Basalt - Trachyte Complex

Occurrence in Kazakhstan with commodities Palladium, Platinum, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038949
MRDS ID M046443
Record type Site
Current site name Basalt - Trachyte Complex
Alternate or previous names Dzangabul, Agurek, Ashchikol Formations

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 83.00039, 49.99783 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kazakhstan(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Kazakhstan

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATE ; KAZAKHSKAYA SSR

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Palladium Critical Tertiary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE PD,PT IN PPM:{DZHANGABUL' FM. PT PD{BASALTIC ANDESITES 0.041 0.013{BASALTIC ANDESITE TUFFS 0.009 0.003{BASALTIC ANDESITE DIKES 0.004 --{ {AGUREK FM.{BASALTIC ANDESITE TUFFS 0.003 0.002{ {ASHCHIKOL'FM.{TRACHY ANDESITES 0.005 0.002{TRACHYTE PORPHYRY DIKES 0.0007 --

Nearby scientific data

(1) 83.00039, 49.99783

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: BASALTIC ANDESITIC LAVAS, TUFFS, AND SUBVOLCANICS, LOWER MIDDLE CAMBRIAN IN AGE, RANGING FROM CALC - ALKALIC BASALTS TO ANDESITES RICH IN ALKALIS TO TRACHYANDESITES AND TRACHYDACITES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Boshchekul'Sk Region

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TOLMACHEV, I. I., ET. AL., 1971, "DISTRIBUTION OF PT, PD, AND AU IN .... BOSHCHEKUL'SK REGION ...." GEOCHEMISTRY INT'L., VOL. 8., NO. 2, PP. 194 - 199

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1975 Till, Alison B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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