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Kumtor Gold Mine, Issyk-Kul'skaya Oblast, Kyrgyzstan

One of the 10 largest mines in the world. Situated along the northwestern sloped of the Ak Shirak mountain ridge in the interior of the Tien-Shan mountain range adjacent to China.
Gold mineralization is related to intensive veining, stockworks and hydrothermal breccias.

Refs.:
http://www.bankwatch.org/issues/gold/kumtor/mkumtor.html
http://homepage.usask.ca/~smi454/project/articles/gold2000_ext_abs.htm





Mineral List:
Altaite
Baryte
Calaverite
Calcite
Cassiterite
'Chlorite Group'
Dolomite
Ferberite
Galena
Gold
Hematite
'K Feldspar'
Magnetite
Melonite
Petzite
Pyrite
Quartz
Rutile
Scheelite
'Sericite'
Sphalerite
Strontianite
Sylvanite
Tetrahedrite


24 entries listed. 21 valid minerals.

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