Economic Geology
Maryam Emami Jafari; Saeed Alirezaei; Iraj Rasa; Jochen Kolb
Abstract
The Hired gold deposit in the Lut block, East Iran, is closely associated with an intermediate-mafic intrusive complex consisting of granodiorite to diorite, hornblende quartz-monzonite, and gabbro-diorite intruded into Eocene volcanic rocks. The intrusions are distinguished by high contents of CaO, ...
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The Hired gold deposit in the Lut block, East Iran, is closely associated with an intermediate-mafic intrusive complex consisting of granodiorite to diorite, hornblende quartz-monzonite, and gabbro-diorite intruded into Eocene volcanic rocks. The intrusions are distinguished by high contents of CaO, FeOt, and MgO, and rather low K2O+Na2O implying they crystallized from weakly differentiated magmas. This subject, and the relatively high Mg# (36.36 to 52.32) imply the involvement of a mantle source in the production of the parent magma. The intrusions are metaluminous, calc-alkaline to high-K calc-alkaline, and distinguished by the occurrence of ilmenite as an accessory mineral. Mineralization occurs in veins and veinlets disseminations in the granodiorite intrusion and the volcanic rocks, closely associated with tourmaline, silicic, and carbonate alterations, and is distinguished by abundant pyrrhotite, arsenopyrite, pyrite, and minor chalcopyrite, galena and sphalerite. Gold occurs mostly as submicroscopic grains in the pyrite and arsenopyrite. The mineralogical and geochemical attributes of the intrusive complex, and the ore mineralogy, allow the Hired to be classified as a gold deposit related to reduced I-type granitoids. The reducing nature of the parent magma can be explained by introduction of reduced crustal materials into the source area, and/or assimilation of carbonaceous metasedimentary rocks.
M. H. Karimpour; G. L. Farmer; C. R. Stern
Abstract
Biotite-muscovite leucogranite and associated pegmatite intruded meta-ophiolite and meta-flysch (the remnants of Paleo-Tethys) during collision of Turan plate with Iran plate. Four types of pegmatite dykes, crosscutting biotite muscovite leucogranite, are identified. The results of U-Pb zircon ...
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Biotite-muscovite leucogranite and associated pegmatite intruded meta-ophiolite and meta-flysch (the remnants of Paleo-Tethys) during collision of Turan plate with Iran plate. Four types of pegmatite dykes, crosscutting biotite muscovite leucogranite, are identified. The results of U-Pb zircon age of Khajeh Mourad biotite muscovite leucogranite is 205.9 ± 4.1 Ma (Late Triassic, Rhaetian). Chemically, biotite muscovite leucogranite and aplite granite are peraluminous S-type pluton. Magnetic susceptibility of biotite muscovite leucogranite and aplite granite are between than 0-5 × 10-5 and the ratio of ferric to ferrous ratio (< 0.35),therefore they are classified as belonging to the ilmenite-series (reduced type). The total REE content of biotite muscovite leucogranite is between TREE = 130-176 and aplite is very low Total REE = 50.79. They have small negative Eu anomalies (Eu/Eu*= 0.52 to 0.76). The initial 87Sr/86Sr and (143Nd/144Nd)i was recalculated to an age of 205 Ma. Initial 87Sr/86Sr ratios for B-M leucogranite and aplite are 0.708161-0.709853. The (143Nd/144Nd)i isotope composition for B-M leucogranite 0.512214, aplite dykes 0.512024. Initial ε Nd isotope values for B-M leucogranite -6.48 and aplite dykes is -6.83. These values could beconsidered as representative of continental crust-derived magmas. The ratios of Rb/Sr = 1-1.3 and CaO/Na2O » 0.3 of biotite-muscovite leucogranite indicate that the source rock had a composition between meta-pelite and meta-psammite.
