Mine detail: Almalyk Complex

Previously called 'Ka
*akyr DepositPai-BulackAlmalyk Complex Kalmakyr DepositAltyn TopkanSary-ChekuKurgashinUch-KulachChal-AtaDa
*eeNorthern Altyn Topkan'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.83151, 69.66745

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Lead, Zinc, Molybdenum
Other material:	Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite
Discovery year:	1925

Production

Operation type:	Surface-Underground
Development status:	Plant
First production started:	1949

Geology

References

MAS	4650000008
DEP	10134207
Reference	{Commodity:: INTERFAX, MINING REPORT, P. 12 (NOV. 6-13, 1992).}{Deposit:: RAMAZAHOV, M.P., ALMALYK MINING AND METALLURGICAL COMPLEX,}{Deposit:: IN GORNAYA ENCYCLOPEDIA, 1984, P. 100-101.}{Deposit:: SMIRNOV, V.I., ED., THE KA *AKYR DEPOSIT, IN ORE DEPOSITS}{Deposit:: OF THE U.S.S.R., VOL. II, PITMAN PUBLISHING, LONDON,}{Deposit:: 1977, P. 127-133.}{Deposit:: ENERGY, MINES, AND RESOURCES CANADA, MINERAL POLICY}{Deposit:: SECTOR, (JUNE 1993).}
Reporter	Wilburn, David R.