Chah Kharboze Mine (Tchah-Kharboze Mine; Chah-Karbuzeh Mine), Chah Kharboze (Tchah-Kharboze), Anarak District, Nain County, Isfahan Province, Iran (original) (raw)

Chah Kharboze Mine (Tchah-Kharboze Mine; Chah-Karbuzeh Mine), Chah Kharboze (Tchah-Kharboze), Anarak District, Nain County, Isfahan Province, Irani

Regional Level Types
Chah Kharboze Mine (Tchah-Kharboze Mine; Chah-Karbuzeh Mine) Mine
Chah Kharboze (Tchah-Kharboze) - not defined -
Anarak District District
Nain County County
Isfahan Province Province
Iran Country

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):

33° 29' 3'' North , 53° 48' 3'' East

Latitude & Longitude (decimal):

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:2:2014:8

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A Pb-Zn mine. A lead mine that produced 3 tons ore/day & ½ ton Pb/day (1947).
The most famous Iranian wulfenites, with gemmy, blood-red crystals on a white or pale green coloured matrix (Mir-Mohammedi, 1977; Hairapetian et al. 2015; Cairoli and Weiß, 2017), came from the historical Chah-Kharboze mine (Tchah-Kharbuze), 6 kilometres south of the Nakhlak mine.

The mining history of the region comprising the Chah-Kharboze mine dates back to the Sassanid time (224-650 AD). Modern mining operations started in 1946-47 but eventually ceased due to low mineral potential in the late 1960s. These must have been exciting times, as it is known that numerous wulfenite crystals were filling small pockets and fissures near the water table. Local women were employed in the mine to collect these wulfenite crystals from the walls and bag them for shipment as lead ore (Bariand in Bideaux, 1990).

The Chah-Kharboze mine is now reported to be almost exhausted and is extremely dangerous and very hard to access through its 110-meter deep shaft. Horizontal workings were done at 90 meters depth (Cherepovsky, Chinakov and Kokorin, 1981). In general, few specimens were kept aside for collections and survived the early times. Fine specimens from this mine are consequently a rare sight in most collections.

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Chemical Elements

Mineral List

8 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ AragoniteFormula: CaCO3
ⓘ CalciteFormula: CaCO3References: Bariand, P. 1963. Contribution à la minéralogie de l’lran. Bulletin de la Société Française de minéralogie et de cristallographie, 86: 17-64. Bariand, P. 2003. Un apercu général sur la Minéralogie de I'Iran. Le Règne Minéral, 54: 41-51. Bariand, P. 2008. Mémoires d’ un Minéralogiste sans Frontières. Le Règne Minéral, Paris. 144 pp. Bariand, P., V. Issakhanian, and M. Sadrzadeh. 1965. Preliminary metallogenic map of Iran, 1:2.500.000 with explanatory notes. Geological Survey of Iran, Report no. 7: 1-48. Tehran Bideaux, R.A. 1990. The desert mineral wulfenite. Rocks and Minerals, 65 (1): 11-30. Cherepovsky, N., I. Chinakov, and Yu. Kokorin. 1981. Report on detailed geological prospecting in Anarak area (Chah Kharbezeh-Pateyar, Torkemani localities). V/O Technoexport, Report no. 12: 1-132. Tehran. Mir-Mohammedi, A. 1977. Mineralogische und geochemische Untersuchungen an den roten Wulfeniten von Nakhlak bei Anarak/Iran. Clausthaler Geologische Abhandlungen 27: 55-59. Romanko, E., Y. Kokorin, B. Krivyakin, M. Susov, L. Morozov, and M. Sharkovski. 1984. Outline of metallogeny of Anarak area (Central Iran). V/O Technoexport, Report no. 21: 1-136. Tehran. Wilke, H.J. 1977. Persisches Tagebuch. Lapis, 2 (7): 24-27.
ⓘ CerussiteFormula: PbCO3References: Bariand, P. 1963. Contribution à la minéralogie de l’lran. Bulletin de la Société Française de minéralogie et de cristallographie, 86: 17-64. Bariand, P. 2003. Un apercu général sur la Minéralogie de I'Iran. Le Règne Minéral, 54: 41-51. Bariand, P. 2008. Mémoires d’ un Minéralogiste sans Frontières. Le Règne Minéral, Paris. 144 pp. Bariand, P., V. Issakhanian, and M. Sadrzadeh. 1965. Preliminary metallogenic map of Iran, 1:2.500.000 with explanatory notes. Geological Survey of Iran, Report no. 7: 1-48. Tehran Bideaux, R.A. 1990. The desert mineral wulfenite. Rocks and Minerals, 65 (1): 11-30. Cherepovsky, N., I. Chinakov, and Yu. Kokorin. 1981. Report on detailed geological prospecting in Anarak area (Chah Kharbezeh-Pateyar, Torkemani localities). V/O Technoexport, Report no. 12: 1-132. Tehran. Mir-Mohammedi, A. 1977. Mineralogische und geochemische Untersuchungen an den roten Wulfeniten von Nakhlak bei Anarak/Iran. Clausthaler Geologische Abhandlungen 27: 55-59. Romanko, E., Y. Kokorin, B. Krivyakin, M. Susov, L. Morozov, and M. Sharkovski. 1984. Outline of metallogeny of Anarak area (Central Iran). V/O Technoexport, Report no. 21: 1-136. Tehran. Wilke, H.J. 1977. Persisches Tagebuch. Lapis, 2 (7): 24-27.
ⓘ GalenaFormula: PbSReferences: Bariand, P. 1963. Contribution à la minéralogie de l’lran. Bulletin de la Société Française de minéralogie et de cristallographie, 86: 17-64. Bariand, P. 2003. Un apercu général sur la Minéralogie de I'Iran. Le Règne Minéral, 54: 41-51. Bariand, P. 2008. Mémoires d’ un Minéralogiste sans Frontières. Le Règne Minéral, Paris. 144 pp. Bariand, P., V. Issakhanian, and M. Sadrzadeh. 1965. Preliminary metallogenic map of Iran, 1:2.500.000 with explanatory notes. Geological Survey of Iran, Report no. 7: 1-48. Tehran Bideaux, R.A. 1990. The desert mineral wulfenite. Rocks and Minerals, 65 (1): 11-30. Cherepovsky, N., I. Chinakov, and Yu. Kokorin. 1981. Report on detailed geological prospecting in Anarak area (Chah Kharbezeh-Pateyar, Torkemani localities). V/O Technoexport, Report no. 12: 1-132. Tehran. Mir-Mohammedi, A. 1977. Mineralogische und geochemische Untersuchungen an den roten Wulfeniten von Nakhlak bei Anarak/Iran. Clausthaler Geologische Abhandlungen 27: 55-59. Romanko, E., Y. Kokorin, B. Krivyakin, M. Susov, L. Morozov, and M. Sharkovski. 1984. Outline of metallogeny of Anarak area (Central Iran). V/O Technoexport, Report no. 21: 1-136. Tehran. Wilke, H.J. 1977. Persisches Tagebuch. Lapis, 2 (7): 24-27.
ⓘ HemimorphiteFormula: Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
ⓘ MimetiteFormula: Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
ⓘ PyromorphiteFormula: Pb5(PO4)3ClReferences: Bariand, P. 1963. Contribution à la minéralogie de l’lran. Bulletin de la Société Française de minéralogie et de cristallographie, 86: 17-64. Bariand, P. 2003. Un apercu général sur la Minéralogie de I'Iran. Le Règne Minéral, 54: 41-51. Bariand, P. 2008. Mémoires d’ un Minéralogiste sans Frontières. Le Règne Minéral, Paris. 144 pp. Bariand, P., V. Issakhanian, and M. Sadrzadeh. 1965. Preliminary metallogenic map of Iran, 1:2.500.000 with explanatory notes. Geological Survey of Iran, Report no. 7: 1-48. Tehran Bideaux, R.A. 1990. The desert mineral wulfenite. Rocks and Minerals, 65 (1): 11-30. Cherepovsky, N., I. Chinakov, and Yu. Kokorin. 1981. Report on detailed geological prospecting in Anarak area (Chah Kharbezeh-Pateyar, Torkemani localities). V/O Technoexport, Report no. 12: 1-132. Tehran. Mir-Mohammedi, A. 1977. Mineralogische und geochemische Untersuchungen an den roten Wulfeniten von Nakhlak bei Anarak/Iran. Clausthaler Geologische Abhandlungen 27: 55-59. Romanko, E., Y. Kokorin, B. Krivyakin, M. Susov, L. Morozov, and M. Sharkovski. 1984. Outline of metallogeny of Anarak area (Central Iran). V/O Technoexport, Report no. 21: 1-136. Tehran. Wilke, H.J. 1977. Persisches Tagebuch. Lapis, 2 (7): 24-27.
ⓘ WulfeniteFormula: Pb(MoO4)

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘ Galena 2.CD.10 PbS
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘ Calcite 5.AB.05 CaCO3
ⓘ Aragonite 5.AB.15 CaCO3
ⓘ Cerussite 5.AB.15 PbCO3
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘ Wulfenite 7.GA.05 Pb(MoO4)
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
ⓘ Mimetite 8.BN.05 Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
ⓘ Pyromorphite 8.BN.05 Pb5(PO4)3Cl
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘ Hemimorphite 9.BD.10 Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O

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References

Romanko, E., Kokorin, Y., Krivyakin, B., Susov, M., Morozov, L., Sharkovski, M. (1984) Outline of metallogeny of Anarak area (Central Iran). V/O Technoexport, Report no. 21: 1-136. Tehran.

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