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Kounrad

Producer in Kazakhstan with commodities Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, 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. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10231415
MAS/MILS ID 4590000145
Record type Site
Current site name Kounrad
Alternate or previous names Kounrad East, Kalnrad

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: 75.13394, 46.99795 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kazakhstan(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Kazakhstan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Bornite Unknown
Chalcocite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Covellite Unknown
Enargite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) 75.13394, 46.99795
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 STOCKWORK
    Shape of Orebody #1 DOMELIKE
    Shape of Orebody #2 MANTLELIKE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Date of Last Modification 920722

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS PORPHYRY COPPER. MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN STOCKWORK WITH DIMENTIONS OF 1.3KM X 1.8KM X 600M DEPTH. INDUSTRIAL DEPOSITS OF COPPER-PORPHYRY ARE FOUND IN CALEDONIAN FORMATIONS OF KAZAKHSTAN, SUCH AS THE KOUNRAD, THE BOSHEKUL, THE KOKSAI, AND OTHER DEPOSITS; AND IN THE ALPINE ROCKS OF THE TRANSCAUCASUS, SUCH AS THE KADZHARAN, THE AGARAK, AND THE DJINDARIN DEPOSITS.
  • ORE MINERALS ARE PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, CHALCOCITE, COVELLITE, BORNITE, AND MOLYBDENITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1928
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1938

Mining district

District name Kounrad

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Government Of Kazakhstan
    Interest 100
    Home office Kazakhstan
    Year 1992
  • Type Operator
    Owner Balkash Copper Co.
    Home office Kazakhstan
    Year 1995

Production statistics

  • Year 1995
    Description Moly: Recoverable Contained 6000 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Molybdenum Molybdenum 6000mt

Comments on the production information

  • ALL ORE TO BALKHASH CONCENTRATOR., 18KM FROM MINE.
  • DATA FROM COMMODITY SPECIALIST, 1997 DATA AS OF 1995.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • IN 1984, ORE GRADE WAS REPORTED TO AVERAGE .6% CU. IN 1990, THE ORE GRADE AVERAGES .3% CU, WITH A SIGNIFICANT PORTION AT .17% CU. MINPROC REPORTS ORE RESERVES AT 68 MMT @ .17% CU OR 43 MMT @ .3% CU. CRU REPORTS RESERVES SUFFICIENT FOR 23 YR. CUTOFF GRADE IS 0.2% CU. CRU REPORTS CURRENT MINING GRADE IS 0.4% CU, 0.003%MO, 0.01G/T AU AND 0.3G/T AG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Commodity

    MINING REPORT, P. 7 (APRIL6-13, 1992).

  • Commodity

    ENERGY, MINES, AND RESOURCES CANADA, MINEERAL POLICY

  • Commodity

    SECTOR OF KAZAKHSTAN, P. 1-2 (JUNE 1993).

  • Deposit

    SMIRNOV, V.I., ORE DEPOSITS OF THE U.S.S.R., VOL. II. PITMAN

  • Deposit

    PUBLISHING, LONDON, 1977, P. 120-127.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL. DEC. 28, 1984, P. 445.

  • Deposit

    TRIP REPORT. FOO, K., MINPROC, 1990.

  • Deposit

    CRU STUDY 1991.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE KOUNRAD DEPOSIT IS ONE OF SEVERAL IN THE BALKHASH REGION IN KAZAKHSTAN. ORE IS FROM A SULFIDE-ENRICHED LAYER OF A COPPER PORPHYRY AND IT FEEDS THE BALKHASH SMELTER AFTER BEING MINED. PLANS FOR A 5000 TPY SX/EW PLANT ARE BEING PREPARED BY RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT. PROJECT WOULD HAVE A LIFE OF 6 YR AND COST $15-18 MILLION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-MAR-1997 Wilburn, David R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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