Tekeli Concentrator

Producer in Kazakhstan with commodities Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10182403
MAS/MILS ID 4590000061
Record type Site
Current site name Tekeli Concentrator

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: 78.83379, 44.8313 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kazakhstan(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Kazakhstan

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TO NEAREST TOWN BASED ON DEFENSE MAPPING AGENCY MAP ONC F-6.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) 78.83379, 44.8313

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1945

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kazakhstan Government
    Interest 100
    Home office Kazakhstan
    Year 1992
  • Type Operator
    Owner Tekeli Lead And Zinc Complex
    Home office Kazakhstan
    Year 1991

Comments on the production information

  • 77% OF LEAD CONC. TREATED AT CHIMKENT SMELTER; 23% TO UST-KAMENOGORSK SMELTER. ZINC CONC. TO UST-KAMENOGORSK WITH SMALL AMOUNT TO LENINOGORSK. BARITE CONSUMED BY ENTERPRISE OF PETROLEUM AND CHEMICAL IND. PB CONC. CONTAINS: 595G/T AG, 6.8% ZN, 1.4% CU, 7.4% FE, 0.02% CD, 0.04% AS, 2.6% C, 8G/T BI. ZN CONC. CONTAINS: 5.2% FE, 0.18% CD, 0.02% AS, 1.9%C.

Comments on the workings information

  • TAILINGS WATER REQUIRES PURIFICATION BEFORE DISCHARGE. ZHAIREM ORE CONTAINS HG.

Comments on other economic factors

  • IN 1990, 50% OF ORE SUPPLIED BY TEKELI MINE AND 50% BY ZHAIREM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRU STUDY. 1991.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-MAR-1997 Wilburn, David R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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