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Uchali Mine

Producer in Russia with commodities Copper, Zinc
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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. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10134040
MAS/MILS ID 4520000231
Record type Site
Current site name Uchali Mine
Alternate or previous names Uchali Complex, Uchalinskiy Mine, Uchali Copper-Zinc Mining And, Beneficiation Complex

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 59.41806, 54.29792 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 59.41806, 54.29792
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 MASS SULFIDE
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Date of Last Modification 930104

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1958

Mining district

District name Uchali

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Government Of Russia
    Interest 100
    Home office Russia
    Year 1992
  • Type Operator
    Owner Uchali Mining And Concentrating Enterprise
    Home office Russia
    Year 1992

Production statistics

  • Year 1988
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Throughput @ 1.4% Cu; 3.4% Zn 2172000 Metric Tons (Estimated).
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Zinc Zinc 3wt-pct
    Major Copper Copper 1wt-pct
  • Year 1989
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Throughput @ 1.4% Cu; 3.4% Zn 2165000 Metric Tons (Estimated).
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Zinc Zinc 3wt-pct
    Major Copper Copper 1wt-pct
  • Year 1990
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Throughput @ 1.4% Cu; 3.4% Zn 1786000 Metric Tons (Estimated).
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Zinc Zinc 3wt-pct
    Major Copper Copper 1wt-pct
  • Year 1991
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Throughput @ 1.4% Cu; 3.4% Zn 1407000 Metric Tons (Estimated).
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Zinc Zinc 3wt-pct
    Major Copper Copper 1wt-pct
  • Year 1995
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description 1995 Ore Throughput @ 1.2% Cu; 3.0% Zn 1082000 Metric Tons (Projected).
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 1wt-pct
    Major Zinc Zinc 3wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • MINING OPERATIONS AT THE UCHALI MINE COMMENCED IN 1958 AND PRODUCTION CAPACITY WAS EXPANDED IN 1983. THE COST OF MINING ONE METRIC TON OF ORE IN 1990 WAS R8.36. THE INVESTMENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNDERGROUND SECTION WILL ENABLE THE TOTAL ORE PRODUCTION FROM UCHALI TO REMAIN BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2 MILLION METRIC TONS UNTIL BEYOND THE TURN OF THE CENTURY. A NEW ORE BODY (NOVO-UCHALI) HAS BEEN DISCOVERED APPROXIMATELY 3 KILOMETERS FROM THE EXISTING MINE. IT COULD BE ACCESSED FROM THE UCHALI UNDERGROUND MINE, BUT AT THE PRESENT, THERE ARE NO PLANS FOR ITS DEVELOPMENT. THE POTENTIAL FOR FURTHER DISCOVERIES IN THIS AREA IS SAID TO BE POOR. THE NEW UZELGINSKI UNDERGROUND MINE IS LOCATED ABOUT 35 KILOMETERS WEST OF UCHALI (CLOSE TO THE MOLODYOZHINI MINE). IT IS CURRENTLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT AND IS EXPECTED TO COME ON STREAM IN 1993 WITH A CAPACITY OF 1.3 MILLION METRIC TONS PER YEAR, INCREASING TO 2.4 MILLION METRIC TONS PER YEAR BY 1995 AND 3 MILLION METRIC TONS PER YEAR BY THE YEAR 2000. THE UZELGINSKI MINE HAS RESERVES FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS AT AN ANNUAL PRODUCTION RATE OF 3 MILLION METRIC TONS PER YEAR. THE COST OF THIS EXPANSION IS EST AT 115 MILLION RBS. COMOD SPEC. REPORTED IN 1997 REPORT "RUSSIA: STRUCTURE OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY FOR 1995", THAT COPPER CONTAINED IN CONS WAS 40,000 MT/YR AND ZINC METAL CONTAINED IN ORE WAS 90,000 MTPYR. DATA IS AS OF 1995.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ADIT NOT CHANGED TO DATA REFLECTED IN 1997 COMMODITY SPEC REPORT UNTIL MORE DATA IS AVAILABLE.
  • ORE RESERVES AT THE UCHALI OPEN PIT ARE SUFFICIENT FOR APPROXIMATELY A FURTHER 5 YEARS OF PRODUCTION, AND BOTH GRADE AND TONNAGE WILL DECLINE AT THE END OF THAT PERIOD. A NEW UNDERGROUND MINE IS BEING DEVELOPED BELOW THE OPEN PIT WHICH WILL EXTEND THE LIFE OF THE OPERATION FOR AN ADDITIONAL 35 YEARS. THE CUT-OFF GRADE IN THE UCHALI OPEN PIT IS 0.4 PERCENT COPPER AND 1.0 PERCENT ZINC.

Comments on other economic factors

  • THE UCHALI DEPOSIT IS MINED BY OPEN PIT METHODS. THE PIT DIMENSIONS ARE 2,000 METERS BY 900 METERS AND 310 METERS DEEP. THE FINAL DEPTH OF THE OPEN PIT WILL BE 324 METERS. THE PIT WALL SLOPES ARE GENERALLY IN THE RANGE OF 33 TO 41 DEGREES, BUT HAVE BEEN STEEPENED TO AS MUCH AS 60 DEGREES TOWARDS THE BOTTOM OF THE PIT. THE UCHALI OPEN PIT MINE EMPLOYS APPROXIMATELY 600 PEOPLE. SHOVELS WITH 4.6 CUBIC METER BUCKETS AND 36 METRIC TON AND 75 METRIC TON TRUCKS ARE USED IN THE OPEN PIT. ALL MOBILE EQUIPMENT IS OF SOVIET ORIGIN.
  • ALL ORE IS DELIVERED BY ROAD TO THE UCHALI CONCENTRATOR, WHICH IS 3 KILOMETERS FROM THE MINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SUTULOV, A. MINERAL RESOURCES AND THE ECONOMY OF THE USSR

  • Deposit

    MCGRAW-HILL PUB., NEW YORK, 1973, 145PP.

  • Deposit

    MIRTSCHING, A. (LEAD & ZINC DEPOSITS IN THE SOVIET UNION,

  • Deposit

    ERZMETALL 30, (7-8), JULY-AUGUST 1977, PP. 339-343.

  • Deposit

    COMMODITIES RESEARCH UNIT LIMITED, LONDON, THE COPPER,

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PP. 119-20 (1992).

  • Deposit

    INTERFAX, MINING REPORT, P8, MAY 7-14, 1993.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-MAR-1997 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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