M Hajibahrami; N Taghipour; G Ghorbani
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The Hamyerd iron deposit is located in the northeast of Semnan in the boundary of the southern Alborz and Central Iran structural zones. A sub-volcanic body of monzonite and monzodiorite composition intruded limestone and pyroclastic rocks (equivalent to the middle Eocene Karaj formation). The iron mineralization ...
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The Hamyerd iron deposit is located in the northeast of Semnan in the boundary of the southern Alborz and Central Iran structural zones. A sub-volcanic body of monzonite and monzodiorite composition intruded limestone and pyroclastic rocks (equivalent to the middle Eocene Karaj formation). The iron mineralization occurred at the contact between intrusive bodies and these sedimentary rocks. The extensive hematite content along with minor amounts of magnetite, goetite, limonite, pyrite, dolomite, barite and calcite are important characteristics of the Hamyerd ore deposit. Mineralization occurred as veins and also hematite lenses with minor magnetite content. Fluid inclusion and stable isotope (S, C and O) studies were integrated to explore the Hamyerd iron ore genesis. Petrographic studies display five types of fluid inclusions in quartz and 4 types in barite. Fluid inclusions in quartz include single-phase liquid, single-phase gas, two-phase liquid-rich, two-phase gas-rich, and three-phase (liquid-solid-gas) inclusions. Three-phase liquid-solid-gas inclusions were not detected in barite. Microtermometry studies in two-phase liquid-rich inclusions revealed homogenization temperatures of 200-250 ˚C and 100-200 ˚C, and salinities of 10-20 and 0.5-5 wt% NaCl equivalent for quartz and barite fluid inclusions, respectively. Microthermometry of halite-bearing three-phase fluid inclusions showed homogenization temperature from 200 to 350 ˚C and salinity from 30 to 40 wt% NaCl equivalent. δ34SCDT values of pyrites at Hamyerd iron deposit are in the range of 2.2 to 7.4‰. The isotopic values of barites range from 13.6‰ to 20.2‰ for δ34SCDT and 10.2‰ to 12.1‰ for δ18OVSMOW, respectively. The carbon and oxygen isotopic values of calcite are in the range of -3.4‰ to -4.5‰ and 17.7‰ to 19.1‰, respectively. Microthermometry of fluid inclusions and stable isotopes (S, O, C) at Hamyerd iron deposit suggested mixing of magmatic and meteoric fluids as origin of hydrothermal solutions. Mineralization in the Hamyerd iron deposit is probably similar to Fe-skarn deposits.
F Bakhshizad; Gh Ghorbani
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The Zanjan-Takab metamorphic complex includes para- and orthogneisses, amphibolites, various types of schists and migmatites along with weakly metamorphosed, young magmatic dikes and lenses. In this study, we are focusing on the Zanjan-Takab metamorphic rocks from three regions including: 1- Almalu-Ghazi ...
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The Zanjan-Takab metamorphic complex includes para- and orthogneisses, amphibolites, various types of schists and migmatites along with weakly metamorphosed, young magmatic dikes and lenses. In this study, we are focusing on the Zanjan-Takab metamorphic rocks from three regions including: 1- Almalu-Ghazi Kandi-Alam Kandi; 2- Qare Naz-Qozlu and 3- Zaki Kandi-Barut Aghasi. Orthogneisses and migmatite leucosomes from these regions show enrichment in light REEs relative to heavy REEs and are characterized by depletion in Nb-Ta. The Almalu-Ghazi Kandi-Alam Kandi orthogneiss zircons show U-Pb ages of 491-516 Ma, but with older inherited cores. Meta-tonalite zircons from this region yield magmatic ages of 24-26 Ma. Migmatite leucosomes, paragneisses and gneissic amphibolite from Qare Naz-Qozlu contains zircons with partial melting evidences at 25-28 Ma. Nd model ages of migmatite leucosomes vary between 466 and 1629, but most of them show Ordovician and late Neoproterozoic Nd model ages (TDM). The epsilon Hf (t) values of zircon rims from migmatites are positive and their Hf model ages vary between 400 and 700 Ma. According to this study, it seems that in addition to the presence of old metamorphic rocks (~500 Ma) in the Zanjan-Takab region, there are weakly (to intensely) metamorphosed, but young (38-24 Ma) magmatic rocks in this area. Furthermore, although the Cadomian magmatism in the Zanjan-Takab region is conspicuous, but this magmatism is younger relative to other Cadomian outcrops of Iran. It seems that the exhumation of gneissic rocks and hence migmatization in this region can be related to core complex formation due to the extensional phases in the Iranian plate, resulted from roll-back of Neotethyan subducted slab beneath Iran.
E Mohammadi; Gh Ghorbani; H Shafaii Moghadam
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The studied volcanic rocks are situated in NW of the Sabzevar, mainly at southern domains of the Northern Sabzevar ophiolitic belt. Abundant rhyolitic domes (e.g., Sarough, Zard-Kuhi, Kuh-e-Sefid Mehr and Nahr domes) in the southern margin of the Davarzan-Sabzevar ophiolitic belt crosscut the above-mentioned ...
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The studied volcanic rocks are situated in NW of the Sabzevar, mainly at southern domains of the Northern Sabzevar ophiolitic belt. Abundant rhyolitic domes (e.g., Sarough, Zard-Kuhi, Kuh-e-Sefid Mehr and Nahr domes) in the southern margin of the Davarzan-Sabzevar ophiolitic belt crosscut the above-mentioned ophiolitic rocks. The Geochemical signatures of these volcanic rocks including enrichment in LREEs and LILEs relative to HREEs and HFSEs, depletion in TNT (Ta-Nb-Ti) elements, metaluminous to peraluminous and medium to high K-calc-alkaline characteristics, and their positions in discrimination tectonomagmatic diagrams, displayed that these rocks derived from a subduction-related environment. These adakitic domes are characterized by adakitic signatures (e.g., 69.2 wt.% < SiO2، 14.7 wt.% < Al2O3، MgO < 0.35 wt.% ، Sr > 273 ppm, enrichment in LREEs and LILEs, depletion in Y and HREE (Y < 9.7 and Yb < 0.86( and high ratio of Sr/Y > 58 and La/Yb > 12.1 and belong to high silica adakites (SiO2 ≥ 69.2 wt.%, MgO = 0.19-0.31 wt.% ، CaO+Na2O < 7.62 wt.% and Sr = 273-936). Nd-Sr-Pb isotopes characteristics of the adakitic rocks show similarities to a MORB-type and/or PREMA mantle source, highlighting that their magma (s) is originated from a depleted MORB-type mantle source associated with minor contamination with crustal materials. The geochemical and isotopes characteristics of the Sabzevar adakitic rocks display derivation from partial melting of subducted oceanic crust (garnet amphibolite) associated with subsequent fractional crystallization.
