Scientific Quarterly Journal of Geosciences

Scientific Quarterly Journal of Geosciences

Petrogenesis, geochemistry and mineralogical in the Saghari copper deposit, South of shahrood.

Document Type : Original Research Paper

Authors
yegane khoramtash 1
farajolah fardoost 2
1 M.Sc., Faculty of Earth Siences, Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Iran
2 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Earth Siences, Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Iran
10.22071/gsj.2018.112299.1358
Abstract
The Saghari copper deposit is located 120 Km at Southwest of shahrood, within in the eastern part of Toroud-Chahshirin magmatic arc. Mineralization in the Saghari area occured within volcanic and pyroclastic units of Eocene. Based on the field, laboratory investigations and geochemical analysis, the outcropped rocks in the Saghari deposit are andesite, andesite-basalt, basalt, dacite and several exposures of pyroclastic rocks such as tuff and agglomerate. The rocks are high-k, calc-alkaline to a small amount of shoshonitic in nature, and are formed at a magmatic arc setting in a subduction zone. Basic to intermediate dyke bodies intruded Eocene volcanic-pyroclastic sequences. The host rocks have been affected by argillitic, sericitization, chloritzation, carbonatization and oxide-Fe (limonite, hematite and goethite). The textures and structures of mineralization are vein-veinlet, replacement, open space filling and disminated. According to the mineralography studies, main minerals of copper are malachite, chalcocite, covellite, chalcopyrite, chrysocolla and rare native copper. Malachite and chalcosite are the most abundant minerals. Geochemical studies indicate that copper has a relative correlation with silver.also based on studies of fluid inclusion, the depth of the ore, formation temperature and salinity are 100-200 meter, 100-140 °c and 5-15 WtNaCl%. Copper mineralization in the Saghari deposite has similarities in mineralogy, host rock, texture, structure and geometry with manto-type and volcanic red bed copper deposits.
Keywords
petrogenesis
geochemistry
copper
Torud-Chahshirin
Saghari

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Scientific Quarterly Journal of Geosciences
Volume 29, Issue 114 - Serial Number 114
Volume 29, Serial Number 114, Winter 2019
Autumn 2019
Pages 209-220