Chumalu

Chumalu

Persian: چومالو
Chumalu Persian: چومالو
Village
	Chumalu
	Coordinates: 37°07′40″N 48°09′17″E / 37.12778°N 48.15472°E
Country	Iran
Province	Zanjan
County	Zanjan
District	Qareh Poshtelu
Rural District	Qareh Poshtelu-e Pain
Population (2016)
• Total	235
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Chumalu (Persian: چومالو)^[a] is a village in Qareh Poshtelu-e Pain Rural District^[4] of Qareh Poshtelu District in Zanjan County, Zanjan province, Iran.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 382 in 70 households.^[5] The following census in 2011 counted 282 people in 69 households.^[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 235 people in 70 households.^[2]

Overview

The village is the site of epithermal metal deposits, part of the Tarom-Hashtjin Metallogenic Province, and evidence of "ancient workings and dumps" have been found near hydrothermal veins.^[7]^: 1 The total deposits are estimated at 0.2 megatonnes of lead, zinc, copper, gold, and silver ores.^[7]^: 2 There is a high content of silver and base metals, and a high silver-to-gold ratio.^[7]^: 12 The main gangue minerals are quartz, fluorite, rhodochrosite, and calcite.^[7]^: 12 Other features of the Chumalu deposit include crustiform banding, breccia formation, vuggy textures, and the presence of "pyrite, sphalerite, galena, tetrahedrite, chalcopyrite, minor arsenopyrite, and abundant zinc-manganese-iron carbonate minerals".^[7]^: 12

Notes

↑ Also romanized as Chūmālū; also known as Chomalu, Chormāl, Chormālū, and Chūmānlū^[3]

References

↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (9 September 2024). "Chumalu, دهستان قره پشتلوپائین, بخش قره پشتلو [Qareh Poshtelu-e Pain Rural District, Qareh Poshtelu District], Zanjan County, Zanjan Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 9 September 2024.
1 2 سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان زنجان [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Zanjan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 27 April 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
↑ Chumalu at GEOnet Names Server
↑ Mousavi, Mir-Hossein (22 April 1987) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1366/02/02 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ایجاد و تشکیل تعداد 22 دهستان شامل روستاها، مزارع و مکانها در شهرستان زنجان مرکز استان زنجان [‌Creation and formation of 22 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Zanjan County, the capital of Zanjan province]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. شناسه [ID] 60AD9B5C-F611-44C1-BAE0-80DF0055064E. شماره دوره [Course number] 66. Archived from the original on 25 June 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان زنجان [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Zanjan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان زنجان [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Zanjan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 21 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
1 2 3 4 5 Ghasemi Siani, Majid; Mehrabi, Behzad; Nazarian, Mahya; Lotfi, Mohammad; Corfu, Fernando (2022). "Geology and Genesis of the Chomalu Polymetallic deposit, NW Iran". Ore Geology Reviews. 143. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2022.104763. hdl:10852/100175. Retrieved 6 February 2023.

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[4] Also romanized as Chūmālū; also known as Chomalu, Chormāl, Chormālū, and Chūmānlū^[3]

[1] OpenStreetMap contributors (9 September 2024). "Chumalu, دهستان قره پشتلوپائین, بخش قره پشتلو [Qareh Poshtelu-e Pain Rural District, Qareh Poshtelu District], Zanjan County, Zanjan Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 9 September 2024.

[2016_Zanjan_Province-2] 1 2 سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان زنجان [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Zanjan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 27 April 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

[3] Chumalu at GEOnet Names Server

[Zanjan_County_Rural_Districts-5] Mousavi, Mir-Hossein (22 April 1987) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1366/02/02 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ایجاد و تشکیل تعداد 22 دهستان شامل روستاها، مزارع و مکانها در شهرستان زنجان مرکز استان زنجان [‌Creation and formation of 22 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Zanjan County, the capital of Zanjan province]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. شناسه [ID] 60AD9B5C-F611-44C1-BAE0-80DF0055064E. شماره دوره [Course number] 66. Archived from the original on 25 June 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2025.

[2006_Zanjan_Province-6] سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان زنجان [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Zanjan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.

[2011_Zanjan_Province-7] سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان زنجان [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Zanjan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 21 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

[Ghasemi_Siani_et_al_2022-8] 1 2 3 4 5 Ghasemi Siani, Majid; Mehrabi, Behzad; Nazarian, Mahya; Lotfi, Mohammad; Corfu, Fernando (2022). "Geology and Genesis of the Chomalu Polymetallic deposit, NW Iran". Ore Geology Reviews. 143. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2022.104763. hdl:10852/100175. Retrieved 6 February 2023.

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