 One of the pits at Gol Gohar | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
  Gol Gohar Location of Gol Gohar within Iran | |
| Location | Near Sirjan |
| Province | Kerman |
| Country | Iran |
| Coordinates | 29°05′34″N 55°19′35″E / 29.09272°N 55.32643°E[1] |
| Production | |
| Products | Iron ore |
| Production | 11 million tons[2] |
| Financial year | c. 2006 |
| Type | Open-pit[2] |
| History | |
| Opened | 1994 |
Gol Gohar, or Gol-e Gohar (Persian:گل گهر), is the largest iron ore mine in Iran.[3] It has a total iron ore reserve of 1.135 billion tons,[4]: 709 and produces about 11 million tons of iron annually as of 2006.[2] It is located about 55 km southwest of the city of Sirjan and is roughly equidistant from the cities of Kerman, Shiraz, and Bandar Abbas.[4]: 709
The Gol Gohar deposits consist of 6 different deposit areas, or "anomalies", in a space of about 10 km by 4 km area.[4]: 709 Areas 1 and 2 have been fully mapped, and area 3 has been partly mapped as of 2003.[5]: 105–6 Mining has been done at area 1 since 1994; area 3 has the most extensive iron ore deposits; the other areas are relatively small and as of 2003 there were no plans to explore them further.[5]: 105–6
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- ^ a b c Oraee, K.; Goodarzi, A. (2006). "Feasibility study of Gol-Gohar iron ore open cast mine operation of Iran". In Cardu, M.; Ciccu, R.; Michelotti, E. (eds.). Mine Planning and Equipment Selection 2006: Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Symposium on Mine Planning and Equipment Selection, Torino, Italy, 20-22 September 2006. Torino: GEAM. ISBN 9788890134241. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- ^ Assari, Amin (2019). "Defining hydrogeology of the Gohar-Zamin open pit mine, Iran: a case study in a hard-rock aquifer". Hydrogeology Journal. 27 (4): 1479–95. doi:10.1007/s10040-018-01919-4. S2CID 133767328. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- ^ a b c Jahani, M.; Taji, Mohammad (August 2015). "Comparison of Empirical Fragmentation Models at the Gol-Gohar Iron Ore Mine". 11th International Symposium on Rock Fragmentation by Blasting: 707–13. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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