Bauxite deposits of the Turgai trough, which are one of the raw material bases of the alumina and aluminum industry of the USSR, are known since 1931. These deposits belong to the platform karst and karst-erosion ...

Relatively few works have been published on the methodology of exploration of platform bauxite deposits of karst type. In them, recommendations on the shape and density of exploration networks are given taking into account the applied in practice, without substantiation and analysis. Variability of bauxite bodies at the deposits of the considered type has not been practically studied, although similar studies on bauxite deposits of geosynclinal type were carried out by Yu.M. Rodchenko. ...