Ridder-Sokol'Noe

Producer in Kazakhstan with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc
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. Ownership information
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10255493
MAS/MILS ID 4590000072
Record type Site
Current site name Ridder-Sokol'Noe
Alternate or previous names Ridder, Sokol'Naya, Leninogorsk, 40th Komsomol

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 83.53366, 50.36451 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kazakhstan(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Kazakhstan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 83.53366, 50.36451

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1784

Mining district

District name Rudhni-Altai

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kazakhstan Government
    Interest 100
    Home office Kazakhstan
    Year 1992
  • Type Operator
    Owner Leninogorsk Polymetallic Enterprise
    Home office Kazakhstan
    Year 1991

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 0.5 wt-pct Lead Major 1991

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • STATUS UNKNOWN. IT HAS PRODUCED SPORATICALLY SINCE 1796, BUT MAY BE FLOODED. THIS ORE BODY HAS THREE CURRENTLY OPERATING DEPOSITS; THE LENINOGORSK, THE RIDDER, AND THE 40TH KOMSOMOL MINES. THEY ARE TREATED SEPARATELY IN THE DATABASE. RESOURCE OF THE ORE BODY INCLUDING ALL THREE MINES WILL LAST 15 YR. CUTOFF GRADE IS 1.1% PB.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAP OF MINERAL RESOURCES OF RUSSIA AND ADJACENT

  • Deposit

    COUNTRIES (IN THE FORMER USSR BOUNDARIES), 1991, SCALE

  • Deposit

    1:5,000,000. PUBLISHED IN RUSSIA.

  • Deposit

    MIRTSCHING, A. LEAD AND ZINC ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SOVIET

  • Deposit

    UNION. ERZMETALL, V. 30, JULY-AUGUST, 1977, PP. 339-343.

  • Deposit

    SMIRNOV, V. I. DEPOSITS OF LEAD AND ZINC. IN ORE DEPOSITS

  • Deposit

    OF THE USSR, V. II, PITMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY, LONDON,

  • Deposit

    1977, PP. 182, 208-216.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1995 Wilburn, David R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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