Lykovetske granite deposit

Lukovetske granite deposite 

  • Lukovetske anorthosite deposite 

     

  • Тrademark:

    An – Lukivetske

  • Location: 

    Located 1.0 km northeast of the village. Lukovets Volodarsko-Volynsky district of Zhytomyr region

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Lukovetske
An - Lukovetsky
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Lykovetsky (LIGHT)
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DESCRIPTION, PARAMETERS
  • Name of the deposit:

    Lukovestke anorthosite deposit

    • The name of the stone is petrographic, own, trade.
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      Petrographic – anorthosite;
      Own – “anorthosite of Lukovestke deposit”;
      Trademark – not registered

    • Quarry owner

      • 06/06/2006 A Special Permit for the use of Subsoil № 3845 was issued to the Small Private Enterprise “Argo” for the extraction of anorthosite of the Lukovetsky deposit up to 06/06/2026

  • Geographical location

    • Located 1.0 km northeast of the village Lukovets Khoroshiv district, Zhitomir region for low-value lands JV “Lukovetske” Kropyvnya village council. The area of the deposit is 4.2 ha.

    • Geographic coordinates
      •   P.1 P.2 P.3 P.4 P.5 P.6 P.7
      North latitude 50044’48’’ 50044’50’’ 50044’56’’ 50044’56’’ 50044’52’’ 50044’50’’ 50044’48’’
      East longitude 28026’54’’ 28026’51’’ 28026’48’’ 28026’59’’ 28027’02’’ 28026’57’’ 28026’56’’
      • Quarry access roads, transport thoroughfares, availability of nearby railway stations

        • The Nova Borova Railway Station is connected with quarry by a highway (17 km to the SE)

  • Stones of the deposit

    • Anorthosite is a gray with a greenish shade of rock, mainly coarse-grained structure, with a massive texture. In decorative relation, anorthosite deposit is represented by one chromatic type and in the polished texture is characterized by light green, sometimes green, the color of the main background, which is about 50-60% of the surface, and black, pink and dark gray inclusions.

  • Reserves and Resource as of 01.01.2018.

    • Total = 878.806 thousand m3, including category Probable – 356.926 thousand m3.
    Measured Mineral Resources – 521.88 thousand m3. The output of the blocks is 33.4 %.

    • Physical & mechanical properties
      • Unit name Value Units Value
      from to
      Bulk weight t/m3 2.67 2.93
      Density t/m3 2.70 2.95
      Porosity % 0.67 1.27
      Water absorption % 0.04 0.16
      Tensile strength when compressed in air-dry condition MPa 160 200
      The limit of compressive strength in water-saturated state MPa 144 188
      Strength reduction factor after water saturation   0.86 0.98
      Tensile strength after compression after 50 freeze cycles MPa 129 154
      Strength loss after 50 freeze cycles % 5.5 13.8
      Brand of frost resistance F-50
      Mass loss at friction g/cm2 0.50 0.55
      The content of natural radionuclides Bq/kg 33 42
      • Mineral composition
        • Name of mineral Content, %
        Plagioclase 85-98
        Monoclinic pyroxene 1-9
        Hypersten 1
        Olivine 0-3
        Ilmenite 1-3
        Apatite <1
      • Chemical composition
        • SiO2 Al2O3 FeO Fe2O3 TiO2 CaO MgO Na2O K2O MnO SO3 P2O5 L.O.I. H2O
        53.8 21.22 5.23 1.34 0.99 9.76 2.21 3.50 0.84 0.11 0.02 0.05 0.71 0.41

Holder of the Special Permit for the development of the Lukovestky deposit (Subsoil Special Permit No. 3845 06/06/2006)
Small Private Enterprise “Argo”
11653, Zhytomyr region, Malyn district, village Zabrane
Director – Svetlana Igina
Phone / Fax +38 (04133) 68529
Mobile +38 (067) 125 2153green-stone@ukr.net

panoramic view of the quarry
Lukovetske granite deposite (09.2019)