Kuh-e-Gabri, Porphyry copper(?) prospect

Kuh-e-Gabri

Porphyry copper(?) prospect in Kerman, Iran

Names and other identifiers

GMRAP ID	9099
Tract name	Esfahan (142pCu9008)
Site status	prospect

Geographic location

Country	Iran
State or province	Kerman
Geographic location	56.4145, 30.3726 (click for info)
Geologic map unit	56.4145, 30.3726
Nearby data	List Map

Geologic information

Deposit type	Porphyry copper(?)
Age determination method	Geologic inference
Age range	Eocene(?) or younger
Age reference	Shahabpour (2005); Shahabpour (2007)
Tectonic setting	postconvergence
Stratigraphic age	Eocene(?) or younger

Commodity and development information

Development status	Prospect
Major commodities	Mo, W
Minor commodities	Cu, Zn, Pb
Gold-Moly ratio	-9999

Reference information

Comments	Possible porphyry-related W-Mo-Cu skarn; calc-alkaline to alkaline; drilling roads evident in satellite imagery; mineralogical and geochemical studies.
Study area name	Tethys
References	Abedpour and Tarrah (2010); Shahabpour (2005); Shahabpour (2007)
Site reference	Zürcher and others (in press)

Abedpour, Z., and Tarrah, J., 2010, Petrography and mineralogical reactions relating skarn zones at the Kuh-e-Gabbri, northwestern Kerman: International Applied Geological Congress, 1st, Mashad, Iran, April 2628, 2010 [Proceedings], p.13211325. (Also available at http://conference.khuisf.ac.ir/DorsaPax/userfiles/file/pazhohesh/zamin%20mashad/236.pdf.)Shahabpour, J., 2005, Tectonic evolution of the orogenic belt in the region located between Kerman and Neyriz: Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, v. 24, p. 405417. (Also available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2003.11.007.)Shahabpour, J., 2007, Island-arc affinity of the central Iranian volcanic belt: Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, v. 30, p. 652665. (Also available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2007.02.004.)