Aktogay

Prospect in Kazakhstan with commodities Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, Rhodium, Selenium, Silver, Tellurium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10133756
MAS/MILS ID 4590000138
Record type Site
Current site name Aktogay
Alternate or previous names Aktogai

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 79.95047, 46.79792 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kazakhstan(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Kazakhstan

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TO NEAREST TOWN BASED ON DEFENSE MAPPING AGENCY MAP ONC F-6.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Molybdenum Primary
Rhodium Critical Tertiary
Selenium Secondary
Silver Secondary
Tellurium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Unknown
Chalcocite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Molybdenite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 79.95047, 46.79792

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 STOCKWORK
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Type of Orebody #3 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Secondary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 941031

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Semipalatinsk

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kazakhstan Government
    Interest 100
    Home office Kazakhstan
    Year 1992

Production statistics

  • Year 1992
    Description Annual Production Of Ore 34000000 Metric Tons Of Ore.

Comments on the production information

  • ESTIMATED TOTAL COSTS TO EXPLOIT THE TOTAL RESERVES IS UNKNOWN.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Measured 1443324675mt ore
    Demonstrated 1443324675mt ore
    Total resources 1443324675mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.385 wt-pct Copper Major 1993
    Molybdenum MoS2 0.008 wt-pct Molybdenum Major 1993
    Gold Au 0.034 g/mt Gold Minor 1993
    Silver Ag 1.08 g/mt Silver Minor 1993

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROPERTY HAS BEEN EXPLORED BUT IS NOT OPERATING. RESERVE POTENTIAL ESTIMATED TO BE 4.6% OF CIS CU POTENTIAL. TONNAGE AND GRADE REPORTED BY KAZAKHSTAN TENDER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEOEXPLORERS PROPERTY LIST, 1992.

  • Reserve-Resource

    *FIRST INTERNATIONAL MINERALS AND METALS TENDER.

  • Deposit

    BUNDESANSTALT FUR GEOWISSENSCHAFTEN UND ROHSTOFFE:

  • Deposit

    KASACHSTAN, BERLIN, P. 31 (APRIL 1993).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS HOSTED IN AN ELLIPSOIDAL STOCKWORK IN A SYNCLINAL DEPRESSION MEASURING 4.5 KM BY 3 KM. THE STOCK IS ELONGATED TO THE NORTHWEST, AND MEASURES 2.1 KM BY 1.65 KM. MAXIMUM ORE DEPTH IS 630 M.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-DEC-1994 Wilburn, David R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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