 phlogopite.
Biryul'kin and others, 1990; Kovach and others, 1995a, 1995b.
Consists of phlogopite occurring in Paleoproterozoic diopside and phlogopite-diopside schist, marble and coarse-grained marble that are metasomatized into coarse-grained phlogopite-diopside skarn with isotopic ages of 1.9 to 1.8 Ga. Deposit occurs on the
Dyosovskoe
ERROR 57ø35'
57ø35'
ERROR 124ø32'
124ø32'
Resources of 700 million tonnes ore, with concentrate grading 66.7% Fe and Mn, and 0.43% Cu and Co. Impurities are 1.11% S, 0.12% P, 0.02% Zn.
Consists of Fe skarn extending sublatitudinally for 20 km and varies from 1-3 km wide. Fe ore horizon occurs in three parallel synforms overturned to the N that dip at 30-70ø and are complicated by larger folds and zones of longitudinal thrust and strike
Bugarykta
56ø47'
ERROR 125ø33'
125ø33
Piezoquartz
Geology of the USSR,1979.
Consists of piezo-quartz deposits occuring in quartzite strata associated with high-alumina gneiss and basic schist. The rock crystal deposits tend to occur in places of intersection of rupture dislocations, in flexures and periclines of folds. They form
Lemochi
ERROR 57ø50'
57 50 N
ERROR 121ø19'
121 19 E
Up to 14.1 g/t Au in metabasalt. Quartz veins and veinlets with up to 8.2 g/t Au. Quartz-tourmaline metasomatites with up to 8.1 g/t Au. Quartz metasomatites with up to8.1 g/t Au. Metagabbro with up to 3.3 g/t Au, in association with low-sulfide quartz v
Gadiyatov and others, 1984; Duk and others, 1986; Gadiyatov, 1992.
Gold deposit is associated with pyrrhotite-bearing metabasalt, quartz veins and veinlets, quartz-tourmaline and quartz metasomatite, diaphthorite and metagabbro. Bodies range from 0.1 to 1.2 m thick and tend to occur along hinges and limbs of folds and c
Nelyuki
ERROR 57ø40'
57ø40'
ERROR 121ø40'
121ø40'
Resources of several hundreds of millions tonnes (to a depth of 500 m) grading 36.11-45.39% Fe, 0.026-0.04% F, trace S.
Kudryavtsev and Akhmetov, 1977; Smelov, 1989;Biryul'kin and others, 1990.
Consists of magnetite-bearing quartzite hosted in amphibole, pyroxene-amphibole microgneiss and schist with amphibolite interbeded with biotite, garnet-biotite, garnet-two mica microgneiss and quartzite-gneiss, locally with sillimanite. Two bodies, each
Kuranakh
ERROR 59ø01'
59 01 N
ERROR 125ø37'
125 37 E
Chara-Aldan
Production of 7.1 million ounces of gold through 1997 from 74.1 million tonnes of ore grading 3.57 g/t Au.
Benevolskiy, 1995; Fredericksen, 1998; Fredericksen and others, 1999.
Consists of Au-bearing potassium metasomatite that occurs along horizontal Cambrian calcareous rock and Jurassic sandstone where intruded by lamprophyre dikes emplaced along high-angle fault and especially bedding. Host rock is Jurassic arkose, Early Cam
Megyuskan
ERROR 58ø15'
58ø15'
ERROR 130ø41'
130ø41'
Uchur
phlogopite, vermiculite, Fe
Resources of 7.5 thousand tonnes phlogopite with average grade of 46-79 kg/m3 phlogopite.
Consists of phlogopite skarn that occurs on the limbs of the Bas-Muguskan synform. The skarn forms lenticular bodies that are concordant with the host phlogopite-diopside and scapolite-diopside metasomatite. Several deposits vary from 4 to 12 m thick and
Emeldzhak
58ø30'
ERROR 126ø43'
126ø43'
B, phlogopite
Reserves of several tens million tonnes grading 31.9-63.2% Fe2O3, 8.04-24.9% FeO.
Geology of the USSR, 1979; Biryul'kin and others, 1990.
Consists of two bodies of magnetite and diopside-hypersthene-magnetite in thick sequence of diopside and diopside-amphibole, phlogopitie gneiss. Aeromagnetic survey reveals deposit is 4 km long. The ore minerals occur in masses and disseminations with mi
Atugey
ERROR 56ø22'
56 22 N
ERROR 128ø20'
128 20 E
Davangra-Nalurak
Grade of 29.6-70.7% Fe, 0.01-0.05% S, and 0.1-0.2% P2O5.
Klimov, 1979; A.P. Smelov, V. Nikitin, and G. Biryul'kin, this study.
Consists of concordant beds of hematite that range from 0.3-3 m thick and extend for 40 km. The beds are interbedded with siltstone in the middle part of Proterozoic sandstone units in the Atugey-Nuyam graben. REE occurrences are in gravelstone and congl
Olimpiyskoe
ERROR 56ø05'
56ø05'
ERROR 127ø55'
127ø55'
Sutam
Resource of 500 million tonnes of iron ore to a depth of 300 m, and 900 million tonnes to a depth of 500 m. Range of 25.3-36.98% femagnetite, 0.08-0.13% S.
Nikitin, 1990.
Consists of eleven lenticular deposits of medium-and coarse-grained banded hypersthene-magnetite quartzite. Deposits occur in an area that is 11 km long and ranges from 3 to 4 km wide and contains two rock groups. The first and main group consists of mag
Yur
59 54 49N
137ø48'E
137 48 28E
Allakh-Yun
Grade of 3.5-5.7 g/t Au.
Strona, 1960; Kobtseva, written commun., 1988.
Consists of four interbedded quartz veins that occur along a zone of meridional faults in Middle Carboniferous sandstone and shale. Veins range from 0.3 to 0.4 m thick and are 100 to 500 m long. The main deposit minerals are gold, arsenopyrite, galena, p
Tas-Yuryakh
58ø43'N
58 43 00N
137ø28'E
137 28 00E
South Verkhoyansk
Average grade of 20 g/t Au, 10 g/t Ag.
Moiseyenko and Eirish, 1996; S.M. Rodionov and others, written commun., 1991; Pereverzev and others, 1990.
Occurs in Yudoma-Maya thrust fault zone. Gold occurs near steeply-dipping NE-striking fault along the contact of Early Cambrian siltstone and Vendian dolomite. The host rock is intruded by lamprophyre dikes of 116-119 Ma age (K-Ar biotite age). Main alte
Borong
58 33 08N
137ø40'E
137 40 19E
Sette-Daban
Grade of 0.1-1% Cu.
Kogen and others, 1976; Kobtseva and Devyatkina, written commun., 1988.
Consists of supergene minerals such as malachite, azurite, and chrysocolla that occur in fine-fissured stringers. Hosted in a bed of Late Proterozoic quartz-feldspar and polymictic sandstone that  is 2 m thick and extends for 7 km.
Malyutka
58 38 17N
137ø16'E
137 16 23E
Range of 0.01-98 g/t Au.
Kobtseva, written commun., 1988.
Consists of approximately EW-trending shear zones, up to 1 km long and 0.3-3 m thick and in quartz veins up to 40 m long and 0.5 to 40 cm thick. Shear zone minerals are quartz, ankerite, barite, rutile, fluorite, hematite, pyrite, sphalerite, galena, cha
Algaminskoe
ERROR 58ø40'
58 39 31 N
ERROR 135ø34'
135 33 36 E
Ingili
Zr, W
Carbonate-hosted Zr (Algoma type)
Weathered zones grade from 2.8-3.2% W2O3 and 0.5-40% ZrO2.
Nekrasov and Koezhinskaya, 1991; J.N. Aleinikoff, written commun., 1993.
Consists of  lenses up to 1,100 m long with irregular bodies of W-Zr minerals. Ore bodies range from 2, 3, and 5 m thick occur in layers of siliceous, cavenous dolomite. Layers spaced between14 and 25 m apart. Layers contain loose aggregate that is rich
58ø35'N
58 35 00N
135ø22'E
135 22 00E
REE, Nb, Ta
Average grade of 1.4% REE oxides; up to 1.1%  Nb2O5.
Occurs in circular alkaline intrusive body composed of ijolite-melteigite, syenite, and theralite of Precambrian(?) age. Alkaline igneous rock intrudes Archean amphibolite and gneiss, and Neoproterozoic calcareous and clastic rock. Deposit consists of tw
Chad (Mokhovoy)
58ø55'N
58 55 00N
134ø18'E
134 18 00E
PGE minerals occur  within central part of a zoned ultramafic complex consisted of dunite in the central part, and pyroxenite and gabbro-diorite in the outer part. Zoned mafic-ultramafic body intrudes Archean - Proterozoic metamorphic rock of Southern-Ea
Sigilyakh
57ø42'N
57 42 25N
137ø24'E
137 24 08E
Grade of 0.1-3.7% Cu.
Arsky and others, written commun., 1963.
Consists of veins that intrude contact metamorphosed Late Jurassic sandstone. Veins range from 55 to 140 m long and 0.05 to 6.8 m thick. Veins strike NW and dip SW at 60ø. Major minerals are quartz, marcasite, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, galena and sphaler
Maly Komui
57 23 00N
137ø32'E
137 32 07E
Chelasin
Grade of 0.1-11.0% Cu, 0.1-9.3% Zn, 0.1-4.9% Pb.
Krasny and Rasskazov, 1975; Kobtseva and Devyatkina, written commun., 1988.
Disseminations and pockets of chalcopyrite, chalcocite, malachite, galena and sphalerite occur in garnet-pyroxene skarn bodies along the contact between Neoproterozoic limestone and Cretaceous granitoid bodies. Skarn forms three zones with a combined len
Dzhagdag
57ø22'N
57 22 09N
137ø13'E
137 13 03E
Grade of 0.3-2.94% Cu.
Kutyrev and others, 1988.
Occurs in two layers of Neoproterozoic (Late Riphean) amygdaloidal basalt, that  are 90 and 60 m thick, respectively, and are intercalated with tuff and sandstone. The Cu-bearing horizons are 0.4-5 m thick. Ore is finely disseminated to spotted. Ore mine
56ø47'N
56 47 00N
ERROR 137ø02'
137 02 00 E
Grade of 1.0-9.4% Cu, up to 10.0 g/t Au, up to 1,119.0 g/t Ag, up to 3.0% Pb, up to 3.0% Zn.
S.M. Rodionov, A.A. Cherepanov, and E.V. Kurbatov, written commun., 1994.
Consists of stockwork zones and quartz-sulfide veins. 42 stockwork zones were discovered. All zones are located within the single belt. Extension of the belt is about 2.5 km. One zone was dissected by three trenches. On the data of the trenching the thic
Duet
59ø48'N
59 47 32N
137ø44'E
137 44 14E
Average grade of 29 g/t Au.
Consists of eighteen rootless, conformable, sheets of quartz veins that occur at various levels in an 60-80 m interval of Middle Carboniferous sandstone and siltstone that is 150 to 120 m thick. Veins occur in both the limbs and hinge of the Duet synclin
Kondyor
57ø33'N
57 32 44N
134 37 55E
About 13.5 tonnes PGE  produced from 1984-1993. Annual production of about 2.5 to 3.0 tonnes PGE since 1993. In 1999, approximately 2.9 tonnes PGE were produced.
Marakushev and others, 1990; Zalishchak and others, 1993; Cabri and Laflamme, 1997; Bundtzen and Sidorov, 1998; Bakulin and others, 1999.
Hosted in the Kondyor pluton and consists of two types: (1) short lenses, veins and disseminations that areabout 2 to 50 m long and range up to few m thick that occur in the central part of a dunite stock; and (2) oval-shaped, roughly equidimensional met
Avlayakan
ERROR 57ø13'
57 13 00 N
ERROR 134ø41'
134 41 00 E
Average grade of 18.2 g/t Au.
Occurs along the southern flank of Dzhugdzhur district and is hosted in Late Cretaceous dacite, rhyolite, and andesite that overlie Precambrian gabbro and anorthosite. The deposit consists of quartz and quartz-carbonate veins that occur in several sublon
Klin
57ø46'N
57 46 00N
132 49 00E
Up to 13.2 g/t Au.
Consists of two zones of epidote-garnet-magnetite skarn that range from 4.6 to 5.2 m thick. Zones occur in a block of Cambrian carbonate and clastic rock that is intruded by Late Cretaceous syenite and alkaline granite of Orochen pluton and diorite and s
Krutoy
ERROR 132ø34'
132 34 00 E
Cu, Hg
Grade of 7 g/t Au (locally up to 800 g/t Au), up to 550 g/t Ag, up to 0.1-0.2% Cu, up to 0.1-0.3 g/t Hg ./
Moiseyenko and Erish, 1996.
Occurs in the field of Neoproterozoic sandstone intruded by Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous monzodiorite. Lowermost part of sandstone sequence contains intensively silica altered and fractured deposit. The zone consists of several quartz stockworks and st
Ulakhan
57ø38'N
57 38 00N
132ø03'E
132 03 00E
Grade of 84 g/t Au (from 1942-1945). Grade of 100-300 g/t Ag. Production of 1.9 tonnes Au.
Subhorizontal deposit occurs in the horizon of Cambrian gray bituminous oolitic dolomite. The length of explored part of the zone is 140 m, width-from 5-7 up to 20 m, average thickness-1.04 m. Deposit is highly oxidized and consists of Fe oxides (45-75%)
Ulkanskoe
56ø19'N
56 19 01N
134ø49'E
134 48 52E
Verkhneuchur?
REE, Be, Zr
Nedashkovsky, 1984; Kirillov, 1993.
Deposit is hosted in alkalic, rapakivi-type granitic stock that occurs in the Ulkansky Basin containing Proterozoic and Mesozoic volcanic and sedimentary rock and intrusive rock. Four groups of deposit minerals occur: (1) columbite, zircon and cassiterit
Begundya
ERROR 56ø20'
56 20 00 N
ERROR 134ø26'
134 26 00 E
Verkhneuchur
Mineralization is located within the endocontact zone of Early Proterozoic albitizated granite intrusion hosted by Uda block of Archean metamorphic rock. Exploration work with trenches and prospecting shafts shows the presence of ore body of complicated
Nygvagan-II
56ø18'N
56 18 00N
134ø25'E
134 25 00E
Grade of 0.12-0.4% Nb2O5; 0.01-0.03% Ta2O5.
Consists of veinlets and disseminations of zircon, cyrtolite, pyrochlore, columbite, ortite and monazite in albite-altered alkaline (riebickite-rich) pegmatite at the contact of Neoproterozoic aegirine-riebickite granosyenite and Archean schist. Deposit
Neozhidannoye
56ø14'N
56 14 00N
134ø31'E
134 31 00E
Be, Zr
Average grade of 0.1251% Nb2O5; 0.4713% ZrO2; 0.134% TR2O3. Resources of 14,809 tonnes Nb, 52,000 tonnes Zr, 12,533 tonnes TR.
Deposit is hosted in quartz syenite stock that occurs in the Ulkansky Basin containing Proterozoic and Mesozoic volcanic, sedimentary and intrusive rock. Deposit has dimensions of 2.0 by 1.7 km. The intrusive rock in the area are altered and contain supe
Khaykan
56ø23'N
56 23 00N
132 59 00E
Zr
Deposit occurs in Tyrkansky block of Archean crystalline rock in the SE part of Aldanskiy shield. Lens-like intrusive bodies and dikes of granite and pegmatite are hosted in Archean gneiss and schist . Disseminations of rutile, ilmenite, and other REE-be
Gornoye Ozero
ERROR 59ø55'
59o55'
ERROR 137ø04'
137o04'
P, Nb, Ta, REE
Resources to a depth of 200 m are 5,423,000 tonnes of Nb2O5 (grading 0.10-0.12%), 246,500 tonnes Ta2O5 (grading 0.01-0.011%); 223,446,491 tonnes REE. Range of 2.04-5.38% P2O5 in carbonatite with average of 4%. Resources to a depth of 200 m are 24 million
Elyanov, Moralov, 1973; Samoilov, 1991; Entin and others, 1991; Tolstov and others, 1995.
Occurs in early-and late carbonatite stages. The early stage occurs in steep veins up to 25 m thick and to 150 m long. The veins are composed of augite, diopside, calcite, forsterite, calcite, and pyrochlore-betafite. Late stage consists of a small stock
Amulican
56 25 00 N
ERROR 132ø27'
132 27 00 E
The deposit is located within Tyrkansky block of Archean crystalline rock in the South-Eastern part of Aldanskiy shield. Lens-like intrusive bodies and dikes of granite, and pegmatite hosted in Archean gneisses and crystalline schists. Dispersed impregna
Algama
58ø40'N
58 40 00N
135ø29'E
135 29 00E
Stratiform Zr (Algama type)
Reserves of 73,150 tonnes ZrO2  with average grade of 4.62% of ZrO2. Resources of 93,668,900 tonnes  ore grading 1.14% W, 0.84% Hf, 0.07% Y, and 0.12% Nb.
Onikhimovskiy and Belomestnykh, 1996; Buryak and others, 1999.
The deposit is hosted mainly in subhorizontal dolomite marble that, along with other sedimentary rocks, form the Late Proterozoic and Early Paleozoic sedimentary cover of the Stanovoy block of the North Asian Craton. This deposit consists of hydrozircon
Urui
59 51 32N
136ø47'E
136 46 35E
Kyllakh
Grade of 9.9-25.6% Pb, 6.4-21.3% Zn, 6.8-200 g/t Ag, up to 10 g/t Ge.
Ruchkin and others, 1977; Volkodav and others, 1979; Bogovin and others, 1979; Kobtseva and Devyatkina, written commun., 1988.
Consists of stratified ribbons that vary from 2-3 to 40 m thick and 0.5 to 1.2 km long that occur in metamorphosed Neoproterozoic (Vendian) dolomite. Bodies are conformable to host rock and strike 30-45øNW; and commonly wedge out at depth of 30-40 m. Dep
Khamna
59ø43'N
59 42 39N
136 25 03E
REE, Nb
Grade of 0.2-1.93% REE; 0.03-0.26% Nb205.
Elyanov and Moralev, 1973; Kobtseva and Devyatkina, written commun., 1988.
Consists of steep fluorite-carbonate veins and stockwork in Neoproterozoic metasomatic carbonate near dikes and stocks of probable Late Devonian alkalic syenite and alkalic magmatic breccia. Veins range from 0.1 to 1.5 km long and from 1.4 to 30 m thick.
Yudoma
136 25 00E
Average grade of up to 11.24% Zn; up to 12.5 g/t Ag.
Onikhimovskiy and Belomestnykh, 1996; Onikhimovskiy and others, 1989.
Occurs in Early Cambrian dolomite and limestone along a thrust fault. Host rock is altered up to ankerite body along one of the thrust-fault. Abundant large sphalerite crystals occur in the lower part of the ankerite body. Deposit is not well explored an
Pukhanil
59ø12'N
59 12 00N
136ø46'E
136 46 00E
Cd
Grade of up to 22.74% Zn, up to 23.9% Pb.
Disintegrated blocks of oxidized Pb-Zn ore minerasl are occur on slopes among dolomite and limestone upon the area of 15 km long. The dimension of the largest block ranges up to 1 m in diameter. Deposit is unexplored and is recommended for further invest
Lugun
59 07 31N
136 39 04E
Stavtsev, 1976; Krasny and others, 1979.
Consists of stratiform galena-sphalerite layers in Neoproterozoic (Vendian) algal dolomite. Sulfide layers range from 3 to 15 m thick. Deposit associated with bedding silica alteration and recrystallization of dolomite. Sulfide layers in zone that is 350
Muromets
58ø48'N
58 47 36N
137ø38'E
137 38 28E
Cu, Mo, W
Grade ranges up to 10% Cu, up to 0.92% WO3, up to 0.3% Mo.
Krasny and Rasskazov, 1975; Nikitin and Rasskazov, 1979.
Hosted in Middle Cambrian dolomite along the contact with an Early Cretaceous quartz monzodiorite. Deposit consists of a band skarn bodies that are 1 km long and dip gently (20-40ø) under the intrusion. The bodies range from 6 to 12 m thick and occur in
Larisa
139ø14'E
139 14 00E
Upper Udoma
Average grade of 1.0% Zn, 10 g/t Ag, 0.2% Pb.
Kislyakov, written commun., 1990; Onikhimovskiy and Belomestnykh, 1996.
Consists of several steeply-dipping (65-90O) bodies of quartz and quartz-chlorite breccia, up to several hundred m long, from 8 to 21 m thick and about 200 m dip. The breccia contain numerous sulfide veinlets up to 2 cm thick and occur along a contact of
Burgali
59ø56'N
59 56 15N
138ø51'E
138 50 31E
Grade of 0.2-0.9% Mo; 0.08-1.4% W.
Kobtseva and Devyatkina, written commun., 1988.
Consists of a quartz stockwork that extends over an area 60 by 80 m composed of veins that range from 0.5 to 40 cm thick.  Veins hosted in Middle Carboniferous clastic rocks of the Ekachan suite, near the contact of Cretaceous granite intrusions.  Ore mi
Balaakkalakh, Diring-Yuryak
ERROR 59ø51'
59 50 57 N
ERROR 139ø01'
139 00 46 E
Grade of 0.002-0.04% Sn, 0.01-0.03% W, from 1%-10% As, up to 10 g/t Au.
Consists of three ore zones that strike northeast, are 10 to 200 m thick, and 100 to 1,100 m long.  Zones consist of quartz-chlorite-sulfide stockworks and stringers.  Stringers range from 0.2 to 1.5 cm thick and consists of shear zones that contain inte
Zhar
59ø45'N
59 44 31N
138ø11'E
138 11 21E
Average grade of 4.2 g/t Au.
Consists of a quartz vein that is about 500 m long and 1.5 m thick. Vein strikes W to NW and dips steeply (85ø) to E. Deposit minerals are disseminated pyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite and gold that constitute up to 1% the vein. No indications of wallroc
Dies
59 10 19N
138 10 50E
Grade of 0.2-15% Cu, up to 0.8% Zn, 17.3-70 g/t Ag, 0.3-1.7 g/t Au.
Consists of garnet-diopside and garnet-epidote skarns that are 20 to 60 m thick and 400 m long. Skarns occur along the contact of Ordovician clastic and carbonate rocks and Lower- to Middle-Cretaceous granitoids that occur along a north-south-trending fa
Verkhnenyotskoe
58ø17'N
58 16 37N
139ø06'E
139 06 11E
Kukhtuy-Uliya
Average grade of 5.0 g/t Au, 94.0 g/t Ag.
Consists of quartz and quartz-adularia-calcite veins and linear zones of quartz stringers that are 40-50 m long, 0.5 m thick. Veins and zones composed of up to 25% disseminated galena, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, pyrite and gold. Deposit occurs around the
Etandzha
57 29 14N
138ø39'E
138 39 16E
Grade of 0.02-2.0% Cu, 0.02-0.74% Mo; up to 4 g/t Au, up to 15 g/t Ag.
Consists of stringers and disseminations of molybdenite and chalcopyrite that occur in Cretaceous quartz diorite. Deposit occurs in a NE-trending zone over an area of 400 by 200 m.
Eloguiskoye
62ø32'N
62 32 OON
ERROR 85 ø01'
85 51E
Turukhansk
Resources of 4,000,000,000 tonnes grading 26-32% Fe.
Shuchov, 1964; Kashtanov, 1990.
Consists of ferriferous strata on clay rock and ovelapped by quatrz-kaolinite sand of Maastrichtian-Danian age. Thickness of host strata is 50-70 m. Deposit is extends to 54 to 235 m depth. Host strata are beds and lenses of Fe minerals and ferous clasti
Porozhinskoye 1
61ø08'N
61 08 00N
89 58E
Isakovsk
Average grade of 18.29% Mn
Kavickiy and others, 1980; Mkrtychan and othersm 1980; Matrosov and Shaposhnikov, 1988.
Consists of beds and lenses of rhodochrosite in Vendian chert and carbonate clastic and pyroclastic rock with oxidized Mn in various deposits. Host rock vary from 25 to 85 m thick. Deposit contains small beds and lenses of rhodochrosite that locally comp
Suringdakonskoye
63ø22'N
63 22 00N
ERROR 91 ø06'
91 16E
Kyreisko-Tungsk
Resources of 600,000,000 tonnes grading 20-59% Fe.
Pavlov, 1961; Staritskiy and others, 1970; Kalugin and others, 1981.
Consists of a steeply-dipping magnetite body in Late Devonian limestone and Permian clastic rock intruded by trapp magma. Deposit is 1.9 km long and varies from 35 to 40 m thick. Along strike massive deposit mineral grade into streaks and disseminations
Proletarskoye
60ø11'N
60 11 00N
93 16 00E
Reserves of  900 kg Au.
Consists of gold-bearing quartz veins.
Eldorado
60ø08'N
60 08 00N
93 17E
Grade of 2.5-4 g/t Au.
Consists of zones of quartz-low sulfide veins and veinlets in a belt that is 6 km long and 2.5 km wide. There are four vein-veinlets zones that vary from 1.4 to 4.4, km long and 1.6 to 68 m thick. Zones include up to 40 quartz veins, lenses and veinlets.
Grigorevskoye
60ø10'N
60 10 00N
93 03 E
Central Yenisey
Consists of quartz-sulfide veins and disseminated metasomatic ore minerals. Deposit occurs in North-Yenisey gold region near Sovetskoye Au-quartz vein deposit. Deposit hosted by phyllite and siltstone and shale of Sukhopit Series of Middle Riphean age. S
Enashiminskoye 3
60ø02'N
60 02 00N
93 01E
Sn, Be, Li
Consists of Sn-bearing pegmatite veins in carbonate and mica schist adjacent to small bodies of Neoproterozoic leucocratic granite. Veins vary from tens of m to few hundreds of m long and 0.2 to 4 m thick. Veins are intensely altered to albite and consis
Khariuzikhinskoye 2
60ø46'N
60 46 00N
90 40E
Nozhkin and Trofimov, 1982.
Consists of Be pegmatite veins among pegmatoid granite and alaskite of Khariuzikhinsk massif of Vendian age (635 Ma).
Isakovskoye 2
60ø32'N
60 32 00N
91 08 00E
Tatarsko-Tyradinsl
Ta, Nb, Be
Consists of beryl-microcline-fluorite-biotite-amphibole-biotite syenite that occurs in a vein in Proterozoic biotite-amphibole gneiss. Body extends up to 100 m along strike and is 10 m thick. Be content is low.
Khariuzikhinskoye 1
60ø43'N
60 43 00N
90 34 00E
Average grade of 2.86% Cu, 0.38% Zn.
Consists of layers of Zn-Cu sulfides and pyrite that are hosted in late Riphean metamorphosed volcanic and sedimentary rock. Sulfide deposits occur at crest of a brachyanticline and dips 20-50ø NW together with host mafic volcanic rock and tuff. Deposit
Isakovskoye 1
60ø21'N
60 21 00N
ERROR 91 ø00'
91 10E
Average grade 19.6% Fe, range 17-43% Fe. Resources of 400,000,000 tonnes.
Kalugin and others, 1981; Brovkov and others, 1985.
Consists of layered bodies of magnetite hosted in carbonate-quartz-chlorite-sericite-biotite schist of Mesoproterozoic age. Main horizon ranges up to 200 m thick and contains around 20 bodies that extend EW for more than 7 km. Thickness of individual bod
Levotyradinskoye
60ø31'N
60 31 00N
90 22 00E
Be, REE, Sn
Grade of 0.1-0.7% Sn, 0.1-0.3% Zn, 0.2-1% Cu, 0.06-0.15% Be.
Consists of Sn-and Be-bearing skarn in the exocontact zone of the Tyradinsk Proterozoic granitoid massif that intrudes Paleoproterozoic clastic and carbonate rock. The skarn is 400 m wide and more than 2 km long. The skarn minerals are vesuvianite-diopsi
Komdalskoye
63ø06'N
63 06 00N
91 51E
Kureisko-Tungsk
Average grade of 39-62% Fe. Reserves of 8 000,000 tonnes.
Pavlov, 1961.
Consists of veins and lenses of magnetite in calc-silicate garnet skarn. Veins occur in subparallel latitudal system in Permian quartz-felspar sundstone intruded by a neck and sills of diabase. Three bodies extend up to 280-340 m long and 20-30 m thick.
Bakhtinskoye
ERROR 63ø17'
63 17 00 N
91 02 E
Pavlov, 1961; Dunaev, 1998.
Represents by deposits of magnesian magnetite ores at the plases of intrusive traps development. Host rocks are chloritizied, serpentinizied and calcitizied. The earliest pyroxene-garnet skarn  bodies are noted. The ores are predominatly of  carbonate-ma
Guryevskoye
62ø15'N
62 15 00N
ERROR 92 ø00'
92 10 00E
Grade of 5.1-10.2% P2O5.
Krasil'nikova and Smirnov, 1955; Malich and others, 1987.
Consists of phosphorite deposits among sandy-carbonate-argillaceous rock of Early Ordovician age. The thickness of phosphorite-bearing series is 13-23 m. In this series two phosphoritic horizons from 0.5 to 2.5 m thick and are composed of granular-shelly
Bilchany River
ERROR 61ø48'
61 48 00 N
93 05 E
Kavardin and others, 1967; Kavardin, 1976.
Consists of Cu-Ni sulfides in a Triassic dolerite intrusive. The sulfides occur in nests and disseminatons. Ore minerals are pyrrhotite, pentlandite, chalcopyrite, and pyrite. .
Kamyshenskiy Baikitik
61ø33'N
61 33 00N
Average grade of 53.3% Fe. Reserves of 50,000,000 tonnes Fe. Resources of 140,000,000 tonnes Fe.
Pavlov, 1961; Kalugin and others, 1981.
Consists of a gently-sipping, layered Fe body in Ordovician argillaceous and calcareous rock intruded by dikes of Triassic gabbro and diabase. The host rock is altered into serpentine, chlorite, and calcite. Deposit is concordant, layered, varies up to 2
Sukholebyazhinskoye
61ø48'N
61 48 00N
Range of 30-50% Al2O3.
Peltek, 1967; Rodin and others, 1967; Sherman, Barkov, 1970; Malich and others, 1987.
Consists of trihydratic bauxite deposits. Bauxite-bearing deposits occur in depressions above the lateritic weathering crust upon trapp diabases. Deposit horizon has a flat or mantle-shape. Deposit mineral layer is 5 sq.km. in area and 10-12 m thick at t
Organovskoye
61ø00'N
61 00 00N
92 25E
Grade of 38.5-54% Fe. Resources of 100,000,000 tonnes.
Consists of magnetite bodies in Cambrian carbonate deposits intruded by Triassic diabase and porphiryte intrusives. Host rock is altered to serpentine-chlorite-calcite metasomatite. Two bodies occur. The SE body is a lens of disseminated magnetite with a
Sovetskoye
60ø23'N
60 23 00N
93 02 30 E
Average grade of 2.2 g/t Au.
Bernstein and Petrovskaya, 1954; Bogdanovich, 1964; Petrovskaya, 1967; Petrov, 1974; Smirnov, 1978; Serdyuk, 1997; Simkin, 1997.
Consists of f quartz-Au veins cutting Neoproterozoic phyllite that is intruded by small gabbro and diabase bodies and a Paleozoic syenite porphyry. Deposits occurs in a thick conformable shear zone that is complicated by small-scale folds. The district c
Novoye I
63ø41'N
63 41 00N
101ø12'E
101 12 00E
Central Tungussk
Island spar
Hydrothermal Iceland spar
Andrusenko, 1971; Kievlenko, 1974; Malich and others, 1987.
Consists of nests and veins of Iceland spar in Triassic basalt volcanic breccia and mandelstone. The veins in mandelstone range up to 15-20 m long and up to 30 cm thick. Iceland spar nests are more abundant in cement. Productive horizon extends up to 700
Tychanskoye
61ø12'N
61 12 00N
98 05 30E
Pogodin, 1956; Markov and Pustyl'nikov, 1982; Gibsher and others, 1983.
Consists of disseminated sulfides (galena) hosted in the Ordovician carbonate rock and breccia zones. The most abundant Pb sulfides are related to oolitic and stromatolitic dolomite along the contacts with pelitic carbonate and clastic rock. Host rock co
Nizhne-Lakur-skoye 1
60ø01'N
60 01 00N
ERROR 101ø33'
101 33E
Resources of more than 100,000,000 tonnes grading 55-60% Fe.
Chesnokov, 1967; Kalugin and others, 1981.
Consists of veins and lenses of Fe deposit minerals in skarn. The Permian coal-bering deposits and Triasic subvolcanic diabase intrusions wide spread. Fourteen bodies occur in skarn and diabase. The deposit minerals are magnetite (40-60%), goethite (1-50
Ilimpeiskoye 1
61ø40'N
61 40 00N
ERROR 105ø31'
105 31E
Pavlov, 1961; Odincov and Domashev, 1977; Filonenko, 1977; Malich and others, 1987.
Consists of Mn magnetite bodies in brecciated zones in tuff. Thin veins of diabase (T), veins of garnet-chlorite-carbonate rock, Mn magnetite, and carbonate-magnetite veins occur. Deeply-dipping zones extend 600-800 m along strike and are 100-200 m thick
Zeleznaya Gora 1
61ø45'N
61 45 00N
102ø57'E
102 57 00E
Consists of steeply-dipping veins of Iceland spar. Host rock consist oftufogenic formations that are cut by Triassic diabase dikes. Host rock adjacent to dikes are altered to skarn with formation of magnetite. Veins range up to 1.5 m thick and 70-100 m l
Khrustalnoye
60ø41'N
60 41 00N
102ø16'E
102 16 00E
Consists of veins of Iceland spar in a crush zone in Triassic diabase tuffs. The zone is about 10 m thick and extends up to 450 m along strike. Individual veins have thickness up to 2 m. Iceland spar occurs with calcite.
Mir
ERROR 62ø32'
62ø32'
ERROR 113ø54'
113ø54'
Botuobiya -Markha
Khar'kiv and others,1997.
Consists of a pipe intruding Ordovician and Cambrian carbonate, clastic and halogen-bearing rock. The pipe is associated with two Late Devonian sills and a diabase dike. From the surface to a depth of 200 m, the pipe is funnel-shaped and at greater depth
Internatsional'naya
ERROR 62ø25'
62ø25'
113ø42'
diamonds
Khar'kiv and others, 1997.
Consists of a well-defined funne- shaped pipe in the upper part and at depth an almost cylindrical diatreme with subvertical contacts. The size of the pipe is cotstant to a depth of 1000 m. The pipe intrudes horizontal Early Ordovician and Cambrian clast
Kurpandzha
63ø31'N
63 31 24N
137ø01'E
137 00 59E
Cu
Sediment-hosted Cu
Range of 0.45-12% Cu. Resources of approximately 500,000 tonnes Cu.
Guriev and others, 1978; Kutyrev, 1984; Bogdanov, 1984; Kutyrev and others, 1988; Loganson, 1988.
Consists of more than three stratified horizons of finely disseminated to massive Cu deposit minerals that are hosted in Late Devonian to Early Carboniferous coastal and deltaic sandstone. Main deposit minerals are chalcocite, bornite, chalcopyrite and p
Sardana
60ø06'N
60 05 33N
136ø45'E
136 44 38E
Reserves of more than 1.0 million tonnes combined Pb+Zn. Pb:Zn ratio of 1:3-4. Average combined Pb+Zn grade is 6%.
Ruchkin and others, 1977; Kuznetsov, 1979; Kutyrev and others, 1989; Davydov and others, 1990.
Consists of disseminated, banded, massive, brecciated and stringers of deposit minerals in and adjacent to a dolomite bioherm that ranges from 30 to 80 m thick and is hosted in the Neoproterozoic (Late Vendian) Yudom Formation. Lensoid deposits are conco
Dzhalkan
ERROR 63ø38'
63ø38'
ERROR 136ø38'
136ø38'
Grade of 0.3-4.5% Cu.
Consists of disseminated Cu in Famennian basalt flows that are 180 m thick. The flows were erupted into a shallow marine to subaerial environment. Deposit occurs in horizons from 0.5 to 2.0 m thick in breccia and amygdaloidal basalt at the top of flows.
Segenyakh
63ø10'N
63 10 13N
137 50 44E
Pb, Zn, CaF2
Mississippi Pb, Zn
Kutyrev, 1984.
Consists of concordant horizons of disseminations, stringers and bedded breccia of sphalerite and fluorite that are hosted in Late Silurian (Ludlovian) dolomite and limestone that is overlain by Prjidolian marl. Deposit horizons consist of dolomite, calc
Rossomakha
ERROR 63ø02'
63ø02'
ERROR 137ø57'
137ø57'
Grade of 0.5-2.5% Cu.
Levashov, 1973; Kutyrev and others, 1988.
Consists of Cu sulfides that occur along endo-and exocontacts of a lava flow that is 200 m long and 35-120 m thick.
Onello (Lider)
62ø23'N
62 22 44N
137ø52'E
137 51 58E
Up to 264 g/t Ag. Au grade unknown.
Kokin, 1987.
Consists of quartz veins and stringers that are hosted in Late Devonian diabase dikes. Vein minerals are quartz, bornite and pyrite. Veins range from 0.3 to 0.5 m thick and are short. Host dikes intrude Ordovician and Cambrian carbonate rock.
Svetly
61ø28'N
61 27 46N
137 18 33E
Allakh-Yun (or Khandyga?)
Grade of 0.6-3.2 g/t Au.
Kirusenko, written commun., 1963.
Veins are hosted by Neoproterozoic (Riphean) clastic and carbonate deposits.
Bular
61ø13'N
61 13 20N
137 49 38E
Average grade of 24 g/t Au.
T.S. Kirusenko, written commun., 1964; Grinberg and others, 1970.
Consists of disseminated galena, sphalerite, arsenopyrite, and gold in a quartz vein that is 0.8-1 m thick and up to 1,200 m long.  Vein strikes N30øE and dips steeply (60-80ø).  Vein hosted in Lower Permian sandstone.
Povorotnoye
ERROR 60ø39'
60ø39'
ERROR 137ø22'
137ø22'
Entin and others, 1991.
Consists of Nb minerals hosted by calcite carbonatite in the center of a pluton comprised of pyroxenite, ijolite, nepheline syenite and calcite and ankerite carbonatite. The pluton intrudes early Paleozoic carbonate rock.
Pereval'noe
ERROR 60ø08'
60ø08'
ERROR 136ø42'
136ø42'
Average grade of 6% Pb+Zn with maximum of 50%. Average Pb/Zn ratio of 1:4.
Davydov and others,1990.
Consists of three stratiform Pb-Zn bodies occurring in the roof the Sardana Formation. They are 500-700 m long with a thickness ranging from 1 to 17 m. Deposit is 15 km to the SW of the Sardana deposit, on the eastern limb of the Kerbi-Khamna syncline.
Darpichan
61ø42'N
61 42 00N
143ø56'E
143 56 00E
Kuydusun
Grade of 0.01-2.0% Cu, 0.02-0.40% Mo, up to 0.3 g/t Au, and up to 96 g/t Ag
Consists of three stockwork zones associated with intensive metasomatic alteration composed of sericite, quartz, and pyrite.  Deposit hosted in a Late Cretaceus phyolite and subalcaline granite and monzodiorite that intrudes volcanic rocks. The stockwork
Tsvetok
61ø36'N
61 36 00N
141ø48'E
141 48 00E
Up to 3.56% Zn, up to 2.38% Pb, up to 60 g/t Ag.
Onikhimovskiy and Belomestnykh, 1996; S.T. Gorokhov, written commun., 1982, 1987.
Occurs in a fracture zone in propilized Late Cretaceous rhyolite-dacite of Ul'inskaya volcanic area intruded by a granite porphyry stock and rhyolite dikes. Consists of NE-trending, steeply-dipping zone of altered (chlorite-carbonate propilite) volcanic
Sakyryr
62ø43'N
62 42 33N
138ø22'E
138 21 39E
Zn, CaF2
Consists of sphalerite and fluorite in beds and in crosscutting breccia zones that are hosted in Late Silurian (Ludlovian) dolomite-altered limestone that is overlain by the Late Sulirian Prjidolian Marl. Bedded breccia range in thickness from 8 to 45 m.
Surkho
61ø35'N
61 35 00N
141ø20'E
141 20 00E
W, Ag, Au
Grade of 0.1-2.92% Sn, 0.1-1.91% WO3, 1-200 g/t Ag, 1-3 g/t Au, up to 2.0% Cu.
Deposit's location is controlled by SE-NW-trending normal fault along the contact of Dochkonakh granite and granodiorite laccolith and Permian sandstone with siltstone interlayers. The fault zone of 400-600 m wide includes numerous dikes of subalkaline f
Dochkanakh
61ø30'N
61 30 00N
141 13 00E
Average grade of 0.12% WO3, 0.5 g/t Au.
Late Cretaceous elongated granite-porphyry body intrudes terrigenous sequence near the boundary of Ul'inckaya volcanic zone. Granite-porphyry and hosted sadnstone-siltstone sequence is altered at a square of 1.5 km2. Feldspathic, argillic, and propilite
Rozovoye
142ø38'E
142 38 00E
Resources of 10,000 tonnes Mo grading 0.15% (range of 0.06-0.6%) Mo.
Onikhimovskiy and Belomestnykh, 1996; L.R. Pereverzev and others, written commun., 1984.
Occurs in the Northern part of Ul'insky volcanic depression. The basement of the depression consists of late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic volcanic and sedimentary sequence. The volcanic cover of the depression predominantly consists of Late Cretaceous rh
Voskhod
61ø22'N
61 22 15N
139ø22'E
139 22 19E
Grinberg and others, 1970.
Consists of quartz veins up to 18 m thick and up to 1,000 m long that locally grade into stringers. Veins composed of quartz, albite, carbonate, arsenopyrite, pyrite, galena, sphalerite, chalcopyrite and gold. Veins occur in faults that cut Permian sands
Novinka
61 41 46N
138ø17'E
138 17 18E
Ranging up to 90 g/t Au.
Petrusevich, 1939; Grinberg and others, 1970.
Consists of a quartz vein in Permian clastic deposits. Vein ranges up to 0.9 m thick and 100 m long. Major minerals are quartz, albite, sericite, native gold (fineness 955), galena, pyrite, sphalerite and tetrahedrite.
Zaderzhnoe
60ø27'N
60 27 28N
138 10 31E
No data.
Barakovsky, 1993; V.I. Shpikerman in Nokleberg and others, 1997.
Consists of sort veins (100-300 m long) and contortion zones, both up to 2 m wide, that generally trend EW. Veins are composed of quartz (96-98%), carbonate minerals (1-2%) and sulfides (1-2%) including pyrite, arsenopyrite, galena, sphalerite, chalcopyr
Imtachan
62ø57'N
62 57 16N
139 44 23E
Adycha-Nera
Indolev and Nevoisa, 1974.
Consists of Sn polymetallic veins that occur in a linear, steeply-dipping fault zone that cuts Late Permian sandstone and shale. Main ore minerals are pyrrhotite, pyrite and sphalerite with lesser galena, arsenopyrite, maracasite, cassiterite, and stanni
Senduchen
63ø21'N
63 21 04N
138ø24'E
138 23 59E
Khandyga
As, Sb
Grade of 10-58% As, 2.9% Sb.
V. Korostelev, written commun., 1963.
Consists of quartz-carbonate veins composed of orpiment, stibnite, realgar, arsenopyrite, sphalerite, enargite, chalcopyrite and jamesonite. Individual orpiment concretions range up to 10 tonnes. The veins intrude dark-gray Silurian limestone, range up t
Upper Menkeche
62ø56'N
62 56 16N
139 27 14E
Grade of 2.7-11% Pb, 3.9-7.0% Zn, 138-332 g/t Ag.
V. Korostolev, written commun., 1963; Indolev and Nevoisa, 1974.
Consists of abundant Ag polymetallic sulfide lenses and veins that occur in a linear, steeply-dipping NE-trending fault zone in Late Permian sandstone, siltstone and shale. The fault zone is about 10 km long and 1 km wide. The sulfide bodies occur mostly
Stibnitovoe
63ø14'N
63 13 36N
138ø30'E
138 29 39E
Cu, Pb, As
Up to 1.37% Sb, up to 0.81% Cu, up to 0.5% Pb, up to 0.17% As.
Korostelev, written commun., 1963; N.A. Goryachev, written commun., 1992.
Consists of a vertical quartz vein that cuts Devonian limestone. Vein composed of quartz, calcite, stibnite, sphalerite, tetrahedrite, chalcostibnite, pyrite and chalcopyrite. Vein ranges from 0.5 to 2 m thick, more than 250 m long.
Levo-Dybin
62ø50'N
62 50 14N
139ø35'E
139 34 36E
Au, W, Bi
Te
Ranging up to 3% As, 7-13 g/t Au, up to 2.5% WO3, up to 1% Bi, up to 0.6% Te.
Kokin, written commun., 1978; Zubkov, 1984; N.A. Goryachev, written commun., 1993.
Consists of abundant quartz stringers, from 0.2 to 0.3 m thick, that form peculiar sheet stockworks in contact metamorphosed Late Permian sandstone beds, that range from 5 to 20 m thick. Stringers consists of quartz (90-95%), muscovite, potassium feldspa
It-Yuryak
62ø42'N
62 42 03N
139ø38'E
139 38 11E
Grade of 0.05-5% WO3 .
Korostelev, written commun., 1963; Shur, 1985.
Consists of quartz-wolframite and sulfide veins and stringers that range up to 20 m thick. Bodies range up to 250 m long. Vein minerals are quartz, wolframite, scheelite, muscovite, cassiterite, beryl, arsenopyrite, galena, and sphalerite. Veins intrude
Avliya
ERROR 62ø14'
62 14 00 N
ERROR 140ø35'
140 35 00 E
Zn, Pb, Cu, Ag
Average grade of 0.41% Sn. Range of 0.05% up to 14.88% Sn.
Onokhimovskiy and Belomestnykh, 1996.
Three stockworks and 27 mineralized fractured zones and quartz veins are hosted by  terrigenous rocks of Verkhoyansky folded complex. Several small stock-like bodies of Late Cretaceus granodiorite and sub alkaline granite and dikes of acid composition ar
Nezhdaninka
62ø34'N
62 33 41N
139ø19'E
139 18 34E
Reserves of 475 tonnes Au. Estimated resources of more than 500 tonnes Au. Minimum grade of 5 g/t Au, up to 6,748 g/t Au, up to 8,300 g/t Ag.
Korostolev, written commun., 1963; Silichev and Skobelev, 1970; Grinberg and others, 1970; Gamyanin and others, 1985; Gamyanin and others, written commun., 1990; Benevolsky and others, 1992.
Consists of disseminated gold that occurs in: (1) steeply-dipping shear zones up to 40 m thick and 5.4 km long; (2) related tension-gash quartz veins that range up to 200 m long and 1.2 m thick; and (3) quartz lenses in shear zones. The vein minerals are
Q
Nizhny Chopko
67ø33'N
67 33 00N
Dunaev, 1998.
Consists of magnesioferrite bodies in diatremes related to the Permian-Early Triassic trappean magmatism. Pyroxene skarns predominantly occur. They replace the early Paleozoic calcareoargillaceous rock and marbles, trapps and trappean breccia. Local bore
Turukhanskoye
65ø51'N
65 51 00N
85 ø06'E
85 26 30 E
Reserves of 3,000,000,000 tonnes grading 30-33% Fe, 1% P2O5; 0.4% MnO, and up to 0.16% V205..
Shachov, 1964; Kashtanov, 1990.
Consists of ferruginous strata that overlie Turonian-Conyacian clay. The strata varies from 35 to 70 m thick and occurs at 30 to 40 m beneath the surface. Three Fe horizons range from 2 to 16 m thick. Deposit minerals are oolitic and consist of leptochlo
Fatyanichinskoye
64ø10'N
64 10 00N
88 27 00E
Malich and others, 1974, 1987.
Consists of stratified deposits of graphite and graphite shale in Paleozoic coal-bearing series which are intruded by a trapp sill of Triassic age. Graphite beds extend 120 m along strike and 0.7-2.6 m thick. Graphite occurs in columns, layers, masses, a
Degen River
66ø44'N
66 44 00N
89 48E
Consists of sulfide copper-nickel ore deposits in large differentiated Degen intrusive of gabbro-dolerite composition. The main ore minerals are: pentlandite, cubanite, pyrrhotite, lesser chalcopyrite. Gradual transition from streaky to disseminated ores
Koly River
66ø35'N
66 35 00N
89 56E
Consists of Cu-Ni sulfide deposits in Koly mafic-ultramafic massive of lopolith. Massif is differentiated from troctolite diabase to gabbro and diorite, that are in minor ammount and occur in upper part of intrusion. The thickness of intrusive is changin
Graviiskoye
67ø35'N
67 35 00N
ERROR 86 ø00'
86 50 00N
Igarsk
Rzhevskiy and others, 1980; Gablina and others, 1986; Djuzhikov and others, 1988; Lurie, 1988.
Hosted in late Riphean red and grey sedimentary rock consisting of alternating argillite, clay limestone, and marl). Southern, Northern, Central, and Eastern deposits occur. The Southern and Northern deposits occur in basal layers of lagoonal sedimentary
Severnaya River 2
89 30E
Kavardin and others, 1967.
Consists of disseminated Cu-Ni sulfides in weakly differentiated intrusive, that is composed mainly of olivine diabase containing lenses of troctolite diabases. Principal deposit minerals are pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, pentlandite. Intrusions of gabbro an
Kureiskoye 2
66ø54'N
66 54 00N
88 20 00E
Solonenko, 1954; Malich and others, 1987.
Consists of a bed of amorphous (cryptocrystalline) graphite in a Permian and Carboniferous coal-bearing sequence. The bed occurs above thick (150 m) interstratal Triassic trapp intrusion. Graphite bed extends up to four hundreds of m along strike. The th
Sukharikhinskoye
67ø14'N
67 14 00N
87 01 00E
Djuzhikov and others, 1988; Matrosov and Shaposhnikov, 1988.
Consists of Cu minerals in Vendian and Cambrian marine grey-colored sedimentary rock overlapping the red-colored series. Two types of bodies occur: sheet and cross-cutting in the zone of crush. Sheets occur in a band up to 800 m wide and 1800 m long. The
Kureiskoye 1
66ø33'N
66 33 00N
Kasatkin, 1949; Pavlov, 1961; Kalugin and others, 1981.
Consists of Mn magnetite depostis in limestone and marl and intruded by Triassic diabase. Deposit occurs in a disjunctive zone defined by geophysical data with up to 1.9 km-long veins of trapp diabase. Garnet-pyroxene-scapolite-wollastonite skarn also oc
Severnaya River 1
66ø03'N
66 03 00N
89 01E
Resources of greater than 100,000,000 tonnes grading 25-50% Fe.
Pavlov, 1961; Kavardin, 1976; Kalugin and others, 1981; Djuzikov, 1988.
Consists of layered and lenses of magnetite in skarn in middle Paleozoic limestone along the border of amphibole gabrro and diabase sills (Triassic). Eight steeply-dipping bodies exist. The bodies extend 300-700 m along strike and range up to 15 m thick.
Ulovny Kamen'
65ø55'N
65 55 00N
94 00 00E
Malich and others, 1974.
Consists of a bed of amorphous (cryptocrystalline) graphite in metamorphosed Early Permian coal-bearing sedimentary series. Metamorphism is related to the trappean intrusion (T). Graphite bed occurs in contact metamorphosed graphitized shale overlapping
Anakitskoye
ERROR 64ø39'
64 39 00 N
90 56E
Grade of 24-61% Fe. Reserves of 500,000,000 tonnes.
Kavardin, 1976; Kalugin and others, 1981.
Consists of deep-steeping lens-like ore bodies of magnetite ore in contact zone of gabbro-diorite (T?) with Ordovician-Soiurian carbonate sequences. The host rocks are calc-silicate skarn and serpentine-chlorite-calcite metasomatites. Thickness of ore bo
Noginskoye
64ø28'N
64 28 00N
91 18 00E
Grade of 71.33 to 90.56% C, 8.53 to 24.34 % ash, and 0.28 to 3.06 % volatiles.
Consists of beds of amorphous (cryptocrystalline) graphite in an Early Jurassic coal-bearing sedimentary sequence that is intruded by a stratified trapp Triassic intrusion. Host rock consist of graphite and contact metamorphosed and graphite shale. Two b
Skala Suslova
64ø11'N
64 11 00N
99 19 00E
Consists of nests and veins of Iceland spar in Triassic basalt sheets. Flat-lying lava sheets are from 7 to 20 m thick. Veined manifestations of Iceland spar occur in mandelstone. The bodies range up to 5-7 m long and up to 1 m thick in swells. Crystals
Krutoye (Gonchak)
ERROR 64ø06'
64 05 30 N
ERROR 99 ø03'
99 13 00E
Consists of nests, veins and aggregates of Iceland spar in Triassic basalt sheets. The thickness of basalt sheets ranges up to 30 m. Vein deposits occur in mandelstone underlying lava. Veins range up to 7 m long and up to 1 m thick in swells. Iceland spa
Udachnaya
ERROR 66ø26'
66ø26'
ERROR 112ø13'
112ø13'
Daldyn-Olenyok
Diamonds
Brakhfogel' and others, 1997.
Consists of two conjugate western and eastern bodies that are shaped like a distorted figure eight in plan view. The pipe extends downward to 1400 m. In the upper levels, to a depth about 250 to 270 m, the western and eastern bodies merge, but separate a
Sytykanskaya
ERROR 66ø01'
66ø01'
ERROR 111ø41'
111ø41'
Consists of kimberlite pipe intruding Cambrian, Ordovician, and Early Silurian clastic and carbonate rock and overlain by Permian and Carboniferous coaly-clay shale, sandstone and siltstone as thick as 0 to 22 m, as well as trapps. Thickness of the trapp
Yubileinaya
ERROR 66ø00'
66ø00'
Consists of kimberlite pipe intruding Cambrian, Early and Middle Ordovician and Early Silurian rock masses and is overlain by volcanic and late Paleozoic through early Mesozoic clastic rock intruded by diabase. The pipe provides an example of a combinati
Aikhal
ERROR 65ø54'
65 54 N
Consists of a kimberlite pipe hosted in Lower annd Middle Ordovician and Lower Silurian argillaceous carbonate sedimentaryh rock. The pipe is elongated to the northeast, and has irregular outlines in plan view at different levels and in cross-section. Th
Betyugen
67ø06'N
67 05 41N
131 35 33E
Eckyuchu-Billyakh
Grade of 35-40% Sb, up to 4.5% As.
Maslennikov, written commun.,1985.
Consists of small quartz-stibnite vens in gently-dipping interbed fractures.  Veins range from 0.5 to 10 m thick and 30 to 200 m long.  Two ore bodies predominate.  Main minerals are stibnite, quartz, kaolinite, dickite, hydromica, ankerite, arsenopyrite
Bochiyskoe
ERROR 66ø14'
66 14 14 N
ERROR 129ø58'
129 57 45 E
Verkhoyansk
Grade of 0.36-0.52% Sn.
Ivensen and Proschenko, 1961.
Deposit occurs in a sandstone bed on the eastern limb of an anticline and consists of a stringer from 8 to 10 m thick and 600 m long. Veins consist predominantly of sulfides, including chalcopyrite, pyrite, galena, arsenopyrite, sphalerite, pyrrhotite, a
Imtandzha
66ø08'N
66 07 56N
129ø36'E
129 36 19E
West Verkhoyansk
Ivensen and Proschenko, 1961; Indolev and Nevoisa, 1974.
Occurs in a fissure zone that ranges up to 500 m wide, 2 km long along the axis of an anticline. Intruding the sedimentary rock is granodiorite porphyry dikes that are associated with deposit. The dikes cut polymetallic veins and in turn are cut by Sn-su
Mangazeika 1
65ø46'N
65 46 07N
130ø35'E
130 34 40E
Vostochno-Verkhoyansk
Grade of 75% Pb, 0.3-5% Zn, 500-3,938 g/t Ag, 0.1-0.5 g/t Au. Reserves of 62,375 tonnes Pb, 2,900 tonnes Zn, more than 1,000 tonnes Ag. Ag mined from 1915-1922.
Indolev and Nevoisa, 1974; Tseidler, written commun., 1985.
Consists of nine interbedded polymetallic veins that occur in Early Permian deposits that are deformed into gently-plunging, tight folds that form a long, thin map pattern. Veins fill fissures along argillite and sandstone bed contacts. Bodies are confor
Bezymyannoe
ERROR 65ø39'
65 38 48 N
ERROR 130ø36'
130 36 11 E
Grade of 4,800 g/t Ag, up to 41% Pb, up to 3% Zn, 0.11-0.54% Sn, 0.33-4.5% As, 0.11-0.54% Cu.
Consists of twelve gentlly-dipping veins that occur near the dome of an anticline formed in Lower Permian clastic rocks. Veins occur along or inclined to bedding, along sandstone and siltstone contacts, in fissures, and in cement breccia in sandstone bed
Chochimbal
65ø54'N
65 53 36N
129ø45'E
129 45 17E
Grade of 0.1-15 g/t Au. Average grade of 2-3 g/t Au, up to 6,000 g/t Ag, 0.1% Sb, up to 1% As, 2% Zn, 18% Pb.
Ivensen and others, 1975; Vladimirtseva, written commun., 1985.
Consists of shallow-dipping, and steeply-dipping crosscutting carbonate-quartz-sulfide veins that occur in the Imtandzha anticlinal dome formed in Middle Carboniferous clastic rocks. Ten known ore bodies are known.  Ore bodies range from 0.1 2.8 m thick
Dyabkhanya
65ø30'N
65 29 52N
129ø60'E
129 59 52E
Grade of 3.9-11% As, up to 5.6 g/t Au, 1-4.31% Cu, 0.2-0.86% Pb, 0.49-1.48% Zn, 40-589.2 g/t Ag.
Consists of sulfide-quartz veins and stringers that are hosted in Late Carboniferous and Early Permian sedimentary rock. Deposit occurs in three zones that are 270 to 2,000 m long and 1 to 30 m wide. Stringers range from 0.15 to 0.3 m thick. Major ore mi
Galochka
65ø42'N
65 42 03N
128 25 33E
Ranges up to 20.5 g/t Au, up to 6.4 g/t Ag.
Vladimirtseva, written commun., 1985.
Consists of quartz stringers that are 30 m wide and 170 m long that occur along a NS-trending fault that cuts an anticlinal dome formed in Early Permian sandstone and shale. Stringers are 0.02 to 0.1 m thick and include quartz, calcite, chlorite, sphaler
Mangazeika 2
ERROR 65ø07'
65ø 73'
130ø 20'
Indolev and Nevoisa, 1974;Kostin and others, 1997.
Consists of high-angle veins that have a variable dip and strike and thin or branch into closely-spaced veinlets. The veins range from tens of centim to 2 to 2.5 m thick (in swells) and extend from a few m to tens of m to 700 to 1000 m long. Swells in ve
Balbuk
ERROR 64ø49'
64 49 02 N
ERROR 130ø37'
130 36 38 E
Average grade of 11.2% Pb. Local areas with 380-420 g/t Ag and 70-80 g/t Au.
V.I. Shpikerman in Nokleberg and others, 1997.
Consists of a set of cross-cutting quartz-galena veins that occur in the dome of an anticline formed in Permian sandstone and siltstone. Main vein dips vertically, is 120 m long, and has an average thickness of 0.88 m. Vein contains swells up to 3 m thic
Iserdek
67ø08'N
67 08 19N
130 40 38E
Maslennikov, written commun., 1985; 1977; Shur, 1985.
Occurs in dome of an anticline formed in Early Permian sandstone and siltstone along cross-cutting, steeply-dipping faults and along subconformable inter- and intra-bedded fractures. Main ore minerals are cinnabar, quartz, and dickite.
Zagadka
66ø55'N
66 55 07N
131 01 07E
Grade of 0.22-6.2% Hg, 0.8-20% Pb, 2-10% Zn, 4-10% Sb, and up to 30 g/t Ag. Resources of 1,718 tonnes Hg, 1,000 tonnes Sb.
Maslennikov, written commun., 1977, 1985.
Consist of cinnabar and metacinnabarite and are relatively younger than associated Sb-Au vein deposits that consist of stibnite and berthierite. The Zagadka clastic sediment-hosted Hg deposit occurs in Late Permian sandstone and siltstone that is gentle
Syncha-I & II
67ø50'N
67 49 36N
128 02 49E
Up to 2-5 g/t Au.
Amuzinsky, 1975; Ivensen and others, 1975.
Consists of two deposits about 20 km apart. Au quartz veins occur in an extensive NW-striking zone in anticlinal domes formed in calcareous sandstone and shale. Most veins are tabular, 2 to 3 m thick and 120 to 150 m long. Veins occur both parallel to an
Zvyozdochka
66ø43'N
66 43 18N
131ø03'E
131 02 44E
Grade of 1.5-1.95% Hg. Reserves of 3,712 tonnes Hg.
Maslennikov, 1977; Klimov, 1979; V. Maslennikov, written commun., 1985; Shur, 1985.
Hosted in intercalated Triassic sandstone and siltstone that is deformed into small folds that strike roughly NS. Deposit is 0.2 to 11 m thick, dips W at 70 to 75ø and occurs along a fault that cuts an anticlinal axis. The margin of the deposit is not di
Kholbolok
66ø15'N
66 15 27N
131ø48'E
131 48 25E
Contains up to 0.62% Hg.
Ivensen and others, 1975; Klimov, 1979; Shur, 1985.
Occurs in an anticlinal dome formed in Middle Triassic sandstone along intersections of variably-trending faults. Located by geochemical sampling. Disseminated ore minerals occur in silica-altered sandstone and metasomatic shear zones. Bodies range up to
Kysyltas
ERROR 65ø85'
65ø85'
ERROR 130ø20'
130ø20'
Ag, Au,Pb, Zn
Pentium vein 1 has an average grade of 575.5 g/t Ag, 3.06 g/t Au, 11.5% Pb, 8.32% Zn. Pozolota vein has grade of 3.38-14.1% Pb, 0.12-2.16% Zn, 60-1500 g/t Ag, 0.4-200 g/t Au.
Ivensen and others, 1975; Kostin and others, 1997b.
Consists of quartz-sulfide veins with galena, sphalerite, bournonite, pyrite, arsenopyrite, tetrahedrite, Ag-tetrahedrite, freibergite, pyrargyrite, covellite and free gold. The veins cut Middle and later Carboniferous and Early Permian siltstone and san
Kuolanda
67ø11'N
67 10 31N
127ø45'E
127 45 11E
Grade of 20-30% Zn, 2% Pb, 1.3% Cu, up to 953 g/t Ag. Reserves of 15,000 tonnes Pb, 120,000 tonnes Zn.
Ivensen and others, 1975; V. Tseidler, written commun., 1985.
Consists consists of a breccia with abundant veins and stringers of massive and disseminated galena and sphalerite that are hosted in Early Carboniferous siltstone and sandstone. Main deposit mineral is sphalerite with lesser galena and chalcopyrite. Sub
Anomalnoe
65ø37'N
65 37 17N
131ø49'E
131 49 18E
Yana-Adycha
Grade of 0.001-2.57% Sn.
Ivensen and others, 1975; Shur, 1985.
Consists of three types of veins: (1)  concordant occurrences in interbed fractures; (2) cross-cutting veins from 0.1 to 20 m thick; and (3) mineralized shear zones from 0.1 to 9 m thick.  Vein zones range from 100 m to 2 km long.  Main ore minerals are
Kysylga
67 33 21N
137 55 06E
Selennyakh
Grade of 3.0-84.5 g/t Au, 1-37 g/t Ag, 0.01-0.1% As, 0.01-0.04% Sb, 0.002% Sn, 0.03% Pb.
Shoshin and Vishnevsky, 1984; E. Vladimirtseva, written commun., 1985; Nekrasov and others, 1987; Gamyanin and Goryachev, 1988.
Consists of veins in a zone that varies from 0.60-1.25 m thick and up to 400 m long. Veins composed of gangue quartz and calcite with deposit minerals (1-5%) of arsenopyrite, pyrite, Ag-tetrahedrite, pyrrhotite, sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite, boulange
Ulakhan-Egelyakh
67ø09'N
67 08 51N
134ø21'E
134 21 02E
Average grade of 0.7% Sn, Pb, Zn, Cu.
Flerov, 1974; Shur and Flerov, 1979; Shur, 1985; Spomior and others, written commun., 1985.
Consists of shear zones, extensive veins, and, stockworks that strike NE. Deposits average 1.6 m thick and range up to 2 km long. Minerals are quartz, chlorite, cassiterite, sphalerite, arsenopyrite, galena, chalcopyrite, siderite, fahlore, tourmaline, b
Delyuvialnoe
66ø17'N
66 17 00N
136ø53'E
136 53 01E
Grade of 0.1-75.8 g/t Au, average grade of 5 g/t Au, 0.1-3% W ; 0.01-1.1% As.
Rozhkov and others, 1964; Flerov and others, 1979; V. Vladimirtseva, written commun.,1985.
Consists of shear zones and quartz stringers that occur in a brachyanticlinal dome formed in contact metamorphosed Late Triassic (Norian) sandstone and siltstone. The deposit area is 500 by 1,500 m. The shear zones range from 1 to 20 m thick, and stringe
Khoton-Khaya
67ø17'N
67 17 27N
133ø47'E
133 46 57E
Grade of 1.2-1.8% Sn.
Flerov, 1974; Spomior and others, written commun., 1985.
Consists of steeply-dipping shear zones that average 1 to 1.5 m thick and 100 to 1,000 m long. Deposit minerals are quartz, tourmaline, cassiterite, stannite, arsenopyrite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, galena, bismuthine, chlorite and siderite. Wall
Ak-Altyn
67ø02'N
67 01 44N
133ø60'E
133 59 46E
Grade of 0.2-60.4 g/t Au, 0.1-1% Ag, Hg, Pb, Sb, Zn, As, and Cu.
Consists of quartz and quartz-carbonate veins, up to to 2 to 3 m thick and stringers that occur in a zone 10-30 m wide and 150 m long. Deposit is hosted in gently-dipping Middle Triassic (Ladinian) clastic rocks that are intruded by Lower Cretaceous dior
Ilin-Tas
65ø60'N
65 59 56N
135ø56'E
135 55 54E
Grade of 0.7-2.5% Sn, 0.3-1.0% W03; up to 10 g/t Au.
Shur and Flerov, 1979; Spomior and others, written commun., 1985.
Consists of complex veins and less common shear zones and stringers that cut contact metamorphosed, Late Triassic sandstone and siltstone adjacent to the Bezymyanny granitoid pluton. Bodies dip steeply, range from 0.01 to 6 m thick, and are about 100 m l
Alys-Khaya
ERROR 65ø56'
65 55 49 N
ERROR 135ø43'
135 42 50 E
Flerov, 1974; Shur, 1985.
Consists of complex steeply-dipping northeast-striking polymetallic veins. Zones of closely-spaced veins are common.  Veins range up to 1 m thick and about 100 m long.  Veins are mainly quartz and chlorite.  Main ore minerals are cassiterite, stannite, C
Burgochan
65 45 54N
134ø45'E
134 45 18E
Grade of 1.2% Sn, up to 0.34% Co.
Flerov, 1974; Shur, 1985; Spomior and others, written commun., 1985.
Consists of shear zones and steep-lying complex veins that are about 1 m thick and up to 800 m long.  Deposit extends more than 200 m vertically.  Minerals are quartz, chlorite, cassiterite, stannite, pyrrhotite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, arsenopyrite, sphal
Singyami
64ø42'N
64 41 39N
137 40 11E
Klimov, 1979.
Consists of cinnabar that occurs in cross-cutting and interbedded shear zones. Deposit is hosted in Middle to-Late Triassic sandstone and siltstone that are deformed into brachyanticlines associated with faults.
Erikag
64ø30'N
64 29 53N
137 18 01E
Tompo
Flerov and others, 1974.
Consists of sulfide-quartz veins and stringers in a zone parallel to bedding. Veins and stringers extend in an EW-trending band that dips steeply S. Major minerals are quartz, pyrite, and stannite. Subordinate minerals are arsenopyrite, lollingite, cassi
Prognoz
65ø41'N
65 40 37N
133 29 17E
Grade of 3% Pb, 1% Zn, up to 600 g/t Ag. Resources of more than 2,000 tonnes Ag. World class deposit.
E. Vladimirtseva, written commun., 1985; Alekseev and others, 1991.
Consists of long and thin sulfide-carbonate veins in Triassic clastic rock. The major deposit minerals are siderite, galena, pyrargyrite, owyheeite, various Ag minerals and sphalerite and in granite porphyry dike.
Ege-Khaya
67ø38'N
67 38 07N
134ø47'E
134 46 53E
Sn, Zn
Grade of 0.1-3% Sn, 0.1-3% Zn. Limited production.
Flerov, 1974; V. Spomnor and others, written commun., 1985; Shur, 1985.
Consists of shear zones, stringers, and less common veins that occur in zones that range from 0.7 to 4 m thick, extend for up to 1 km long, dip steeply and extend downdip for about 500 m. Host rock is weakly contact metamorphosed Late Triassic shale and
Agylky
64ø17'N
64 17 24N
137 16 18E
Consists of pyroxene-garnet-scheelite skarn that occurs in layers of metamsomatized limestone in contact metamorphosed Early Triassic argillite and siltstone. Layers range up to 3 to 5 m thick. Three successive metasomatic mineral assemblages ocur: (1) s
Imnekan
64ø46'N
64 45 32N
135ø44'E
135 44 27E
Klimov and Indolev, 1979.
Consists of massive quartz-stibnite veins that contain up to 1% pyrite, and arsenopyrite, galena, sphalerite, and other sulfides. Deposit associated with older lamprophyre dikes and occurs in the dome of the Korobchataya anticline formed in intercalating
Bugdogar
65ø12'N
65 12 29N
133ø59'E
133 58 39E
Grade of 0.01-0.2% Sn, 0.1-3% Pb, up to 0.2% W.
Tseidler, written commun., 1985.
Consists of more than 30 shear zones with mainly quartz and sulfide minerals. Shear zones range from 1 to 8 m thick, up to 1 km long, and occupy an area of 1.5 km2.  Main ore minerals are limonite, cassiterite, wolframite, galena, arsenopyrite, and chalc
Khunkhada
64ø34'N
64 34 03N
134 49 17E
Contains up to 0.25% W03.
Natapov, written commun., 1985.
Consists of sheeted skarn bodies in contact metamorphosed Late Permian to Early Triassic siltstone. Skarn bodies range from 1.4 to 3.5 m thick and from 10 to locally more than 100 m long. Major minerals are pyroxene, garnet, quartz, pyrrhotite, pyrite, a
Burgavli
66ø28'N
66 27 40N
137ø39'E
137 38 42E
Chybagalakh
Flerov, 1974; Flerov and others, 1979.
Consists of stockworks, mineralized shear zones and short feathered veins. Ore minerals are quartz, adularia, arsenopyrite, muscovite, cassiterite, fluorite, tourmaline, beryl, topaz, apatite, scheelite, wolframite, and bismuthine. Some ore bodies are do
Billyakh
ERROR 67ø35'
67 35 03 N
ERROR 134ø06'
134 06 11 E
Grades up to 23.2% Sb.
Indolev and others, 1980; Maslennikov, written commun., 1985; Shur, 1985.
Consists of stibnite and quartz veins, stibnite stringers, and two stockworks in the dike, adjacent to hanging wall of dike.  Main ore minerals are stibnite, quartz, ankerite, calcite, gold, and dickite.  Deposit occurs in an east-west trending granite-p
Kere-Yuryakh
66 16 30N
137ø58'E
137 57 36E
Average grade of 0.6% Sn, 0.487% As, 0.62% W.
Flerov and others, 1979.
Occurs in the apical portion of a granite pluton that intrudes an anticline formed in Middle Jurassic sandstone. Deposit consists of stockwork, veins, and stringers that occur along the upper contact of the pluton. The veins and stringers are 0.1 to 2 m
Lazo
66ø38'N
66 38 07N
136ø51'E
136 50 46E
Grade of 0.1-9.1 g/t Au.
Rozhkov and others, 1964; Flerov and others, 1979; Vladimirtseva, written commun., 1987.
Consists of a set of en-echelon quartz veins and locally a stockwork that strike NE. Veins are 0.04 to 0.4 m thick and up to 100 m long. Density of veins ranges from 1 to 10 per one meter. Deposit minerals are arsenopyrite, sphalerite, pyrite, chalcopyri
Sentachan
66ø29'N
66 29 23N
137ø03'E
137 03 11E
Taryn
Grade of 3.2-40.3% Sb, cally up to 30% Sb and 50 g/t Au. Reserves of 100,000 tonnes Sb.
Berger, 1978; Zharikov, 1978; Indolev and others, 1980; Maslennikov, written commun., 1985; Shur, 1985.
Consists of two rod-like veins, from 85 to 200 m long and 0.2-3.1 m thick, occur in shear zones that strike NW and dip 60-80ø NW. Veins extend to at least a depth of 600 m. Main deposit minerals are stibnite and quartz. Subordinate deposit minerals are a
Kester
67 17 29N
134 37 41E
Sn, Ta, Nb, Li
Grade of 0.3% Sn, up to 0.5% Nb205; up to 0.35% Li20 . Partly mined.
Consists of greisen with major minerals of quartz, muscovite, albite, K feldspar, molybdenite, zinnwaldite, tourmaline, topaz, amblygonite, apatite, cassiterite, wolframite, and tantaloniobate, and lesser stannite, arsenopyrite, and Pb sulfosalts. Host g
Uzlovoe
66ø06'N
66 06 13N
137 47 33E
Au, Sb
Average grade of 6.64 g/t Au for one ore body, range of 0.2-36.2 g/t Au. Average grade of 0.1-48% Sb.
Maslennikov, written commun., 1985.
Consists of quartz-stibnite veins and stringers that occur in mylonitc formed in Triassic rock in the Adycha-Taryn fault. Two stringers occur, along with stibnite lenses and tabular bodies. Zones range up to 2.5 to 3 m thick and up to100 m long. Stringer
Khotoidokh
66ø27'N
66 26 50N
141ø09'E
141 08 39E
Erikit
Cu, Au, Barite
Volcanogenic Zn-Pb-Cu massive sulfide (Kuroko, Altai types)
Average grade of 5.15% Pb, 14.9% Zn, 0.7% Cu, and more than 100 g/t Ag. Known resource of 180,000 t  Pb, 900,000 Zn, 150,000 tonnesCu, about 1,000 tonnes Ag.
E. Naumov, written commun. 1987; Danilov and others, 1990; Shpikerman, 1998.
Hosted in Late Jurassic siliceous and calcareous shale interbedded with tuff, tuffaceous sandstone, andesite, ignimbrite, rhyolite and rhyodacite lava. The volcanic and sedimentary rock is deformed into a sublatitudinal syncline, are intruded by two smal
Titovskoe
67 32 32N
139 13 40E
Average grade of 9.5% B2O3; 0.3% Sn.
Dorofeev, 1979.
Consists of forty bodies that of Mg skarn that occur along the contact between the quartz monzonite phase of an Early Cretaceous granitoid intrusion and Silurian and Devonian dolomite and limestone. The skarn range from 5 cm to 20 m thick and from 50 to
Dogdo
67ø21'N
67 21 07N
139 26 49E
Grade of 0.35-0.90% Hg.
Klimov, 1979; Vladimirtseva, written commun., 1987.
Consists of four lenticular and podiform ore bodies that occur in strongly silicified Late Jurassic andesite-dacite tuff. Ore bodies are 20 to 100 m long and 2 to 8 m wide. Ore minerals are quartz, calcite, barite with disseminations and stringers of cin
Aleshkino
ERROR 67ø11'
67 11 01 N
ERROR 138ø22'
138 22 25 E
Grade of 8-45.6 g/t Au.
Vladimirtseva, written commun., 1987.
Consists of six quartz veins that range from 0.35 to 1 m thick and up to 160 m long, in a single shear zone. Deposit hosted in contact- metamorphosed Late Jurassic(?) rocks at top of a major granite intrusion.  Main ore minerals are arsenopyrite, pyrrhot
Uchui
65ø47'N
65 46 34N
138 22 06E
V. Skornyakov, written commun., 1951; Rozhkov and others, 1964.
Consists of quartz veins in thin sandstone beds. The veins are short and cross-cutting, have a complex morphology and range up to 250 m long and 26 m thick. The veins locally grade into sheet stockworks that ranges from 10 to 20 m thick and up to 150 m l
Darpir
65 30 04N
138ø55'E
138 54 35E
Skornyakov, written commun., 1951,
Consists of about 70 quartz and quartz-carbonate veins hosted in Upper Triassic sandstone and shale.  Most veins strike northeast and range up to 200 m long and from 0.5 to 0.8 m thick.  Vein zone extends for 30 km. Vanina, Malyutka, Iskra, and Dar veins
Tumannoe
65ø36'N
65 36 26N
138ø33'E
138 33 01E
Grade of 0.1-177 g/t Au.
Consists of small, conformable quartz veins hosted in Norian siltstone. Veins consist of scheelite, galena, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, pyrite and gold. Sulfide disseminations occur in an aureole of host rock.
Seikimyan
64ø08'N
64 07 37N
139ø52'E
139 51 48E
Ranges up to 0.1-0.5% Hg.
Klimov, 1979; E. Vladimirtseva, written commun., 1987.
Consists of stringers and disseminations with quartz, dickite, cinnabar, calcite and pyrite and rare galena, sphalerite and arsenopyrite. Deposit is hosted in feathered shear and breccia zones in sandstone with dimensions of 0.4-7 by 50-200 m. Deposit oc
Erel
64 30 13N
138 25 25E
Average grade of 0.65% Hg.
Consists of three steeply-dipping bodies that occur in zones of brecciated Triassic sandstone that are cemented with quartz and carbonate. Bodies range from 2.8 to 7 m thick and up to 50 m long. Ore minerals are cinnabar, with less than 1% pyrite and ars
R
Telmi River
70ø18'N
70 18 00N
Norilsk
Dyuzhikov and others, 1988.
Consists of Cu-Ni sulfides in differentiated gabbro and diabase intrusive. Two types of deposit occur: (1) disseminated in intrusive rock (olivine, picritic and taxitic gabbro and diabases); (2) streaks and disseminations in metamorphic and metasomatic r
Chernaya Gora
69ø11'N
69 11 00N
88 20E
Cu, Ni, Co, PGE
Average grade of 0.25% Ni and 0.55% Cu.
Ivanov and others, 1971; Zolotuchin and Vasil'ev, 1976; Smirnov, 1978.
Consists of mainly disseminated copper-nickel sulfide ores at the base of the host layered intrusion. Ore-containing intrusive body differentiated from gabbro and quatrz gabbro-diorite at the top to picritic and taxitic gabbro-diabase near the base. Intr
Ergalakh River
69ø03'N
69 03 00N
ERROR 87 ø07'
87 07E
Consists of local sulfide Cu-nickel minerals in gabbro and diabase of Permian age. Sulfide mlnerals occur in zones of disseminated pentlandite, chalcopyrite. pirrhotite, marcasite, and ilmenite.
Chabechete Lake
68ø46'N
68 46 00N
Consists of zones of disseminated copper-nickel sulfide mineralization in gabbro-dolerite intrusive of Permian age. Ore minerals are pentlandite, chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite, marcasite, ilmenite.
Serebryany Brook
68ø42'N
68 42 00N
87 04E
Consists of zones of disseminated Cu-Ni sulfides in Permian(?) gabbro and diabase. Deposit minerals are pentlandite, chalcopyrite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, marcazite and ilmenite. Sulfide amount is low.
Bolgokhtonskoye
ERROR 68ø21'
68 21 00 N
86 50 E
Matrosov and Shaposhnikov, 1988; Dyuzhikov and others, 1988.
Consists of Cu-Mo sulfides in veinlets and disseminations in hydrothermally-altered rock along contact of Bolgokhtokh granite pluton, in both the pluton and in adjacent intrusive rock. The granite pluton stock intrudes Silurian and Devonian limestone, ma
Oktyabrskoye 3
69ø33'N
69 33 00N
88 19E
Not available. World class deposit.
Zolotukhin and others, 1975; Smirnov, 1978.
Consists of Cu sulfides-Ni deposits in differentiated mafic-ultramafic Talnakh intrusive (P-C). Intrusive composed by gabbro, non-olivine- and olivine-biotite gabbro and diabase. The role of olivine-rich rock increases to the intrusive floor. Deposit-hos
Imangdinskoye
69ø07'N
69 07 00N
89 35E
Zolotuchin and Shchedrin, 1977; Dyuzhikov and others, 1988.
Consists of Cu-Ni sulfide minerals in differentiated Imangda ultramafic-mafic intrusive that intrudes along the contact of Silurian and Devonian rocks. The intrusive contains gabbro, diorite, non-olivine and olivine gabbro, diabase, and picrite. Schliere
Talnakh
69ø27'N
69 27 00N
88 21E
Cu,Ni,Co,PGE
Grade of 0.5-30% Cu, 0.5-6% Ni; 0.01-0.15% Co. World class deposit.
Kavardin and Mitenkov, 1971; Zolotuchin and others, 1975; Smirnov, 1978; Dyuzhikov and others, 1988.
Consists of layersand lenses of Cu-Ni sulfides in differentiated Permian and Triassic Talnach mafic-ultramafic intrusive. Dipping at low angle layered intrusive body ranges up to 200-220 m thick (70-80 m in average) is constructed by alternating horizons
Makus
89 23E
Average grade of 66% Fe.
Staritsky and others, 1970; Malich and others, 1987; Djuzikov and others, 1988
Consists of magnetite bodies in metasomatically alterd rock at the hanging wall of Triassic diabase intrusive. Rare deposit minerals occur in diabase, hornfels and xenolite of sedimentary rock. Metasomatite consists of diopside-garnet, diopside-albite an
Norilsk II
69ø17'N
69 17 00N
Zolotuchin and Vasil'ev, 1967; Ivanov and others, 1971; Smirnov, 1978.
Consists of Cu-Ni sulfides in a differentiated mafic-ultramafic intrusive that has a honolithe form and extends for 7 km, ranges from 100 to 300 m thick and ranges from 100 to 800 m wude in plan view. The intrusion is layered and consists of gabbro and d
Norilsk I
88 16E
Godlevskiy, 1959; Smirnov, 1966; Ivanov and others, 1971; Smirnov, 1978.
Consists of Cu-Ni sulfide deposits hosted in the Triassic Norilsk differentiated mafic-ultramafic intrusive. The intrusive has a layered layered form that extends for 12 km and ranges from from 30 to 350 m thick (130 m average). The intrusive is composed
Vologochan River
69ø25'N
69 25 00N
87 46E
Nemenenok and Nesterovskiy, 1973.
Consists of places of disseminated and streaky pyrite, pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite hosted in metasomatically-altered Late Devonian welded-tuff, anhydrite, dolomite and marl and gabbro and diabase. Zones of metasomatite extend 3 km along strike and they a
Zub-Marksheiderskoye
69ø22'N
69 22 00N
87 53E
Consists of Cu-Ni sulfides in slightly differentiated intrusive that consists of contaminated Permian and Triassic quartz diorite, quartz-, olivine-, picritic- and taxitic gabbro and diabase. Host rock consists of Early and Middle Devonian argillite and
Namakan River 1
70ø35'N
70 35 00N
94 44 00E
Consists of zones of disseminated sulfides in Early Triassic basalt. The main deposit minerals are chalcopyrite, pentlandite, pyrrhotite.
Lama Lake
69ø28'N
69 28 00N
ERROR 91 ø03'
91 43E
Consists of sulfide Cu-Ni disseminated deposit minerals that are hosted in undifferentiated intrusions of olivine diabase. The main deposit minerals are pyrite, chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite.
Namakan River 3
70ø29'N
70 29 00N
94 29 00E
Samasik River
70ø08'N
70 08 00N
94 30 00E
Consists of disseminated Cu minerals in Early Triassic picrite. The main deposit minerals are native copper and pyrrhotite.
Namakan River 2
70ø13'N
70 13 00N
94 13 00E
Ni, Cu, Co
Neizvestnoye
70ø10'N
70 10 00N
93 15 00E
Cu, Ni, Co
Consists of simple nests, dissemination and veinlets of sulfides in Early Triassic basalt and tuffs. The main deposit minerals are chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite.
Chopko River
92 45 00E
Consists of Cu-Ni sulfide mineralization in the dykes and hosting basalts. Dyke rocks are represented by picrites, picritic trachydolerites, nephelinites, pyroxenites, limburgites and dolerites. Sulfide mineralization is disseminated and streaky-dissemin
Chapomi River
70ø25'N
70 25 00N
92 00 00E
Consists of disseminated and nest-like sulfide mineralization in the basaltoids of the Early Triassic age. Ore minerals are chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite.
Arylakh River
ERROR 70ø29'
70 29 00 N
90 40 E
Consists of sulfide copper-nickel ore deposits hosted in weakly differentiated steeply-dipping Arylakh intrusive of dyke-shaped form. Thickness of intrusive body ranges from 30-40 to 300-400 m. Intrusive includes alternated olivine, olivine-biotite, picr
Arylakhskoye
ERROR 70ø25'
70 25 00 N
90 30 00 E
Djuzhikov and others, 1976, 1977, 1988.
Consists of stratiform layers of native copper in Permian and Triassic carbonaceous breccia, in overlying basalt, and in underlying tuff. Ore minerals are native copper, cuprite, tenorite, chalcocite, and covellite. Gengue minerals are calcite, zeolite,
Gulinskoye 1
71ø00'N
71 00 00N
ERROR 101ø48'
101 48E
Maimecha-Kotuisk
Fe-Ti (ñTa, Nb, Fe, Cu, apatite) carbonatite
Average grade of 22.4% Fe. Resources of 1,800,000,000 tonnes.
Kalugin and others, 1981; Sinyakov, 1988.
Consists of titanomagnetite in the zoned Gulinsk alkalic ultramafic pluton. Titanomagnetite occurs in pyroxenite and peridotite in a half-ring zone that is 30 km long and 100 m wide. Titanomagnetite occurs in disseminations and locally in veins, nests, l
Gulinskoye 3
70ø54'N
70 54 00N
101ø15'E
101 15 00E
Phlogopite carbonatite
Not available. World class
Prochorova and others, 1966; Dyad'kina, Orlova, 1976; Malich and others, 1987.
Consists of phlogopite deposits in the zoned Gulinsk alkaline-ultramafic massif. Deposit is related to a carbonatite stock. The major phlogopite bodies occur in six areas of melilite rock. One of the sites is in nepheline pyroxenite and melteigite. Phlog
Gulinskoye 2
70ø52'N
70 52 00N
101ø16'E
101 16 00E
Kavardin, 1967.
Consists of REE minerals in alkalic ultramafic carbonatite plutons. Two carbonatite plutons have outcrop areas of 3 and 5 sq.km. and occur around the Gulinskoye phlogopite deposit. The plutons consist of vertically-dipping, isometrical bodies of mainly a
Iriaas 1
70ø12'N
70 12 00N
ERROR 105ø20'
105 20E
Grade of 24-28% Fe. Resources of 500,000,000 tonnes.
Consists of apatite-magnetite deposits in a zoned Iriaas ijolite-carbonatite intrusive. Ijolite occurs in an area of 1.6 sq.km. in NE part of massif are injected apatite-magnetite veins. Veins, nests, and lenses occur in brecciated, fenite-altered, and a
Odikhincha 1
103ø10'E
103 10 00E
Prochorova and others, 1966; Dyad'kina and Orlova, 1976; Malich and others, 1987.
Consists of phlogopite deposits in the central type Odikhincha alkaline-ultramafic pluton. Phlogopite formation occurred in the ijolite and carbonatite stages of the pluton. The major phlogopite concentrations occur in dunite, and and along contacts with
Kugda 1
70ø46'N
70 46 00N
103 28E
Resources of 150,000,000 tonnes ore grading 31.8% Fe.
Vasil'ev, 1976; Kalugin and others, 1981; Sinyakov, 1988.
Consists of perovskite-titanomagnetite deposits spatialy and genetically related to Kugda carbonatite-alcali-ultramafic circular massive. Major concentrations of titanomagnetite connected with olivinite. Titanomagnetite in olivinite concentrates in small
Magan 1
70ø14'N
70 14 00N
ERROR 104ø24'
104 24E
Ranges from 22-44% Fe
Kalugin and others, 1981; Malich and others, 1987; Sinyakov, 1988.
Consists of magnetite deposits in Magan alcali-ultramafic intrusive of the central type. Three types of magnetite occur: phlogopite-magnetite, forsterite-magnetite and nepheline-magnetite. Phlogopite-magnetite is exposed at the area about 1 sq.km. Magnet
Bor-Uryakh 1
70ø01'N
70 01 00N
ERROR 102ø16'
102 16E
Average grade of 10-30% Fe.
Vasil'ev, 1976; Vasil'ev and others, 1978; Butakova, Egorov, 1962; Kalugin and others, 1981; Sinyakov, 1988.
Consists of titanomagnetite ore deposits hosted in pyroxenite and olivinite Bor-Uriakh massif of the central type. Massive concentrations of titanomagnetite connected with olivinites, especially their pegmatoid differencies. Numerous veins and lens-like
Esseiy 1
69ø16'N
69 16 00N
ERROR 102ø15'
102 15 E
Grade of 15-50% Fe. Resources of 1,000,000,000 tonnes ore.
Panina and others, 1973; Egorov, 1980; Malyshev, 1980; Sunyakov, 1988.
Consists of apatite-forsterite-carbonate-magnetite masses that are spatially and genetically connected with a zoned alkali carbonatite ultramafic intrusive. Pluton covers about 9 sq.km. area and intrudes Ordovician carbonate rock. Central core of massive
Popigay
ERROR 71ø30'
71 30 N
ERROR 111ø00'
111 00 E
Impact diamond
Masaitis and others, 1975, 1998.
Occurs in an impact structures that is about 80 km in diameter on the NE margin of the Anabar shield. The ring structure forms a round basin with a floor that is 200 to 300 m lower relative to the surrounding plateau. The basin contains a specific rock c
Tomtor
ERROR 71ø05'
71ø05'
ERROR 116ø40'
116ø40'
Udzha
Nb, REE, P
Resources of 500 million tonnes to a depth of 500 m. No commercial concentrations of P2O5 or Nb2O5.
Orlov, 1994; Tolstov and others, 1995.
Consists of a volcanic and plutonic assemblage comprised three groups of rock. (1) Carbonatite II comprise the bulk of the carbonatite core of the pluton with P2O5, Nb2O5, TR2O3 values of 0.7 to 11.4, 0.1 to 0.78 and 0.45%, respectively. The carbonatite
Mengeniler
ERROR 71ø45'
71ø45'
ERROR 127ø35'
127ø35'
Tuora-Sis
Grade of 0.04-0.6% Pb and 0.2-6.7% Zn.
Natapov, 1981; Davydov and others, 1988.
Consists of three lensoid stratiform deposits that range from 70 to 135 m long and 0.4 to 3.6 m thick. The principal deposit minerals are sphalerite and galena. Sphalerite is predominant and consists of honey-yellow and colourless cleiophane. Pb and Zn a
Kyongdei
71ø27'N
71 26 36N
127ø20'E
127 19 56E
Channel samples with 0.01-11% U.
Consists of an uraninite crust in Neoproterozoic (Vendian) and Early Cambrian sandstone and limestone. U concentration increases in sulfides disseminations (pyrite and sphalerite) and in bitumen (kerite) inclusions. Deposit occurs along specific stratigr
Nikolaevskoe, Otkrytoe
70ø20'N
70 20 00N
129ø33'E
129 33 13E
Abel and Slezko, 1988.
Consists of conformable and cross-cutting quartz veins with gold, galena, arsenopyrite, pyrite, tetrahedrite, sulfosalts, carbonates and albite that are hosted in Early Permian sandstone beds. The veins occur in anticlinal hinges, range up to 1 km long a
Anna-Emeskhin
ERROR 68ø56'
68 55 38 N
ERROR 128ø24'
128 24 22 E
Grades up to 20 g/t Au, up to 23% As.
Arsky and others, written commun., 1963; Ivensen and others, 1975.
Consists of eight quartz-carbonate veins that occur over an area 70 by 100 m. Veins cut a dike of Triassic diabase.  Veins range up to 20 m long and up to 2 m thick.  Major minerals are arsenopyrite, pyrite, galena, and chalcopyrite.  Sulfides comprise 1
Aga-Kukan
ERROR 69ø04'
69 04 19 N
ERROR 126ø46'
126 45 35 E
Orulgan
Grades up to 1-3% Cu, 0.15 ppm Au, 400 ppm Ag.
Melnikov and Izrailev, 1975.
Consists of disseminated galena, sphalerite, and chalcopyrite that occurs in a layer in lower part of Early Carboniferous (Tournaisian) limestone of the Agakukan Formation that consists of limestone in the lower and upper parts separated by sandstone. Su
Syugyunyakh-Kende
68 42 04N
127ø46'E
127 45 38E
Grade of 5-8 g/t Au, locally up to 20 g/t Au, up to 50 g/t Ag.
Arsky, Borisov, and Lazurkin, written commun., 1963; Ivensen and others, 1975.
Description for two separate deposits about 20 km apart. Each deposit consists of a set of sheeted quartz veins that range up to 0.5 m thick. Major minerals are gold, arsenopyrite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, galena and sphalerite. Veins intrude Middle Carboni
Enichan-Tolono
68ø11'N
68 11 29N
128 11 20E
Grade of 10-24 g/t Au.
Arsky, Borisov, and Lazurkin, written commun., 1963.
Consists of a set of thin quartz veins with minor sulfides. Veins occur in zones with contorted outlines. Deposit less than 0.5 m thick and several ten of m long.
Burguat
70ø42'N
70 41 51N
134 31 29E
Kular
Grades up to 5-8 g/t Au, up to 1% Pb, up to 1% Zn, up to 0.01% Ag.
Ivensen and others, 1975.
Consists of lenticular veins and shear zones of quartz and carbonate-quartz that contain gold and scarce sulfides (1 to 2%) including pyrite, galena, sphalerite, and chalcopyrite.  Veins strike northeast and dip steeply to southeast or northwest  at 50-6
Novoe
69ø36'N
69 35 55N
133ø07'E
133 06 32E
Grade of 0.2-6.8% W03, 0.03-0.16% Sn, 0.5-5% As.
Consists of steeply-dipping, cross-cutting shear zones and lenticular veins that occur in tension gashes. The shear zones strike NE and dip NW or SE at 15-60ø, commonly range up to several m thick, locally to 10-12 m thick and up to 1.5 km long. The lent
Argin
ERROR 68ø03'
68 02 57 N
ERROR 135ø50'
135 50 06 E
Up to 4.13% Sn.
Consists of a set of thin quartz veins and stringers that range from 1 to 10 cm thick. Major minerals are cassiterite, arsenopyrite, pyrrhotite, galena, wolframite, scheelite, tourmaline, and zinnwaldite. Most veins about 100-120 m long; one vein is 470
69ø54'N
69 54 17N
136 47 03E
Chokurdak
Average grade of 1.27% Sn.
Aragochan
ERROR 69ø44'
69 44 28 N
ERROR 137ø00'
137 00 10 E
Polousny
Average grade of 5.28% Pb, 3.6% Zn.
V. Shpikerman in Nokleberg and others, 1997.
Consists of seven sheet-like veins. Veins range from 120 to 700 m long and 0.4 to 1.13 m thick.  Major minerals are quartz, calcite, siderite, galena, sphalerite, pyrite, and rare cassiterite. Veins hosted in Upper Jurassic sandstone and shale that dip 6
Ulakhan-Sala
69ø48'N
69 47 30N
136ø40'E
136 39 51E
Average grade of 0.84% Sn.
Consists of four quartz-tourmaline and tourmaline-chlorite-quartz veins that range from 320 to 1400 m long and 0.2 to 3.6 m wide. Major minerals are cassiterite, pyrrhotite, arsenopyrite, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, galena, wolframite, scheelite and calcit
Baidakh
ERROR 70ø05'
70 05 01 N
ERROR 135ø32'
135 31 38 E
Lower Yana
Grade of 39.9-72% Sb.
Ivensen and others, 1975; Indolev and others, 1980.
Consists of a lenticular shear zone that ranges from 0.2 to 0.5 m thick and dips steeply to the southeast at 60ø. Shear zone cuts veins with a complex mineralogy.  Shear zones and veins contain breccia zones and stringers. Deposit occurs in anticlinal do
Dzhuotuk
70 13 25N
134ø17'E
134 17 20E
Grade of 0.1-30.0 g/t Au, greater than 1% As, up to 1% Pb & Zn, up to 0.1% Bi & Sn, up to 0.01% Ag.
Consists of more than 20 areas of steeply-dipping shear zones and cross-cutting veins that are hosted in Late Permian and Early Triassic clastic rock. Host rock altered to silica and sulfides. Individual deposits range up to 1500 m long and from 1 to 30
Tirekhtyak district (Nagornoe, Podgornoe, Poputnoe)
69ø58'N
69 58 20N
134 40 32E
Up to 5% Sn, up to 1% W03 ; up to 0.6% Pb, up to 1% As.
Consists of veins of tourmaline-quartz and cassiterite-scheelite-quartz; and cassiterite stringers. The major minerals are beryl, pyrrhotite, arsenopyrite, muscovite, sphalerite and galena. Veins and stringers range from 0.01-1.2 m thick and up to 100 m
Kyuchyus
69 47 57N
134 45 16E
Au, Hg, Sb
Grade of 4.5% As, up to 15% Sb, up to 0.6% Hg, up to 300 g/t Au. Resources of 240 tonnes Au.
Ivensen and others, 1975; Indolev and others, 1980; Konyshev and others, 1993.
Consists of steeply-dipping, reverse shear zones that range from 0.1 to 1 m thick and veins that range from 0.1 to 0.5 m thick. The shear zones and veins consist of quartz-stibnite, cinnabar-stibnite-quartz, realgar-quartz and quartz, with varying amount
Solur
70 01 23N
133 23 31E
Up to 10 g/t Au, 0.03-1% W; 0.07-0.1% Bi; 0.03-0.1% Sn, 0.01-0.3% Cu.
Consists of lenticular quartz and carbonate-quartz veins and shear zones that strike NE and roughly EW. Major minerals are arsenopyrite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, galena, wolframite, native bismuth and gold. Deposit is hosted in Late Permian clastic rock in
Ukachilkan
69ø55'N
69 55 16N
139 19 25E
Central Polousny
Yakovlev, 1975; Shur and Flerov, 1979.
Consists of steeply-dipping shear zones and veins that strike about NS and range up to 1,500 m long and up to 15-20 m thick. Major minerals are quartz, pyrrhotite, sphalerite, galena, calcite, sericite, pyrite, siderite, arsenopyrite, muscovite, marcasit
Dalnee
69ø49'N
69 49 15N
138 29 47E
Epov and Sonin, written commun., 1964.
Consists of veins ranging from  0.05 to 1.0 m thick, up to 100 to 150 m long. Veins composed of quartz, manganosiderite, and galena veins with sphalerite and fahlore.  Veins intrude Late Jurassic sandstone and shale that are contact-metamorphosed by Cret
Deputatskoye
69ø15'N
69 15 19N
139ø58'E
139 58 17E
Grade of 0.3-0.7 Sn. Up to 10% Sn.
Flerov, 1974.
Contains about 150 separate bodies in shear zones, veins, and linear stockworks. The deposit ranges up to 18 m thick and up to 1400 m long. The major minerals are quartz, tourmaline, chlorite, axinite, fluorite, pyrrhotite, cassiterite, chalcopyrite, pyr
Takalkan
68ø59'N
68 58 41N
139 43 46E
Grade of 0.02-1.0% Sn.
Nekrasov, 1962; Epov and Sonin, written commun., 1964.
Consists of a stockwork zone that strikes nearly NS and ranges up to 700 m long and up to 170 m wide. Stockwork includes tourmaline-muscovite-quartz and topaz-muscovite-quartz veins and stringers that range up to 0.55 m thick. Main minerals are fluorite,
Chibagalakh
68ø13'N
68 13 25N
139ø51'E
139 50 41E
B, Sn
Consists of several tens of magnesium skarns that range from 0.2 up to 20 m thick and up to 260 m long. Skarns occur at the contact of an Early Cretaceous granitic pluton that intrudes Ordovician and Silurian dolomite and limestone.  Skarn contains B ore
Uboininskoye
ERROR 73ø09'
73 09 00 N
82 ø01'E
82 31 00 E
Tari-Bigaiy
Ravich, 1959.
Hosted in fractures in Ordovician and Early Carboniferous limestone and dolomite Permian clastic sedimentary rock in the core of anticline. The occurrence consists of quartz-carbonate veins, lenses, nests, disseminations and stockworks that occur along c
Lenivaya River
ERROR 74ø09'
74 08 30 N
89 18 00E
North Taimyr
Ravich, 1959; Ravich and Markov, 1959.
Consist of quartz-molybdenite veins occuring in the Precambrian granitoids and Paleozoic clastic rock in the exocontacts of small syenite intrusions (Permian and Triassic). Molybdenite in veins consist of disseminations and small nests.Deposit is poorly
Rostorguev Island
74ø01'N
74 01 00N
84 17 00E
Consists of zones of disseminated molybdenite in Paleoproterozoic granitoids. Deposit minerals are molybdenite, scheelite, pyrite. Deposition was Paleozoic.
Kolomeitseva River
75ø18'N
75 18 00N
95 33 00E
Consist of quartz veins with disseminated molybdenite. The veins cut Precambrian granitoid and Paleozoic clastic rock and exocontacts of small Permian and Triassic syenite intrusions. Molybdenite occurs also in the exocontact of an augite syenite intrusi
Mamont River 2
75ø13'N
75 13 00N
94 32 00 E
Consists of quartz veins with disseminations and nests of molybdenite. The veins occur small Permian and Triassic syenite intrusions that cut large Precambrian granitoid plutons. Quartz veins are accompanied by silica and sericite alteration. Along with
Mamont River 1
75ø12'N
75 12 00N
94 18 00E
Consists of quartz veins with disseminated sulfides in Mesozoic granitoids. Deposit minerals are chalcopyrite, galena and pyrite.
Morzhovoye
75ø23'N
75 23 00N
91 17E
Consists of a grossular-diopside-calcite skarn with disseminated molybdenite in a roof pendant in a Triassic(?) syenite intrusive. The deposit minerals are fine-grained molybdenite and disseminated pyrrhotite, pyrite, pentlandite and marcasite. A stockwo
Ilistaya River
74ø50'N
74 50 00N
92 32 00E
Consists of small zones of disseminated sulfides in a Paleoproterozoic porphyritic granite. Ore minerals are galena, sphalerite, and chalcopyrite.
Shtellinga Cape
75ø22'N
75 22 00N
Birulinsk
Consists of small beryl-containing pegmatite bodies in the Neoproterozoic porphyry granitoids. Thickness of pegmatite bodies is 0.1-0.5 m. Pegmatite contain muscovite.
Geologicheskaya Gryada
74ø18'N
74 18 00N
92 ø06'E
92 26 15 E
Consists of disseminations and nests of chromite minerals in ultramafic rock of Paleoproterozoic age.
Izvilistaya River
74ø08'N
74 08 00N
ERROR 92 ø01'
92 01 00E
Smirnov, Kuznetsov, Fedorchuk, 1976; Ravich, 1959.
Consists of Hg minerals that occur in Ordovician limestone and dolomite over an area of 6 sq.km.. Hg minerals occur in crush zones at the contacts of lamprophyric dikes and limestone. Hg minerals occur in veins, lenses, nests, and stockworks. The main or
Surovoye Lake 1
74ø51'N
74 51 00N
101ø36'E
101 36 00E
Byrranga
Grade of 10-20% Zn+Pb.
Ravich and Markov, 1959; Ravich, 1959.
Consists of steeply-dipping veins and breccia in Early Permian sandstone, siltstone and argillite. The series is intruded by diabase dikes. About 30 bodies occur. They extend a few hundred of m (rarely 2-3 km) and have an average thickness of 40-60 cm. B
Oranzhevaya River 1
74ø42'N
74 42 00N
Byrranda
Consists of layered sulfide bodies in Late Permian mafic volcanic rock e. Deposit minerals are galena, sphalerite.
Partizanskoye
99 34 00E
Occurs in a district located along the contact of diabase dike and Early Permian sandstone and siltstone. The district extends 1.5 km along strike and averages 1.5 m thick. Deposit is 800 to 900 m long and from 0.25 to 3.5 m thick (in swells). Sphalerite
Nirkaika-Tari 1
Consists of quartz-sulfide veins in the early Mesozoic metamorphic rock and gabbro and diabases. Theickness of veins is 5-10 cm. Deposit minerals are galena and sphalerite.
Malachai-Tari 1
75ø06'N
75 06 00N
106 52 00E
Consists of quartz-sulfide veins in altered trapps and early Mesozoic gabbro and diabases of. Thickness of veins is 5-10 cm. The deposit minerals are chalcopyrite, galena and sphalerite.
Kungasalakh 1
74ø47'N
74 47 00N
ERROR 107ø28'
107 28E
Consists of local sulfide Cu-Ni minerals in Triassic gabbro and diabase. Deposit minerals consist of disseminated sulfides including pyrite, pyrrhotite, pentlandite and chalcopyrite.
T
Birulinskoye
ERROR 76ø06'
76 06 00 N
94 27 00 E
Ravich, 1959; Ravich and Markov, 1959; Serdyuk and others, 1998.
Consists of beryl-muscovite pegmatite bodies that occur in Proterozoic two-mica granite and rarely-in plagiogneiss. The pegmatite bodies generally exhibit a zonal structure. The deposit is part of a pegmatite district that contains about 3,000 pegmatite
Lagerny Cape
79ø53'N
79 53 00N
99 49E
Severo-Zemelsk
Dodin and others, 1985.
Consists of zones of disseminated sulfides in Permian and Triassic gabbro and diabase and metamorphosed Neoproterozoic sandstone and shale. Disseminations of chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite and pyrite occur.
Studeninskoye
78ø28'N
78 28 00N
ERROR 100ø48'
100 48E
Karpuzov, 1996; Vernikovskiy, 1996.
Consists of gold-bearing quartz veins and zones of berisite alterations among metamorposed Proterozoic clastic rock. Deposit is interpreted as related to late Paleozoic granitoid magmatism.
Ozernaya River
79ø30'N
79 30 00N
96 52E
Consists of zones of streaks and disseminations of Cu-Ni sulfides in Permian and Triassic gabbro and diabase and diabase that intrude sandstone, limestone and sandy dolomite. Deposit minerals are chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite, pentlandite and pyrite. The meta
Olovyanny Cape
78ø33'N
78 33 00N
99 33 00E
Consists of cassiterite-bearing greisen zones and quartz veins hosted in biotite garnite and granodiorite.The zones extend 200 m along strike. Veins range up to 2 m thick and up to 200 m long. The deposit minerals are cassiterite, scheelite, pyrite, tour
Kunarskoye 1
77ø38'N
77 38 00N
104 00E
Vernikovskiy, 1996; Karpuzov, 1996.
Consists of gold-bearing quartz veins and metasomatite among late Riphean volcanic, sedimentary rock that are related to Cheluskin ophiolite belt. Flyschoid and volcanic and sedimentary host rock is metamorphosed in conditions of epidote-amphibolite and
Lodochnikov Plateau 1
76ø16'N
76 16 00N
104ø11'E
104 11 00E
Vernikovskiy, 1996.
Consists of molybdenite-containing quartz veins and lenses among postcollisional Late Carboniferous granitoids. The deposit minerals are molybdenite and scheelite and rare native gold.
Proliv Krasnoy Armii
80ø09'N
80 09 00N
97 16E
Consists of zones of streaks and disseminations of sulfides and separate small veins hosted by Neoproterozoic sandstone, phyllite and schistose felsite. Deposit minerals are galena, sphalerite. Hydrothermal origin of deposit is interpreted.