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Pyrite from
Zareh Shuran Mine, Takab County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Orpiment1
Quartz1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Zareh Shuran Mine, Takab County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:606609
Long-form Identifier:1:3:606609:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
12.5km (7.8 miles) ⓘAgh-Darreh Mine, Takab County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
22.9km (14.3 miles) ⓘBayche-Bagh Mine, Central District, Mahneshan County, Zanjan Province, Iran
25.9km (16.1 miles) ⓘAngouran Mine, Sheykhlar, Anguran District, Mahneshan County, Zanjan Province, Iran
29.2km (18.2 miles) ⓘTouzlar deposit, Central District, Mahneshan County, Zanjan Province, Iran
35.8km (22.2 miles) ⓘTakab BIF, Takab County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
39.9km (24.8 miles) ⓘArabshah deposit, Takab County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
61.2km (38.0 miles) ⓘHesar Au deposit, Mianeh County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
65.7km (40.8 miles) ⓘChehrabad Pb–Zn–Cu deposit, Chehrabad, Zanjan County, Zanjan Province, Iran
80.6km (50.1 miles) ⓘKhatoon-Abad porphyry Cu-Mo deposit, Mianeh County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
80.9km (50.2 miles) ⓘYakshawa deposit, Bukan County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
References
Mehrabi, B., Yardley, B. W. D., Cann, J. R. (1999) Sediment-hosted disseminated gold mineralisation at Zarshuran, NW Iran. Mineralium Deposita, 34 (7) 673-696 doi:10.1007/s001260050227
Asadi, H. H., Voncken, J. H. L., Kühnel, R. A., Hale, M. (2000) Petrography, mineralogy and geochemistry of the Zarshuran Carlin-like gold deposit, northwest Iran. Mineralium Deposita, 35 (7) 656-671 doi:10.1007/s001260050269
Mehrabi, B. (2008) Solid solution in the As2S3-Sb2S3 Series at Zarshuran Gold Deposit, Iran. Journal of Sciences, Islamic Republic of Iran: 19(2): 137-143. https://journals.ut.ac.ir/pdf_31887_0737da03ff16de05930ea7a2175e43d6.html
Samiee, Somayeh, Karimpour, Mohammad Hassan, Ziraniizadeh, Sedigheh (2022) Gold metallogeny in the east of Iran. Periodico di Mineralogia, 91 (3). 225-255 doi:10.13133/2239-1002/17724
Ghasemi Siani, Majid; Wang, Fangyue; Zhou, Taofa; Dolati, Asghar (2026) Concentration of critical raw materials and gold mineralization in sulfide minerals of carlin-type gold deposits: A case study from the Zarshuran deposit, NW Iran. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 289. p.108126. doi:10.1016/j.gexplo.2026.108126
 
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