Tash-Tau

Russian Federation· BashkortostanUnknown
Contained Copper
—
Average Grade
6.79%
Deposit Type
VMS — Bimodal-Felsic
Discovery Year
1958

Overview

Two concordant massive sulfide lenses ("hills") ?25 m thick and ?100 m in diameter with stratiform disseminated mineralization below in siliceous tuffite. 0.08% Cd in ore. 2.5 to 20 g/t Au, 25 to 200 g/t Ag in the Southern orebody, ?80 g/t Au and ?400 g/t Ag in oxidized ore. Bimodal-felsic in oceanic arc Devonian Magnitogorsk volcanic arc, South Urals.

Geological Context

Tectonic Setting: Bimodal-felsic in oceanic arc

Resources & Operations

Production Start: 1993

Data Provenance

Source: USGS MRDS

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