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(Facility) Zolotushinskaya Concentrator

Producer in Russia with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc
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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 10158175
MAS/MILS ID 4520000213
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Zolotushinskaya Concentrator
Alternate or previous names Zolotushinski Concentrator

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 81.50045, 50.98111 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 81.50045, 50.98111
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1952

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 Altai Mining And Concentrating Enterprise
    Home office Russia
    Year 1992

Production statistics

  • Year 1988
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Pb Concentrate Production @ 42.1% Pb 23000 Metric Tons (Estimated).
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Lead Lead 23000mt 42wt-pct
  • Year 1988
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Milled @ 0.7% Cu; 1.6% Zn; 1.5% Pb 820000 Metric Tons (Estimated).
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct
    Major Ore Lead Lead 2wt-pct
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 2wt-pct
  • Year 1988
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Zn Concentrate Production @ 42.4% Zn 22000 Metric Tons (Estimated).
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Zinc Zinc 22000mt 42wt-pct
  • Year 1988
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cu Concentrate Production @ 18.4% Cu 20000 Metric Tons (Estimated).
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Copper Copper 18wt-pct
  • Year 1989
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Zn Concentrate Production @ 42.5% Zn 27000 Metric Tons (Estimated).
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Zinc Zinc 27000mt 43wt-pct
  • Year 1989
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Pb Concentrate Production @ 41.1% Pb 23000 Metric Tons (Estimated).
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Lead Lead 23000mt 41wt-pct
  • Year 1989
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cu Concentrate Production @ 18.3% Cu 15000 Metric Tons (Estimated).
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Copper Copper 15000mt 18wt-pct
  • Year 1989
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Milled @ 0.5% Cu; 2.1% Zn; 1.5% Pb 845000 Metric Tons (Estimated).
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lead Lead 2wt-pct
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 2wt-pct
    Major Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct
  • Year 1990
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cu Concentrate Production @ 17.6% Cu 15000 Metric Tons (Estimated).
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Copper Copper 15000mt 18wt-pct
  • Year 1990
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Pb Concentrate Production @ 39.4% Pb 17000 Metric Tons (Estimated).
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Lead Lead 17000mt 39wt-pct
  • Year 1990
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Zn Concentrate Production @ 44.0% Zn 23300 Metric Tons (Estimated).
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Zinc Zinc 23300mt 44wt-pct
  • Year 1990
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ore Milled @ 0.5% Cu; 2.0% Zn; 1.1% Pb 815000 Metric Tons (Estimated).
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lead Lead 1wt-pct
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 2wt-pct
    Major Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • BENEFICIATION OPERATIONS COMMENCED IN 1952. THE CONCENTRATOR HAS BEEN MODIFIED SINCE THAT TIME, MOST RECENTLY IN 1975. ORE BENEFICIATION: THE ORE DRESSING PROCESS COMPRISES THREE-STAGE CRUSHING AND TWO-STAGE GRINDING, FOLLOWED BY BULK FLOTATION OF COPPER AND LEAD AND DIFFERENTIAL FLOTATION TO PRODUCE SEPARATE COPPER, LEAD, AND ZINC CONCENTRATES. ALL CONCENTRATES ARE DEWATERED BY FILTERATION. ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION: CONCENTRATOR TAILINGS ARE PPUMPED TO A DAM APPROXIMATELY 5 KILOMETERS FROM THE MILL SITE. THE DAM IS IN NEED OF IMPROVEMENT. IN PARTICULAR, A DRAINAGE SYSTEM IS REQUIRED IN ORDER TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION OF GROUNDWATER WITH RESIDUAL REAGENTS AND HEAVY METAL IONS. COST INFORMATION: THE COST PER METRIC TON OF ORE MILLED IN 1990 WAS R7.6. POTENTIAL FOR EXPANSION AND DEVELOPMENT: THE CONCENTRATOR IS CURRENTLY BEING REFURBISHED, TO PREPARE FOR A MAJOR CHANGE IN THE GRADE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ORE FEED WHEN THE NOVO ZOLOTUSHINSKI MINE STARTS TO PRODUCE. THE MUCH HIGHER ORE GRADES SHOWN IN THE FORECAST DATA FOR 1995 REFLECT THIS CHANGE IN FEED AND HIGHER PROSPECTIVE GRADES AT THE ZMEINOGORSK MINE.

Comments on other economic factors

  • AROUND 52 PERCENT OF ORE IN 1990 WAS SUPPLIED BY THE ZOLOTUSHINSKI MINE WHICH IS ADJACENT TO THE CONCENTRATOR. EIGHT PERCENT WAS SUPPLIED BY THE ZMEINOGORSK GROUP OF MINES, 62 KILOMETERS AWAY, WHICH INCLUDES THE ZARECHENSKOYE AND STEPNOYE DEPOSITS. THE REMAINING 40 PERCENT OF ORE WAS IMPORTED FROM THE ORLOV, GOREVSKI, AND ZHAIREM MINES WHICH ARE OPERATED BY DIFFERENT ENTERPRISES. IN THE FUTURE, ORE FROM THE NOVO ZOLOTUSHINSKI MINE, CLOSE TO THE EXISTING ZOLOTUSHINSKI MINE, WILL ALSO BE TREATED. COPPER CONCENTRATE IS DELIVERED TO THE BALKHASH SMELTER, LEAD CONCENTRATE IS DELIVERED TO THE UST-KAMENOGORSK SMELTER, AND ZINC CONCENTRATE IS DELIVERED TO THE ALMALIC SMELTER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMMODITIES RESEARCH UNIT LIMITED, LONDON, THE COPPER,

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PP. 191-93 (1992).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-FEB-1995 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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