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Zlatoust-Belovski Mine

Producer in Kazakhstan with commodity Copper
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  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. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10231060
MAS/MILS ID 4590000063
Record type Site
Current site name Zlatoust-Belovski Mine
Alternate or previous names Spasskii, Spassk., Dzhezkazgan Group of Mines., Spasskii., Korsak-Pai., Akchi.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 67.40092, 47.79797 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kazakhstan(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Kazakhstan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Unknown
Brochantite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chalcocite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Chrysocolla Unknown
Galena Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 67.40092, 47.79797
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 MASS SULFIDE
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Date of Last Modification 921215

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE MINES IN THE DZHEZKAZGAN GROUP EXPLOIT A CLASSIC SANDSTONE HOSTED BASE METAL DEPOSIT. MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN GREY, POLYMICT SANDSTONES OF CARBONIFEROUS AGE. THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 26 MINERALIZED LAYERS, OF WHICH 19 ARE OF COMMERCIAL IMPORTANCE. THESE 19 ORE HORIZONS ARE SPLIT UP INTO 9 GROUPS FOR MINING PURPOSES, AND EACH GROUP COMPRISES MINERALIZED HORIZONS INTERCALATED WITH BARREN RED SANDSTONE. THE COMMERCIALLY IMPORTANT MINERALIZED HORIZONS RANGE IN THICKNESS FROM 2 TO 30 METERS AND DIP GENTLY AT 7 TO 10 DEGREES EXCEPT IN THE VICINITY OF MAJOR FOLD STRUCTURES WHERE DIPS CAN REACH 60 TO 80 DEGREES. MINERALIZATION OCCURS ALONG A STRIKE LENGTH OF SEVERAL KILOMETERS. COPPER MINERALIZATION ACCOUNTS FOR THE BULK OF THE RESERVES, WITH POLYMETALLIC ORE OCCURRING IN DISCRETE LENSES, MAINLY IN THE PERIPHERAL PARTS OF THE DEPOSIT. THE CHANGE FROM COPPER TO POLYMETALLIC ORE CAN OCCURE ABRUPTLY OVER A SHORT DISTANCE. THE PRINCIPAL ORE MINERALS ARE CHALCOCITE, BORNITE, CHALCOPYRITE, GALENA, AND SPHALERITE. CHRYSOCOLLA AND BROCHANTITE ARE CONSPICUOUS IN THE OXIDIZED ZONE. QUARTZ, CALCITE, AND BARYTE ARE THE MAIN GANGUE MINERALS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1928

Mining district

District name Dzhezkazgan Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Government Of Kazakstan.
    Interest 100
    Home office Kazakhstan
    Year 1992
  • Type Operator
    Owner Dhezkazgantsvetmet Scientific And Production Unit.
    Home office Kazakhstan
    Year 1992

Production statistics

  • Year 1988
    Description Cu-Zn-Pb Ore Mined @ .7% Cu;.9% Pb 2060000 Metric Tons Of Ore (Est.)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Lead Lead 1wt-pct
    Major Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct
  • Year 1988
    Description Copper Ore Throughput @ 1.1% Cu (Est.) 21535000 Metric Tons Of Ore.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 2153500mt 1wt-pct
  • Year 1989
    Description Cu-Zn-Pb Ore Mined @.6% Cu;.5% Zn;.9% Pb 2150000 Metric Tons Of Ore (Est.)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Lead Lead 1wt-pct
    Ore Zinc Zinc 1wt-pct
    Major Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct
  • Year 1989
    Description Copper Ore Throughput @ 1.0% Cu (Est.) 22420000 Metric Tons Of Ore.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct
  • Year 1990
    Description Cu-Zn-Pb Ore Mined @.5% Cu;.6% Zn;.8% Pb 2400000 Metric Tons Of Ore (Est.)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Lead Lead 1wt-pct
    Ore Zinc Zinc 1wt-pct
    Major Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct
  • Year 1990
    Description Copper Ore Throughput @ 1.0% Cu (Est.) 21100000 Metric Tons Of Ore.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct
  • Year 1991
    Description Cu-Zn-Pb Ore Mined @.5% Cu;.6% Zn;.8% Pb 2400000 Metric Tons Of Ore (Est.)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Lead Lead 1wt-pct
    Ore Zinc Zinc 1wt-pct
    Major Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct
  • Year 1991
    Description Copper Ore Throughput @ 1.0% Cu (Est.) 23400000 Metric Tons Of Ore.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct
  • Year 1995
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description 1995 Proj. Cu-Zn-Pb Ore Mined @ .5% Cu 2400000 Metric Tons Of Ore.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct
  • Year 1995
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description 1995 Proj. Cu Ore Throughput @ .9% Cu 23400000 Metric Tons Of Ore.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • MINING OPERATIONS AT DZHEZKAZGAN COMMENCED IN 1928. THE AVERAGE COST OF MINING ONE METRIC TON OF ORE IN 1989 WAS R6.45 FOR THE THREE UNDERGROUND MINES AND R5.93 FOR THE TWO OPEN PITS. PRODUCTION BY MINE CAN BE BROKEN DOWN AS FOLLOWS: 1990 (ESTIMATED) 1991 (ESTIMATED) ORE MINED CU GRADE ORE MINED CU GRADE MINE (METRIC TON) (%) (METRIC TONS) (%) EAST 7,145,000 1.14 6,990,000 1.14 WEST 6,840,000 0.95 6,765,000 0.95 SOUTH 3,845,000 0.95 3,760,000 0.95 NORTH 5,650,000 0.68 5,280,000 0.68 TOTAL 23,490,000 0.94 22,795,000 0.94 THE ZLATOUST-BELOVSKI PIT WILL BE EXHAUSTED IN AROUND 1994 AND THE AKCHI-SPASSKI PIT SHOULD BE EXHAUSTED AROUND THE YEAR 2000. THERE ARE SUBSTANTIAL ORE RESERVES AT ZHILANDINSKAYA WHICH IS ABOUT 40 KILOMETERS TO THE NORTH OF THE PRESENT MINING AREA. SOME OF THESE RESERVES CAN BE ACCESSED BY OPEN PIT MINING. A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW OPEN PIT IS NOW UNDER CONSIDERATION. THE ORE GRADE WILL BE 0.8 PERCENT COPPER AND 8.0 GRAMS PER METRIC TON SILVER. IN THE PRESENT MINING AREA, NEW SHAFTS ARE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN ORE PRODUCTION FROM THE UNDERGROUND MINES. ONE SHAFT, THE AININSKAYA SHAFT, HAS BEEN UNDER DEVELOPMENT FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND MAY BE COMPLETED IN 1993. THREE MORE SHAFTS ARE LIKELY TO BE REQUIRED IN THE NEXT DECADE. SUBSTANTIAL STOCKPILES OF OXIDE ORE EXIST, WHICH AT THE MOMENT CANNOT BE TREATED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SPASSKII IS LOCATED 50 MILES FROM DZHEZKAZGAN. LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE ARE TAKEN FROM DZHEZKAZGAN. THE AKCHI-SPASSKI MINE IS ONE OF SEVERAL MINES WHICH ARE A PART OF THE DZHEZKAZGAN GROUP OF MINES. THESE OTHER MINES ARE THE ZLATOUST-BELOVSKI MINE; THE EAST, WEST, AND SOUTH COPPER-ZINC-LEAD MINES; AND THE EAST, WEST, AND SOUTH COPPER MINES. THIS REPORT ON THE AKCHI-SPASSKII MINE WILL INCLUDE OTHER INFORMATION ON THE OTHER MINES OF THE DZHEZKAZGAN GROUP IN CONJUNCTION WITH ITS OWN SPECIFIC INFORMATION. THE REAS0N FOR COMBINING THE INFORMATION OF ALL OF THE DZHEZKAZGAN GROUP OF MINES IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT ALOT OF THE INFORMATION ON THESE MINES IS COMBINED INTO SINGLE FIGURES OR VALUES WHICH CANNOT BE SEGREGATED OUT INTO VALUES THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO EACH MINE.

Comments on other economic factors

  • THE DZHEZKAZGAN NORTH MINE CONSISTS OF TWO OPEN PIT MINES, AKCHI-SPASSKI AND ZLATOUST-BELOVSKI. BOTH PITS ARE AT THEIR PLANNED DEPTHS AND BOTH MINES EXTRACT ONLY COPPER ORE.
  • THERE ARE THREE UNDERGROUND MINES WITHIN THE DZHEZKAZGAN GROUP OF MINES AND THEY ARE THE EAST, WEST, AND SOUTH MINES, WHICH PRODUCE BOTH COPPER AND POLYMETALLIC ORES. THESE UNDERGROUND MINES ARE ACCESSED BY A TOTAL OF ELEVEN SHAFTS AND ARE LINKED UNDERGROUND BY MAJOR HAULAGES. APPROXIMATELY 75 PERCENT OF THE ORE IS EXTRACTED BY ROOM AND PILLAR MINING WITHOUT BACKFILL, 15 PERCENT BY ROOM AND PILLAR MINING WITH BACKFILL AND 10 PERCENT BY SUB-LEVEL CAVING. THE BACKFILL MATERIAL CONTAINS TAILINGS FROM THE NUMBER 3 CONCENTRATOR. ORE RECOVERY IS ABOUT 75 PERCENT IN ROOM AND PILLAR AREAS WITH NO BACKFILL AND UP TO 100 PERCENT WHERE BACKFILL IS USED. PRIMARY CRUSHING OF THE ORE TO LESS THAN 350 MILLIMETERS IS CARRIED OUT UNDERGROUND. POLYMETALLIC ORE IS CAREFULLY SEGREGATED AND HOISTED THROUGH A SEPARATE SHAFT. AT MOST SHAFTS, ORE IS HOISTED IN 25 METRIC TON SKIPS. TAMROCK DRILLING RIGS AND CATERPILLAR LHDS ARE USED UNDERGROUND. ALL OTHER EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING JUMBO DRILLS AND 20-TON UNDERGROUND TRUCKS, IN THE UNDERGROUND AND OPEN PIT MINES IS OF SOVIET ORIGIN. THE UNDERGROUND MINES ARE HIGHLY MECHANISED, EXCEPT IN A FEW AREAS WHERE REMNANTS OF LOW GRADE ORE ARE STILL BEING EXTRACTED WITH JACK HAMMERS AND ELECTRIC SCRAPERS.
  • ALL OF THE ORE FROM THE DZHEZKAZGAN GROUP OF MINES IS DELIVERED BY RAIL TO THE THREE DZHEZKAZGAN CONCENTRATORS AS FOLLOWS: MINE DESTINATION AKCHI-SPASSKI MINE (CU ORE ONLY) NO. 2 CONCENTRATOR. ZLATOUST-BELOVSKI MINE (CU ORE ONLY) NO. 2 CONCENTRATOR. E, W, AND S MINES (CU-ZN-PB ORE) NO. 3 CONCENTRATOR. E, W, AND S MINES (CU ORE ONLY) NO. 1 CONCENTRATOR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SUTULOV, A. MINERAL RESOURCES AND THE ECONOMY OF THE USSR.

  • Deposit

    MCGRAW-HILL PUBLICATION, NEW YORK, 1973, P. 136-140.

  • Deposit

    COMMODITIES RESEARCH UNIT LIMITED, LONDON, THE COPPER,

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PP. 39-41 (1992).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-DEC-1992 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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