Apatite geochemistry and development of secondary REE minerals related to the coupled dissolution-reprecipitation process in the Gazestan magnetite-apatite deposit, Bafq district, Central Iran

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Sepehrirad r.; ALIREZAEI S.

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Journal: GEOSCIENCES Year:2020 | Volume:29 | Issue:115 Page(s): 247-258

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Apatite geochemistry and development of secondary REE minerals related to the coupled dissolution-reprecipitation process in the Gazestan magnetite-apatite deposit, Bafq district, Central Iran

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Sepehrirad r. | ALIREZAEI S. | Issue Writer Certificate

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Apatite alterationQ1

Monazite-XenotimeQ1

Kiruna-typeQ1

GazestanQ1

Central IranQ2

Abstract

The Gazestan magnetite-apatite deposit in the Bafq mining district, Central Iran, is hosted in the upper Proterozoic-lower Cambrian volcanic-sedimentary sequence, known as Rizu series, and shallow felsic-intermediate intrusions. Magnetite, commonly associated with apatite, occurred in several discordant to semi-concordant massive ore bodies of variable sizes, as well as in veins, breccia bodies, and disseminations in altered host rocks. In backscattered electron (BSE) images, the apatite displays irregular light and dark zones with variable compositions. The dark zones contain inclusions of monazite and xenotime, and are distinguished by depletions in LREE+Y, Na and Cl, and enrichments in Ca and P. Development of reaction rims around apatite crystals, the occurrence of monazite and xenotime as scattered fine grains as well as filling microfractures in the dark zones, and the occurrence of the REE minerals at apatite-magnetite boundary provide evidence for alteration of the original apatite crystals in Gazestan. There is evidence that the apatite crystals formed during original magnetite-apatite ore formation, interacted and reequilibrated with fluids. During a coupled dissolution-reprecipitation process, the original apatite partially reacted with fluids of external origin. This led to leaching/reprecipitation of certain components, in particular the REEs, and development of dark apatite zones with fine, scattered monazite and xenotime grains, as well as the occurrence of fine REE mineral grains across microscopic fractures in apatite, calcite and quartz.

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Sepehrirad, r., & ALIREZAEI, S.. (2020). Apatite geochemistry and development of secondary REE minerals related to the coupled dissolution-reprecipitation process in the Gazestan magnetite-apatite deposit, Bafq district, Central Iran. GEOSCIENCES, 29(115 ), 247-258. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/375620/en

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Sepehrirad r., ALIREZAEI S.. Apatite geochemistry and development of secondary REE minerals related to the coupled dissolution-reprecipitation process in the Gazestan magnetite-apatite deposit, Bafq district, Central Iran. GEOSCIENCES[Internet]. 2020;29(115 ):247-258. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/375620/en

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r. Sepehrirad, and S. ALIREZAEI, “Apatite geochemistry and development of secondary REE minerals related to the coupled dissolution-reprecipitation process in the Gazestan magnetite-apatite deposit, Bafq district, Central Iran,” GEOSCIENCES, vol. 29, no. 115 , pp. 247–258, 2020, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/375620/en

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