The Shubarkol deposit meets most of the country’s domestic demand for solid fuel. Additionally, a significant proportion of the coal produced from the deposit is exported to markets in Northwestern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). The host rocks are terrigenous-carbonate sediments from the Upper Devonian and Lower Carboniferous periods, as well as terrigenous rocks from the Middle and Upper Carboniferous periods. The Jurassic sediments of the Shubarkol syncline are carbon-bearing. The Lower Jurassic coal-bearing sediments, with a thickness of up to 330 m, form a sub-latitudinal thrust (7.16 km) with gentle western and eastern wings (5–10° and 5–15°, respectively) and steeper southern and northern wings (20–48° and 40–90°, respectively).
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17 valid minerals.
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