Agarak Mine

Producer in Armenia with commodities Copper, Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10279657
MAS/MILS ID 4560000002
Record type Site
Current site name Agarak Mine
Alternate or previous names Agarad.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 46.16804, 38.88182 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Armenia(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Armenia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 46.16804, 38.88182

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Government Of Armenia
    Interest 100
    Home office Armenia
    Year 1992

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, P. 439 (MAY 1979).

  • Deposit

    LAZNECKA, P., PORPHRY COPPER AND MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS OF

  • Deposit

    THE USSR AND THEIR PLATE TECTONIC SETTINGS. INSTITUTION OF

  • Deposit

    MINING AND METALLURGY, LONDON TRANSACTIONS, V. 85, NO. 1,

  • Deposit

    PP. B14-B30 (FEBRUARY 1976).

  • Deposit

    SUTULOV, A., MINERAL RESOURCES AND THE ECONOMY OF THE

  • Deposit

    USSR.

  • Deposit

    MCGRAW-HILL PUBLICATION, NEW YORK, PP. 137, 142, 145,

  • Deposit

    (1973).

  • Deposit

    TATSCH, J. H., COPPER DEPOSITS: ORIGIN, EVOLUTION, &

  • Deposit

    PRESENT CHARACTERISTICS, TATSCH ASSOCIATES, SUDBURY,

  • Deposit

    MASSACHUSETTS, P. 149 (1975).

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, P. 333 (APRIL 1978).

  • Deposit

    MAP OF MINERAL RESOURCES OF RUSSIA AND ADJACENT COUNTRIES

  • Deposit

    (IN THE FORMER USSR BOUNDARIES). 1991. SCALE 1:5,000,000.

  • Deposit

    PUBLISHED IN RUSSIA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-FEB-95 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.