Loban Zardeh, Porphyry copper prospect

Loban Zardeh

Porphyry copper prospect in Zanjan, Iran

Names and other identifiers

GMRAP ID	9223
Alternate names	Lubenjardeh
Tract name	Azerbaijan—Caucasus-Iran (142pCu9014c)
Site status	prospect

Geographic location

Country	Iran
State or province	Zanjan
Geographic location	48.8333, 36.75 (click for info)
Geologic map unit	48.8333, 36.75
Nearby data	List Map

Geologic information

Deposit type	Porphyry copper
Age determination method	Geologic inference
Age range	Oligocene–Miocene(?)
Age reference	geologic inference
Minerals	copper sulphides
Associated rocks	porphyritic granite
Tectonic setting	postconvergence
Stratigraphic age	Oligocene–Miocene(?)

Commodity and development information

Development status	Occurrence
Major commodities	Cu
Gold-Moly ratio	-9999

Reference information

Comments	Cu porphyry prospect; short adit.
Study area name	Tethys
References	Bazin and Hübner (1969a); Iran Geological Survey (2012e); U.S. Geological Survey (2012)
Site reference	Zürcher and others (in press)

Bazin, D., and Hübner H., 1969a, Copper deposits in Iran: Iran Geological Survey Report 13, 232 p.

Iran Geological Survey, 2012e, Minerals information of Iran: Iran Geological and Mineral Exploration Survey Web page accessed June 25, 2012, at http://www.gsi.ir/General/Lang_en/Page_43/WebsiteId_17/Minerals.Distribution.html.U.S. Geological Survey, 2012, Mineral resource data system (MRDS): U.S. Geological Survey database, accessed October 19, 2012, at http://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/.