Ravanj

Producer in Tehran, Iran with commodities Barium-Barite, Lead
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10207059
MAS/MILS ID 5070900001
Record type Site
Current site name Ravanj
Alternate or previous names Ravandje, Ravange

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 50.75117, 34.16562 (WGS84)
Elevation 2100
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tehran(province)

Iran(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Iran Tehran

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 50.75117, 34.16562

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 25M
    Length 240M
    Width 100M
    Depth to top 35M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sogemiran S. A.
    Year 1975

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RES: 950 KMT @ 6% PB. (1974).

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 35
    Hardness of Ore HARDPAN
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 5
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1975
  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method SUBLEVEL CAVING 10-75
    Percent Waste Rock 25
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1975

Comments on other economic factors

  • PRODUCTION; UNDERGROUND MINE - 240 TPD BARITE, 300 TPD PB. SURFACE MINE - 300 TPD ORE, 1900 TPD WASTE BY OPEN PIT METHODS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL RESEARCH SERVICE. OCT. 6, 1994. REPORT

  • Deposit

    COMPILED FOR LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LAB.

  • Deposit

    ILZIG WORLD LEAD-ZINC DIRECTORY. JUNE 1988.

  • Deposit

    BUNDESANSTALT FUR BODENFORSCHUNG. IRAN. 1974.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. MINERALS YEARBOOK. CH. ON IRAN.

  • Deposit

    VARIOUS YEARS.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL. SEPT. 5, 1969. P. 200.

  • Deposit

    M.M. HEYDARI. THE MINERALS INDUSTRY OF IRAN. CH. IN

  • Deposit

    MINERALS YEARBOOK. USBM, 1994.

  • Deposit

    75 WORLD MINING, "OXIDE LEAD," VOL. 6, NO. 4, P. 16.

  • Deposit

    75 WRIGHT, W. W., LEAD AND ZINC IN IRAN, USAID, 1965.

  • Deposit

    75 BURNOL, L., GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF IRAN REPORT NO.11, 1968.

  • Deposit

    75 CENTO SYMPOSIUM ON MINING GEOLOGY-BASE METALS, ANKARA, 19

  • Deposit

    75 CARLETON, D. A., MINERALS YEARBOOK-1969, VOL. IV, P. 375.

  • Deposit

    75 MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, JUNE 1971,

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRODUCTION IS 200 TPD ORE TO MILL. PRODUCES 4.5KMT PB PER YEAR. ORE IS FOUND IN LENSES IN LS. UNDERGROUND MINE USES SUBLEVEL CAVING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-SEP-1996 Wilburn, David R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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