Maykhura

Prospect in Tajikistan with commodities Tin, Tungsten
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. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10230826
MAS/MILS ID 4630000010
Record type Site
Current site name Maykhura
Alternate or previous names Maykhurinsk, Maikhura Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 68.56745, 37.66508 (WGS84)
Elevation 1000
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tajikistan(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Tajikistan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Secondary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 68.56745, 37.66508

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 25M
    Length 1000M
    Width 100M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 STRATABOUND
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Date of Last Modification 830902

Comments on the geologic information

  • ASSOCIATED MINERALS ARE QUARTZ, GARNET, PYRRHOOTITE, APATITE AND CHALCOPYRITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Mining method Open Stope - Sublevel
Year of first production 1975
Milling method Gravity

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Government Of Tajikistan

Comments on the production information

  • REC-A, LIN-1, IS GRADE OF TABLED COARSE ORE; LIN-2 IS FOR FINE ORE THAT IS FLOATED AND LEACHED.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Demonstrated 5000000mt ore
    Total resources 5000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tungsten Wo3 0.4 wt-pct Tungsten Major 1983

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MINE RECOVERY IS 85%; DILUTION 10%.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method SUBLEVEL 10-43
    Percent Recovery 85
    Capacity 600
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 250

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALTERATION AND ORE MINERALIZATION IN THE SKARNS OF THE

  • Deposit

    MAIKHURA DEPOSIT, Y.A. ZHARIKOV AND D.K. VLASOVA, 24TH

  • Deposit

    IGC, 1972, SEC. 4.

  • Deposit

    ORE DEPOSITS IGR V10, NO. B; P. BS99-BS108.

  • Deposit

    RABCHEVSKY, G.A., THE TUNGSTEN INDUSTRY OF THE U.S.S.R,

  • Deposit

    USBM, MINERAL ISSUES, NOVEMBER 1988.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-SEP-93 Alaska Field Operations Center (AFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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