JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY
Year:2020 | Volume:11 | Issue:4 (23)|Papers Count:6

Introduction: The Qoyjeh Yeylaq Pb-Zn (Ag) deposit located 120 km southeast of Zanjan, is situated in the Urumieh-Dokhtar magmatic arc. apart from Prior to this research no work has been published on Pb-Zn (Ag) mineralization at the Qoyjeh Yeylaq except for small scale geological maps of the area, i. e. 1: 250, 000 geological maps of Kabudar Ahang (Bolourchi and Hajian, 1979), 1: 100, 000 geological maps of Marzban (Majidifard and Shafei, 2006) and a number of unpublished Pb-Zn exploration reports. The present paper provides an overview of the geological framework, mineralization characteristics, and results of geochemistry study of the Qoyjeh Yeylaq deposit with application to ore genesis. Identification of these characteristics can be used as a model for exploration of this type of Pb-Zn (Ag) mineralization in this area and elsewhere...

Introduction: This research study is based on knowledge-driven approach to synthesize the different parameters which rule on the formation of carbonate hosted zinc and lead deposits. The analysis of available data sets of the north Irankuh district demonstrates the complexity of decision making due to the different anomalous prospects introduced by geophysical, geochemical and surface evidences. Five known deposit/active mines, namely Gushfil, Zone 1 Gushfil, Blind, Tapeh Sorkh and Zone 5 Romarmar with total geological resources quoted as 13. 4 million tons at 5. 53% combined lead and zinc (Fig. 10) were selected to be examined in order to asset a knowledge-driven approach to the exploration of carbonate hosted zinc and lead deposits. The diversity of geometry, mineralogy and host rock of the deposits is tightly confined by the parameters surrounding the genesis of MVT deposits such as genetics of solutions, temperature of deposit formation, tectonic channel ways, different episodes of deposition of sphalerite and galena, hydrologic system of area, solution direction, wall rock reactions (Leach et al., 2010), depth of solution penetration, solution response to the Magnesian regime and metal bearing...

Introduction: The Borujerd-Kermanshah ophiolite is a part of the ophiolite complex belonging to the Zagros Mountains and is a part of the Alpes-Himalayan belt (Alavi, 1994). The Boroujerd-Kermanshah Ophiolite complex consists of serpentinized peridotite, layered metagabbro, isotropic gabbro, diabase dyke, plagiogranite, pillow lavas and sedimentary rocks (Miocene radiolarite and limestone). In the upper part, the radiolarite layers are covered by jasperoid rocks and pelagic limestone (Mohajjel et al., 2003; Saccani et al., 2013). The Noorabad Delfan manganese deposit is subjected to mineralogical and geochemical studies in order to elucidate its petrogenesis. The Noorabad Delfan manganese deposit is located along the ophiolite belt of the upper Jurassiclower Cretaceous period. Manganese mineralization occurs as syngenetic to epigenetic with jasperoid and silicified veins in the carbonate and radiolarian chert units. Geochemical studies show that some elements such as Ce, Cu, Ni are enriched in the mineralized zone. Mobile and trace elements (Sr, As, Zn, Ba, Fe, Mn, Si) and the ratio of Mn/Fe, Al/Ti, show similar characteristics with submarine hydrothermal-hydrogenous manganese deposits. In geochemical studies, SEM, XRD and EPMA results show that pyrolusite is the majar mineral in the ore deposit, and nsutite and rhodochrosite are formed as the accessory phase...

Introduction: The Aliabad area is located in the northwest of Nain. Volcanic rocks of the Aliabad area have andesitic to rhyolitic composition. On the basis of petrographic investigations, porphyritic texture is the main texture of these rocks. Thus, they have experienced two crystallization stages. In these rocks, phenocrysts have been crystallized in the first stage, and in the second stage the cooling processes were fast, resulting in a groundmass of glass and fine crystals. The second stage of crystallization in these rocks took place at (near) the earth surface. The composition of phenocrysts such as amphibole, biotite and pyroxene provide valuable data about magmatic series, pressure, and temperature history of the primary magma during crystallization. In this study, the clinopyroxene of these rocks was analyzed in order to estimate the physicochemical conditions of the parent magma...

Introduction: In the southern margin of the Mashhad plain in Northeastern Iran, there are strips with tens of kilometers length consisting of metamorphic rocks and ophiolite complexes with the NE-SW trend. Ophiolites are fragments of ancient Oceanic crust (Ghaseminejad and Torabi, 2015; Khanchuk et al., 2016; Shirdashtzadeh et al, 2017) most of which consists of ultramafic rocks. Ophiolites are formed during tectonic displacement in the southern part of the Mashhad plain (Alavi, 1991; Karimpour et al., 2010; Sheikholeslami and Kouhpeyma, 2012; Zanchetta et al., 2013; Shafaii Moghadam and Stern, 2014). These undergoing metamorphosed regions ultimately lead to the formation of serpentines complex due to factors of pressure and temperature. Subsequently, tectonic variations create different levels of serpentinization in the region. Different degrees of serpentines have different geotechnical properties that are discussed in this study...

Introduction: Thermobarometric models based on the chemical equilibrium among coexisting mineral-mineral or mineral-melts pairs are useful tools widely used to estimate the P-T path and chemical evolution during igneous processes. The high sensitivity of amphibole to physicochemical changes makes it a good tracer for thermobarometric models. Majerad Igneous-Metamorphic Complex with NE-SW trend, 40 kilometer length, and 10 kilometer width is located in the southeast of Shahrood in the northern margin of the Central Iran structural zone. Late Neoproterozoic sequence of Majerad metamorphic complex includes a wide range of metamorphic rocks with extensive compositional variety of metacarbonate, metapsammite, metapelite, metabasite and metarhyolite. Metabasites of the Majerad metamorphic complex consist of a greenschist to garnet amphibolite. Late Iranian Neoproterozoic complexes have been studied by numerous researchers, and a lot of papers have been published related to them (Rahmati Ilkhchi et al., 2011; Balaghi Einalou et al., 2014; Faramarzi et al., 2015; Hosseini et al., 2015; Malekpour-Alamdari et al., 2017). These complexes have cropped out in the different parts of Iran, except the Kopeh Dagh, Makran and the East Iran Flysch structural zones...