Talmessi

Past Producer in Esfahan, Iran with commodities Cobalt, Copper, Nickel
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 10304397
MAS/MILS ID 5070300006
Record type Site
Current site name Talmessi
Alternate or previous names Melouk Area

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 53.49499, 33.41564 (WGS84)
Elevation 1750
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esfahan(province)

Iran(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Iran Esfahan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Annabergite Unknown
Bornite Unknown
Chalcocite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Niccolite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 53.49499, 33.41564

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 50M
    Length 300M
    Width 150M
    Depth to top 25M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 STOCKWORK
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Strike And Dip N60W:
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Anarak

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1975
    Indicated 225000mt ore
    Demonstrated 225000mt ore
    Total resources 225000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.75 wt-pct Copper Trace 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

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.