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Inder

Producer in Kazakhstan with commodities Boron-Borates, Potassium, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Clay
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  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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055357
MRDS ID RL10022
Record type Site
Current site name Inder
Alternate or previous names Inderborskiy Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 51.80143, 48.54811 (WGS84)
Relative position LOCATION FOR TOWN OF INDERBORSKI.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kazakhstan(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Kazakhstan

Comments on the location information

  • BORATES ALSO PRODUCED FROM NEARBY QUATERNARY LAKE INDER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Primary
Potassium Secondary
Gypsum-Anhydrite Tertiary
Clay Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SUBTYPES: FERTILIZER, CHEMICAL INDUSTRY BORAX, BORIC ACID CABORATES. COMMERCIAL ORE ARE GENERALLY MG BORATES. DEPOSIT MINED ESSENTIALLY FOR BORATES.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anhydrite Ore
Colemanite Ore
Inyoite Ore
Sylvite Ore
Ulexite Ore
Clay Gangue
Gypsum Gangue

Analytical data

Result INDER BORATES COMPOSED OF B2O3 (18.9-21.2%) MGO (14.1-21.1%) CAO (13.2-16.8%) AL2O3 (0.9-1.7%) FE2O3 (8.8-1.6%) SO2 (4.2-6.4%) CO2 (4.3-5.8%) AND MOISTURE AT 100 DEG C (13.9-22.2%).

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 51.80143, 48.54811
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Salt Dome

Ore body information

  • General form SALT DOME
    Thickness 18M
    Length 300M
    Width 300M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Borates Occur Near Fractures At The Top Of The Salt Dome; Borates Replace Salts And Red Clays.

Comments on the geologic information

  • PERMIAN SALT DOME INTRUDES MESOZOIC AND CENOZOIC SEDIMENTS. SYLVITE (KCL), CLAY AND GYPSUM FORM THE CORE OF THE SALT DOME. THE OUTER MANTLE OF THE DOME IS REPRESENTED BY A SERIES OF PERMIAN GYPSUM ROCKS WITH REDDISH CLAY INTERBEDDED WITH BORATE ORES. THE SALT DOME COVERS AN AREA OF ABOUT 100 SQ. MILES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1935

Mining district

District name Caspian

Comments on the production information

  • INDER DISTRICT CONTRIBUTES MUCH OF CIS PRODUCTIO200,000 TONNES/YEAR EST. (HARBEN AND DICKSON, 1985) TOTAL CIS PRODUCTION (LYDAY1991) 160,000 TONNES EST. IN 1991, 92.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • UNCERTAIN VALUE OF DISSEMITED ORE. RESERVES ALSO ESTIMATED AS 350 KT TO 7 MT OF ORE WITH A GRADE OF 20% B2O3.

Comments on the workings information

  • PROBABLY UNDERGROUND EXTRACTION.

Comments on development

  • BORON-BEARING DEPOSITS DISCOVERED IN MID-1930'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARBEN, P.W., AND BATES, R.L., 1990, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS-GEOLOGY AND WORLD DEPOSITS: LONDON, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS DIVISION, METAL BULLETIN PLC, 312 P.

  • Deposit

    HARBEN, P.W., AND DICKSON, E.M., 1985, OVERVIEW OF MARKET OUTLOOK AND ECONOMICS OF BORATES, IN BARKER, J.M., AND LEFOND, S.J., EDS., BORATES: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY AND PRODUCTION: NEW YORK, SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, INC., P. 3-12.

  • Deposit

    LYDAY, P.A., 1992, BORON: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES ANNUAL REPORT, P. 1-11.

  • Deposit

    LYDAY, P.A., 1992, HISTORY OF BORON PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 303, P. 19-37.

  • Deposit

    ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES, 1993, THE ECONOMICS OF BORON 1993, 7TH ED.: LONDON, ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 156 P.

  • Production

    HARBEN AND DICKSON, 1985; LYDAY, 1991.

  • Reserve-Resource

    LYDAY, 1992; KISTLER AND SMITH, 1983; ROSKILL, 1993.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BORATE ORES PROCESSED AS BORIC ACID AND BORON COMPOUNDS AT A PLANT AT ALGA (49-56- N; 057-20 E) TO THE EAST OF THE INDER DISTRICT, 40 KM SOUTH OF AKTYUBINSK. THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD I003030 OF G.J. ORRIS WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS.
Deposit MAIN PRODUCING AREA IN RUSSIA. RUSSIANS ALSO PRODUCE BORATE MINERALS AND BORIC ACID FROM SKARN DEPOSITS OF BOROSILICATES OR ANHYDROUS BORATES-THESE CONTRIBUTE A MINOR AMOUNT TO TOTAL B OUTPUT. THE LARGEST BORATE LENSES ARE 250-300 M IN DIAMETER AND 8-18 M THICK. LENSES OF BORATES CONTAIN ABOUT 20-30% BORON OXIDE. THE AVERAGE THICKNESS OF THE GYPSIFEROUS ROCK-BORATE SEQUENCE IS 50 M WITH AN OUTCROP AREA OF ABOUT 250 SQ KM.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1930'S (B)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1993 Langford, R.P. BHP Utah Industries
Updater 01-NOV-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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