MINING INSTALLATION NEAR CHAGYL, USSR

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 6, 2000
• Sequence Number: 31
• Publication Date: September 1, 1963
• Content Type: REPORT

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MINING INSTALLATION NEAR
CHAGYL, USSR
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NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
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A mining installation (40-42N 55-26E)* is
located approximately 8 nautical miles (nm)
south of Chagyl and 120 nm east-northeast of
Krasnovodsk, USSR (Figure 1). The installation
consists of an open-pit mine and several asso-
ciated support facilities (Figure 2). When it' s
first seen on photography o the
installation appeared to have been in operation
for some years. No milling or other processing
-These coordinates are a correction of the location given
as 40-41N 55-47E in NPIC/NICI-2/61, Mission Coverace
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Kungrad
Nukus
CH AGYL
Nrasnovodsk
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FIGURE 7. LOCATION OF MINING INSTALLATION NEAR
.CHAGYL, USSR.
facility is observed at the irgp-tallation. However,
two waste dumps are- visible, and sifting and
sorting of ore on a small-scale is in progress.
Description of Facilities. The installation's
facilities are shown on Figure 2.
The mine is an oval-shaped pit measuring
1,000 by 700 feet. The mine appears to be deep,
hoisting facility is probably located in a build-
ing at the east end of the mine and hoisting
lines probably run against the pit wall. A waste
dump, measuring 800 by 800 feet, adjoins the
pit: on the west. A second waste dump, measur-
ing 800 by 400 feet, is located east of the pit.
An operations area contains approximately
five buildings which average 100 by 50 feet. The
area shows no indication of milling operations.
There is photographic evidence that sifting and
sorting of earth is performed on a limited scale
in this area. To the north of the operations area
is a possible maintenance area which contains
several small workshop-type buildings.
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A storage area is located south of the mine
pit on the good, oil-treated road to Krasnovodsk.
The area contains six warehouse-type buildings,
averaging 200 by SO feet in size, and several
smaller buildings.
A probable explosives stora e :re a is at an
isolated location north-northwest of the mine pit.
This area is fenced and measures approximately
350 feet square. It contains a storage building
(280 by 50 feet) and a small support building.
The housing area contains approximately 24
single-unit family-type dwellings, 31 barracks-
type buildings (200 by 40 feet), a U-shaped admin-
istration-type building, an unidentified building
(200 by 90 feet), and numerous small support
buildings.
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MAPS OR CHARTS
ACIC. WAC 326, 3d ed, Sep 59, scale 1:1,000.000 (UNCLASSIFIED)
AMS. Series 5502, Sheet NK 40-10, 1st ed, Feb SG, scale 1:_??50.000 (UNCLASSIFIED)
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