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Muruntau

Producer in Uzbekistan with commodity Gold
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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. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10231198
MAS/MILS ID 4650000003
Record type Site
Current site name Muruntau
Alternate or previous names Muruntau Gold Extraction Plant.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 64.58421, 41.48152 (WGS84)
Elevation 600
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uzbekistan(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Uzbekistan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 64.58421, 41.48152
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1958
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1969
Milling method Leach-Ion Exchange

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Government Of Uzbekistan
    Interest 100
    Home office Uzbekistan
    Year 1992
  • Type Operator
    Owner Newmont Mining Corp.
    Interest 50
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1994
  • Type Owner
    Owner Committee Of Geology And Mineral Resources Of Uzbekistan
    Interest 25
    Home office Uzbekistan
    Year 1994
  • Type Owner
    Owner Navoi Mining And Metallurgical Combinat
    Interest 25
    Home office Uzbekistan
    Year 1994

Production statistics

  • Year 1970
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Estimated Level Of Production 167203 Troy Ounces
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 5200595.33g
  • Year 1985
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Estimated Level Of Production 643100 Troy Ounces
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 20002648.63g
  • Year 1991
    Description Gold Production 1639900 Troy Ounces
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 51006598.49g

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Indicated 2750mt commodity
    Demonstrated 2750mt commodity
    Total resources 2750mt commodity
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 3.7 g/mt Gold Major 1993
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Indicated 160000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 160000000mt ore
    Total resources 160000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.1 g/mt Gold Major 1993
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Indicated 60000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 60000000mt ore
    Total resources 60000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.6 g/mt Gold Major 1993

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • IN ADDITION TO THE MINING UNIT, A JOINT VENTURE WITH NEWMONT TO RECOVER GOLD FROM LOW-GRADE OVERBURDEN BY HEAP-LEACH EXTRACTION WAS INITIATED IN 1993. TECHNOLOGY AND EXPERIENCE SUPPLIED BY NEWMONT. PRODUCTION IS SCHEDULED TO START IN 1995. PRODUCTION OF TAILINGS SHOULD REACH 310,000 OZ/YR. LIFE OF PROJECT 16 YRS. GOLD TO BE SOLD TO INTERNATIONAL MARKETS. DURING FIRST 4 YRS, PRODUCTION WOULD BE 450,000 OZ/YR, PROCESSING HIGHER GRADE ORE. REMAINING YEARS WOULD OPERATED AT ABOUT 240,000 OZ/YR. AS OF JAN. 1995, OPERATIONS TO BEGIN MAY 1995.
  • RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF TAILINGS AREA IS 30,000,000 MT AT MINIMUM AU GRADE OF 1.09 GM/T. TOTAL EXTRACTION POTENTIAL IS 8.7 MILLION OZ AU.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Commodity

    ENERGY, MINES, AND RESOURCES CANADA, MINERAL POLICY

  • Commodity

    SECTOR, P. 3-4 (JUNE 1993).

  • Reserve-Resource

    ROCKY MOUNTAIN PAYDIRT,DEC. 1993, P. 18A.

  • Reserve-Resource

    SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW-NOV. 27, 1993, P. 19.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING ENGINEERING. MAY 1994, PP. 399-402.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING JOURNAL, (NOV. 19, 1993).

  • Deposit

    SMIRNOV, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE U.S.S.R., VOL I, 1977,

  • Deposit

    PP. 35-40.

  • Deposit

    WALL STREET JOURNAL, FEB 6, 1992, P. A4.

  • Deposit

    STRISHKOV, V.V., THE MURUNTAU GOLD COMPLEX, MINING MAG.,

  • Deposit

    SEPTEMBER, 1986, PP. 207-209.

  • Deposit

    SOVIET BYPRODUCT GOLD PRODUCTION, WORLD MINING, JUN, 1981,

  • Deposit

    PP. 64-70.

  • Deposit

    INTERFAX: MINING REPORT, P. 9 (SEPT. 17-24, 1993).

  • Deposit

    SKILLING'S MINING REVIEW. APR. 2, 1994, P. 6.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-SEP-94 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.

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

  • Newmont Mining Corp. — renamed to Newmont Corporation (2019)
    Renamed from Newmont Mining Corporation to Newmont Corporation in early 2020 (after the 2019 merger with Goldcorp).

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.

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