Gol Gohar mine
One of the pits at Gol Gohar | |
Gol Gohar Location of Gol Gohar within Iran | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Location | Near Sirjan |
| Province | Kerman |
| Country | Iran |
| Coordinates | 29°05′34″N 55°19′35″E / 29.09272°N 55.32643°E |
| Production | |
| Products | Iron ore |
| Production | 11 million tons |
| Financial year | c. 2006 |
| Type | Open-pit |
| History | |
| Opened | 1994 |
Gol Gohar, or Gol-e Gohar (Persian:گل گهر), is the largest iron ore mine in Iran. It has a total iron ore reserve of 1.135 billion tons, and produces about 11 million tons of iron annually as of 2006. 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.
The Gol Gohar deposits consist of 6 different deposit areas, or "anomalies", in a space of about 10 km by 4 km area. Areas 1 and 2 have been fully mapped, and area 3 has been partly mapped as of 2003. 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.