Latitude: 29°56'42"N
Longitude: 55°51'43"E
A porphyry copper-gold-silver-molybdenum mine. Produced 9 million tons of ore grading at 1.12% Cu between 1981 and 1984, and had 450 million tons of ore reserves in 1984.
The deposit was mined in ancient times, "rediscovered" about 1966, explored during 1966-1969, and in full production in around 1977.
Located 65 km southwest of Kerman city and 50 km south of Rafsanjan.
References
- G. C. Waterman and R. L. Hamilton (1975): The Sar Cheshmeh porphyry copper deposit. Economic Geology 70, 568-576.
- Mining Annual Review (1985): 225, 476.
- Shahabpour, J., and Kramers, J.D. (1987): Lead isotope data from the Sar-Cheshmeh porphyry copper deposit, Iran. Mineralium Deposita 22, 278-281.
- Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): Porphyry copper deposits of the world: Database and grade and tonnage models, 2008. US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155.
- Boomeri, M., Nakashima, K., and Lentz, D.R. (2010): The Sarcheshmeh porphyry copper deposit, Kerman, Iran: A mineralogical analysis of the igneous rocks and alteration zones including halogen element systematics related to Cu mineralization processes. Ore Geology Reviews, 38, 367-381.
- Alijan Aftabi and Habibeh Atapour (2011): Alteration Geochemistry of Volcanic Rocks around Sarcheshmeh Porphyry Copper Deposit, Rafsanjan, Kerman, Iran: Implications for Regional Exploration. Resource Geology 61, 76–90.
External Links
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