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Novo-Berezovka Mine

Producer in Kazakhstan with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10255045
MAS/MILS ID 4590000030
Record type Site
Current site name Novo-Berezovka Mine
Alternate or previous names Novoyezhovski, Novoberezovka

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 82.6671, 49.96452 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kazakhstan(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Kazakhstan

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE TAKEN FROM KIROVGRAD, CONCENTRATOR ORE FROM NOVOYEZHOVSKI IS SENT TO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 82.6671, 49.96452
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 MASS SULFIDE
    Shape of Orebody #1 PIPELIKE
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Date of Last Modification 921211

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE POLYMETALLIC SULPHIDE MINERALIZATION OCCURS ALONG A STRIKE LENGTH OF 1,500 METERS IN SERICITIZED SHALES, ASSOCIATED WITH SYENITE AND GRANODIORITE INTRUSIVES. THE MINERALIZED ZONE VARIES IN THICKNESS FROM 50 TO 100 METERS AND DIPS AT 60 TO 80 DEGREES. DISSEMINATED ORE ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT 60 PERCENT OF THE RESERVES AND MASSIVE ORE ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT 40 PERCENT. THE ORE BODIES ARE ELONGATED AND RIBBON-LIKE IN SHAPE. FOUR ORE TYPES ARE DISTINGUISHED: COPPER-PYRITE, COPPER-ZINC, LEAD-ZINC, AND COPPER-LEAD-ZINC. NO ATTEMPT HAS BEEN MADE TO SEPARATE THESE ORE TYPES DURING MINING OR CONCENTRATING.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1964

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

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

Production statistics

  • Year 1988
    Description Ore Throughput @ 1.4% Cu; 5% Zn; .9% Pb 70000 Metric Tons Of Ore (Est.)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lead Lead 1wt-pct
    Major Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 5wt-pct
  • Year 1989
    Description Ore Throughput @ 1.3% Cu; 3.8% Zn;.7% Pb 80000 Metric Tons Of Ore (Est).
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lead Lead 1wt-pct
    Major Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 4wt-pct
  • Year 1990
    Description Ore Throughput @ 1.3% Cu; 4.1% Zn;.8% Pb 60000 Metric Tons Of Ore (Est).
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lead Lead 1wt-pct
    Major Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 4wt-pct
  • Year 1991
    Description Ore Throughput @ Unspecified Grades 80000 Metric Tons Of Ore (Est).

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ORE RESERVES ARE SUFFICIENT FOR A FURTHER 15 YEARS OF PRODUCTION, DURING WHICH TIME, COPPER GRADES WILL FALL AND ZINC GRADES WILL RISE. THE CUT-OFF GRADE IS 0.8 PERCENT COPPER EQUIVALENT. RESERVES HAVE BEEN PROVED DOWN TO A DEPTH OF 1,000 METERS.

Comments on other economic factors

  • ALL ORE FROM THE NOVO-BERYOZOV MINE IS DELIVERED BY ROAD TO THE BERYOZOV CONCENTRATOR, 17 KILOMETERS FROM THE MINE.
  • THE NOVO-BEREZOVKA MINE IS AN UNDERGROUND MINE WHICH IS ACCESSED BY ADITS. THE PRINCIPAL MINING METHOD IS SUB-LEVEL STOPING. A MIXTURE OF TAILINGS AND CEMENT IS USED FOR BACKFILL. DILUTION IS 36 PERCENT AND MINING RECOVERY IS 92 PERCENT. MINING OPERATIONS ARE CURRENTLY CENTERED ON THE 450 METER LEVEL. THE WEAKNESS OF THE HANGING-WALL ROCKS NECESSITATES A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF ROOF SUPPORT AND THERE IS A SERIOUS RISK OF ROCK-BURSTS. THE COMPLEX STRUCTURE OF THE ORE BODIES MAKES MINING DIFFICULT. THE MINE USES TORO 200 LHD VEHICLES WITH DUMP TRUCKS AND SELF-PROPELLED DRILL RIGS FOR ITS MINING OPERATIONS. MOST MOBILE EQUIPMENT IS OF SOVIET ORIGIN. THE COST OF MINING ONE METRIC TON OF ORE IN 1989 WAS R36.97. THERE ARE NO PLANS FOR EXPANSION OR INVESTMENT AT THIS MINE. THE POTENTIAL FOR THE DISCOVERY OF NEW DEPOSITS IN THE REGION IS SAID TO BE HIGH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SUTULOV, A. MINERAL RESOURCES AND THE ECONOMY OF THE USSR.

  • Deposit

    MCGRAW-HILL PUBLICATION, NEW YORK, 1973, P. 133-146.

  • Deposit

    COMMODITIES RESEARCH UNIT LIMITED, LONDON, THE COPPER,

  • Deposit

    LEAD, AND ZINC INDUSTRIES OF THE FORMER USSR, VOL. 2,

  • Deposit

    PP. 49-50 (1992).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-MAY-94 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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