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Pyrkakay mine
Tin mine in Shelag Range, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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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