New mineral structure discovered in Surkhandarya

It is predicted that the discovered structure may contain gold and polymetals.

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Employees of the state enterprise "Institute of Mineral Resources" under the University of Geological Sciences discovered in Surkhandarya the presence of a new mineral structure rich in malachite.

The mineral structure was discovered during field research within the framework of the state project “Cosmo geological research at a scale of 1:100,000 in the territory of Southern Uzbekistan”.

The area is expected to be rich in gold and polymetals.