Pyrkakay mine
  Location in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Products | tin |
| Closed | 1998 |
| Company | Pyrkakayskiye 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]
See also
References
- ↑ "Abramovich failed to sell a major tin deposit in Chukotka to the Chinese". 2012. Retrieved 2013-07-19.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Dead-cities.ru Entry on Krasnoarmeysky Archived 2010-09-22 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)