Seh Changi

Past Producer in Khorasan, Iran with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, 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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10158299
MAS/MILS ID 5070600004
Record type Site
Current site name Seh Changi
Alternate or previous names Seh Changui

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 58.05097, 32.53186 (WGS84)
Elevation 850
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Khorasan(province)

Iran(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Iran Khorasan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 58.05097, 32.53186

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60W
    Dip 80N
    Thickness 2.5M
    Length 2000M
    Width 30M
    Depth to top 35M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Strike And Dip N60W:80N
    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
    Measured 50000mt ore
    Demonstrated 50000mt ore
    Inferred 33000mt ore
    Total resources 83000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 9 wt-pct Lead Trace 1975
    Zinc Zn 6 wt-pct Zinc Trace 1975
    Copper Cu 1.7 wt-pct Copper Trace 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNITED NATIONS. TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    INSTITUTE. UNDP PROJECT IRA/71/542.

  • Deposit

    BUNDESANSTALT FUR BODENFORSCHUNG. IRAN. 1974.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    75 BURNOL, L., GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF IRAN, REPORT NO. 11, 196

  • Deposit

    75 SWISS, M., MINING AND MINERALS ENGINEERING, JANUARY 1970,

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE OPENED IN 1963. 5-6% PB+ZN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-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.