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Porphyry copper deposit in Kerman, Iran

Names and other identifiers

GMRAP ID 9319
Alternate names Miduk, Shahre Babak, Shareh Babak, Meyduk, Meduk
Tract name Kerman (142pCu9016)
Group name Meiduk Group
Included sites Group includes Chah-Firuzeh and Meiduk deposits and Chah Messi, Darbiduye, Darbiduye silcat v., Dare Tangle, E-Meiduk station, Hemashk, Kahtokarha, Lachah, Latela, N-Kamkoiye, NW-Bandovan, NW-Meiduk, Sara, SE-Chah Messi and other prospects.
Site status deposit

Geographic location

Country Iran
State or province Kerman
Geographic location 55.174, 30.4256
Geologic map unit 55.174, 30.4256
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Geologic information

Deposit type Porphyry copper
Age (Ma) 12.5Ma
Age determination method U-Pb zircon
Age range 12.5 ±0.1 Ma
Age reference McInnes and others (2005)
Minerals azurite/malachite, barite, biotite, bornite, carbonate, chalcanthite, chalcocite, chalcopyrite, chlorite, chrysocolla, chrystobalite, covellite, epidote, galena, hematite, limonite, magnetite, malachite, molybdenite, pyrite, rutile, sericite, sphalerite, tetrahedrite, turquoise, zeolite
Associated rocks basalt dike, diorite porphyry, quartz diorite porphyry, clastics, volcanics, andesite, andesite porphyry, dacite, rhyodacite, granodiorite, quartz diorite, diorite
Tectonic setting continental margin
Stratigraphic age late Miocene

Commodity and development information

Development status Producer
Major commodities Cu, Mo
Minor commodities Au
Tonnage (Mt) 176Mt
Cu grade (%) 0.61%
Mo grade (%) 0.007%
Ag grade (g/t) 1.8g/t
Contained copper 1,100,000t
Gold-Moly ratio -9999

Reference information

Comments Cu-Mo-(Au-Ag) porphyry deposit; calc-alkaline; in production; open pit; expansion to be completed in 2015; includes Lachah, Latela, NW-Meiduk, and S-Silicate vein porphyry prospects located less than 4 km from deposit.
Study area name Tethys
References Aliani and others (2009); Arian and others (2011); Bazin and Hübner (1969a); Bazin and Hübner (1969b); Boomeri and others (2009); Derakhshani and Mehrabi (2009); Espanhod (1992); Hassanzadeh (1993); Honarmand and others (2011); InfoMine Inc. (2013z); Iran Geological Survey (2012a); Iran Geological Survey (2012b); Iran Geological Survey (2012e); Kirkham and Dunne (2000); Leaman and Staude (2002); McInnes and others (2005); National Iranian Copper Industries Co. (2012); Samani (1998); Shafiei and others (2009); Shafiei and Shahabpour (2008); Shahabpour (1992); Shahabpour (1999); Shahabpour (2005); Shahabpour (2007); Singer and others (2008); Taghipour and others (2008); Tangestani and Moore (2001); Tangestani and Moore (2002a); Tangestani and Moore (2002b); U.S. Geological Survey (2012)
Site reference Zürcher and others (in press)
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