Mine detail: Mehdiabad Zn - Pb

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Location: Yazd, Iran, Asia
Lat / long: 31.51552, 54.96771
dep_id: 10073080
mrds_id: W018890
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Zinc, Lead
Minor mineral: Copper, Silver, Barium-Barite
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Barite, Bournonite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Siderite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
gangue: Calcite, Dolomite, Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR, IRREGULAR
conc_proc: Oxidation, Leaching To Produce Calamine Ore
ore_ctrl: Slump Or Sink Hole Structure
Reporter: Schruben, Paul G.
hrock_unit: Limestone, Shale, Dolomite
hrock_type: Limestone,Dolomite
Structure: Major Fault Cuts Off The Deposit On The Sw.
Year first produced: 1950
References:
  • Deposit:: WRIGHT, W. S., 1965, LEAD AND ZINC IN IRAN; P. 129 - 145
  • Deposit:: BURNOL, L., 1968, CONTRIBUTION A L ETUDE DES GISEMENTS DE PLOMB ET DE ZINC DE L IRAN; GEOL. SURV. IRAN, REPT. 11, P. 56 - 60
  • Deposit:: 1964 DIREXPL AID - 5 HOLE
  • Production:: WRIGHT, W. S., 1965, LEAD AND ZINC IN IRAN P. 129
  • Reserve-Resource:: WRIGHT, W. S., 1965, LEAD AND ZINC IN IRAN, P. 129
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