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Chilisay

Producer in Kazakhstan with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024708
MRDS ID ISM0446
Record type Site
Current site name Chilisay
Alternate or previous names Chilisayskoe, Chilisai, Chilisaj, Aktyubinsk, Shilisayskoe, Chiliksay

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 57.21798, 50.26468 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kazakhstan(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Kazakhstan

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSITS IN THE AKTYUBINSK REGION: BOGDANOVSKOE, KOKTYUBINSKOE, VERKHNEKARANDINSKOE, CHILISAYSKOE
  • DEPOSITS OR OPERATIONS IN THE AKTYUBINSK AREA: BOGDANOVSKOE, KOKTYUBINSKOE, VERKHNE-KARAGANDINSKOE, CHILISAYSKOE. LOCATION: COORDINATES OF AKTYUBINSK. DEPOSIT IS SOUTH OF THE TOWN COVERING AN AREA OF AT LEAST 65,000 KM2 (320 KM NS BY 210 KM EW)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PHOSPHATE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Turonian;Santonian;Campanian
    Rock description Turonian;Santonian;Campanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Phosphorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 57.21798, 50.26468
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; APATITE, GLAUCONITE, QUARTZ; AVERAGE THICKNESS OF ORE ZONE 5 M AVERAGE THICKNESS OF PRODUCTIVE HORIZON 0.88 M
  • ; APATITE, GLAUCONITE, QUARTZ; PHOSPHORITE LAYERS OCCUR IN VALENDIS, HAUTERIVE, APTIAN, ALBIAN CENOMANIAN SANTONIAN AND CAMPANIAN FORMATIONS OF PARTICULAR ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE ARE THE SEAMS IN SANTONIAN AND CAMPANIAN (KOL'DENENTEMUR SUITE). MINOR PHOSPHATE MINERALIZATIONS IN PALEOGENE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1980
Year of last production 1982

Mining district

District name Aktyubinsk Region

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Owned

Comments on the production information

  • PLANNED PRODUCTION FOR 1980 1.77 MIL TONNES OF PRODUCTS

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CLASSIFICATION, REPORTER'S OPINION. SAGUNOV (SEE RF6) STATES THAT CHILISAY BELONGS TO DEPOSIT SIZE RANGE OF 120-260 MIL TONNES INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES
  • RESOURCES OF AKTYUBINSK AREA (R1 PLUS R2)
  • CONTAINS RESOURCES OF CHILISAY (269 MIL TONNES) KOKTYUBINSK (250), VERKHNA-KARAGANDINSK (120), BOGDANOV (71), KARAGANDA (69), KANDAGATCH (22), UTEBRIES (18), SARBLAK (17)
  • RESOURCES OF THE AKTYUBINSK-PRIURAL AREA; ESTIMATED (R1 + R2)

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). ROM-ORE CONTAINS ABOUT 10.3 % P2O5; 3.12 % FE2O3; 3.23 % CO2. SCREENED CONCENTRATE AVERAGES 18 % P2O5; 2.3 % SO3; 1.6 % F; 2.3 % R2O3; 0.5 % MGO. CONCENTRATE AFTER FLOTATION CONTAINS 25-28 % P2O5. CONCENTRATE ANALYSIS: 24.4 % P2O5; 39.3 % CAO; 0.5 % MGO; 3.1 % F. PRODUCTS FOR FERTILIZER COMPLEXES IN ALGA
  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). CONCENTRATES FOR FERTILIZER COMPLEX IN ALGA. ROM-ORES GRADING 10-14 % P2O5

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHORUS & POTASSIUM, NO.101, MAY/JUNE 1979, P.13; NO.103, SEPT./OCT. 1979, P.13, LONDON

  • Deposit

    THE BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., LONDON

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    HIMMELFARB, B.M. & LODJANOY, N.I., 1937: GEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOSPHORITE-BEARING AREA OF THE AKTYUBINSK REGION; IN: GEOL. INVESTIGAT. OF AGRICULTURAL ORES USSR. TRANSACT. SCI. INST. FERTILIZERS AND INSECTO-FUNGICIDES, NO.142, 1937

  • Deposit

    BOK, I.I. ET AL., 1973: PHOSPHATE ORES IN KAZAKHSTAN; IN: GEOLOGY AND RESOURCES OF PHOSPHATE RAW MATERIALS OF KAZAKHSTAN. AKAD. NAUK. KAZAKH. SSR, VOL.34

  • Deposit

    SAGUNOV, V.G. & TKACHEV, V.R., 1973: LITHOFACIES AND PALEOGEOGRAPHIC PECULARITIES OF CRETACEOUS PHOSPHORITE SEDIMENTS OF WESTERN KAZAKHSTAN. AKAD. NAUK. KAZAKH. SSR, VOL.34

  • Production

    MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1981

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.). SURFACE, UNDERGROUND SIEVING, FLOTATION
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.). SURFACE SIEVING YIELDS 18 % P2O5 CONCENTRATE. FLOTATION RAISES P2O5 TO 25-28 %

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1982 Hofmann, Ursula Bundesanstalt Fuer Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffee (Germany)

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