Sangan

Producer in Khorasan, Iran with commodity Iron
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 10279748
MAS/MILS ID 5070600016
Record type Site
Current site name Sangan

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 60.25094, 34.38193 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Khorasan(province)

Iran(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Iran Khorasan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 60.25094, 34.38193

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 1992 RES: 160 MMT @ 49% MAGNETITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    COMPILED FOR LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LAB.

  • Deposit

    ROSKILL PUBLICATION SERVICES, INC. IRON. 1988.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    VARIOUS YEARS.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MINERALS YEARBOOK, USBM, 1994.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OPENED IN 1993 AT 3.4M TPY ORE. SEDIMENTARY HOST ROCK.

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.