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Tishin

Producer in Kazakhstan with commodities Copper, 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. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10304149
MAS/MILS ID 4590000078
Record type Site
Current site name Tishin
Alternate or previous names Ridder Sokolsk

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 83.53367, 50.38111 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kazakhstan(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Kazakhstan

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 83.53367, 50.38111
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE BODIES ARE LENS AND VEINS IN MASSIVE AND DISSEMINATED SULPHIDES. DISSEMINATED ORE ACCOUNTS FOR 75% OF RESERVES.
  • ORE MINERALS ARE GALENA, SPHALERITE, CHALCOPYRITE, AND PYRITE. ORE ALSO CONTAINS AU AND AG.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1965

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

Comments on the production information

  • ORE TO LENINOGORSK NO. 2 CONCENTRATOR 25KM FROM MINE BY RAIL.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.3 wt-pct Copper Major 1991
    Zinc Zn 4.5 wt-pct Zinc Major 1991

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES SUFFICIENT FOR 34 YR OF PRODUCTION, GRADES TO DECLINE. CUTOFF GRADE IS 1.8% ZN. RESERVES PROVED TO 1200M.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRU STUDY 1991.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-SEP-1994 Wilburn, David R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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