Scientific Quarterly Journal of Geosciences

Scientific Quarterly Journal of Geosciences

A study of Chromite Deposits of the Abdasht Peridotites

Document Type : Original Research Paper

Authors
Siamak Bagherian 1
Mohammad Tourchi 2
1 Department of Geology, Islamic Azad University– Aligoodarz unit Aligoodarz , Iran
2 Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences, Shahid Bahonar University– Kerman , Iran
Abstract
Approximately 50 chromite outcrops are observed  in the Esfandagheh  Paleozoic  ophiolite complex, of which  few  are  economically important . Rock types in  Abdasht area are mostly dunite and harzburgite and the chromite deposits occur as lens- shaped bodies in dunite. Texture of the  bodies is  nodular, disseminated and massive which occasionally   all  these textures can be seen together  in one orebody.
These deposits are rich in chromium and poor in aluminum.  Moreover, there is no mineral concentration of  elements such as Ni, Co and PGE in the chromite ore and  host rocks. The chromite deposits in Abdasht region are of Alpine type (podiform).
Keywords
Geochemistry
Source
Abdasht Chromite Deposits
Esfandagheh

Subjects

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Scientific Quarterly Journal of Geosciences
Volume 13, 51-52
Spring & Summer 2004, Vol. 13, No. 51-52
Summer 2004
Pages 108-115