CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
316 Kyrgyzstan 42.38 N -- 075.14 E Northern Kirgizia 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): Northern Kirgizia
Political location(s): Kyrgyzstan; Subprovince or locality: Kirgiz Range
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: paralic marine; in sandstone lying on gypsum-bearing rocks
Commodities: Cu
Geological ages: Early Carboniferous (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; mudstone-sandstone-siltstone-conglomerate
Individual lithologies:conglomerate (red)
sandstone (red)
siltstone (red)
mudstone (red)
Host rock stratigraphy:Atdzhay-Utortu Group, Malinov Suite
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in sandstone lying on gypsum-bearing rocks; 4 deposits: Atdzhayly, Dalen-Dzhilubulak-Skoye, Utor-Tuyuk, Kegetinskoye; number of ore-bearing horizons ranges from 3 to 6 over 10km distance
References:
Popov, V. M., 1962
Geologic Regularities in the Distribution of Cupriferous Sandstones in Central Kazakhstan
International Geology Review, Volume 4, p. 393 - 411


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