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Madneuli Concentrator

Plant in Georgia with commodities Barium-Barite, Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Ownership information
  10. Production statistics
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10133978
MAS/MILS ID 4580000003
Record type Site
Current site name Madneuli Concentrator
Alternate or previous names Madneuli Complex.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: 44.81813, 41.48172 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Georgia(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Georgia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) 44.81813, 41.48172
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1975
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Government Of Georgia.
    Interest 100
    Home office Georgia
    Year 1992
  • Type Operator
    Owner Madneuli Mining And Concentrating Enterprise.
    Home office Georgia
    Year 1992

Production statistics

  • Year 1988
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Milled Producing 15.9% Cu Conc. 1440000 Metric Tons (Estimated).
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 1440000mt 16wt-pct
  • Year 1989
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Milled Producing 17.3% Cu Conc. 1430000 Metric Tons (Estimated).
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 1430000mt 17wt-pct
  • Year 1990
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Milled Producing 16.2% Cu Conc. 1440000 Metric Tons (Estimated).
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 144000mt 16wt-pct
  • Year 1991
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Milled Producing 17.3% Cu Conc. 1410000 Metric Tons (Estimated).
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 1410000mt 17wt-pct
  • Year 1995
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description 1995 Ore Milled Producing 17.5% Cu Conc. 1400000 Metric Tons (Estimated).
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 1400000mt 18wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION STARTED IN 1975. THE PLANT WAS LAST MODERNIZED AND EXPANDED IN 1984.

Comments on other economic factors

  • THERE ARE THREE STAGES OF CRUSHING. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY CRUSHERS OPERATE IN CLOSED CIRCUITS, WITH SCREENS. THE TERTIARY CRUSHER OPERATES IN OPEN CIRCUIT. PRIMARY MILLS OPERATE IN CLOSED CIRCUIT WITH SPIRAL CLASSIFIERS AND SECONDARY MILLS IN CLOSED CIRCUIT WITH HYDROCLONES. THE FINAL PRODUCT SIZE FOR FLOTATION FEED IS 65 PERCENT PASSING 74 MICRONS. ROUGHER AND SCAVENGER COPPER FLOTATION CIRCUITS ARE EMPLOYED, WITH TWO STAGES OF CLEANING. NO PYRITE CONCENTRATE IS PRODUCED. FLOTATION CELLS OF 3.2 CUBIC METERS ARE EMPLOYED THROUGHOUT. COPPER-PYRITE AND BARYTES FLOTATION TAILINGS ARE DISPATCHED TO SEPARATE DAMS 2.6 AND 3.0 KILOMETERS AWAY. THE COPPER CONCENTRATE CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING IMPURITIES: 0.062 PERCENT AS, 0.3 GRAMS PER TON HG, 0.0048 PERCENT BI, AND 0.01 PERCENT SB. THERE ARE PLANS TO RECONSTRUCT THE TAILINGS DAMS IN ORDER TO EXTEND THEIR LIVES.
  • ORE IS SUPPLIED ENTIRELY BY THE MADNEULI MINE, 6 KILOMETERS FROM THE CONCENTRATOR. THE CONCENTRATES, IN 1990, WERE THEN DELIVERED BY RAIL ENTIRELY TO THE SREDNEURALSK COPPER SMELTER AT REVDA IN THE URALS. IN 1989, CONCENTRATES WERE DELIVERED TO THE BALKHASH, SREDNEURALSK, AND ALMALIC SMELTERS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMMODITIES RESEARCH UNIT LIMITED, LONDON, THE COPPER,

  • Deposit

    LEAD, AND ZINC INDUCTRIES OF THE FORMER USSR, VOL. 2,

  • Deposit

    PP. 137-38 (1992).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-FEB-95 Collins, Dan U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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