Udokan mine
The Udokan mine is a large copper mine located in the south of Russia in Zabaykalsky Krai, around 30 km south of the town of Novaya Chara on the Baikal Amur Mainline.
| Location | |
|---|---|
  Udokan mine Location in Transbaikalia | |
| Location | Udokan Range |
| Zabaykalsky Krai | |
| Country | Russia |
| Coordinates | 56°34′43″N 118°29′35″E |
| Production | |
| Products | Copper |
The mine is part of the Udokan Ore Region that includes the Udokan, Kalar and Kodar ranges.[1] The Udokan Ore Region represents the largest copper deposit in Russia and third largest in the world, having estimated reserves of 1.2 billion tonnes of ore grading 2% copper.[2][3]
 Udokan deposit geologic map and cross sections, where red denotes a bornite-chalcocite ore body, dark red denotes a pyrite-chalcopyrite ore body, green is a gabbro diabase, lamprophyre and quartz porphyry dike, and light tan is the Supraore sequence of the Upper Sakukan subformation and Naminga Formation. |
References
- Udokan Ore Region / Great Soviet Encyclopedia: in 30 vols. / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov. - 3rd ed. - M. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.
- Udokan copper mine. Retrieved 2013-07-19 – via Google Books.
- Udokan BGK
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