PROSPECTING ACTIVITIES IN KUHSCHNAPPE NEAR HOHENSTEIN-ERNSTTHAL/SAXONY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R009200200005-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 3, 1999
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: December 28, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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Gem (Russian Zone)
SUBJECT Pronpea ting Activities in Kuhschnappe
near Hohenstein-Mrnattbal/Saxony
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DATE DISTR. 2 December 1951
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In October 1949 ore deposits Pre found in Yuhsc nappc near Hohenstein-3~rnst-,
that (N 51f I 551) The _k'ollo-r: in?~ miner~alr were found at a depth of
two meters: Ded ore v;ith a nediun7 nickel content, brown ore u-.ith a s1i.Fht
nickel and a medium chromium content, E.reen ore kith rich nickel content,
"Jiuente." (sic) v.ith quartzite, and serpentine in outcropped and weathered rocks.
The followinx, list indicates the nickel, chromium, and iron contents:
1st array
2nd assay
3rd assay
)nth assay
5th assay
1.1 ickel
2..59
1,u1
0.76
Qo1tl.~
0,,26
Chromium
0,21
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0.28
1:36
0.41
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T3ecause of the nickel and chromium content of the Kuhschnappe
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declared a Soviet Zone priority project for 1951
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