CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
109 Kazakhstan 47.52 N -- 067.18 E Dzhezkazgan; Jeskesgan Cu; Pb; Zn; Re; Mo
 
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): Dzhezkazgan; Jeskesgan
Political location(s): Kazakhstan
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: continental redbed; ore minerals replace matrix of grey ss and congl
Geologic province: Dzhezk-sary Su Basin
Commodities: Cu; Pb; Zn; Re; Mo
Geological ages: Pennsylvanian (host rocks)
Tectonic setting: continental marginal rift-graben; divergent (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; sandstone-siltstone-conglomerate
Individual lithologies:sandstone (red)
sandstone (grey)
siltstone
conglomerate
Host rock stratigraphy:Dzhezkazgan Group, Dzhezkazgan and Taskuduk Suites
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) ore minerals replace matrix of grey ss and congl; main deposit of Dzhezkazgan copper belt; group consists of 51 rhythmically alternating layers of grey & red rxs
References:
Druzhinin, I. P., 1970
Role of Tectonic Movements During the Formation of the Stratified Sulfide Ore Deposit in Dzhezkazgan
Sostoyaniye I Zadachi Sovetskoy Lithologii Uses, Litol Soveshch, 8th, Doklady, Volume 2, p. 115 - 122

Gablina, I. F., 1981
New Data on Formation Conditions of the Dzhezkazgan Copper Deposits
International Geology Review, Volume 23, p. 1303 - 1311

Jowett, E.C., 1989
Effects of Continental Rifting on the Location and Genesis of Stratiform Copper-silver Deposits
Section Introduction, General Principles and Geochemical Aspects, in Sediment Hosted Stratiform Cu Deposits, Ottawa, May 1986, Edited by Boyle, R. W.; Brown, A. C.; Jefferson, C. W.; Jowett, E. C.; Kirkham, R. V., Special Paper, Geological Association of Canada, 36, 710 p, p. 53 - 66

Lurye, A. M., 1978
Basic Scheme of Formation of Supergene Copper Deposits
Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, Volume 241, p. 126 - 129

Samonov, I. Z., 1977
Deposits of Copper
in Ore Deposits of the USSR, Edited by Smirnov, V. I., Volume, London : Pitman, 2, 424 p, p. 106 - 181

Seyfullin, S. S.; Kalinin, S. K.; Strutynskjiy, A. V.; Fayn, E. Y., 1975
Rhenium in Stratified Copper Deposits and Showings in West Central Kazakstan
Geochemistry International, Volume 11, p. 414 - 418

Shcherba, G. N., 1971
The Stratiform Deposits of Kazakhstan
in Papers and Proceedings of the Seventh General IMA-IAGOD Meeting, Tokyo-Kyoto, 27 August-2 September, 1970, Edited by Takeuchi, Y.; Tatsumi, T.; Takenouchi, S.; Miyazawa, T.; Kanehira, K.; Sekine, Y.; Kato, A.; Fuji, T.; Isihara, S., Special Issue, Society of Mining Geologists of Japan, International Association on the Genesis of Ore Deposits (IAGOD), Mining Geology, 3, 500 p, p. 172 - 177

Shtrem, E. A., 1969
Mineral Zoning in Seams of the Dzhezkazgan Deposit
Lithology and Mineral Resources, Volume 4, p. 316 - 325

Resource data:
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Resource and reserve figures are historical in nature. The Data source provided with each set of figures should be cited if the Data are re-reported.

439,000,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: yes; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: questionable data
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 1.54 percent
Reference: Strishkov, V. V., 1984: The Copper Industry of the U.S.S.R. : Problems, Issues, and Outlook; Mineral Issues, United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, Avondale, MD , 80 p.
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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