Kusmurun

Prospect in Kazakhstan with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10134212
MAS/MILS ID 4590000166
Record type Site
Current site name Kusmurun
Alternate or previous names Kosmurun

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 78.16725, 48.58118 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kazakhstan(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Kazakhstan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Copper Unknown
Galena Unknown
Gold Unknown
Molybdenite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sericite Unknown
Silver Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 78.16725, 48.58118

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 MASS SULFIDE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Type of Orebody #3 DISSEMINATED
    Date of Last Modification 941102

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1956

Mining district

District name Semipalatinsk

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Measured 19133500mt ore
    Demonstrated 19133500mt ore
    Total resources 19133500mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 3.37 wt-pct Copper Major 1993
    Silver Ag 17.5 g/mt Silver Minor 1993
    Silver Ag 33.2 g/mt Silver Minor 1993
    Silver Ag 238.5 g/mt Silver Minor 1993
    Lead Pb 0.9 wt-pct Lead Major 1993
    Zinc Zn 1 wt-pct Zinc Major 1993
    Gold Au 0.86 g/mt Gold Minor 1993
    Gold Au 12.4 g/mt Gold Minor 1993
    Gold Au 17.9 g/mt Gold Minor 1993

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    *FIRST INRERNATIONAL MINERALS AND METALS TENDER.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-DEC-94 Kraemer, Sandra R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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