Almalyk

UzbekistanUnknown
Contained Copper
23.7 Mt
Average Grade
0.39%
Deposit Type
Porphyry Cu-Au
Discovery Year
1925

Overview

Total reserves include: Kal?makyr, 2700 Mt at 0.4% Cu, 0.005% Mo, 0.509 g/t Au, 2.08 Ag; Dalnee, 2500 Mt at 0.4% Cu, 0.35g/t Au, 3.2g/t Ag; NW Balykty, 880 Mt at 0.34% Cu. In concentrate: Pt n.d., ?20 ppb Pd.

Geological Context

Host Rock: breccia, granodiorite porphyry, hornfels, lamprophyre, monzonite, skarn, syenite (309?270)

Resources & Operations

Operator: 0

Production Start: 1958

Data Provenance

Source: USGS MRDS

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