Belousov Concentrator

Plant in Kazakhstan with commodities Barium-Barite, 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 10231267
MAS/MILS ID 4590000158
Record type Site
Current site name Belousov Concentrator

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 82.5171, 50.13112 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kazakhstan(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Kazakhstan

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION BASED ON NEAREST TOWN AND DEFENSE MAPPING AGENCY MAP ONC E-6.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 82.5171, 50.13112

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1945
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kazakhstan Government
    Interest 100
    Home office Kazakhstan
    Year 1992
  • Type Operator
    Owner Irtysh Polymetallic Enterprise
    Home office Kazakhstan
    Year 1991

Comments on the production information

  • CU CONC. TREATED AT IRTYSH SMELTER AND PB AND ZN CONC. TREATED AT UST-KAMENOGORSK AND LENINOGORSK SMELTERS.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE PLANT IS OLD AND RECOVERY IS POOR. EST. RECOVERIES ARE: CU - 59.1, ZN - 70, PB - 63.7.

Comments on the workings information

  • TAILINGS HAVE HIGH CONCENTRATION OF CYANIDE.

Comments on other economic factors

  • 1990 FEED SOURCES WERE BELOUSOV (80%), IRTYSH (3%), AND OTHER (17%).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRU STUDY 1991.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-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.