The deposit is located 300 m south of the operating Sarbaiskoye deposit on the western wing of the Sokolovsko Sarbaisky anticline in the sequence of sedimentary volcanogenic Paleozoic rocks overlain by young (Cr₁–Q) loose sediments 80 120 m thick. …

The Sarbaiskoye iron ore deposit has been studied by many researchers. The most detailed subdivision of the section of the volcanogenic-sedimentary strata of the host rocks was made by V.M. Izoitko, who distinguished seven packages according to the prevalence of certain rocks. It was proved, contrary to I. A. Kochergin, that the so-called Western, Eastern and South-Eastern ore bodies represent a single ore body, separated by ore‑bearing tectonic disturbances. ...