Open-File Report 97-470G, Ver.1.0: Map Showing Geology, Oil and Gas Fields, and Geologic Provinces of Iran

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U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. Geological Survey
MAP SHOWING GEOLOGY, OIL AND GAS FIELDS,

AND GEOLOGIC PROVINCES OF IRAN
by R. M. Pollastro1, F. M. Persits2, and D. W. Steinshouer2
1 U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO
2 Contractor to the U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO
Open-File Report 97-470G, ver.1.0

This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed for conformity with U. S. Geological Survey
editorial standards and stratigraphic nomenclature. Any use of trade names is for descriptive
purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U. S. government.
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U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 97-470G, ver.1.0

MAP SHOWING GEOLOGY, OIL AND GAS FIELDS,
AND GEOLOGIC PROVINCES OF IRAN
Table of Contents
Introduction
Data processing steps
References
Geologic provinces in Iran, sorted by province name
Geologic provinces in Iran, sorted by province code
Map showing faults, oil and gas fields, and geologic provinces of Iran
Map showing geology, oil and gas fields and geologic provinces of Iran
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INTRODUCTION
This digitally compiled map includes geology, oil and gas field centerpoints, geologic provinces,
and major faults of Iran with some of these components extended into geographically adjacent
areas. This digital compilation is an interim product of the U.S. Geological Survey's World
Energy Project (WEP) and part of a series on CD-ROM. The goal of the WEP is to assess the
undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and gas resources of the world and report the result of
this assessment in the year 2000. For data management purposes, the world was divided into eight
energy regions corresponding approximately to the economic regions of the world as
defined by the U.S. Department of State.
Each world energy region was then further divided into geologic provinces on the basis of natural
geologic entities and may include a dominant geologic structural element or a number of
contiguous elements. Some provinces contain multiple, genetically-related basins. Geologic
province boundaries for Iran were delineated using data from different geologic maps,
publications, and other tectonic and geographic data. Each province was assigned a unique number;
the first digit is the region number. An attempt was made to number the provinces in geographical
order or groups with numbering starting at the Arabian Shield (see Pollastro and others, 1998).
The list of provinces sorted by number is shown to the right of the map.
Centerpoints of oil and gas fields are shown and were plotted with permission from
Petroconsultants International Data Corporation, 1996 worldwide oil and gas field database.
Allocation of field data to geologic provinces provided a ranking of the provinces by total known
petroleum volume (see Klett and others, 1997). The WEP further characterizes the geologic
provinces by petroleum system and assessment units in order to assess the undiscovered petroleum
volume.
Specific details of map and data sources, and the procedure used in the compilation of this
geologic map of Iran are given in the metadata file and described briefly in the text below.
Stratigraphic subdivisions of Phanerozoic rocks were combined to simplify the geology and
maintain consistency with other maps in this series. Precambrian rocks are undivided.
This map was compiled using Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.(ESRI) ARC/INFO
software. Political boundaries and cartographic representations are used, with permission,
from ESRI's ArcWorld 1:3M digital coverages, have no political significance, and are displayed
for general reference only.
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REFERENCES
Alsharhan,A.S., and Nairn, A.E.M., 1997, Sedimentary Basins and Petroleum Geology
of the Middle East, Elseveir, Amsterdam, 942 p.
Beydoun,Z.R., 1991, Arabian plate hydrocarbon geology and potential -- A plate tectonic
approach: Amer. Assoc. Petrol. Geologists, Studies in Geology 33, 77 p.
Environmental Systems Research Institute,Inc.,1992, ArcWorld 1:3M, Environmental System
Research Institute (ESRI). Digital database available from ESRI, 380 New York Street,
Redlands, CA 92373-8100.
Haghipour,A., and Aghanabati,A (compilers),1985, Geologic Map of Iran: Ministry of Mines
and Metals, Geological Survey of Iran, one plate.
International Geologic Map of Africa, 1959, Plate 3, 1:5,000,000, International Geologic
Congress, Association of Geologic Services of Africa, Paris, France.
Klett, T.R., Ahlbrandt T.S., Schmoker, J.W., and Dolton, G.L., 1997,
Ranking of World's oil and gas provinces by known petroleum volume: U.S. Geological Survey
Open File Report 97-463, one CD-ROM.
Petroconsultants, 1996, Petroleum exploration and production database: Petroconsultants,
Inc., Houston, Texas (database available from Petroconsultants, Inc., P.O. Box
740619, Houston, Texas 77274-0619).
Pollastro R.M., Karshbaum A.S, and Viger R.J. , 1998, Map showing geology, oil and gas
fields, and geologic provinces of the Arabian peninsula:
U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 97-470B, one CD-ROM.
Persits F.M., Ulmishek G.F., and D.W. Steinshouer., 1997, Map showing geology, oil and gas
fields, and geologic provinces of the Former Soviet Union:
U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 97-470E, one CD-ROM.
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DATA PROCESSING STEPS

This map has been digitally compiled and abstracted from The Geological Map of Iran, (1985)
Compiled by A. Haghipour and A. Aghanabati, Ministry of Mines and Metals, Geological Survey
of Iran, Scale 1:2,500,000.
The projection information written on the original map is ".. adjusted from Polyconic
Projection of International 1:1000000 Map of the Earth". Because such projection is not
directly supported by ESRI's ARC/INFO software, it was necessary to georeference the map
to the one of known projections. This was done as follows:
1. The latitude/longitude grid with cell size 2 * 2 degrees was projected to Lambert
Conformal Conic projection and then used to create ARC/INFO point coverage. That point
coverage was used to create "to - from" links by ARC/INFO CONTROLPOINTS program.
2. A gray-scale scanned image of the original paper map was transformed to Lambert Conformal
Conic projection by ARC/INFO GRIDWARP program (polynomial of the second order) using the
"to - from" links created by CONTROLPOINTS program.
3. Geologic polygon boundaries from the source map were initially transfered to mylar and then
scanned to produce a binary image.
4. The binary image from step 3 with geologic boundaries was vectorized by ARC/INFO GRIDLINE
utility and then supplemented by hands-on digitization.
5. Polygon boundaries and geologic attributing of the ARC/INFO coverage from step 4
were verified and corrected by using gray-scale image from step 2 as a background guide.
6. A series of piecewise "rubbersheet" transformations was applied to the final ARC/INFO
coverage. The ARC/INFO coverages that were used for transformation were ESRI's ArcWorld
1:3M GIS cartographic layers (RIV3M, CTRY3M). Overall RMS error of that transformation is
equal to 1,500 meters (0.6 mm on original paper map).
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LIST OF GEOLOGIC PROVINCE CODES AND NAMES

(SORTED BY CODE)
1109---Middle Caspian Basin

1112---South Caspian Basin
1113---Kura Basin
1153---Karabogaz-Karakum High
1154---Amu-Darya Basin
1155---Kopet-Dag Foldbelt
2017---Oman Mountains
2018---Gulf of Oman Basin
2019---Rub Al Khali Basin
2020---Int. Homocline-Central Arch
2021---Greater Ghawar Uplift
2022---Qatar Arch
2023---Widyan Basin-Int. Platform
2024---Mesopotamian Foredeep Basin
2030---Zagros Fold Belt
2031---Zagros Thrust Zone
2080---Araks
2081---Lesser Caucasus
2091---Central Iranian Basins
2092---Cen. Iranian Microcontinents
2093---Lut Block and Depression
2094---Alborz Fold Belt
8001---Southeast Afghanistan
8021---Makran
8022---Baluchistan
8023---Central Afghanistan
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LIST OF GEOLOGIC PROVINCE CODES AND NAMES

(SORTED BY NAME)
2094---Alborz Fold Belt

1154---Amu-Darya Basin
2080---Araks
8022---Baluchistan
8023---Central Afghanistan
2091---Central Iranian Basins
2092---Cen. Iranian Microcontinents
2021---Greater Ghawar Uplift
2018---Gulf of Oman Basin
2020---Int. Homocline-Central Arch
1153---Karabogaz-Karakum High
1155---Kopet-Dag Foldbelt
1113---Kura Basin
2081---Lesser Caucasus
2093---Lut Block and Depression
8021---Makran
2024---Mesopotamian Foredeep Basin
1109---Middle Caspian Basin
2017---Oman Mountains
2022---Qatar Arch
2019---Rub Al Khali Basin
1112---South Caspian Basin
8001---Southeast Afghanistan
2023---Widyan Basin-Int. Platform
2030---Zagros Fold Belt
2031---Zagros Thrust Zone
Geologic province outline

Geologic province code
Geologic contact
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ai
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acid
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pCm
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Basic Extrusives unknown age
Pg
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Silurian-Ordovician
N
K
Pg
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Tr
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basic
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basic
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basic
be
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Carboniferous-Devonian
Tr
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pCm
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acid
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Acid Extrusives unknown age
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Qsk
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Permian-Carboniferous
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Precambrian Intrusives
JTr
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Mesozoic-Paleozoic
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N
N
N
ai
ai
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Ti
Ti
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N
K
Tr
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Triassic-Permian
ii
ai
C
N
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Pg
ae
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Triassic
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Jurassic-Triassic
MzPz
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JTr
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Mesozoic Intrusives
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CzMzi
Cenozoic-Mesozoic Intrusives
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Cretaceous-Jurassic
CzMzi
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Mesozoic-Cenozoic Volcanics
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Cenozoic Volcanics
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Cretaceous
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Tertiary-Cretaceous
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Cenozoic Intrusives
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Q
Quaternary
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Quaternary Intrusives
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Quaternary Volcanics
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Center of oil field
Center of gas field
Major cities

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DATA PROCESSING STEPS

LIST OF GEOLOGIC PROVINCE CODES AND NAMES

1109---Middle Caspian Basin

LIST OF GEOLOGIC PROVINCE CODES AND NAMES

2094---Alborz Fold Belt

Geologic province outline

Center of gas field

Center of oil field

Other faults inferred (undifferentiated)

Lakes and wide rivers

Other faults (undifferentiated)

Thrust/Reverse fault (inferred)

Geologic province code

Geologic province outline

Areas outside of Iran

Thrust/Reverse fault (inferred)

Lakes and wide rivers

Other faults (undifferentiated)

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