northern Chu-Sarysu basin of central Kazakhstan (Dzhezkazgan and Zhaman-Aibat
deposits, and the Zhilandy group of deposits). The deposits consist of Cu sulfide minerals as
intergranular cement and grain replacement in 10 ore-bearing members of sandstone and
conglomerate within a 600-to 1,000-m thick Pennsylvanian fluvial red-bed sequence.
Copper metal content of the deposits ranges from 22 million metric tons (Mt, Dzehzkazgan) …