Glavni

Producer in Kazakhstan with commodities Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Mining district
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10206820
MAS/MILS ID 4590000048
Record type Site
Current site name Glavni
Alternate or previous names Karagaili

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 75.70065, 49.36457 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(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
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 75.70065, 49.36457

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE MINERALS ARE PYRITE, SPHALERITE, CHALCOPYRITE, GALENA, AND BARITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1952

Mining district

District name Karagaili

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kazakhstan Government
    Interest 100
    Home office Kazakhstan
    Year 1992
  • Type Operator
    Owner Karagaili Mining And Concentrating Enterprise
    Home office Kazakhstan
    Year 1991

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTS GO TO THE KARAGAILI CONCENTRATOR, 1.2KM FROM THE MINE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES SUFFICIENT FOR 7 YR OF PRODUCTION. CUTOFF GRADES ARE 0.5% PB, 1.0% ZN, AND 20% BASO4.

Comments on other economic factors

  • OPEN PIT MINING IS USED. PIT DIMENSIONS IN 1991 ARE 1200M X 800M X 210M DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRU STUDY. 1991.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE GLAVNI AND DALNI MINES EXPLOIT THE KARAGAILI DEPOSIT. GLAVNI IS LOCATED TO THE NORTHEAST OF DALNI. ORE IS DISSEMINATED AND HAS A STRIKE LENGTH OF 850M AND THICKNESS OF UP TO 80M. MINIMUM MINING WIDTH IS 15M.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1995 Wilburn, David R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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