Kharasan Mine, Zhanakorgan, Kyzylorda Region, Kazakhstani
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Kharasan Mine | Mine |
Zhanakorgan | District |
Kyzylorda Region | Region |
Kazakhstan | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
43° 50' 35'' North , 66° 51' 54'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Yanykurgan | 21,339 (2015) | 31.3km |
Shīeli | 29,832 (2012) | 37.6km |
Owned/operated by:
Uranium One (30%) (100%) - a subsidiary of Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation, Kazatomprom (33.98%)
Roll front-type uranium deposit with unusually high grades of up to 0.25% U.
Pilot production commenced in 2008.
In the 2016 year, production from the Kharasan mine was 3.65 million lbs. of U3O8 (1,404 tonnes of uranium), of which 1.1 million lbs. (421 tonnes of uranium) was attributable to Uranium One.
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This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
2 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
ⓘ 'Clays' Reference: http://www.uranium1.com/indexu.php?section=uranium%20projects&page=4 |
ⓘ Coffinite Formula: U(SiO4) · nH2O Reference: http://www.uranium1.com/indexu.php?section=uranium%20projects&page=4 |
ⓘ Uraninite Formula: UO2 Reference: http://www.uranium1.com/indexu.php?section=uranium%20projects&page=4 |
ⓘ Uraninite var. Pitchblende Formula: UO2 Reference: http://www.uranium1.com/indexu.php?section=uranium%20projects&page=4 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
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ⓘ | Uraninite | 4.DL.05 | UO2 |
ⓘ | var. Pitchblende | 4.DL.05 | UO2 |
Group 9 - Silicates | |||
ⓘ | Coffinite | 9.AD.30 | U(SiO4) · nH2O |
Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc. | |||
ⓘ | 'Clays' | - |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | ⓘ Coffinite | U(SiO4) · nH2O |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Coffinite | U(SiO4) · nH2O |
O | ⓘ Uraninite var. Pitchblende | UO2 |
O | ⓘ Uraninite | UO2 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Coffinite | U(SiO4) · nH2O |
U | Uranium | |
U | ⓘ Coffinite | U(SiO4) · nH2O |
U | ⓘ Uraninite var. Pitchblende | UO2 |
U | ⓘ Uraninite | UO2 |
References
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)Dahlkamp, F.J., Ed. (2009): Uranium Deposits of the World: Asia. Springer (Berlin, Heidelberg), pp. 191-268.
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