Locality type:

Deposit

Classification

Species:

Sphalerite

Formula:

ZnS

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

Click here to view Karchiga deposit, Kurshim District, East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

935479

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:935479:1

GUID (UUID V4):

683f5062-29a8-403e-871a-33d250400da5

Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite

52.9km (32.9 miles)

ⓘ Manka Au deposit, Kurshim District, East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan

67.7km (42.1 miles)

ⓘ Doranasai Au deposit, Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

71.4km (44.4 miles)

ⓘ Tuokuzibayi Mine (Saidu Mine; Saidou Mine; Saiduo Mine), Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

88.1km (54.8 miles)

ⓘ Doranasai Gold Deposit, Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

92.1km (57.2 miles)

ⓘ Ashele Cu-Zn deposit (Ashelei Cu-Zn deposit), Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

92.3km (57.3 miles)

ⓘ Saershouke deposit, Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

References

Lobanov, K. V., & Gaskov, I. V. (2012). The Karchiga copper massive sulfide deposit in the high-grade metamorphosed rocks of the Kurchum block: geologic structure, formation, and metamorphism (Rudny Altai). Russian Geology and Geophysics, 53(1), 77-91.

Reference Search (possible matching items)

	*Lobanov, K., Yakubchuk, A., Creaser, R. A. (2014) Besshi-Type VMS Deposits of the Rudny Altai (Central Asia) Economic Geology, 109 (5) 1403-1430 doi:10.2113/econgeo.109.5.1403*	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	two deposit types differ in mineral composition, with pyrite-pyrrhotite-chalcopyrite ± sphalerite mineralization...mineralization in the Besshi-type deposits versus pyrite-sphalerite-galena-chalcopyrite-gold mineralization in the... 2010), extending from Russia across eastern Kazakhstan to northwest China (Bespaev et al., 1997). Its...with the discovery of the giant Ridder-Sokolnoye deposit in 1786, which has been worked since 1789 and is...southeast of the Rudny Altai in the Republic of Kazakhstan was focused on copper sulfide deposits. On the
	D’yachkov, Boris A., Mizernaya, Marina A., Khromykh, Sergey V., Bissatova, Ainel Y., Oitseva, Tatiana A., Miroshnikova, Anastassiya P., Frolova, Olga V., Kuzmina, Oxana N., Zimanovskaya, Natalya A., Pyatkova, Anna P., Zikirova, Karina, Ageyeva, Olga V., Yeskaliyev, Yertay T. (2022) Geological History of the Great Altai: Implications for Mineral Exploration. Minerals, 12 (6) 744 doi:10.3390/min12060744	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	Serikbayev East Kazakhstan Technical University, 19, Serikbayev Str., Ust-Kamenogorsk 070000, Kazakhstan; bdyachkov@mail...21, K. Libknekht Str., Ust-Kamenogorsk 070000, Kazakhstan V.S. Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy...83, Protozanov Str., Ust’-Kamenogorsk 070000, Kazakhstan; tatiana.oitseva@gmail.com Filial Branch of RGP...KPMS RK” “VNIItsvetmet”, Ust-Kamenogorsk 070000, Kazakhstan; anastasiya-2588@mail.ru Geo. Kz LLP, 3/2 Pobedy...Pobedy Str., Ust’-Kamenogorsk 070000, Kazakhstan Correspondence: mizernaya58@bk.ru; Tel.: +7-772-675-035
	*Gaskov, I.V. (2018) Features of magmatim-related metallogeny of Gorny Altai and Rudny Altai ( Russia ) Russian Geology and Geophysics, 59 (8) 1010-1021 doi:10.1016/j.rgg.2018.07.020*	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	Beloretsk–Kholzun iron district in the west, the Kayancha–Sinyukha fluorine–gold district in the northeast...extends for 500 km over the territory of Russia and Kazakhstan. Rudny Altai borders the Kalba zone along the...along the 600 km NW Northeastern shear zone in the east. Gorny Altai makes up the northeastern part of the...Cambrian continental collision of Siberia and Kazakhstan during the activity of the Tarim plume; (6) Permian–Early... Uimen–Lebed’, and Teletsk, listed from west to east (Fig. 2), which generally agree with the structural
	S.V., Zinoviev (2016) The role of dynamometamorphism in the formation of ore deposits (by the example of the Tishinka and Ridder-Sokol’noe pyrite deposits in Rudny Altai) Russian Geology and Geophysics, 57 (3) 409-420 doi:10.1016/j.rgg.2016.03.004	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	example of the Tishinka deposit and the upper beds of the Ridder-Sokol’noe deposit in Rudny Altai. The lenticular...time of formation of the deposit orebodies are estimated. For the Tishinka deposit, it is 294–301 and 279–288...orebodies of the upper beds of the Ridder–Sokol’noe deposit, ~307 Ma (Late Carboniferous). © 2016, V.S. Sobolev...Altai, Tishinka and Ridder-Sokol’noe. The Tishinka deposit is localized in intensely deformed rocks of shear...and the Ridder-Sokol’noe deposit, in weakly deformed strata. The Tishinka deposit Geologic structure. The

Sphalerite from Karchiga deposit, Kurshim District, East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan

Sphalerite from
Karchiga deposit, Kurshim District, East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan