Tonkar

Past Producer in Khorasan, Iran with commodity Boron-Borates
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10055355
MRDS ID RL10020
Record type Site
Current site name Tonkar

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 57.63436, 36.21521 (WGS84)
Relative position LOCATION IS FOR THE TOWN OF SABZEVAR.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Khorasan(province)

Iran(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Iran Khorasan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 57.63436, 36.21521

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Thermal Spring Activity?

Comments on the geologic information

  • SEVERAL SOURCES OF BORATES IN SEMI-CONSOLIDATED (?) LIMESTONE, MARL, AND CLAY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1945, 1965

Mining district

District name Sabzawar

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LYDAY, P.A., 1992, HISTORY OF BORON PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 303, P. 19-37.

  • Deposit

    LYDAY, P.A., 1992, BORON: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES ANNUAL REPORT, P. 1-11.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1993 Langford, R.P. BHP Utah Industries

Beyond USGS

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