Grekhov

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10231063
MAS/MILS ID 4590000147
Record type Site
Current site name Grekhov

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 84.28363, 49.71453 (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 E-6.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 84.28363, 49.71453

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE BODY CONSISTS OF 6 SECTIONS, 4 OF WHICH ARE CURRENTLY BEING WORKED. ORE OCCURS AS LENS, VEIN, COLUMN, AND PIPE-SHAPED BODIES. ORE DIPS 70-90 DEGREES, THICKNESS VARIES 2-50M. STRIKE LENGTH IS 30-500M.
  • ORE MINERALS ARE SPHALERITE, GALENA, CHALCOPYRITE, AND PYRITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1945

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kazakhstan Government
    Interest 100
    Home office Kazakhstan
    Year 1992
  • Type Operator
    Owner Ziryanovsk Lead Enterprise
    Home office Kazakhstan
    Year 1991

Comments on the production information

  • ORE TO ZIRYANOVSK CONCENTRATOR, 12KM FROM MINE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES SUFFICIENT FOR 30 YR OF PRODUCTION. CUTOFF GRADE IS 0.7% ZN EQUIVILENT, MINIMUM THICKNESS IS 4M. RESERVES PROVED TO 900M.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRU STUDY 1991.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-FEB-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.