Koushk

Producer in Yazd, Iran with commodities Lead, 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. 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 10281529
MAS/MILS ID 5071200003
Record type Site
Current site name Koushk
Alternate or previous names Kushk, Kuchke, Kuoshke, Koushke

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 55.76772, 31.74883 (WGS84)
Elevation 2200
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yazd(province)

Iran(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Iran Yazd

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 55.76772, 31.74883

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45W
    Dip 40W
    Thickness 6M
    Length 800M
    Width 180M
    Depth to top 73M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Strike And Dip N45W:40W
    Minimum Depth to Top 22
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 950824

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1968

Mining district

District name Bafq-Kerman

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Rio Tinto Zinc Corp.
    Interest 34
    Home office United Kingdom
    Year 1975
  • Type Owner
    Owner Simiran Co.
    Interest 49
    Home office Iran
    Year 1975
  • Type Owner
    Owner Penaroya
    Interest 17
    Home office France
    Year 1975

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 4550M
    Overall depth 50M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method SUBLEVEL 10-43
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Number of Shafts 2
    Length of Inclines (m) 55
    Slope of Inclines 15
    Number of Inclines 1
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    2nd Condition of Workings PART ACCESSIBLE
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    COMPILED FOR LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LAB.

  • Deposit

    INTERNATIONAL MINING. AUG. 1988, PP. 95-96.

  • Deposit

    M.M. HEYDARI. MINERALS YEARBOOK 1992. CH. ON IRAN. USBM.

  • Deposit

    A. GIBBS. GEOLOGY AND GENESIS OF THE BAFQ LEAD-ZINC DEPOSIT

  • Deposit

    IRAN. INSTITUTE OF MIN. & MET. TRANSACTIONS. 1976.

  • Deposit

    METALLGESELLSCHAFT AG. WORLD MINING MAP. 1985.

  • Deposit

    USGS MINERAL RESOURCES DATA SYSTEM (MRDS). 1994.

  • Deposit

    ILZIG WORLD LEAD-ZINC DIRECTORY. JUNE 1988.

  • Deposit

    BUNDESANSTALT FUR BODENFORSCHUNG. IRAN. 1974.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    VARIOUS YEARS.

  • Deposit

    M.M. HEYDARI. THE MINERALS INDUSTRY OF IRAN. CH. IN

  • Deposit

    MINERALS YEARBOOK, USBM, 1994.

  • Deposit

    75 WRIGHT, W. W., LEAD AND ZINC IN IRAN, AGENCY FOR INT. DEV

  • Deposit

    75 MINING MAGAZINE, "LEAD-ZINC ORE IN CENTRAL IRAN", APRIL,

  • Deposit

    75 BAILEY, E. H., GEOLOGY AND OREDEPOSITS OF KUSHK MINING DI

  • Deposit

    75 CENTO SYMPOSIUM ON MINING GEOLOGY AND BASE METALS, TURKEY

  • Deposit

    75 MINING ANNUAL REVIEW-1971 P. 375. (LONDON)

  • Deposit

    75 ERTZMETALL, VOL 26, NO. 10, OCTOBER 1973, P. 490.

  • Deposit

    75 MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, JUNE 1972,

  • Deposit

    75 MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, JUNE 1974,

  • Deposit

    75 MINERAL INDUSTRY IN IRAN, MINERALS YEARBOOK V. 4, USDI, 1

  • Deposit

    75 SWISS, M., MINING AND MINERALS ENGINEERING, VOL. 6, NO. 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALSO PART OF BAFQ DISTRICT (5071200002). RES: 3MMT @ 21% ZN (1974). PROD CAP: 650 TPD ORE. MINED BY UG USING LONGHOLE BLASTING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-SEP-96 Wilburn, David R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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