Shah Ali Beglu

Producer in 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. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10158491
MAS/MILS ID 5070100003
Record type Site
Current site name Shah Ali Beglu
Alternate or previous names Shah Ali Baglu

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 48.29127, 37.26528 (WGS84)
Elevation 1980
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 Secondary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 48.29127, 37.26528

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1M
    Length 200M
    Width 30M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Strike And Dip N00S:
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ivan Tosharian
    Home office Iran
    Year 1976

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1976
    Measured 6000mt ore
    Indicated 1000mt ore
    Demonstrated 7000mt ore
    Total resources 7000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 187 g/mt Silver Major 1976
    Lead Pb 9 wt-pct Lead Major 1976
    Copper Cu 1 wt-pct Copper Minor 1976
    Zinc Zn 12.3 wt-pct Zinc Major 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    COMPILED FOR LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LAB.

  • Deposit

    76 WRIGHT, W. W., LEAD AND ZINC IN IRAN, USALD, 1965, P. 171

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 76 THERE ARE 5 VEINS, THE REPORTED RESERVES ARE FOR ONLY ONE 76 ACTUAL RESERVES SHOULD BE MUCH MORE THAN THE 6000 TON FIG 76 CONCENTRATE IS TRUCKED TO SARSHAM AND THEN BY RAIL TO UNK. SITE WAS DEVELOPING IN 1965. ASSUMED TO BE PRODUCING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-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.