CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
2018 Kazakhstan (Zhezkazgan) 48.38.00 N -- 068.20.00 E Taskura Cu
 
Database name: World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits
Compilers: R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born
Release date: 2015-01-27
   
Deposit name(s): Taskura
Political location(s): Kazakhstan; Province or state: Zhezkazgan; Subprovince or locality: Zhanaarkinsky district; Nearest community: Zhezkazgan mine (200 km SE)
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: paralic marine; five orebodies have been delineated, 500 m long, 300-400 m wide, 2-3 m thick
Geologic province: Central Kazakhstan
Geologic subprovince: Zhezkazgan
Geologic district: Zhaman-Aibat orefield
Commodities: Cu
Mineralization styles: disseminations
Geological ages: Early Permian (host rocks)
Coincident features: bedding (calcareous and marly rocks); Coincident feature name: Kengirian suite
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; sandstone-conglomerate (calcareous and marly)
Host rock stratigraphy:Kengirian suite
Mineralogy: (mineralization): chalcopyrite, pyrite, chalcocite, bornite, malachite
References:
Zhukov, N.M.; Kolesnikov, V.V; Miroshnichenko, L.M.; Egembaev, K.M.; Pavlova, Z.N.; Bakarasov, E.V. (compilers), 1998
(unknown title)
in Copper Deposits of Kazakhstan, Edited by Adbulin, A. A.; Bespaev, C. Z.; Miroshnichenko, L. A.; Votsalevskiy, E.S., Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan


Generated 2015-01-27 17:17:02 with GQuery -- 3.7 ADO (3.19..3.22 -- 2008-12-16)
GlobalDB System, Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada