Sungun

Prospect in Iran with commodities Copper, Gold, Molybdenum
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 10303896
MAS/MILS ID 5070100006
Record type Site
Current site name Sungun
Alternate or previous names Songoon, Sangun

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 46.71803, 38.68182 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iran(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Iran

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 46.71803, 38.68182

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RES: +100MMT AT 1% CU. AVERAGE CU GRADE 0.7% CU; HI GR. 1.5%.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL RESEARCH SERVICE. OCT 6, 1994, REPORT

  • Deposit

    COMPILED FOR LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LAB.

  • Deposit

    N.N. SUBRAHMANYAN. REPORT ON ADVISORY MISSION TO IRANIAN

  • Deposit

    MINERAL PROCESSING RESEARCH CENTER. UNITED NATIONS.

  • Deposit

    DEC. 3-17, 1991.

  • Deposit

    BUNDESANSTALT FUR BODENFORSCHUNG. IRAN. 1974.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    VARIOUS YEARS.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MINERALS YEARBOOK. USBM, 1994.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROPERTY CURRENTLY RECEIVING FOREIGN INVESTMENT. PORPHYRY COPPER TO BE RECOVERED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-FEB-96 Wilburn, David R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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