Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondaryPalladium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeContact Metasomatic
Deposit sizeL
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlComplex Folds & Faults Occurring During The Caledonian Orogenic Event.
Materials
Ore mineralsBismutite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Scheelite, Sphalerite
GangueAnkerite, Calcite, Feldspar, Mica, Quartz, Tourmaline
Geology
Host rockSlate,Greenschist,Shale,Siltstone,Sandstone · Besopan Suite
Associated rockMafic Intrusive Rock
StructureSouthern Flank Taskazgan Anticline., Small "En Echelon" Fissures, Prominent Ne Striking High Angle Faults Connecting Two Shear Zones. Principal Faults Are The Southern, The Structural And The Northwestern.
Tectonic settingLarge Shear Zone Active Within The Hercynian During The Change From Compression To Transpression.
AlterationMetasomatism, Lesser Serpentinization, Silicification, Chloritization; Albite, Quartz & Apatite Prior To Gold Deposition. Quartz, K-Feldspar, Ankerite, Biotite, Chlorite, Monazite, Plus Or Minus Apatite, Accompanying The Gold Mineralization. Post Gold Deposition Alkalic And Dioritic Dikes Were Emplaced Along The High-Angle Faults, And These Contain Quartz, Pyrite, Tourmaline Veinlets With K-Feldpar, Sericite,& Bastnaesite. Calcite And Pyrite Make Up The Last Stage Of Alteration.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1956
Identification
Deposit ID10039108
MRDS IDM046642
Alternate namesMurun Tau
RegionAS
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.99825, 65.50088
References
BADALOV, S. T. ET AL., 1969, GEOCHEMISTRY OF PLATINOIDS...IN CENTRAL ASIA, DOKLADY OF THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, USSR, ESS, VOL. 184, PP. 170 - 172KRASON, JAN, 1984, MURUNTAU: THE WORLD'S LARGEST GOLD PRODUCING MINE COMPLEX: MINING ENGINEERING, NOV., P. 1549-1550.INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGY REVIEW, 1968, ORE DEPOSITS, SEPT., V.10, NO.9, P. 141.SMIRNOV, V.I., 1977, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE USSR, V.III, P. 35.BERGER, BYRON, 1992, MINING THE MYSTERY AT MURUNTAU, USGS MINERAL RESOURCES NEWSLETTER, V.3, NO.2, P.8.KRASON, 1984