Shamsabad

Producer in Tehran, Iran with commodity Iron
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. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10305424
MAS/MILS ID 5070900004
Record type Site
Current site name Shamsabad
Alternate or previous names Shamsabad Fe Ore Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 49.76788, 33.89875 (WGS84)
Elevation 2430
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tehran(province)

Iran(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Iran Tehran

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Covellite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Siderite Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 49.76788, 33.89875

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Comments on the geologic information

  • FORMED BY REPLACEMENT OF LS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1958

Mining district

District name Arak-Malayer

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RES (1994): 48MMT @ 40-50% ILMENITE/MAGNETITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL RESEARCH SERVICES. OCT 6, 1994. REPORT

  • Deposit

    COMPILED FOR LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LAB.

  • Deposit

    BUNDESABSTALT FUR BODENFORSCHUNG. IRAN. 1974.

  • Deposit

    B. SHAHRESTANI. THE IRON DEPOSITS OF IRAN. SYMPOSIUM ON

  • Deposit

    IRON ORE, ISPHAHAN, IRAN, 1963.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    VARIOUS YEARS.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    A. HAGHIGHI. GEOLOGY OF SHAMSABAD AND TSCHOGART IRON ORE

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS. CENTO IRON ORE SYMPOSIUM. OCT. 2-5, 1963.

  • Deposit

    SYMPOSIUM ON IRON ORE HELD IN ISPHAHAN,IRAN, OCT. 2-5,1963,C

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT HAS HIGH CU CONTENT WHICH WILL CAUSE METALLURGICAL PROBLEMS. THERE ARE FOUR ORE TYPES: COARSE POROUS, FINE POROUS, COMPACT GRADE. PART OF ORE IS HIGH IN SIO2 OTHER PARTS HIGH IN CAO SO PROBABLY BLENDING WOULD BE NECESSARY IF USED.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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