Damanjala

Producer in Semnan, Iran with commodity Copper
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. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10255688
MAS/MILS ID 5070850001
Record type Site
Current site name Damanjala

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 56.41105, 35.3653 (WGS84)
Elevation 940
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Semnan(province)

Iran(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Iran Semnan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Unknown
Chalcocite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Copper Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 56.41105, 35.3653

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 50S
    Thickness 5M
    Length 300M
    Width 100M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 STOCKWORK
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Strike And Dip :50S
    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 Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1936

Mining district

District name Abbas Abad

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Government Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Iran
    Year 1976

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1976
    Measured 50000mt ore
    Demonstrated 50000mt ore
    Total resources 50000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.25 wt-pct Copper Trace 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COPPER DEPOSITS IN IRAN (ARABIC). SOURCE UNKNOWN, 1994.

  • Deposit

    76 BAZIN, D., GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF IRAN, REPORT NO. 13, 1969

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 76 DEPOSIT HAS NOT BEEN ADEQUATELY EXPLORED. 76 RESERVES ESTIMATED AT 9000T PER METER OF MINERALIZED DEPT 76 PRODUCT DESTINATION IS NOT KNOWN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-AUG-1995 Wilburn, David R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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