P. Liaghat-Zadeh; Majid Shahpasandzadeh; M. Honarmand; H. Ahmadi-Pour
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The Dehsheikh Ultramafic-Mafic Complex (DUMC), as a portion of the Esfandagheh-Faryab ophiolitic melange belt, accommodates several chromitite ore deposits, but their emplacement and relation to the regional structures remain ambiguous due to structural complexities. The Dehsheikh Ultramafic Massif is ...
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The Dehsheikh Ultramafic-Mafic Complex (DUMC), as a portion of the Esfandagheh-Faryab ophiolitic melange belt, accommodates several chromitite ore deposits, but their emplacement and relation to the regional structures remain ambiguous due to structural complexities. The Dehsheikh Ultramafic Massif is composed of harzburgites, dunites, chromitites, pyroxenites, and lherzolites. The chromitite ores, embedded in a dunitic host rock, are concentrated in the central part of the massif in the active Bozorg mine and also abandoned Ajdari and Konar mines. According to the results, the DUMC has experienced three deformational phases of D1-D3. The high-T transtenssional D1 deformation is recognized by injection of the pyroxenitic dykes (Di1), development of the dextral ductile shear zones (Dsz1) and rootless folds (F1) in the dunite-chromitites sequences. These evidences could demonstrate ascending of the Dehsheikh mantle diapir in the upper mantle during the D1 deformation. The D2 dextral transpressional deformation is characterized by formation of the conjugate F1b right-lateral strike slip faults (with reverse component) and F1a thrusts and associated V1 magnesite veins. The D2 structures developed along with emplacement of the DUMC under the prevalent Zagros oblique reverse faulting in the ophiolitic mélange belt. Finally, the D3 was accompanied by conjugate F2a right-lateral strike slip faults (with normal component) and F2b normal faults, associated with development of the V2 magnesite veins under the local transtenssional regime along the Zagros fault. The F1 folds and F1-F2a,b faults structurally controlled deformation and emplacement of the chromitite ore deposits.
L. Ebadi; S.A. Alavi; Sh. Shafiei
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Hydrothermal vein and porphyry copper deposits are notable within Eocene volcanic rocks of Shahr-e-Babak area. In this paper, the structural patterns within Shahr-e-Babak area as well as the relationship between structural elements and the emplacement of dikes and hydrothermal vein and porphyry copper ...
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Hydrothermal vein and porphyry copper deposits are notable within Eocene volcanic rocks of Shahr-e-Babak area. In this paper, the structural patterns within Shahr-e-Babak area as well as the relationship between structural elements and the emplacement of dikes and hydrothermal vein and porphyry copper deposits have been discussed. Three fault trends of WNW-ESE and N-S are recognized in northeastern Shahr-e-Babak according to satellite images and field observations. The WNW-ESE and N-S trending faults are normal faults, while the NE-SW trending faults are sinistral faults with normal component. Two trends are recognized for the dikes in Shahr-e-Babak area namely, WNW-ESE(T2) and N-S (T1) following the trends of preexisting fractures in the area. The existence of an extensional system is recognized by the pattern of tension gashes and Pennant and the presence of extensional joints in the area. The shift in s1 direction from NE-SW to N-S, confirm the presence of some rotation in the area. The rotation in a transpressional regime caused the development of extensional structures in the Shahr-e-Babak area; the extensional structures provided the space for the passage of ore fluids and the emplacement of polymetallic vein and porphyry copper deposits in northeastern Shahr-e-Babak