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Leninogorsk Mine

Producer in Kazakhstan with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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  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. Production statistics
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10303721
MAS/MILS ID 4590000073
Record type Site
Current site name Leninogorsk Mine
Alternate or previous names Leninogoysk Mine., Obruchevskoe

Comments on the site names

  • THE OBRUCHEVSKOE DEPOSIT IS CONSIDERED AN EXTENSION OF THIS DEPOSIT. IT IS REPORTED TO HAVE 4.5 MILLION TONS OF ORE AT 11.5% CU,PB, ZN, AND AG. DEVELOPMENT OF THIS AREA COULD TAKE 7-8 YR.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 83.53366, 50.36451 (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
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 83.53366, 50.36451
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE MINERALS ARE SPHALERITE, CHALCOPYRITE, AND PYRITE. ORE CONTAINS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF AU AND AG.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1926

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kazakhstan Government
    Interest 100
    Home office Kazakhstan
    Year 1992
  • Type Operator
    Owner Leninogorsk Polymetallic Complex
    Home office Kazakhstan
    Year 1991

Production statistics

  • Year 1995
    Description Ore Contained Copper 15000 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 15000mt

Comments on the production information

  • ORE TO LENINOGORSK NO. 3 CONCENTRATOR, ON-SITE. ORE DELIVERED BY SKIPS AND CONVEYOR SYSTEM.
  • THE LENINGOYSK MINE LIES IN A LEAD MINERAL BELT. THE MINE HAS BECOME SUPERANNUATED. MINE AREAS IN ITS VACINITY ARE UNDER STUDY FOR POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT BUT SOME OF THEM MAY HAVE PROBLEMS IN RESPECT TO QUALITY, IT WAS EXPLAINED BY A JAPANESE GOVERNMENT-INDUSTRY MISSION THAT RECENTLY RETURNED FROM A TOUR OF THE METAL AND MINING INDUSTRIES IN KAZAKHSTAN AND UZBEKISTAN.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Demonstrated 35000000mt ore
    Total resources 35000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.4 wt-pct Copper Major 1991
    Lead Pb 0.5 wt-pct Lead Major 1991
    Zinc Zn 2 wt-pct Zinc Major 1991

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES OF THE AREA REPORTED TO BE GREATER THAN 35 MILLION TONS IF DEVELOPED TO 1 KM DEPTH, RESERVES COULD BE EXTENDED BY ADDITIONAL 35 MILLION. TO GIVE LIFE OF 15 YR. RESERVES SUFFICIENT FOR 15 YRS, GRADES EXPECTED TO DECLINE. CUTOFF GRADE IS 1.1% PB. RESERVES PROVED DOWN TO 800M.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRU STUDY. 1991.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MINE EXPLOITS THE RIDDER-SOLNOKOYE ORE BODY. ORE OCCURS IN STEEPLY DIPPING VEINS WITH STRIKE LENGTH OF 250M. VEIN THICKNESS UP TO 4M.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-MAR-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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