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{{Short description|Mine in Kerman, Iran}}
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|official_name =Sarcheshmeh Copper Complex
|native_name =كارخانجات مجتمع مس سرچشمه
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|subdivision_name1 =[[Kerman Province|Kerman]]
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|subdivision_name2 = [[Rafsanjan County|Rafsanjan]]
|subdivision_type3 =[[Bakhsh]]
|subdivision_name3 =[[Central District (Rafsanjan County)|Central]]
|subdivision_type4 =[[Rural Districts of Iran|Rural District]]
|subdivision_name4 =[[Sarcheshmeh Rural District|Sarcheshmeh]]
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[[File:Sar Cheshmar copper.png|thumb|left|Sar Cheshmar copper mining [[geological map]]]]
[[File:Sar Cheshmeh Copper mining concentrations.png|thumb|left|Sar Cheshmeh Copper concentrations]]
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{{Infobox mine
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| owner = [[IMIDRO]]
| official website = http://www.imidro.org
| acquisition year = 1972
| products = [[Copper]]
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'''Sarcheshmeh''' (سرچشمه) or '''Sarcheshmeh Copper Complex''' ({{langx|fa|كارخانجات مجتمع مس سرچشمه}} &ndash; ''Kārkhāneh-ye Mojtame‘-e Mes-e Sar Cheshmeh'') is a large open cast [[copper]] mine in the [[Kerman]] Province of [[Iran]], considered to be the second largest copper deposit worldwide. Also containing substantial amounts of [[molybdenum]], [[gold]] and other rare [[metals]]. It is also a settlement, enumerated at Iranian census.

The Sarcheshmeh Copper Complex is located 65&nbsp;km southwest of Kerman and 50&nbsp;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 Copper|Anaconda Group]] until the 1979 revolution in Iran. Design and construction of the processing plant was done by [[Parsons Corporation|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]], in the [[Central District (Rafsanjan County)|Central District]] of [[Rafsanjan County]], [[Kerman Province]], [[Iran]]. At the 2006 census, its population was 53, in 14 families.<ref>{{IranCensus2006|08}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Iran}}
*[[Mining in Iran]]
*[[International rankings of Iran]]

== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://www.nicico.com National Iranian Copper Industries Company]

{{Rafsanjan County}}

[[Category:Open-pit mines]]
[[Category:Populated places in Rafsanjan County]]
[[Category:Surface mines in Iran]]
[[Category:Copper mines in Iran]]