Elikah

Prospect in Tehran, Iran with commodities Barium-Barite, 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. Ownership information
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10256191
MAS/MILS ID 5070900056
Record type Site
Current site name Elikah

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 51.33118, 36.1686 (WGS84)
Elevation 3250
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tehran(province)

Iran(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Iran Tehran

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 51.33118, 36.1686

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 50S
    Thickness 6M
    Length 90M
    Width 10M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Type of Orebody #3 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Strike And Dip :50S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 950906

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Elikah Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Iran
    Year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Number of Adits 2
    Capacity Units CU-M ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/CU-M ORE
    Year of Information 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    COMPILED FOR LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LAB.

  • Deposit

    BUNDESANSTALT FUR BODENFORSCHUNG. IRAN. 1974.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. MINERALS YEARBOOK. CH. ON IRAN.

  • Deposit

    VARIOUS YEARS.

  • Deposit

    76 WILLIAMS, G. J., GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF IRAN, REPORT NO. 21

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 76 ORE GRADES AND PRODUCT DESTINATIONS ARE NOT KNOWN. 76 TRUE DEPOSIT DIMENSIONS HAVE NOT BEEN DETERMINED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-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.