Database name: |
World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits |
Compilers: |
R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born |
Release date: |
2015-01-27 |
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Deposit name(s): |
Khanegah |
Political location(s): |
Iran; Nearest community: Mount Kuh-e-dena (3 km W) |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
undifferentiated; as local concentration zones in limestone |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Late Cambrian (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; carbonateIndividual lithologies: | limestone limestone (dolomitic) |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) as local concentration zones in limestone; Khanegah Mine located at 2060 m altitude/ mine operated only 6 months; mineralized outcrops limited to 2 horizons-one 50m above lower one |
References: |
Bazin, D.; Hubner, H., 1969 |
Copper Deposits in Iran |
Report, Geological Survey of Iran, Publication code 13, 93 p. |
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