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Zareh Shuran Mine (Zarshuran Mine; Zarshouran Mine; Zarehehuran), Takab (Takan Tepe), West Azarbaijan Province, Iran

Disseminated-style (Carlin-like) gold deposit hosted by Precambrian black shale and carbonates.
Located north of Takab.



References:
- Mehrabi, B., Yardley, B.W.D., and Cann, J.R. (1999): Sediment-hosted disseminated gold mineralisation at Zarshuran, NW Iran. Mineralium Deposita 34, 673-696.

- Asadi, H.H., Voncken, J.H.L, Kühnel, R.A., and Hale, M. (2000): Petrography, mineralogy and geochemistry of the Zarshuran Carlin-like gold deposit, northwest Iran. Mineralium Deposita 35, 656-671.

- Mehrabi, B. (2008): Solid solution in the As2S3-Sb2S3 Series at Zarshuran Gold Deposit, Iran. Journal of Sciences, Islamic Republic of Iran, 19, 137-143.

http://www.mindat.org/mesg-14-151189.html.

National Geoscience Database of Iran (www.ngdir.ir/news/NewsDetail.asp?PId=24427).





Map Reference: 36°43'4"N , 47°8'2"E

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Mineral List:
Aktashite
Anhydrite
Apatite-(CaOH)
Baryte
Baumhauerite
'Bitumen'
Boulangerite
Calcite
'Chalcedony'
Chalcopyrite
Christite ?
Cinnabar
Coloradoite
Covellite
Daliranite (TL)
Dolomite
Fluorite
Galena
Galkhaite
Geocronite
Getchellite
Goethite
Gold
Gypsum
Hematite
Illite
Jarosite
Kaolinite
Kermesite
'K Feldspar'
Lautite
Limonite
Löllingite
Lorándite
Ludlockite
Marcasite
'Melnikovite'
Metacinnabar
'Monazite'
Muscovite
Orpiment
Plagionite
Pyrite
var: Arsenian Pyrite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Realgar
Rutile
Scorodite
Semseyite
'Sericite'
Simonite
Sphalerite
Stibnite
Twinnite
Uraninite
var: Pitchblende

Xenotime-(Y)
Zircon


58 entries listed. 47 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral). 1 erroneous literature entry.

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