Karatau District

Producer in Kazakhstan with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000693
MRDS ID ISM0445
Record type District
Current site name Karatau District
Alternate or previous names Ushbas, Koksu, Akzhar, Geres, Dzhanytas, Kokdzhon, Berkuty, Dzhilan, Aksay (Aksasyk Group), Chulaktau (Chulaktausk Group)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 70.46745, 43.14811 (WGS84)
Relative position COORDINATES OF KARATAU TOWN. CENTER OF THE PHOSPHATE BASIN IS ABOUT 43 DEG. 22'N; 70 DEG. 00'E. KARATAU BASIN EXTENDS OVER A DISTANCE OF ABOUT 120 KM IN NWSE DIRECTION. BIYLIKOL'LAKE IST NEAR SOUTHEASTERN END AND BABAATA RIVER IST NEAR NORTHWESTERN END. NAMES OF DEPOSIT AND ORE SHOWS: SEE FOR S6

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kazakhstan(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Kazakhstan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 70.46745, 43.14811

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description KARATAU BASIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Discovery year 1936
Year of first production 1964

Mining district

District name KARATAU DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner STATE OWNED
  • Type Operator
    Owner KARATAUSKIY COMBINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MIKHAYLOV, A.S., 1984:FOSFORITY; IN: PETROV, V.P. (EDITOR), 1984: NONMETALLIC USABLE RAW MATERIALS OF THE USSR, A REFERENCE BOOK (RUSSIAN), MOSCOV, NEDRA 1984

  • Deposit

    POLYAKOV, V.V. AND TABYLDIEV, K.T., 1977: FOSFORITY; IN KOZLOVSKIY, E.A., (EDITOR), 1977: GEOLOGIYA SSSR, VOL.40 (SOUTHERN KAZAKHSTAN), PART 3, USEFUL MINERALS, MOSCOV, NEDRA

  • Deposit

    THE BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, LONDON

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHORUS AND POTASSIUM, NO.79, SEPT./OCT. 1976, P.19-22

Beyond USGS

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