In June last year, at a cost of up to 765 million yuan of southern xinjiangs largest open-pit coal mine, caravan al sensitive built in baicheng county in xinjiang in the open-pit coal mine, baicheng mining area coal resources reserves of 5 billion tons, is the scarcity of high quality main coking coal production area in our country, to the development of related industries such as steel smelting has special use value, but also for the southern xinjiang production and supply of coal, is of great significance.
Caravan al case sensitive open-pit coal mine is just a microcosm of many mining projects in xinjiang, xinjiang is located in the core area of Eurasia, is contact, one of the main channel of central and eastern Europe, central Asia in the identified 32 central Asia metallogenic belt has 16 involved in xinjiang, as the national mining strategy moving westward, is gradually becoming China in xinjiang, and even the worlds mineral resources base!

I. ten resource bases in xinjiang
There are many kinds of minerals and large reserves in xinjiang. 138 kinds of minerals have been discovered, among which 9 kinds have the largest reserves in China and 32 kinds have the largest reserves in northwest China.
Among them, the reserves of petroleum and natural gas in xinjiang rank top three in China. Coal resources ranked second in China; Lead and zinc resources ranked third in China; Gold resources ranked third; Iron ore resources ranked 10th in China...
At present, xinjiang has formed ten resource development bases represented by huohuoyun 10000,000-ton lead and zinc resource development bases.
Coal: huaidong, tuha, hefeng - karamay three hundred billion tons of coal development base.
Lead-zinc mine: huohuoyun 10,000-ton lead-zinc resource development base.
Gold mine: cattaba asu 100 ton super large gold resource development base.
Iron ore: a billion ton iron ore resource development base in awulale and tashkurgan
Manganese ore: west kunlun malkansu 10 million tons of high-quality rich manganese ore resources development base
Crystalline graphite: dongjunggar super-large crystalline graphite resource development base
Uranium mining: large scale uranium resource development base in yili basin.

Ii. Brief introduction of ten bases
(1) coal base
Coal is one of the most advantageous mineral resources in xinjiang, with the predicted total resource of about 2.2 trillion tons, accounting for 40% of the countrys total, ranking first in the country. Xinjiang has a complete variety of coal, low sulfur, low ash, and high calorific value, and the coking coal accounts for about 9% of the total reserves.
(2) lead and zinc ore
The huohuoyun lead-zinc mine is located in the huohuoyun area of hetian county, hotan prefecture, xinjiang uygur autonomous region. In 2016, the 8th geological team of xinjiang geological and mineral bureau found this "treasure" in the kunlun mountains.
According to the latest data, the deposit is the largest lead - zinc deposit discovered in China. Among the previously published data, the lead grade is 4.58%, the zinc grade is 23.92%, and the average lead + zinc grade is 28.51%. It is characterized by simple and complete ore body, gentle and stable occurrence, shallow burial, large deposit size and high grade. Economic development of excellent quality, suitable for open - pit mining.
(3) gold mine
The katabasu gold deposit is located in xinyuan county, xinjiang. The gold mine was first discovered in 2009, with 53 tons of gold resources submitted in the middle stage and over 100 tons of gold resources in the future, making it one of the largest gold mines in China.
The quality of katabasu gold deposit is better. The average grade of the 53 tons of gold ore submitted is 3.51 g/ton, of which the no.4 ore body is 20 tons and the average grade is 5.7 g/ton. The katabasu gold deposit is rich in gold and copper, with a potential economic value of nearly 20 billion yuan.
(4) iron ore
Xinjiang is rich in iron ore resources, which are widely distributed, diversified, rich in minerals and have great resource potential.
Avulale ore deposit, west tianshan mountain: this iron polymetallic deposit belongs to Marine volcanic type iron ore. The accumulated exploration amount of iron ore resources is 1.63 billion tons, and the predicted amount of resources is more than 2 billion tons.
Kush kurgan, west kunlun: the deposit belongs to sedimentary metamorphic iron ore deposit, with accumulated reserves of 1.19 billion tons and average grade of iron ore in the whole region of 32.50%. Chahekou iron ore deposit is rich in iron ore resources of 80 million tons and average grade of 58.62%. It is predicted that the iron ore reserves of this metallogenic belt can reach 2-3 billion tons.
(5) manganese ore
In October 2016, the department of land and resources of xinjiang autonomous region disclosed that a newly discovered carboniferous stable manganese rich ore rock system was found in ximuji township, aktaw county, kezile sukeerji autonomous prefecture. The quantity of high-quality manganese ore resources reached 30 million tons, with an average grade of about 35%.
The ore - bearing strata in this ore belt are stable, thick and rich in grade. This achievement has laid a resource foundation for the formation of large manganese resource bases in xinjiang and even the whole country, and will also improve the resource bottleneck of the lack of rich manganese ore in China.
(6) crystalline graphite
In October 2016, the department of land and resources of xinjiang uygur autonomous region announced the discovery of a large crystalline graphite ore belt with reserves of more than 100 million tons in the junggar basin of northern xinjiang. Surface investigation found that the graphite ore body extends far, about 20 to 30 kilometers long, and the ore body is stable. Preliminary exploration shows that the prospective reserves of crystalline graphite ore belt in eastern junggar region are more than 100 million tons, and the average grade of fixed carbon is about 10%.
(7) uranium mining
China is a country with limited uranium resources. Chinas proven uranium reserves rank 10th in the world, which cannot meet the long-term needs of nuclear power development. The deposit scale is mainly small and medium-sized (accounting for more than 60% of the total reserves). Ore grade is low, usually with phosphorus, sulfur and non-ferrous metals, rare metal minerals and its symbiosis or associated.
Yili basin is one of the most important bases for uranium mining in China. In yili area, the 216th brigade of China nuclear power group has achieved the first major breakthrough in the exploration of in-situ leachable sandstone type uranium deposit in China, and discovered and submitted the first 10,000-ton in-situ leachable sandstone type uranium deposit in China, making yili basin the first extra-large in-situ leachable sandstone type uranium deposit in China.
In addition to the above mineral resource bases, xinjiang is also the major producer of rare metals in China, especially beryllium, lithium, niobium and tantalum. The super large niobium and tantalum deposit in baicheng county in southern xinjiang is estimated to have reserves of more than 100,000 tons, exceeding the total proven niobium reserves in China. The total value of the deposit is estimated to exceed 130 billion yuan.

Regardless of its geographical location or national strategy, xinjiang is a "treasure pot" and a resource base for China and even the world.