Introduction to scenic spots in Keketuohai National Geopark

On February 8, 2012, in accordance with the national standards of "Classification and Assessment of Quality Grades of Tourist Attractions" and "Measures for the Management of Quality Grade Assessment of Tourist Attractions", it was recommended by the Altay Region and initially evaluated by the Xinjiang Tourist Attractions Quality Grade Assessment Committee. , the National Tourist Attractions Quality Rating Committee organized an assessment that Fuyun County Keketuo Sea Scenic Area met the standards and requirements of a national 5A tourist attraction and was approved as a national 5A tourist attraction. The Irtysh River originates from the Altai Mountains in Xinjiang, exits the country in the west, enters Kazakhstan, and then enters Russia. After joining the Ob River on the Siberian Plain, it flows to the Arctic Ocean. In the 1930s, Soviet geologists discovered through surveys that there were abnormally high levels of rare metal elements in the river mud in the middle and lower reaches of the Irtysh River. Therefore, they speculated that there might be a large-scale rare metal mine at the source of the Irtysh River. In 1935, the Soviet geological survey team headed by В·П·Khloshev went up the E River to the Cocoto Sea and discovered 8 beryl sites, including the "No. 3 vein" that later became famous all over the world. origin, thus unveiling the veil of this world-class rare metal deposit.

Lithium (Li), beryllium (Be), niobium (Nb), tantalum (Ta), rubidium (Rb), cesium (Cs) and other metals are called Rare metals, which have very important uses in atomic energy, aerospace, electronics, metallurgy, chemical industry, etc., and these metals are mainly contained in spodumene, beryl, niobium tantalite, lepidolite in granite pegmatite , garnet and other minerals.

In fact, Kazakh herdsmen in Cocotuohai discovered beryl and other mineral crystals here a long time ago and collected them as jewelry decorations. However, they did not know at the time that these crystals were in the shape of hexagonal columns and had different colors. The beautiful yellow-green and emerald green beryl is the most important beryllium-containing mineral.

Coketuohai rare metal minerals are produced in granite pegmatite veins, and granite pegmatite veins are almost all over the Altai Mountains. It not only produces rare metal minerals, but also because the pegmatite is rich and colorful. The mineral crystals create the gemstone town in the northern border of the Western Region. The most famous gemstones include: beryl, aquamarine, spodumene, amethyst, hibiscus, garnet, various tourmalines formed by colored tourmaline, etc. The Cocotuo Sea, a cornucopia famous for its rich mineral resources, is not a peaceful place. In recent geological periods, it has been active in a unique way, leaving another type of geological heritage to mankind. In the early morning of August 11, 1931, a major earthquake with a magnitude of 8.0 on the Richter scale, known as the "Fuyun Earthquake" occurred in the Karasengar area south of the Cocotuo Sea. The earthquake area started from Armant Mountain in Qinghe County in the south. , reaching the Cocotuo Sea Basin in the north, creating a 176-kilometer-long fault rupture zone. Strong seismic waves spread rapidly around the world, and the diameter of the area where strong earthquakes were felt reached 2,500 kilometers. Jiufeng Station in Beijing and Xujiahui Station in Shanghai, as one of the few seismic stations in China at that time, recorded the seismic wave pattern of this earthquake. Hundreds of seismic stations around the world, including Cape Town in South Africa, Sydney in Australia, Ottawa in Canada, and Oxford in the UK, recorded this earthquake. The San Anju seismic station in South America, which is 12,000 kilometers away from the earthquake zone, also recorded up to Two and a half hours of shockwaves.

Earthquakes are not entirely bad for humans. It is precisely due to the long-term activity of the Fuyun earthquake fault zone that a series of broad fault basins and lake depressions were formed along the fault zone, such as the Keketuo Sea and the Kekosu Sea. These areas are rich in water and grass and fertile land, and have become a settlement for the Kazakhs. A paradise of reproduction.