Boshchekul Plant

Plant in Kazakhstan with commodities Copper, Molybdenum
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. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10231434
MAS/MILS ID 4590000142
Record type Site
Current site name Boshchekul Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: 74.26744, 51.76453 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kazakhstan(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Kazakhstan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) 74.26744, 51.76453

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Flotation

Mining district

District name Pavlodar

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kazakhstan Government
    Interest 100
    Home office Kazakhstan
    Year 1992
  • Type Operator
    Owner Kazmetall
    Home office Kazakhstan
    Year 1990

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.67 wt-pct Copper Major 1990

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CAPACITY IS BASED ON PROCESSING 3 MMT/YR. A PRODUCTION SCHEDULE OF 250 DAYS/YR. IS ASSUMED.

Comments on other economic factors

  • BASIC FLOWSHEET DESIGNED IN 1976 AND CONSISTED OF: 1) 3- STAGE CRUSHING IN CONE CRUSHERS; 2) 2-STAGE GRINDING IN BALL MILLS; 3) 2-STAGE SELECTIVE FLOTATION. 1988 TECHNOLOGY PLANS FOR SULFIDE CONCENTRATION BY: 1) 1- STAGE CRUSHING; 2) 1-STAGE GRINDING, SPIRAL SEPARATION; 3) SE- LECTIVE FLOTATION. ARGILLIZED ORE WOULD BE PROCESSED SEPARATELY. UNPAYABLE ORES(.3-.5% CU) WOULD BE HEAP LEACHED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIP REPORT, FOO, K., MINPROC, 1990.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS PLANT HAS BEEN PROPOSED BUT HAS NOT BEEN BUILT. THE PLANT REQUIRES FOREIGN INVESTMENT AND TECHNOLOGY. FEED WOULD COME FROM THE PAVLODAR-BOSHCHEKUL MINE (4590000143). PLANNING BEGAN IN 1981. MATERIAL WOULD FEED THE BALKHASH COMPLEX(4590000141),1,200KM DISTANT.THIS WOULD SEEM UNECONOMIC.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-SEP-1994 Wilburn, David R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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