Baychehbagh

Past Producer in Iran with commodities Copper, 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. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10134112
MAS/MILS ID 5070100002
Record type Site
Current site name Baychehbagh
Alternate or previous names Baiche-Bagh, Baeychbag, Bayche-Bagh Mines

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 47.11799, 37.0986 (WGS84)
Elevation 1650
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 Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 47.11799, 37.0986

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 200M
    Length 600M
    Width 100M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Strike And Dip N25E:
    Minimum Depth to Top 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

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1975
    Indicated 100000mt ore
    Demonstrated 100000mt ore
    Total resources 100000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.5 wt-pct Copper Trace 1975

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RES: 100,000 MT @ 2% CU.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL RESEARCH SERVICE. OCT. 6, 1994. REPORT

  • Deposit

    COMPILED FOR LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LAB.

  • Deposit

    BUNDESANSTALT FUR BODENFORSCHUNG. IRAN. 1974.

  • Deposit

    A. HAGHIGHI. GEOLOGY OF SHAMSABAD AND TCHOGART IRON ORE

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    75 BAZIN, D., GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF IRAN REPORT NO. 13, 1969,

  • Deposit

    75 CENTO SYMPOSIUM ON MINING GEOLOGY AND BASE METALS, ANKARA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-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.