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Pyrkakay mine

Coordinates: 69°31′N 171°59′E / 69.517°N 171.983°E / 69.517; 171.983
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Pyrkakay mine
Location
Pyrkakay mine is located in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Pyrkakay mine
Pyrkakay mine
Location in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
LocationShelag Range
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
CountryRussia
Coordinates69°31′N 171°59′E / 69.517°N 171.983°E / 69.517; 171.983
Production
Productstin
History
Closed1998
Owner
CompanyPyrkakayskiye Shtokverki (пыркакайские штокверки)

The Pyrkakay mine was a large open pit mine located in the Shelag Range, Chukotka Mountains, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, North-eastern Russia.

Pyrkakay represented one of the largest tin reserves in Russia having estimated reserves of 228.5 million tonnes of ore grading 0.23% tin.[1]

The Krasnoarmeysky settlement, built to house the miners, was determined to no longer be economically viable in 1998 and is now a ghost town.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ "Abramovich failed to sell a major tin deposit in Chukotka to the Chinese". 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-07-19. Retrieved 2013-07-19.
  2. ^ Dead-cities.ru Entry on Krasnoarmeysky Archived 2010-09-22 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)