Ozbak Kuh

Past Producer in Khorasan, Iran with commodities 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. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10304006
MAS/MILS ID 5070600002
Record type Site
Current site name Ozbak Kuh
Alternate or previous names Osbakkuh

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 57.13412, 34.64863 (WGS84)
Elevation 1360
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
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 57.13412, 34.64863

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N68E
    Dip 80W
    Thickness 2M
    Length 250M
    Width 280M
    Depth to top 142M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Strike And Dip N68E:80W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1957

Mining district

District name Tabas-Ferdows

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Societe Maaden Loute
    Home office Iran
    Year 1975

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 300M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method HORIZ CUT & FILL W/WASTE ROCK 10-60
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC FISSURED MODERATE WATER
    Number of Shafts 3
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 100
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNITED NATIONS. TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    INSTITUTE. UNDP PROJECT IRA/71/542, 1975.

  • Deposit

    BUNDESANSTALT FUR BODENFORSCHUNG. IRAN. 1974.

  • Deposit

    75 WRIGHT, W. W., LEAD AND ZINC IN IRAN, USAID, 1965.

  • Deposit

    75 CENTO SYMPOSIUM-MINING GEOLOGY AND THE BASE METALS, ANKAR

  • Deposit

    75 BURNOL, L., GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF IRAN REPORT NO. 11, 1968

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HOST ROCK LIMESTONE AND DOLOMITE. RECOVERED BOTH LEAD AND ZINC. CUT & FILL USED IN 1965.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-AUG-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.