| Location: | Uzbekistan, Asia |
| Lat / long: | 40.99825, 65.50088 |
| dep_id: | 10039108 |
| mrds_id: | M046642 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Gold |
| Minor mineral: | Palladium |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Contact Metasomatic |
| Production size: | Large ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Bismutite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Scheelite, Sphalerite |
| gangue: | Ankerite, Calcite, Feldspar, Mica, Quartz, Tourmaline |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR |
| work_type: | Surface |
| alteration: | Metasomatism, 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. |
| ore_ctrl: | Complex Folds & Faults Occurring During The Caledonian Orogenic Event. |
| Reporter: | Till, Alison B., Orris, Greta J., Paidakovich, Matthew E., Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) |
| hrock_unit: | Besopan Suite |
| hrock_type: | Slate,Greenschist,Shale,Siltstone,Sandstone |
| arock_type: | Mafic Intrusive Rock |
| Structure: | Southern 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: | Large Shear Zone Active Within The Hercynian During The Change From Compression To Transpression. |
| disc_yr: | 1956 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: BADALOV, S. T. ET AL., 1969, GEOCHEMISTRY OF PLATINOIDS...IN CENTRAL ASIA, DOKLADY OF THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, USSR, ESS, VOL. 184, PP. 170 - 172
- Deposit:: KRASON, JAN, 1984, MURUNTAU: THE WORL* LARGEST GOLD PRODUCING MINE COMPLEX: MINING ENGINEERING, NOV., P. 1549-1550.
- Deposit:: INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGY REVIEW, 1968, ORE DEPOSITS, SEPT., V.10, NO.9, P. 141.
- Deposit:: SMIRNOV, V.I., 1977, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE USSR, V.III, P. 35.
- Deposit:: BERGER, BYRON, 1992, MINING THE MYSTERY AT MURUNTAU, USGS MINERAL RESOURCES NEWSLETTER, V.3, NO.2, P.8.
- Production:: KRASON, 1984
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