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Koktaszhal

Producer in Kazakhstan with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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  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. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Production statistics
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10207275
MAS/MILS ID 4590004021
Record type Site
Current site name Koktaszhal
Alternate or previous names Dzhezkazgan Group of Mines.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 59.1679, 48.36473 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kazakhstan(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Kazakhstan

Comments on the location information

  • THE LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES FOR THIS DEPOSIT WERE TAKEN FROM THE KARAGANDA GROUP OF MINES, SINCE THE KOKTASZHAL DEPOSIT IS LOCATED WITHIN THAT GROUP, AND SINCE NO MORE EXACT COORDINATES COULD BE FOUND.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Unknown
Bornite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Gold Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Silver Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 59.1679, 48.36473
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 PIPELIKE
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Date of Last Modification 941031

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1916

Mining district

District name Karaganda

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Production statistics

  • Year 1992
    Description Annual Production Of Ore 1400000 Metric Tons Of Ore.

Comments on the production information

  • THE ESTIMATED TOTAL COSTS OF EXPLOITING THE TOTAL RESERVES IS $40 MILLION.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Measured 48671100mt ore
    Demonstrated 48671100mt ore
    Total resources 48671100mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.76 wt-pct Copper Major 1993
    Gold Au 0.9 g/mt Gold Minor 1993
    Silver Ag 3.8 g/mt Silver Minor 1993

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • DEPOSIT DISCOVERED IN 1916, DETAILED EXPL. DONE 1950-58. 11,293 M OF CORE DRILLING DONE, ADDITIONAL WORK NEEDED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    *FIRST INTERNATIONAL MINERALS AND METALS TENDER.

  • Deposit

    BUNDESANSTALT FUR GEOWISSENSCHAFTEN UND ROHSTOFFE:

  • Deposit

    KASACHSTAN, BERLIN, P. 32 (APRIL 1993).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1994 Collins, Dan U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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