GOLD GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATIONS AND HEAVY MINERAL STUDIES OF STREAM SEDIMENTS OF ASTARGHAN AREA, KHARVANA, EAST-AZARBAIDJAN- NW OF IRAN

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FERDOWSI R.; CALAGARI A.A.; HOSSEINZADEH M.; SIAHCHESHM K.

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Journal: GEOSCIENCES Year:2015 | Volume:24 | Issue:96 Page(s): 277-290

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GOLD GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATIONS AND HEAVY MINERAL STUDIES OF STREAM SEDIMENTS OF ASTARGHAN AREA, KHARVANA, EAST-AZARBAIDJAN- NW OF IRAN

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FERDOWSI R. | CALAGARI A.A. | HOSSEINZADEH M. | SIAHCHESHM K. | Issue Writer Certificate

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GOLDQ2

ASTARGHANQ2

ALTERATIONQ2

MINERALIZATIONQ2

GEOSTATISTICSQ2

ANOMALYQ2

Abstract

Astarghan area is located in ~50 km of north of Tabriz, southeast of Kharvana, East-Azarbaidjn. The area is a part of Gharadagh- Arasbaran metallogenic belt. The most important units in the area is a hypabyssal prophyritic to granular granodioritic intrusive body of Oligo-Miocene and flysch- type sedimentry sequence of limestone, limy sandstone and marl (Paleocene-Eocene). Intrusion of the stock into the sedimentary rocks caused them to convert into a series of metasomatites and contact metamorphic rocks. Geostatistic studies on stream sediments and heavy mineral were done and include data processing, (i.e. normalization, univariate and multivariate analysis), and ultimately preparation of ANOMALY maps. The correlation coefficients among elements were determined. Elements that show positive correlations with GOLD are Cu, Hg, Pb, As, Sb, Ag, Bi and Mo. The results of preliminary regional geochemical explorations have led to discovery of two anomalous zones for GOLD; grade 1 and grade 2. The anomalies were verified by studies on heavy minerals in stream sediments and mineralized and altered samples taken from GOLD anomalous zones. The most important indentified heavy minerals include magnetite, malachite, GOLD, micaseous hematite, pyrite, galena, cerussite, pyrite- limonite, goethite, limonite, barite, hematite, pyrite- oxide which are affiliated with ALTERATION and mineralzation zones. The major ALTERATIONs in the area are argillic, sericitic and propylitic developed along the vein’s walls. Field and analytic studies done on samples taken from the GOLD anomalous zones led to identification of epithermal GOLD veins having over 4.5 ppm GOLD grade. The concordance of ANOMALY map with tectonic map and altered zones indicate that the faulted and fractured zones have played a crucial role in creation of GOLD anomalous zones. The incorporation of these data in the area led to introduction of several anomalous zones belonging to Au, Ag, Cu, As and Pb that can be used as passfinders for epithermal GOLD.

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FERDOWSI, R., CALAGARI, A.A., HOSSEINZADEH, M., & SIAHCHESHM, K.. (2015). GOLD GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATIONS AND HEAVY MINERAL STUDIES OF STREAM SEDIMENTS OF ASTARGHAN AREA, KHARVANA, EAST-AZARBAIDJAN- NW OF IRAN. GEOSCIENCES, 24(96), 277-290. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/32490/en

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FERDOWSI R., CALAGARI A.A., HOSSEINZADEH M., SIAHCHESHM K.. GOLD GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATIONS AND HEAVY MINERAL STUDIES OF STREAM SEDIMENTS OF ASTARGHAN AREA, KHARVANA, EAST-AZARBAIDJAN- NW OF IRAN. GEOSCIENCES[Internet]. 2015;24(96):277-290. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/32490/en

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R. FERDOWSI, A.A. CALAGARI, M. HOSSEINZADEH, and K. SIAHCHESHM, “GOLD GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATIONS AND HEAVY MINERAL STUDIES OF STREAM SEDIMENTS OF ASTARGHAN AREA, KHARVANA, EAST-AZARBAIDJAN- NW OF IRAN,” GEOSCIENCES, vol. 24, no. 96, pp. 277–290, 2015, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/32490/en

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