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Dzhezkazgan Mine (Zhezkazgan Mine), Dzhezkazgan, Zhezqazghan Oblysy (Dzezkazgan Oblast'; Dzhezkazgan Oblast'; Djezkazgan Oblast'; Jezkazgan Oblast'), Kazakhstan

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This mine has produced wonderful specimens from various levels of four shafts: #31, #46, #55, #57. There is a rumour that during the soviet power the mine was run by slave labour.
Late bronze age copper mine.
Production is from sedimentary rocks of Permian age.



References:
- Palache, Charles, Harry Berman & Clifford Frondel (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 1124 pp.: 24.
- Voloshin, A. V., Pakhomovskiy, Ya. A., Stepanov, V. I., Bulgak, L. V. and Men-shikov, Yu. P. (1988): Gerhardtite, likasite, and spertiniite from the oxidation zone of Dzhezkazgan chalcosite ores; first finds in the USSR. Novye Dannye o Mineralakh SSSR, 35, 40-47. (in Russian)





Map Reference: 47°48'N , 67°24'E

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Mineral List:
  		•  Azurite
    Cu
     
    3
    		[OH|CO
     
    3
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: [Non-ferrous metal ores By Julius B. Rubinstein, Lev Barsky]
    Site Photo
    Dzhezkazgan Mine (Zhezkazgan Mine), Dzhezkazgan, Zhezqazghan Oblysy (Dzezkazgan Oblast'; Dzhezkazgan Oblast'; Djezkazgan Oblast'; Jezkazgan Oblast'), Kazakhstan
    © fabreminerals.com
  		•  Baryte
    BaSO
     
    4
    Habit: parallel blades to a few cm
    Colour: orange
    Fluorescence: none
    Description: Gangue mineral
    Reference: [RWMW specimen]
  		•  Betekhtinite
    Pb
     
    2
    		(Cu,Fe)
     
    21
    		S
     
    15
    Habit: Thick needles, mostly unterminated to a few cm
    Colour: lustrous grey
    Fluorescence: none
    Description: The bright lustrous grey needles ar Betekhtinite. The dull grey to black needles are pseudomorphs after betekhtinite, usually chalcocite or bornite.
    Reference: [MinRec 23:279, 23:280, 21:492]
    Site Photo
    Dzhezkazgan Mine (Zhezkazgan Mine), Dzhezkazgan, Zhezqazghan Oblysy (Dzezkazgan Oblast'; Dzhezkazgan Oblast'; Djezkazgan Oblast'; Jezkazgan Oblast'), Kazakhstan
    © 2006 M. Kampf
  		•  Bornite
    Cu
     
    5
    		FeS
     
    4
    Habit: Cubes, octos, dodecs, trapezohedrons to a few cm
    Colour: dark blue to black , irridescent
    Fluorescence: none
    Description: Bornite can also pseudomorph after Betekhtinite (RWMW specimen) A variety rich in lead, named "Galenobornite" ( (Cu, Pb)4.7 Fe S4), in long (3 centimeters) primatic yellow-brown crystals, has been described in this deposit (T.A. Satpaeva et al. , Izvest. Akad. Nauk. Kaz. S.S.R. , Serv. Géol. , 1964, 2, 29. ).
    Reference: [www.thamesvalleyminerals.com]
    Site Photo
    Dzhezkazgan Mine (Zhezkazgan Mine), Dzhezkazgan, Zhezqazghan Oblysy (Dzezkazgan Oblast'; Dzhezkazgan Oblast'; Djezkazgan Oblast'; Jezkazgan Oblast'), Kazakhstan
    © Leon Hupperichs
  		•  Bournonite
    PbCuSbS
     
    3
    Habit: Cogwheel twins in parallel growth to a few mm
    Colour: grey
    Fluorescence: none
    Description: Can be seen on the Thames Valley Bornite from shaft #55
    Reference: []
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Habit: Scalenohedra to afew cm
    Colour: white to cream
    Description: Gangue mineral
    Reference: [RWMW specimens]
  		•  Celestine
    SrSO
     
    4
    Reference: [Min Rec., vol. 26, pg 530 (1995)]
  		•  Chalcocite
    Cu
     
    2
    		S
    Habit: terminated orthrhombic prisms and pseudohexagonal tabular trillingsto a few cm.
    Colour: grey to black
    Fluorescence: none
    Description: There's a rumour that the hexagonal plates are Djurleite
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Dzhezkazgan Mine (Zhezkazgan Mine), Dzhezkazgan, Zhezqazghan Oblysy (Dzezkazgan Oblast'; Dzhezkazgan Oblast'; Djezkazgan Oblast'; Jezkazgan Oblast'), Kazakhstan
    © Rob Lavinsky
  		•  Chalcopyrite
    CuFeS
     
    2
    Habit: Twinned complex sphenoids to a over a cm
    Colour: brass yellow
    Fluorescence: none
    Reference: [RWMW specimen]
    Site Photo
    Dzhezkazgan Mine (Zhezkazgan Mine), Dzhezkazgan, Zhezqazghan Oblysy (Dzezkazgan Oblast'; Dzhezkazgan Oblast'; Djezkazgan Oblast'; Jezkazgan Oblast'), Kazakhstan
    © 2002 Thames Valley Minerals
  		•  Chrysocolla
    (Cu,Al)
     
    2
    		H
     
    2
    		Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    5
    		(OH)
     
    4
    		·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Min Rec., vol. 26, pg 530 (1995)]
  		•  Copper
    Cu
    Reference: [Min Rec., vol. 26, pg 530 (1995)]
    Site Photo
    Dzhezkazgan Mine (Zhezkazgan Mine), Dzhezkazgan, Zhezqazghan Oblysy (Dzezkazgan Oblast'; Dzhezkazgan Oblast'; Djezkazgan Oblast'; Jezkazgan Oblast'), Kazakhstan
    © fabreminerals.com
  		•  Covellite
    CuS
    Reference: [Min Rec., vol. 26, pg 530 (1995)]
  		•  Cuprite
    Cu
     
    2
    		O
    Habit: Octahedrons to 2cm
    Reference: [Mineralogical Record (2001) 32:253]
    Site Photo
    Dzhezkazgan Mine (Zhezkazgan Mine), Dzhezkazgan, Zhezqazghan Oblysy (Dzezkazgan Oblast'; Dzhezkazgan Oblast'; Djezkazgan Oblast'; Jezkazgan Oblast'), Kazakhstan
    © John Sobolewski
  		•  Djurleite
    Cu
     
    31
    		S
     
    16
    Reference: [Min Rec., vol. 26, pg 530 (1995)]
    Site Photo
    Dzhezkazgan Mine (Zhezkazgan Mine), Dzhezkazgan, Zhezqazghan Oblysy (Dzezkazgan Oblast'; Dzhezkazgan Oblast'; Djezkazgan Oblast'; Jezkazgan Oblast'), Kazakhstan
    © Rob Lavinsky
  		•  Dolomite
    CaMg(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    Reference: []
  		•  Dzhezkazganite
    ReMoCu
     
    2
    		PbS
     
    6
    		 ?
    Description: Dzhezkazganite has been found in polished section, In insufficient quantities to characterise properly. It is the source of Rhenium in the Dzhezkazgan copper ores.
    Reference: [AmerMin 48 (1963), 209]
  		•  Freieslebenite
    AgPbSbS
     
    3
    Reference: []
  		•  Galena
    PbS
    Reference: [T.A. Satpaeva et al. , Izvest. Akad. Nauk. Kaz. S.S.R. , Serv. Géol. , 1964, 2, 29. ]
  		•  Iodargyrite
    AgI
    Reference: [Palache, Charles, Harry Berman & Clifford Frondel (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 1124 pp.: 24.]
  		•  Likasite
    Cu
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    5
    		|NO
     
    3
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Dzhezkazgan Mine (Zhezkazgan Mine), Dzhezkazgan, Zhezqazghan Oblysy (Dzezkazgan Oblast'; Dzhezkazgan Oblast'; Djezkazgan Oblast'; Jezkazgan Oblast'), Kazakhstan
    © Christian Rewitzer
  		•  Malachite
    Cu
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|CO
     
    3
    		]
    Habit: dusting or crusts
    Colour: green
    Fluorescence: none
    Description: It coats the black silvers from shaft #46, Level 55 and can be seen in the photos of tennantites from Shaft #57.
    Reference: [RWMW specimen; Non-ferrous metal ores By Julius B. Rubinstein, Lev Barsky]
    Site Photo
    Dzhezkazgan Mine (Zhezkazgan Mine), Dzhezkazgan, Zhezqazghan Oblysy (Dzezkazgan Oblast'; Dzhezkazgan Oblast'; Djezkazgan Oblast'; Jezkazgan Oblast'), Kazakhstan
    © John Sobolewski
  		•  Nantokite
    CuCl
    Reference: [Handbook of Mineralogy]
  		•  Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Min Rec., vol. 26, pg 530 (1995)]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Habit: Terminated prisms to over a cm
    Colour: colourless to white to purple
    Fluorescence: none
    Description: A gangue mineral
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Quartz
    var: Rock Crystal
    Reference: []
  		•  Silver
    Ag
    Habit: Wires to several cm
    Colour: Black when coated with acanthite, otherwise Silver
    Fluorescence: none
    Description: Good thick clean wires and ram's horn were found in Shaft #31. The black ,acanthite coated ones were dusted with malachite and came from level 55in shaft #46.
    Reference: [Thames Valley and RWMW specimen]
    Site Photo
    Dzhezkazgan Mine (Zhezkazgan Mine), Dzhezkazgan, Zhezqazghan Oblysy (Dzezkazgan Oblast'; Dzhezkazgan Oblast'; Djezkazgan Oblast'; Jezkazgan Oblast'), Kazakhstan
    © MineralMan999
  		•  Sphalerite
    (Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)S
    Habit: Classic tetrahedra with cube modifications and twinned pseudo octahedra to a few cm
    Colour: Gemmy green to gemmy orange.
    Fluorescence: none
    Description: These are killer cleophanes
    Reference: [RWMW Specimen]
    Site Photo
    Dzhezkazgan Mine (Zhezkazgan Mine), Dzhezkazgan, Zhezqazghan Oblysy (Dzezkazgan Oblast'; Dzhezkazgan Oblast'; Djezkazgan Oblast'; Jezkazgan Oblast'), Kazakhstan
    © 2002 John H. Betts
  		•  Tennantite
    (Cu,Ag,Fe,Zn)
     
    12
    		As
     
    4
    		S
     
    13
    Habit: Tetrahedral and trapezotetrahedral to a few cm.
    Colour: grey metallic
    Fluorescence: none
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Dzhezkazgan Mine (Zhezkazgan Mine), Dzhezkazgan, Zhezqazghan Oblysy (Dzezkazgan Oblast'; Dzhezkazgan Oblast'; Djezkazgan Oblast'; Jezkazgan Oblast'), Kazakhstan
    © 2002 Thames Valley Minerals


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