| GMRAP ID | 9346 |
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| Alternate names | Zend |
| Tract name | Kerman (142pCu9016) |
| Site status | prospect |
| Country | Iran |
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| State or province | Kerman |
| Geographic location | 56.2917, 29.5917 |
| Geologic map unit | 56.2917, 29.5917 |
| Nearby data |
| Deposit type | Porphyry copper |
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| Age determination method | Geologic inference |
| Age range | Eocene or younger |
| Age reference | geologic inference |
| Minerals | azurite, carbonate, chalcopyrite, chlorite, cuprite, epidote, galena, kaolinite, magnetite, malachite, molybdenite, pyrite, quartz, sericite, sphalerite, tellurides, tetrahedrite/tennantite, tremolite, zeolite |
| Associated rocks | hornfelsic skarn, porphyritic quartz diorite, monzonite porphyry, volcano-sedimentary rocks |
| Tectonic setting | continental margin |
| Stratigraphic age | Eocene or younger |
| Development status | Prospect |
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| Major commodities | Cu, Mo |
| Trace commodities | Zn, Pb |
| Gold-Moly ratio | -9999 |
| Comments | Cu-Mo-(Au) porphyry-skarn prospect; alkaline; resource (not thoroughly characterized): 13 Mt at 0.52% Cu (weighted average of oxide and sulfide mineralization; 68,000 t of contained Cu); exploration, drilling. |
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| Study area name | Tethys |
| References | Bazin and Hübner (1969a); Bazin and Hübner (1969b); Dorsa PLC (2012g); Förster (1978); Iran Geological Survey (2012a); Shahabpour and Kramers (1987) |
| Site reference | Zürcher and others (in press) |