Alamedin Deposit

The Alamedin Deposit is located 28 km south of Bishkek city in the middle reaches of the Alamedin River at absolute elevations slightly below 1800 m. Like many other thermal water springs, it has been known for a long time and was used by the ancient population of the Chui Valley, as evidenced by archaeological finds in its vicinity.

The first scientific description of the Alamedin thermal springs was provided by B. A. Fedorovich, who studied the geomorphological features of the northern foothills of the Kyrgyz Range in 1927.

The number of warm water springs in the Alamedin deposit area reached one and a half dozen, with a total discharge of more than 7 l/s, but the temperature in them rarely exceeded 30°C, which limited their use, although their popularity was quite high.

From 1971 to 1974, the Chui hydrogeological party of the Geological Administration of the Kyrgyz SSR, led by Yu. P. Kopotilov, conducted exploratory research on thermal mineral waters in the Alamedin River valley, employing a large volume of drilling. During this time, a deposit of thermally mineralized water (similar to "Mirgorod mineral" in terms of dissolved salts) was discovered in the area of the "Wolf Gates," named Furmanovskoye by the discoverers in honor of the famous commissioner of the Chapayev Division and author of a book about the legendary commander of this division. In the Alamedin thermal springs area, one of the wells (No. 915) produced water with a temperature of 53°C. The depth of the well was 507 m, with a discharge of self-flowing water of about 2 l/s.

Alamedin water is sodium sulfate with a high content of chloride and calcium ions, quite similar to the water from the Issyk-Ata, Ak-Suu, and some other thermal springs in Kyrgyzstan and Siberia. Its mineralization slightly reaches 400 mg/l, and the medium reaction is alkaline; the water contains about 10 mg/l of fluoride, tenths of mg/l of tungsten and molybdenum, and has copper, zinc, lead, silver, lithium, and a number of other trace elements; its biological activity is enhanced by the presence of 24 mg/l of silicic acid.

Currently, based on the Alamedin thermal water deposit, there is a recreation center "Warm Springs" with a capacity of 400 places. The surroundings are picturesque, adjacent to the capital of the republic, mountainous but relatively low, and the potential for obtaining the necessary even large amounts of hot water is quite real.