Akbastau

Prospect in Kazakhstan with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10239332
MAS/MILS ID 4590004025
Record type Site
Current site name Akbastau

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 78.50054, 48.66457 (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 WERE ESTIMATED FROM A MAP WHICH SHOWED THE LOCATION OF THE AKBASTAU DEPOSIT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Copper Unknown
Galena Unknown
Molybdenite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sericite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 78.50054, 48.66457

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 MASS SULFIDE
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Type of Orebody #3 DISSEMINATED
    Date of Last Modification 941026

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1939

Mining district

District name Semipalatinsk

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Demonstrated 9300000mt ore
    Total resources 9300000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.77 wt-pct Copper Major 1993
    Zinc Zn 1.09 wt-pct Zinc Major 1993
    Lead Pb 0.9 wt-pct Lead Minor 1993
    Gold Au 0.75 g/mt Gold Minor 1993
    Silver Ag 45.8 g/mt Silver Minor 1993

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESOURCE TONNAGE AND GRADE FROM KAZAKHSTAN TENDER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    *FIRST INTERNATIONAL MINERALS AND METALS TENDER.

  • Deposit

    BUNDESANSTALT FUR GEOWISENSCHAFTEN UND ROHSTOFFE:

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-NOV-1994 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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