Avangard

Kazakhstan· AktyubinskUnknown
Contained Copper
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Average Grade
1.30%
Deposit Type
VMS — Bimodal-Mafic
Discovery Year
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Overview

Concordant steeply dipping massive sulfide layers and lenses. Contact metamorphism of host rocks around diorite- granodiorite intrusion (Late Devonian) to anthophyllite- biotite-cordierite hornfels. Devonian Magnitogorsk volcanic arc, South Urals.

Geological Context

Tectonic Setting: Bimodal-mafic in oceanic arc

Resources & Operations

Data Provenance

Source: USGS MRDS