3D Modeling and Resources Estimation of a Gold Deposit, Zhungarie Province, Kazakhstan

@inproceedings{tungyshbayeva:hal-04066128,
 abstract = {Drill holes analyzed in gold by the Altyn Ken Company, geological cross sections, mine plans, and sampled grade values digitalized from old drill holes, were used to estimate resources of a gold deposit (ore body), located in the Zhungarie Province, SE Kazakhstan. Gold concentrations were estimated from drill holes at the center of regular grid blocks (> 550,000 cells of 15m3 each) using the gOcad DSI (Discrete Smooth Interpolation). 3D views of the ore body are in agreement with a steeply dipping NW 60-70 quartz vein type deposit. Variograms indicated a high spatial variability of gold (nugget effect). Reserve estimations lead to proved crude ore reserves of 320kt@3.1± 1.2 Au g/t Au fixing cutoff at 2g/t Au, yielding 1.00± 0.38 t gold and 11.5± 4.4 t silver; from geophysics data, potential reserves in the SW are estimated at 1.5t gold and 17.3 t silver. The total (proved + potential) is at 800 kt of crude ore at 3.1± 1.2 Au g/t Au for cutoff at 2g/t Au representing 2.5 t of gold and 29 t of silver. Given gold and silver prices at 1,400$/oz Au and 24$/oz Ag respectively, the in situ value of the deposit is estimated at 93±38M$.},
 address = {Nancy, France},
 author = {Tungyshbayeva, Z. and Royer, Jean-Jacques and Zhautikov, T. M.},
 booktitle = {{13th Biennal SGA meeting}},
 hal_id = {hal-04066128},
 hal_version = {v1},
 organization = {{SGA}},
 pages = {1759-1761},
 title = {{3D Modeling and Resources Estimation of a Gold Deposit, Zhungarie Province, Kazakhstan}},
 url = {https://hal.univ-lorraine.fr/hal-04066128},
 volume = {5},
 year = {2015}
}