Khut

Prospect in Yazd, 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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10303847
MAS/MILS ID 5071200022
Record type Site
Current site name Khut

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 53.82107, 31.83884 (WGS84)
Elevation 2600
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yazd(province)

Iran(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Iran Yazd

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Scheelite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 53.82107, 31.83884

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 70M
    Length 400M
    Width 200M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 STOCKWORK
    Type of Orebody #3 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONATE SILIC
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 950911

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Yazd

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    COMPILED FOR LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LAB.

  • Deposit

    J. AMUZEGAR. IRAN: AN ECONOMIC PROFILE. THE MIDDLE EAST

  • Deposit

    INSTITUTE (WASHINGTON, D.C.) 1977, PP. 8-9, 90-93.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    75 SWISS, M., MINING AND MINERALS ENGINEERING, VOL. 6 NO. 1,

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.