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. Udokan 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.[1]
Udokan 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
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Zabaykalsky Krai | |
| Country | Russia |
| Production | |
| Products | Copper |
References
- Udokan copper mine. Retrieved 2013-07-19 – via Google Books.
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