Kadzharan

Producer in Armenia with commodities Molybdenum, Copper, Gold, Tellurium, Bismuth
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. General comments
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085912
MRDS ID W701759
Record type Site
Current site name Kadzharan

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 46.13468, 39.16518 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Armenia(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Armenia

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE EASTERN SPURS OF THE ZANGEZUR RANGE; IN THE NORTHERN END OF THE MEGRA PLUTON, NEAR ITS NORTHERN CONTACT WITH A LOWER EOCENE VOLCANIC SEQUENCE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Tellurium Critical Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AU, TE, AND BI ARE RARE, SPORADICALLY OCCURRING IN THE VEINS OF THE GALENA-SPHALERITE-QUARTZ PHASE OF THE ORE BODY

Nearby scientific data

(1) 46.13468, 39.16518

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMIRNOV, V.I., ED., ORE DEPOSITS OF THE USSR: LONDON, PITMAN PUBLISHING, VOL. III PAGE 173-177

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COPPER-MOLYBDENUM STOCKWORK DEPOSIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1990 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1994 Jenness, Jane E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.