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Shalkiya

Producer in Kazakhstan with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc
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  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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10158252
MAS/MILS ID 4590000042
Record type Site
Current site name Shalkiya

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 66.73418, 43.9148 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kazakhstan(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Kazakhstan

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION BASED ON DEFENSE MAPPING AGENCY MAP ONC F-6 AND CRU STUDY LOCATION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 66.73418, 43.9148
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS DISSEMINATED LEAD/ZINC IN SILICEOUS DOLOMITE. ORE OCCURS IN THREE ORE ZONES, EACH DIPPING 2-15 DEGREES SE AND RANGING IN THICKNESS FROM 3-44 M.
  • MAJOR ORE MINERALS ARE SPHALERITE, PYRITE, AND GALENA. CONCENTRATION IS DIFFICULT DUE TO FINE GRAINED ORE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1986

Mining district

District name Kentau

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kazakhstan Government
    Interest 100
    Home office Kazakhstan
    Year 1992
  • Type Operator
    Owner Achisai Polymetallic Complex
    Home office Kazakhstan
    Year 1991

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCT DELIVERED TO KENTAU CONCENTRATOR BY ROAD/RAIL, A DISTANCE OF 165 KM.
  • MINE PRODUCED 200,000 MT IN 1990. EXPECTED PRODUCTION IN 1994 IS 750,000 MT AT 3.5% PB/ZN.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES ARE SUFFICIENT FOR 30 YR OF PRODUCTION. CUTOFF GRADE IS 1.4% ZN.

Comments on other economic factors

  • DEPOSIT ACCESSED BY TWO SHAFTS. MINING METHODS ARE ROOM AND PILLAR, SUBLEVEL STOPING, AND BLOCK CAVING. NO BACKFILL USED. A THIRD SHAFT IS BEING SUNK. MINE DILUTION 15%. WATER FLOW IS 500M3 PER HR. ALL EQUIPMENT IS OF SOVIET ORIGIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    CRU CIS METALS REVIEW. 2Q1994.

  • Deposit

    CRU STUDY. 1991.

  • Deposit

    MAP OF MINERAL RISOURCES OF RUSSIA AND ADJACENT

  • Deposit

    COUNTRIES (IN THE FORMER USSR BOUNDARIES), 1991, SCALE

  • Deposit

    1:5,000,000. PUBLISHED IN RUSSIA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-FEB-95 Wilburn, David R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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