Boshchekul'Sk Region

Occurrence in Kazakhstan with commodities Platinum, Palladium, Gold
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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038952
MRDS ID M046446
Record type Site
Current site name Boshchekul'Sk Region

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 83.16705, 50.13115 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kazakhstan(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Kazakhstan

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATE ; KAZAKHSKAYA SSR

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary
Palladium Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result AVG. PT, PD IN PPM { PT PD{APHYRIC BASALTS, BASALTS 0.024 0.008{BASALTIC ANDESITE TUFFS 0.002 0.002{BASALTIC ANDESITE DIKES 0.006

Nearby scientific data

(1) 83.16705, 50.13115

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: CHERT - SPILITE COMPLEX, RIPHAEAN: LAVAS, BASALTIC PYROCLASTS, SUBVOLCANIC ROCKS (APHYRIC BASALTS, ANDESITES) POORLY DIFFERENTIATED BASALTIC MAGMA OF NORMAL CALC - ALKALIC COMPOSITION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Boshchekul'Sk Region

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TOLMACHEV, I. I., ET. AL., 1971, "DISTRIBUTION OF PD, PT AND AU IN .... BOSHCHEGUL'SK REGION...." GEOCHEMISTRY INT'L, VOL. 8, NO. 2, PP. 194 - 199

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1975 Till, Alison B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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