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

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Zareh Shuran Mine, Takab, West Azarbaijan Province, Iran

Photo: Maziar Nazari
Latitude: 36°43'4"N
Longitude: 47°8'2"E
Disseminated-style (Carlin-like) gold deposit hosted by Precambrian black shale and carbonates.

Located north of Takab.

Mineral List

Aktashite
Anhydrite
Baryte
Baumhauerite
'Bitumen'
Boulangerite
Calcite
Chalcopyrite
Christite ?
Cinnabar
Coloradoite
Covellite
Daliranite (TL)
Dolomite
Fluorite
Galena
Galkhaite
Geocronite
Getchellite
Goethite
Gold
Gypsum
Hematite
Hydroxylapatite
Illite
Jarosite
Kaolinite
Kermesite
'K Feldspar'
Lautite
Limonite
Löllingite
Lorándite
Ludlockite
Marcasite
'Melnikovite'
Metacinnabar
'Monazite'
Muscovite
var: Sericite
Orpiment
Plagionite
Pyrite
var: Arsenian Pyrite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Chalcedony
Realgar
Rutile
Scorodite
Semseyite
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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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., and Hale, M. (1999): Invisible gold at Zarshuran, Iran. Economic Geology 94(8), 1367-1374.
- 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.

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