Kal'Makyr

Occurrence in Uzbekistan with commodities Molybdenum, Copper, Palladium, Platinum, Rhodium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039098
MRDS ID M046637
Record type Site
Current site name Kal'Makyr

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 68.77438, 40.71822 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uzbekistan(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Uzbekistan

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATE ; UZBEKSKAYA SSR

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Copper Primary
Palladium Critical Tertiary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Rhodium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result GRAMS/TON PD = 2.5, PT = 0.33, RH = 0.005

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 68.77438, 40.71822

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Almalyk

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BADALOV, S.T.,ET AL,1969, THE GEOCHEMISTRY OF PLATINOIDS IN THE HYPOGENE DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL ASIA, DOKLADY OF THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, U.S.S.R., ESS, VOL.184, PP.170-172

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1976 Till, Alison B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.