Shamut Coal Deposit, North-Central Armenia

摘要

For the first time, all data relating to the Shamut coal deposit (stratigraphic, coal quality, and resource information) are contained in one comprehensive, interpretive report. This report is the result of a multiyear study of coal exploration and resource assessment of Armenia. Reported here is a synopsis of previously inaccessible data contained either in the State Archives (Fund) of the former U.S.S.R. Ministry of Geology and current Republic of Armenias Ministry of Environment or the former Soviet and current Republic of Armenia Academy of Sciences. All reports within the State Archives and Academy of Sciences related to coal in Armenia were obtained, translated, and analyzed. Contained here are all the basic data found relating to the Shamut coal deposit. We have supplemented the archival information with some additional data from our earlier published works. As part of our study of Armenian coals, we built stratigraphic data bases of all the coal information from the original archival reports. The stratigraphic data bases are reproduced here in tabular format, with all data credited to the original author. Additionally, all available coal quality data and coal resource estimates are reported here.