There are 39 copper mines in Iran:

• Kerman: 14 mines
• Zanjan: 5 mines
• East Azarbaijan: 4 mines
• Other mines are in Qazvin, Semnan, Yazd, Qom,Sistan and–Bloochestan, Khorasan, Markazi and …

17 mines of them are active that the most prominent of them are Sarcheshmeh (826 M.T - 1.2 billion tons), Sungun (440 M.T.) and Miduk (144 M.T.)

The main types of copper deposits in Iran are porphyry and vein deposits.

Copper anomalies of the structural zones in Iran are:

1. Urmieh- Dokhtar Zone:
   1. Southern (Kerman)
   2. Central (Anarak)
   3. Nothern (Tafresh- Takab)
2. Tarom- Taleghan (Karaj to Zanjan)
3. Seilan (Ahar)
4. Kavir- Sabzevar (Semnan, Torood and Sabzevar)
5. Eastern Iran
6. Makran