ASSESSMENT OF INDUSTRIAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SHEKTAS AND SURDZHAR SITES IN THE NORTH-EASTERN PART OF THE ZHEZKAZGAN DEPRESSION

https://doi.org/10.48498/minmag.2024.235.11.007

The article deals with the issues of prospecting, exploration and assessment of industrial signifi cance of promising areas within the north-eastern part of the Zhezkazgan Depression. The main attention is paid to detailed geological and geophysical studies that were carried out at the Shektas and Surdzhar sites. During the prospecting work, a complex was used, including ground geological exploration studies, drilling of prospecting and mapping wells, laboratory studies and quantitative analysis of samples. As a result of the work carried out at the Surdzhar site, an increased content of lead and silver was revealed, gold-silver mineralization was revealed, points of mineralization of gallium and rare earth metals were identifi ed. Based on the results of the studies, an assessment of the prospects of the sites for solid minerals was given.

М.V. Ponomareva, *Ye.V. Ponomareva, А.Т. Тungushbayeva, D.А. Inkin