Lachar

Prospect in Kerman, Iran with commodity Copper
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. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10206987
MAS/MILS ID 5070500002
Record type Site
Current site name Lachar

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 55.07412, 30.41892 (WGS84)
Elevation 2500
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kerman(province)

Iran(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Iran Kerman

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 55.07412, 30.41892

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N05S
    Dip 25S
    Thickness 100M
    Length 1000M
    Width 300M
    Depth to top 40M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 STOCKWORK
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Strike And Dip N05S:25S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Meiduk

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1975
    Inferred 150000mt ore
    Total resources 150000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.4 wt-pct Copper Trace 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    J.P. FERRIER. CARAVAN JOURNEYS AND WANDERINGS. OXFORD

  • Deposit

    UNIVERSITY PRESS. 1976, PP. 74, 106-107, 116, 125.

  • Deposit

    COPPER DEPOSITS IN IRAN (ARABIC). SOURCE UNKNOWN, 1994.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    75 THE TIMES ATLAS OF THE WORLD, HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO., BOSTO

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-SEP-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.