Mine detail: Sohar

Location:	Oman, Asia
Lat / long:	24.24937, 56.41764
dep_id:	10207258
mas_id:	5230000002
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Copper
Minor mineral:	Gold, Silver
Operation type:	Surface-Underground
Development status:	Producer
other_matl:	Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
work_type:	Underground
Reporter:	Porter, Kenneth E.
Year first produced:	1983
disc_yr:	1974
References:	Deposit:: ANON. 1973. OMAN MAKING HEADWAY: WORLD MINING. NOVEMBER, Deposit:: PP. 37-38. Deposit:: ANON. 1977. OMAN COPPER MINING VENTURE TO START: JIDDAH ARAB Deposit:: NEWS. AUGUST. P. 4. Deposit:: ANON. 1977. OMAN COPPER PROJECT MOVES FORWARD: MINING Deposit:: JOURNAL. JULY 22. P.63. Deposit:: ANON. 1977. POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR MORE COPPER DEPOSITS IN Deposit:: OMAN: NORTHERN MINER. JULY 14. Deposit:: ANON. 1978. BIG OMAN COPPER PROJECT STEP CLOSER TO PRODUCT- Deposit:: ION: NORTHERN MINER. FEBRUARY 2. Deposit:: ANON. 1978. OMAN MINING COMPANY FORMED: MINING JOURNAL. Deposit:: VOL. 290. NO. 7431, JANUARY 20. P. 46. Deposit:: ANON. 1979 OMAN COPPER PROJECT UNDERWAY: MINING MAGAZINE Deposit:: SEPTEMBER. P.169. Deposit:: MEED. 1979. ECONOMY GETS COPPER BOTTOM: JUNE. P.42. Deposit:: MIDDLE EAST ECONOMIC SURVEY. OMAN. VOL. XXI, NO. 14. Deposit:: JANUARY 23, 1978. Reserve-Resource:: ANON. 1977. COPPER PROSPECTS FOR ARABIAN GULF: MINING Reserve-Resource:: MAGAZINE. AUGUST. P.103. Reserve-Resource:: MINING JOURNAL, 7/1/88, P. 5. Reserve-Resource:: MINING JOURNAL, 1/26/90, P. 67-69