Akhtala

Unknown in Armenia with commodities Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10158124
MAS/MILS ID 4560000006
Record type Site
Current site name Akhtala
Alternate or previous names Achtala, Samlug, Alaverdi

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 44.76812, 41.13174 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Armenia(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Armenia

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION BASED ON NEAREST TOWN IN ARMENIA (TOWN WITH SAME NAME IN AZERBAIJAN) USING DEFENSE MAPPING AGENCY MAP ONC F-4 AND US ARMY GAZETTEER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 44.76812, 41.13174

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Armenia Government
    Interest 100
    Home office Armenia
    Year 1992

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ARMENIAN ZINC RESERVES REPORTED TO BE 20-25,000 MT CONTAINED ZN WITH 3.0-3.5% ZN IN ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    METALLGESELLSCHAFT. WORLD MINING MAP. 1987.

  • Deposit

    INTERFAX. MINING REPORT. APRIL 20, 1992.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-SEP-94 Wilburn, David R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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