Karpushinskoe

Russian Federation· EkaterinburgUnknown
Contained Copper
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Average Grade
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Deposit Type
VMS — Bimodal-Mafic
Discovery Year
1913

Overview

3.2 g/t Au in primary ore, 2.5 g/t Au in oxidized ore. Concordant massive sulfide lenses with widespread disseminated mineralization. Total reserves of the Kirovogradski ore district including Levikhinskoe, Belorechenskoe, Kalatinskoe, Karpushinskoe, Lomovskoe, Novo-Ezhovskoe, and Novo-Shaitanskoe deposits: 59.7 million t ore at 2.6% Cu and 2.2% Zn. Silurian Tagil volcanic arc, Middle Urals.

Geological Context

Tectonic Setting: Bimodal-mafic in oceanic arc

Resources & Operations

Data Provenance

Source: USGS MRDS