Pyrkakay mine
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The Pyrkakay mine was a large open pit mine located in the Shelag Range, Chukotka Mountains, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, North-eastern Russia.
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Location | Shelag Range |
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug | |
Country | Russia |
Coordinates | 69°31′N 171°59′E |
Production | |
Products | tin |
History | |
Closed | 1998 |
Owner | |
Company | Pyrkakayskiye Shtokverki (пыркакайские штокверки) |
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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]