Bozshakol

Porphyry copper deposit in Pavlodar oblysy, Kazakhstan

Names and other identifiers

GMRAP ID 420
Alternate names Boshchekul, Boshchekul', Boschekul
Tract name Kazakh-Tianshan (142pCu8502)
Site status deposit

Geographic location

Country Kazakhstan
State or province Pavlodar oblysy
Geographic location 74.2897, 51.8462
Geologic map unit 74.2897, 51.8462
Nearby data

Geologic information

Deposit type Porphyry copper
Age (Ma) 481Ma
Age determination method Rb-Sr
Age range 481 Ma
Age reference Kudryavtsev (1996)
Minerals bismuthinite, bornite, brochantite, chalcanthite, chalcocite, chalcopyrite, covellite, cubanite, electrum, galena, hessite, mackinawite, malachite/azurite, marcasite, molybdenite, pentlandite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, silver, sphalerite, sylvanite, tetrahedrite/tennantite
Associated rocks breccia, diorite porphyry, granodiorite porphyry, syenite porphyry, tonalite porphyry, gabbro, rhyolite, andesite porphyry, andesitic tuff, diabase, trachyandesite porphyry, trachydacite porphyry
Tectonic setting island arc
Stratigraphic age Early Ordovician

Commodity and development information

Development status Prospect
Major commodities Cu, Au, Mo
Minor commodities Pt, Pd, Re
Tonnage (Mt) 1,000Mt
Cu grade (%) 0.67%
Mo grade (%) 0.0023%
Au grade (g/t) 0.049g/t
Ag grade (g/t) 1.61g/t
Contained copper 6,700,000t
Gold-Moly ratio 21

Reference information

Comments Ussoltsev (2011) estimated geological resource of 1,169 Mt of ore at a copper grade of 0.36%, a gold grade of 0.21 g/t, a silver grade of 4.9 g/t and molybdenum and rhenium by-products. Mine is under construction, with production expected by 2015. Resource includes (Singer and others, 2008); 0.59–1.04 g/t Pt, 0.28–0.37 g/t Pd in concentrate; 230–1,500 ppm (average 882 ppm) Re in Mo; Re will be produced. Deposit is exposed. Main ore-related intrusion is a porphyryitic tonalite that is the final representative of a suite of dioritic, quartz dioritic and tonalitic rocks.
Study area name Central Asian Orogenic Belt
References Kazakhmys PLC (2012); Mining Journal (2011b); Berzina and others (2005); Singer and others (2008); Kaufman (1992); Kolesnikov and others (1986); Kudryavtsev (1996); Mutschler and others (2000); Pavlova (1978); Ussoltsev (2011); Kamitani and others (2007); Kirkham and Dunne (2000); Rundkvist (2001); Seltmann and Porter (2005); Shatov (1999); Sokolov (1998); Zhukov and others (1998)
Site reference Mihalasky, Ludington, Hammarstrom, and others (2015)
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