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Chilisay Chili Say

Plant 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. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10134006
MAS/MILS ID 4590000122
Record type Site
Current site name Chilisay Chili Say
Alternate or previous names Chiliksay, Chili Say, Chilisaiskoe

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 57.16801, 50.28131 (WGS84)
Elevation 500
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kazakhstan(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Kazakhstan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Glauconite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 57.16801, 50.28131
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.6M
    Area 18000HA
    Depth to top 10M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Minimum Depth to Top 2
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5
    Total Surface Area (HA) 18000
    Date of Last Modification 921223

Comments on the geologic information

  • PHOSPHATE MINERAL TYPE REPORTED AS "PHOSPHATIC NODULES."
  • ESTIMATED AREA OF DEPOSIT IS 18000 HECTARES. DEPOSIT IS LEVEL (NEGL. DIP). THE TWO PRODUCING ORE BEDS ARE OF LOWER SANTORIAN AGE AND RANGE FROM 0.2-0.85M IN THICKNESS. THE PHOSPHATE OCCURS AS NODULES IN A SANDY MATRIX, WITH THE PHOSPHATE GRADE RANGING FROM 6-14% P2O5.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1929
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1978
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Flotation
Milling method Flotation

Comments on exploration

  • METHOD OF EXPLORATION UNKNOWN.

Mining district

District name Aktyubinsk

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only
Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Kazakhstan Government
    Interest 100
    Home office Kazakhstan
    Year 1992

Production statistics

  • Year 1980
    Description Phosphate Ore Input Is 9.6%; Output Grade Is 23.5% 5900000 Mt Ore/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 5900000mt 16wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRECISE MILL RECOVERY IS 73.4 PERCENT.
  • THE P2O5 PRODUCT CONCENTRATE HAS BEEN USED FOR DIRECT APPLICATION FERTILIZER AND FOR SUPERPHOSPHATE PRODUCTION. IT WAS REPORTED IN 1978 THAT CONSTRUCTION OF A 2.0 MILLION T/Y CONCENTRATION PLANT WAS STARTED. CONCENTRATES WOULD CONTAIN 24% P2O5, BUT WITH HIGH MAGNESIUM CONTENT.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1980
    Indicated 269000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 269000000mt ore
    Inferred 731000000mt ore
    Total resources 1000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 9.6 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1980

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MINING RECOVERY ASSUMED TO BE 80 PERCENT. SEE BIBLI. REF LINES 003-004. SINGLE SOURCE DATA CANNOT BE PUBLISHED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 18000HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Percent Waste Rock 87.1
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 10
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Secondary Material Cover QUICKSAND
    Capacity 18154
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 325
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1985

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DZHUMALIEV, T. D., 1972, PHOSPHORITE-BEARING DEPOSITS AT

  • Deposit

    THE BASE OF THE SHABAKTY FORMATION OF THE MALYI KARATAU IN

  • Deposit

    KAZAKHSTAN. LITOLOGIYA: POLEZMJE ISKAPAENIYE, #3,

  • Deposit

    PP. 76-85, TRANSLATIONS AVAILABLE FROM CONSULTANTS BUREAU,

  • Deposit

    PLENUM PRESS, NEW YORK.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1973, SOVIET UNION EXPANDING

  • Deposit

    MINERALS INDUSTRY, JULY.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1980A, SOVIET BUREAUCRATS

  • Deposit

    SQUABBLE OVER USE OF PHOSPHATE ROCK, APRIL.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1980B, RUSSIAN MINING SECTOR

  • Deposit

    PROBLEMS NEGLECTED BY BUREAUCRATS - PRAVDA, DECEMBER,

  • Deposit

    P. 13, ISMA, 1981, NEWS ITEM REGARDING PHOSPHATES

  • Deposit

    AT OKTYNBINSK, U.S.S.R.

  • Deposit

    MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1981, EASTERN EUROPE PHOSPHATE,

  • Deposit

    PP. 590-591.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, 1975, SUB-LEVEL CAVING IN SOVIET APATITE-

  • Deposit

    NEPHELINE ORE, NOVEMBER, P. 405.

  • Deposit

    NOTHHOLT, ARTHUR J. G., 1979, THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY AND

  • Deposit

    DEVELOPMENT OF IGNEOUS PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS IN EUROPE

  • Deposit

    AND THE U.S.S.R., ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 74, PP. 339-350.

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHORUS & POTASSIUM, 1978, NEWS ITEM REGARDING U.S.S.R.,

  • Deposit

    NO. 94 (3/4).

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHORUS & POTASSIUM, 1979A, SOVIET PHOSPHATES IN TENTH

  • Deposit

    FYP-1, NO. 102 (7/8), PP. 16-17, 19-20.

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHORUS & POTASSIUM, 1979B, SOVIET PHOSPHATES IN TENTH

  • Deposit

    FYP-11, NO. 103 (9/10), PP. 21-23, 43.

  • Deposit

    SILVA, ANTENOR FIRMINO, JR., 1979, BENEFICIATION PROCESS AND

  • Deposit

    ECONOMICS OF THE USE OF LOW GRADE PHOSPHATE ROCK.

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED REPORT, PAULO ABIB ENG., S. A., SAO PAULO,

  • Deposit

    BRAZIL. 18 P. + 4 FIGURES.

  • Deposit

    STRISHKOV, E. M., 1977, MINERAL INDUSTRIES OF THE U.S.S.R.,

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINES, U.S. DEPT. OF INTERIOR, PUBLICATION MP-2.

  • Deposit

    19 P.

  • Deposit

    ZELLARS, M. E. AND J. M. WILLIAMS, 1978, EVALUATION OF THE

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF FLORIDA USING THE MINERALS AVAILA-

  • Deposit

    BILITY SYSTEM. FINAL REPORT, PREPARED FOR THE BUREAU OF

  • Deposit

    MINES, US DEPT OF THE INTERIOR, CONTRACT NO. J0377000,

  • Deposit

    ZELLARS-WILLIAMS, INC., LAKELAND, FLORIDA.

  • Reserve-Resource

    WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSHOATE DEPOSTIS, BRITISH SULPHUR CORP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    LTD., 4TH ED., 1980.

  • Reserve-Resource

    WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSHPATE DEPOSITS, BRITISH SULPHUR CORP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    LTD., 5TH ED., 1987, PP 224, 239.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE CHILISAY MINE IS ONE OF NINE MINES/DEPOSITS LOCATED IN THE AKTYUBINSK REGION. MILS LAT/LONG ARE FOR THE POPULATION CENTER OF AKTYUBINSK, KAZAKHSTAN. IT IS NOT CLEAR FROM THE BACK-UP REFERENCE IF THEIR IS A MILL/FLOTATION CONCENTRATOR AT THIS OPERATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-MAR-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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