Udachnaya
Udatschnaja ( Russian Удачная ) is the name of a kimberlite vent , d. H. a diamond deposit in Udachny , in the northwest of the Sakha Autonomous Republic (Yakutia) in Russia . The chimney , a few kilometers south of the Arctic Circle, was discovered by Vladimir Shchukin in 1955 and represents the largest diamond deposit in Russia.
The deposit has been mined since 1982 . With a depth of 530 m, the Udachnaya mine is one of the deepest opencast mines in the world.
Web links
Commons : Udachnaya - album with pictures, videos and audio files
- Information about Udachnaya on the Alrosa company website ( memo from January 17, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
Coordinates: 66 ° 26 ′ 6 ″ N , 112 ° 19 ′ 0 ″ E