Udachnaya pipe
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 Udachnaya pipe
66°26′N 112°19′E / 66.43333°N 112.31667°ECoordinates: 66°26′N 112°19′E / 66.43333°N 112.31667°E |
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| Products | diamonds |
Udachnaya pipe (Russian: тру́бка Уда́чная, literally lucky pipe) is a diamond deposit in the Daldyn-Alakit kimberlite field in Sakha Republic, Russia.[1] It is an open-pit mine,[2] and is located just outside the Arctic circle at 66°26′N 112°19′E / 66.433°N 112.317°E.[3] Udachnaya was discovered on June 15, 1955, just two days after the discovery of the diamond pipe Mir by Soviet geologist Vladimir Shchukin and his team.[4] It is more than 600 metres (1,970 ft) deep, making it the 3rd deepest open-pit mine in the world (after Bingham Canyon Mine and Chuquicamata).[4]
The nearby settlement of Udachny is named for the deposit.
As of 2010[update], Udachnaya pipe is controlled by Russian diamond company Alrosa, which planned to halt open-pit mining in favor of underground mining in 2010.[2]
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[edit] References
- ^ Barthelmy, David. "Amakinite Mineral Data". http://webmineral.com/data/Amakinite.shtml. Retrieved 2006-12-31.
- ^ a b "Meeting of ALROSA Supervisory Board". Alrosa. 2004-05-24. http://eng.alrosa.ru/press_center/releases/2004/12/news20041217/?sphrase_id=17507. Retrieved 2006-12-31.
- ^ "Udachny town, Yakutia, established by Udachnaya Pipe in 1968" (in Russian). Moi gorod. http://www.mojgorod.ru/r_saha/udachnyj/. Retrieved 2006-12-31.
- ^ a b (in Russian) МИРОВОЙ РЫНОК ЮВЕЛИРНЫХ КАМНЕЙ. Irkutsk: IrGTU. 2006. p. 107. http://www.istu.edu/faculty/geology/chairs/gem/rab8.doc. Retrieved 2006-12-31.
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- Satellite photo of the Udachnaya pipe
- Alexeev, Sergey V; Alexander V. Drozdov, Tatyana I. Drozdova, and Ludmila P. Alexeeva (2006-03-16). "The First Experience of Saline Drainage Waters Disposal from the Udachnaya Pipe Quarry into Permaforest". Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado at Boulder. http://www.colorado.edu/INSTAAR/ArcticWS/get_abstr.html?id=10.
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