Database name: |
World Mississippi Valley-type deposits |
Custodial agency: |
Geological Survey of Canada |
Compilers: |
D. F. Sangster |
Release date: |
2015-02-06 |
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Deposit name(s): |
Kuh-e-Surmeh |
Political location(s): |
Iran; Nearest community: Shiraz (240 km S) |
Deposit clan (type): |
Mississippi Valley-type |
Deposit status: |
past producer |
Commodities: |
Zn; Pb |
Mineralization styles: |
concordant collapse breccia cement |
Geological ages: |
Late Permian (host rocks) |
Tectonic setting: |
continental platform (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; carbonate; Depositional setting: Shallow-water carbonatesIndividual lithologies: | dolostone |
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Mineralogy: |
sphalerite, galena, pyrite, calcite, barite, chalcopyrite, marcasite, dolomite, gypsum (supergene): hematite, magnetite, covellite, chalcocite |
References: |
Leach, D. L.; Sangster, D. F.; Kelley, K. D.; Large, R. R.; Garven, G.; Allen, C. R.; Gutzmer, J.; Walters, S., 2005 |
Supplement to sediment-hosted lead-zinc deposits: A global perspective |
Appendix, in One hundreth anniversary volume 1905-2005, Edited by Hedenquist, J. W.; Thompson, J. F. H.; Goldfarb, R. J.; Richards, J. P., Ecomomic geology, Society of Ecomonic Geologists, 1136 p |
Leach, D. L.; Sangster, D. F.; Kelley, K. D.; Large, R. R.; Garven, G.; Allen, C. R.; Gutzmer, J.; Walters, S., 2005 |
Sediment-hosted lead-zinc deposits: A global perspective |
in One hundreth anniversary volume 1905-2005, Edited by Hedenquist, J. W.; Thompson, J. F. H.; Goldfarb, R. J.; Richards, J. P., Ecomomic geology, Society of Ecomonic Geologists, 1136 p, p. 561 - 607 |
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Resource data: |
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Resource and reserve figures are historical in nature. The Data source provided with each set of figures should be cited if the Data are re-reported. |
Estimate date: 1979; 0.9 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: yes; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: unstatedGrade-commodity information: | Zn: 12.1 percent Pb: 5.4 percent | Reference: Liaghat, S.; Moore, F.; Jami, M., 2000: The Kuh-E-Surmeh Mineralization, a Carbonate-Hosted Zn-Pb Deposit in the Simply Folded Belt of the Zagros Mountains, SW Iran; Mineralium Deposita, Volume 35, p. 72 - 78 Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0% |