RESULTS OF INTEGRATED GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL STUDIES IN THE EXPLORATION OF THE SOKYRKOY GOLD-COPPER РORPHYRY DEPOSIT (CENTRAL KAZAKHSTAN)
СОҚЫРҚОЙ АЛТЫН-МЫСТЫ ПОРФИР КЕНОРНЫН (ОРТАЛЫҚ ҚАЗАҚСТАН) ЗЕРТТЕУ КЕЗІНДЕГІ КЕШЕНДІ ГЕОЛОГИЯЛЫҚ-ГЕОФИЗИКАЛЫҚ ЗЕРТТЕУЛЕР НӘТИЖЕЛЕРІ
РЕЗУЛЬТАТЫ ПРИМЕНЕНИЯ КОМПЛЕКСНЫХ ГЕОЛОГО ГЕОФИЗИЧЕСКИХ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЙ ПРИ ИЗУЧЕНИИ ЗОЛОТО МЕДНО-ПОРФИРОВОГО МЕСТОРОЖДЕНИЯ СОКЫРКОЙ (ЦЕНТРАЛЬНЫЙ КАЗАХСТАН)
Kauldashev K.A. Kembayev M.K. Gusev A.V.
2025National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan
News of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Series of Geology and Technical Sciences
2025#2025Issue 5190 - 205 pp.
The article presents the experience of applying integrated geological and geophysical investigations conducted within the Sokyrkoy ore field (Central Kazakhstan), which includes the eponymous deposit as well as a series of ore occurrences and mineralization points of copper, gold, molybdenum, and polymetals. The Sokyrkoy deposit is a copper ore body with a significant gold component and is confined to the central part of the eponymous paleovolcanic structure. The aim of the study was to refine the morphology of the ore bodies, assess the prospects for increasing copper and gold resources, and prepare recommendations for further geological exploration. The research program included high-precision magnetic and gravimetric surveys, electrical prospecting using the TDIP method, lithogeochemical sampling for secondary dispersion halos, and limited core drilling. Comparison of the obtained geophysical data with the generalized petrophysical model of porphyry copper deposits has shown that the studied object generally corresponds to this “reference” model. A clear spatial correlation was established between the supergene enrichment zone and the zone of abrupt changes in apparent resistivity, which led to a revision of the ore body morphology: instead of the previously assumed subhorizontal form, it exhibits a domed structure with flanks dipping to the northwest and southeast. In the northern part of the ore field, additional subvertical bodies were identified and interpreted as eruptive breccias, likely serving as ore-feeding channels. Based on the results, recommendations for the next exploration stage were developed, including drilling on the flanks and at deeper levels of the deposit.
copper , electrical prospecting , geological and geophysical modeling , gold , hydrothermal breccias , magnetic survey , secondary sulfide enrichment zone
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LLP Kazakhmys Barlau, Astana, Kazakhstan
Satbayev University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
LLP Kazakhmys Barlau
Satbayev University
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