Chah Sorb

Past Producer in Khorasan, Iran with commodity Lead
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. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10182843
MAS/MILS ID 5070600001
Record type Site
Current site name Chah Sorb

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 56.66792, 34.06557 (WGS84)
Elevation 940
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
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerussite Unknown
Galena Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 56.66792, 34.06557

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00S
    Dip 60W
    Thickness 20M
    Length 200M
    Width 80M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Type of Orebody #3 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Strike And Dip N00S:60W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 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
Year of first production 1954

Mining district

District name Tabas

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sherkate Khuhestan
    Home office Iran
    Year 1975

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method SUBLEVEL 10-43
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Number of Shafts 3
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUNDESANSTALT FUR BODENFORSCHUNG. IRAN. 1974.

  • Deposit

    75 WRIGHT, W. W., LEAD AND ZINC IN IRAN, US AID, 1965.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OPERATED IN 1965; CURRENT STATUS UNKNOWN. 1960 PRODUCTION WAS 50 TPD BY STOPING METHODS.

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.