Chahmessi

Prospect in Kerman, Iran with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc
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. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10279836
MAS/MILS ID 5070500003
Record type Site
Current site name Chahmessi

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 55.13412, 30.34082 (WGS84)
Elevation 2300
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kerman(province)

Iran(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Iran Kerman

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Copper Unknown
Galena Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 55.13412, 30.34082

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00S
    Dip 70E
    Thickness 3.5M
    Length 150M
    Width 50M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Strike And Dip N00S:70E
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Meiduk

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1975
    Inferred 70000mt ore
    Total resources 70000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 2 wt-pct Copper Trace 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    W.S. WRIGHT. LEAD & ZINC IN IRAN. USAID. SEPT. 1965.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    75 BAZIN, O., GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF IRAN REPORT NO. 13, 1969,

  • Deposit

    75 THE TIMES ATLAS OF THE WORLD, HOUGHTON-MIFFLIN CO., BOSTO

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-SEP-95 Wilburn, David R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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