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Taknar I and Ii

Producer in Khorasan, Iran with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc
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  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 10280274
MAS/MILS ID 5070600003
Record type Site
Current site name Taknar I and Ii

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 57.80101, 35.33169 (WGS84)
Elevation 1175
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
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 57.80101, 35.33169
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1964

Mining district

District name Taknar

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Government Mining Co.
    Home office Iran
    Year 1975

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1975
    Indicated 150000mt ore
    Demonstrated 150000mt ore
    Total resources 150000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 2 wt-pct Copper Trace 1975
    Zinc Zn 5.7 wt-pct Zinc Trace 1975
    Lead Pb 0.33 wt-pct Lead Trace 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUNDESANSTALT FUR BODENFORSCHUNG. IRAN. 1974.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1974 RES: 50KT @ 2% CU.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-AUG-1995 Wilburn, David R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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