Sar Cheshmeh Copper mining concentrations

Sarcheshmeh (سرچشمه) or Sarcheshmeh Copper Complex ( – ''Kārkhāneh-ye Mojtame‘-e Mes-e Sar Cheshmeh'') is a large open cast

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mine in the

Kerman Kerman (; ) is a city in the Central District (Kerman County), Central District of Kerman County, Kerman province, Kerman province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. History Kerman was founded as a def ...

Province of

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, considered to be the second largest copper deposit worldwide. Also containing substantial amounts of

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and other rare

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. It is also a settlement, enumerated at Iranian census. The Sarcheshmeh Copper Complex is located 65 km southwest of Kerman and 50 km south of Rafsanjan. The region's altitude averages about 2600m, the highest spot of which approximates 3000m. Sarcheshmeh ore bodies, situated in the central part of Zagros ranges, consist of folded and faulted early tertiary volcano-sedimentary rocks. Sar Cheshmeh mine was managed by the Anaconda Group until the 1979 revolution in Iran. Design and construction of the processing plant was done by Parsons-Jurden of the US. Production units of Sarcheshmeh Copper Complex involve the mine itself, concentrator, smelter, refinery, foundries and leaching. Administratively, the settlement is in the

Sarcheshmeh Rural District Sarcheshmeh Rural District () is in the Central District of Rafsanjan County, Kerman province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the w ...

, in the Central District of

Rafsanjan County Rafsanjan County () is in Kerman province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Rafsanjan. History After the 2006 National Census, Anar District was separated from the county in the establishment of Anar County. The village of Ferdowsiyeh wa ...

Kerman Province Kerman province () is the largest of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of Kerman. The province is in the southeast of Iran. In 2014 it was placed in Region 5. Mentioned in ancient times as the Achaemenid satrapy of Carma ...

. At the 2006 census, its population was 53, in 14 families.

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National Iranian Copper Industries Company
{{Rafsanjan County Open-pit mines Populated places in Rafsanjan County Surface mines in Iran Copper mines in Iran

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