A brief glimpse into post-Soviet placer mining

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The Ural mountain province of Russia is one of the richest and mineralogically diverse regions in the world, with world-class deposits of platinum and PGEs, gold, copper, emeralds, rubies and malachite. The central Ural mountains are well-known for some of the largest and richest placer platinum and gold deposits in the world, and are the location for the largest gold nugget ever found in Russia (79.5 pounds) and the largest platinum nugget ever found in the world (13 pounds)

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Yukon Geological Survey publication metadata HTML https://data.geology.gov.yk.ca/Reference/42466
Original metadata (https://open.yukon.ca) HTML https://open.yukon.ca/information/92a1c604-06f0-452f-82e9-d21c0f7d312d
Report PDF https://ygsftp.gov.yk.ca/publications/yplacer/yuk_plac_min_ind95_97.pdf

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