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Anzob

Unknown in Tajikistan with commodities Antimony, Mercury
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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. Production statistics
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10207089
MAS/MILS ID 4630004002
Record type Site
Current site name Anzob
Alternate or previous names Dzhizhikrut, Zeravshan

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 68.66746, 39.1816 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tajikistan(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Tajikistan

Comments on the location information

  • THE LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES ORE FOR THE TOWN OF ZERAVSAN. AS OF 9/17/91, NO NEW INFORMATION AVAILABLE FOR THIS DEPOSIT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Secondary
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 68.66746, 39.1816
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Production statistics

  • Year 1993
    Description Mercury Production 1000 Metric Tons (Projected).
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Mercury Mercury 1000mt
  • Year 1993
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Antimony Trioxide Production 6000 Metric Tons (Estimated).
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Antimony Antimony 6000mt

Comments on the production information

  • THE ANZOB PLANS TO START PRODUCING ITS OWN MERCURY THIS YEAR, HOWEVER IT IS UNLIKELY THAT IT WOULD BE ABLE TO PRODUCE A HIGHLY PURIFIED PRODUCT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    MINING JOURNAL, P. 330 (MAY 7, 1993).

  • Deposit

    SOVIET GEOLOGY. MAJOR ANTIMONY AND MERCURY COMPLEX OPENS IN

  • Deposit

    TADZHIKISTAN. V. 12, 1971, P. 249.

  • Deposit

    KUZNETSOV, V. A. DEPOSITS OF MERCURY. CH. IN ORE DEPOSITS

  • Deposit

    OF THE USSR, ED. BY V. I. SMIRNOV. PITMAN PUBLISHING,

  • Deposit

    LONDON, V. II, 1977, P. 298-343.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-OCT-1994 Minerals Availability Field Office (Mafo) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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