GMRAP ID | 9329 |
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Alternate names | Sarcheshmeh, Sar Chesmeh |
Tract name | Kerman (142pCu9016) |
Group name | Sar Cheshmeh Group |
Included sites | Group includes Now Chun, Sar Chesmeh, Sar Kuh deposits and Seridune prospect. |
Site status | deposit |
Country | Iran |
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State or province | Kerman |
Geographic location | 55.8721, 29.9503 |
Geologic map unit | 55.8721, 29.9503 |
Nearby data |
Deposit type | Porphyry copper |
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Deposit subtype | Cu-Mo |
Age (Ma) | 13.6Ma |
Age determination method | U-Pb zircon |
Age range | 13.6 ±0.1 Ma |
Age reference | McInnes and others (2005) |
Minerals | anhydrite/gypsum, antlerite, azurite/malachite, biotite, bornite, brochantite, carbonate, chalcocite, chalcopyrite, chlorite, chrysocolla, copper, covellite, cuprite, digenite, enargite, epidote, galena, goethite/limonite, gold, hematite, jarosite, kaolinite, molybdenite, pyrite, sericite, sphalerite, tellurides, tetrahedrite/tennantite, zeolite |
Associated rocks | breccia, diorite porphyry, feldspar porphyry, monzonite, gabbro, ignimbrite, trachyandesite, trachybasalt, tuff breccia, andesite, andesite porphyry, dacite, granodiorite |
Tectonic setting | continental margin |
Stratigraphic age | late Miocene |
Development status | Producer |
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Major commodities | Cu, Mo, Ag, Au |
Trace commodities | Pb, Zn |
Tonnage (Mt) | 1,538Mt |
Cu grade (%) | 0.58% |
Mo grade (%) | 0.03% |
Au grade (g/t) | 0.06g/t |
Ag grade (g/t) | 1.14g/t |
Contained copper | 8,900,000t |
Gold-Moly ratio | 2 |
Comments | Cu-Mo-(Ag-Au) porphyry deposit; calc-alkaline; in production; open pit; expansion 20132015. |
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Study area name | Tethys |
References | Aftabi and Atapour (2011); Aghazadeh and others (2012); Arian and others (2011); Atapour and Aftabi (2007); Bazin and Hübner (1969a, b); Boomeri, Nakashima and others (2010); Ellis (1991); Espanhod (1992); Ghorashi-Zadeh (1978); Hassanzadeh (1993); InfoMine Inc. (2013ad); Iran Geological Survey (2012a, b, e); Kirkham and Dunne (2000); McInnes and others (2005); National Iranian Copper Industries Co. (2012); Ranjbar and others (2005); Samani (1998); Shafiei (2010); Shafiei and others (2009); Shafiei and Shahabpour (2008); Shahabpour (1991, 1992, 1999, 2005, 2007); Shahabpour and Kramers (1987); Singer and others (2008); Tarkian and Stribrny (1999); U.S. Geological Survey (2012); Waterman and Hamilton (1975) |
Site reference | Zürcher and others (in press) |