S. Alipour; Kh. Mosavi-ovenlegi; E. Hosseini; Sh. Aslanpour; Z. Haseli
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The Urmia Salt Lake as the largest hyper saline lake of the world is located between west and east Azerbaijan provinces, NW Iran. Geochemistry of trace and rare earth elements of bed sediments taken from 25 Cm of the lower most of 1.5 meters depth of drilled holes in 130 samples between 2014-2015 ...
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The Urmia Salt Lake as the largest hyper saline lake of the world is located between west and east Azerbaijan provinces, NW Iran. Geochemistry of trace and rare earth elements of bed sediments taken from 25 Cm of the lower most of 1.5 meters depth of drilled holes in 130 samples between 2014-2015 were investigated. General geochemical composition of samples revealed a very heterogeneous variation of major oxides at NW, NE, SW and SE parts of the lake. MgO, CaO and Na2O show a high enrichment compared to UCC, PAA and NASC values. Main minerals of the bed sediments include halite, calcite, ankerite, quartz, orthoclase, augite, hornblende and chlorite. The overall geochemical composition of sediments, resemble ferruginous shale and graywacke sandstone. Weathering in the various parts of the bed sediments is relevant to general climatological characters in the region. Rb and Sr among trace elements show high anomaly in respect to UCC, PAAS and NASC, while Eu indicated high depletion, especially at SW corner of the lake. Geochemical comparisons indicate the major role of different rock units in forming bed sediments rather than sediments carried by entering rivers to the lake.
S Alipour; B Hosseinzade; Y Rahimsouri
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Khanik-Gazan titanium potential is located at 82 km northwest of Urmia at the extremity of NW of Sanandaj-Sirjan geological zone. This deposit has formed in the Qazan mafic-ultramafic intrusive complex that intruded into the early Paleozoic sedimentary rocks. It consist ...
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Khanik-Gazan titanium potential is located at 82 km northwest of Urmia at the extremity of NW of Sanandaj-Sirjan geological zone. This deposit has formed in the Qazan mafic-ultramafic intrusive complex that intruded into the early Paleozoic sedimentary rocks. It consist of two general rock units including 1) mafic unit as the main outcrop volume and 2) ultramafic unit in smaller volume. The mafic rock type is gabbro in general formed of medium grained and layered accompanying by anorthosite sill and microgabbro (diabase). Layered mela and meso-gabbro are the main host rocks for titanium mineralisation in the studied area. The main minerals of the host rock included clinopyroxene (mainly augite), and calcic plagioclases. Opaque minerals and rarely olivine and apatite are the minor minerals and tremolite-actinolite, epidote, zoisite, chlorite, albite, sericite and calcite are the secondary minerals. Saussuritization, uralitization, sericitization and chloritization are the main alterations of main silicate minerals. Ilmenite, titanomagnetite, magnetite, and some hematite and pyrrhotite are the main primary opaque ore minerals. Open-space filling textures including granular and exsolution are the major textures of the ore, while, Spherical, martitization, mylonitization are the minor textures. Total abundance of ilmenite, magnetite, titanomagnetite in the studied polished sections ranges between 5 to 12 vol%. Oxide and silicate phases are associated with the host rocks due to the relatively low oxygen fugacity, which don’t occurred in complete separation of the silicate melt from oxide melt. Based on geochemical studies, the primary magma had revealed an alkaline to sub-alkaline (mainly tholeitic trend) series. According to the mineralogical and petrographical evidences and chemical analyses, the Khanik-Qazan ilmenite-titanomagnetite deposit is similar to the low grade apatite- ilmenite–magnetite Kauhajarvi and Lumikangas deposits, in western Finland.
A Abedini; S Alipour; M Khosravi
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TheDarzi-Vali bauxite deposit is located in ~20 km east of Bukan, south of West-Azarbaidjan province (NW Iran). This deposit developed as stratiform layers and lenses within carbonate rocks of the Ruteh Formation (middle Permian). The mineralogical studies indicated that the surface waters with oxidizing-acidic ...
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TheDarzi-Vali bauxite deposit is located in ~20 km east of Bukan, south of West-Azarbaidjan province (NW Iran). This deposit developed as stratiform layers and lenses within carbonate rocks of the Ruteh Formation (middle Permian). The mineralogical studies indicated that the surface waters with oxidizing-acidic nature and the underground waters with reducing-basic nature played an important role during the development and evolution of this deposit. Based on field evidences and geochemical studies, the basaltic rocks are the most probable parent rock of this deposit. Calculations of enrichment factor revealed that the elements of Si, Ca, Mg, Na, K, Mn, Co, Rb and Hf were leached during development of this deposit and the elements of Al, Ti, V, Th, Ga, Zr, Nb, U, and Cr were enriched. This is while the elements of Fe, P, Ni, Ba, and Y have borne leaching-fixation processes. The obtained data indicated that the factors such as adsorption, scavenging, residual concentrations, buffering of weathering solutions by carbonate bedrock, mineralogical control, differences in intense of alteration, organic matter, and fluctuation of underground water tables have played pronounced roles in distribution of major, minor, and trace elements in this deposit. This study also revealed that the Fe-poor and Fe-rich ores of this deposit have appropriate properties for being used in refractory and cement industries, respectively.
S Alipour; A Abedini; Sh Abdali
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The Heydar-Abad laterite horizon is located at 65 km south of Urmia, West Azarbaidjan province. This horizon was developed as stratiform bed within the carbonate rocks of the late Permian Ruteh Formation. Based on the petrographical and mineralographical studies,the ores of this horizon contain micro-granular, ...
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The Heydar-Abad laterite horizon is located at 65 km south of Urmia, West Azarbaidjan province. This horizon was developed as stratiform bed within the carbonate rocks of the late Permian Ruteh Formation. Based on the petrographical and mineralographical studies,the ores of this horizon contain micro-granular, fluidal-collomorphic, panidiomorphic-granular, spastoidic, pelitomorphic, nodular, and ooidic textures and have an authigenic origin. According to the mineralogical investigations, the ores of this horizon include minerals such as diaspore, corundum, hematite, magnetite, goethite, rutile, paragonite, margarite, amesite, berthierine, montmorillonite, chlorite, chloritoid, muscovite-illite, quartz, pyrite, anhydrite, calcite, and dolomite. The presence of high quantities of silicate minerals indicates immaturity and poor draining system during the development of this residual horizon. The results of chemical analyses show that Eu and Ce anomalies in the ores are within the ranges of 0.67 to 2.74 and 0.86 to 2.16, respectively. The calculations of values of enrichment factor of elements in two selected profiles reveal that two processes of leaching and fixation are major regulators of concentrations of REEs in ores of this horizon. The results obtained from the mineralogical and geochemical studies show that changes of pH of weathering solution, fluctuations of level of ground-waters, alteration intensity, and function of carbonate bedrocks as a geochemical barrier, adsorption, and scavenging have played an important role in distribution of the rare earth elements (REEs) in this deposit. The correlation coefficients show that the secondary phosphates, rutile and muscovite-illite are potential hosts for REEs in the ore.
M Roohafza; S Alipour; A Abedini
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Ghareh-bolagh area is located in 20 Km of east of Mahabad, south of West-Azarbaidjan province. Carbonate rocks of Bayandour formation and dolomites of Soltanieh formation in this area are the host of mineralizations from Barium, iron and manganese. Based upon mineralogical investigations, barite, magnetite, ...
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Ghareh-bolagh area is located in 20 Km of east of Mahabad, south of West-Azarbaidjan province. Carbonate rocks of Bayandour formation and dolomites of Soltanieh formation in this area are the host of mineralizations from Barium, iron and manganese. Based upon mineralogical investigations, barite, magnetite, hematite, goethite, limonite, pyrolusite were major mineral assemblages of these mineralizations which that is accompanied by chalcopyrite, malachite, azurite, and calcite in low amounts. The most important geochemical characteristic these mineralizations are relative weak differentiation of LREE from HREE in barite and iron-manganese ores, Eu negative anomalies in iron-manganese ores (0.26-0.76) and Eu positive anomalies in barite (7.7-10.51). Incorporation of the obtained results from investigations of field, petrographic and geochemical (analytic data and correlation coefficients between elements) indicate that factors such as changes in physicochemical conditions of environment (pH, Eh, temperature), activity of complexing ligands, and presence of minor mineral phases (clay minerals, zircon, zenotime, and monazite) played important role in distribution of rare earth elements during mineralization and development of these ores.
F Mohammadi; S Alipour; M Ghazanfari
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Gold as a strategic element has a strong exploration potential in KurdistanCounty. This investigation for gold has carried out in N.W. Sanandaj- Siirjan geological zone. 351 samples has been taken from drainages and analyzed by ICP-MS in Canada for 22 elements. Based on results, anomaly map and enrichment ...
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Gold as a strategic element has a strong exploration potential in KurdistanCounty. This investigation for gold has carried out in N.W. Sanandaj- Siirjan geological zone. 351 samples has been taken from drainages and analyzed by ICP-MS in Canada for 22 elements. Based on results, anomaly map and enrichment ratio for gold and related paragenetic elements have been prepared. The result indicate an enrichment factor of 1-99 times for gold and 1-3, 1-19, 1-3, 1-3, 1-6, 1-2, 1-7, and 1-4 for elements Ag, As, Pb, Zn, B, Ba, Bi and W, respectively. Data resulted to a distribution pattern for Au and other elements such as. Gold anomaly is recognize in 36 Km2 associated up to 19 times enrichment for As. Therefore As is a good indicator element for Au her and in similar environments. Tectonically gold showed a very strong relation with breccias zones and par genetic minerals.
Soroush Modabberi; Y. Rahimsouri; A. Yaghubpur; S. Alipour
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Black shales of the abandoned antimony mine of Aq-Darreh Bala Village in northwest of Takab city, northwest Iran, contain high concentrations of toxic elements, especially As (4403–11883 ppm), Sb (405–1022 ppm) and Hg (30–58 ppm). Enrichment factor calculations revealed that some ...
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Black shales of the abandoned antimony mine of Aq-Darreh Bala Village in northwest of Takab city, northwest Iran, contain high concentrations of toxic elements, especially As (4403–11883 ppm), Sb (405–1022 ppm) and Hg (30–58 ppm). Enrichment factor calculations revealed that some trace elements including As, Sb, Hg, Zn, U, Sr, Ni, V, Co, Cu, Mo, Ni, and Zr have been depleted, while, Pb, Th, Ga, Rb, and Ta are enriched during weathering. Mass balance calculation results show the highest release percents (% loss) belongs to Cd, Zn, U, Sr, Ni, V, Cu, As, Mo, Tl, Zr, Hg and Sb respectively. The highest weight amount of released elements belongs to As, Sb, Sr, Zn, Ni, V, Zr, Cu, U, and Hg respectively. As a result, it can be concluded that the black shale outcrops in the Aq-Darreh Bala abandoned antimony mine area have a main role as a geogenic source in environmental contamination of downstream environments.
samad alipour; R. Nikrouz
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Shahrestan mining district is the largest extensive granitic stone province in Iran. There are 25 active mines in this area. The study of rose diagrams with statistical joint systems at this ornamental stone mining district carried out in order to reduce expenses with low waste disposal of mining extraction. ...
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Shahrestan mining district is the largest extensive granitic stone province in Iran. There are 25 active mines in this area. The study of rose diagrams with statistical joint systems at this ornamental stone mining district carried out in order to reduce expenses with low waste disposal of mining extraction. The most types of intrusive rocks are syenite, monzonite, gabbro and granite cropped out in the region. Alkali syenite is the main rock type in spite of varying color and texture. Diversity of apparent color and rock composition associated with variety of color in low distances, existence of joints, faults and thrusts around formations and rocks of moderately being metamorphosed, are the source of major problems in the region from the exploration till the excavation stages. The study results indicate that the main folding trend is extended in a northwest-southeast direction. Therefore the direction of quarries in central part must be developed in a north-south direction and in the northwest part in northwest–southeast direction while in the east of Shahrestan quarries must be created in a northeast – southwest trend.
S. Alipour
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Yarim-ghayeh cave, located in the border of Iran and Turkey, is hosted by the Oliogocene-Miocene limestone body. Its in and outside rough topography implies that the cave is very young and infact in the beginning stage of its formation. Overall volume is 9600 m3 with 631 ...
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Yarim-ghayeh cave, located in the border of Iran and Turkey, is hosted by the Oliogocene-Miocene limestone body. Its in and outside rough topography implies that the cave is very young and infact in the beginning stage of its formation. Overall volume is 9600 m3 with 631 m2 dry area and 4700 m3 occupied by water with 4 to 6 meters in depth. Structurally, the cave has been formed by a fault system cause a sinkhole form on the top of the cave aproximately of 10000 m2. Its water is clean and clear with pH of 7.36 and its fluorine is only 1.7 ppm compared to 4.5 ppm in Maku area. Yarimghayeh playa with an area of 5 m2 is in the close eastern part of the cave with permenant water flow. Elevation of the water surface of playa is 1414 m which is 2 m higher than the water surface of the cave (1412 m). 500 m3 water is daily pumped out without any change in water level. Since there is no any other water flowing to the cave, therefore, the playa is supplying the cave water system. The ecosystem of the cave and playa are tight together and any change in one will affect the other. To protect its water quality from contamination, access to this small scale cave must be restricted except for scientific research.