(Facility) Leninogorsk Copper Smelter

Plant in Kazakhstan with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10230893
MAS/MILS ID 4590007012
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Leninogorsk Copper Smelter
Alternate or previous names Leninogorsk

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: 83.51707, 50.53111 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kazakhstan(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Kazakhstan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) 83.51707, 50.53111

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1927
Plant type Smelter
Plant subcategory Smelter-Pyrometallurgy

Mining district

District name Leninogorsk

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIP REPORTS, FOO, K., MINPROC, 1990,1991.

  • Deposit

    DATA SUPPLIED BY KAZMETAL, 1990,1991.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-JAN-1995 Wilburn, David R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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