Economic Geology
Shiva Farangi; Zahra Alaminia; Mohammad Vahedi; Hamzeh Sadeghisorkhani
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The studied area is located in N-Sonqor and in the Sanandaj-Sirjan zone. Field relationships and petrographic evidence show that volcanic rocks of the north of Bashirabad comprise of trachydacite to trachyandesite (and altered basaltic trachyandesite) and in the south of this area, it consists of andesite ...
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The studied area is located in N-Sonqor and in the Sanandaj-Sirjan zone. Field relationships and petrographic evidence show that volcanic rocks of the north of Bashirabad comprise of trachydacite to trachyandesite (and altered basaltic trachyandesite) and in the south of this area, it consists of andesite to trachyte. Their texture is mainly porphyry. Geochemical data {total abundance of (Na2O+K2O), enrichment of large lithophile ion elements and rare light earth elements) indicate that these rocks belong to the alkaline series. Spider diagrams show enrichment in LREE and depletion HREE, and parallel patterns in all volcanic samples confirm their common origin. According to modeling magmatic processes, fractional crystallization, assimilation and crustal contamination have played an important role in the magma forming the studied rocks. The discriminating diagrams the tectonic setting the Bashirabad volcanic rocks indicate their subduction-related volcanic arc that was formed in an active continental margin environment with local tensions.
Economic Geology
Z. Zandi; A. R. Jafari rad; A. Gourabjeripour; M. Lotfi
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The Saheb Fe-Cu skarn deposit is located in the Sanandaj-Sirjan metamorphic belt, SE Saqqez, western Iran and has been formed along the contact between the Oligo-Miocene aged Saheb granitoid and the Permian aged impure calcareous rocks and includes endoskarn and exoskarn. Exoskarn is widely developed ...
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The Saheb Fe-Cu skarn deposit is located in the Sanandaj-Sirjan metamorphic belt, SE Saqqez, western Iran and has been formed along the contact between the Oligo-Miocene aged Saheb granitoid and the Permian aged impure calcareous rocks and includes endoskarn and exoskarn. Exoskarn is widely developed and include garnet and epidote skarn zones. The majority of mineralized zones are concentrated in garnet skarn. The relatively oxidizing mineralogical assemblage of the Saheb skarn includes garnet (andradite-grossular), pyroxene (diopside-hedenbergite), magnetite and hematite. Magnetite is the main and abundant ore mineral throughout the ore deposit. Based on field evidences and microscopic studies of skarn zone samples, two stages of prograde and retrograde alteration are distinguishable. According to the results of sample analysis of Saheb skarn productive intrusive body by XRF and ICP-MS techniques, the combination of this body is chiefly granite to granodiorite-diorite and belong to the I-type granitoids, metaluminous and K-rich calc-alkaline series. The Saheb granitoid is related to the VAG (Volcanic Arc Granite) tectonic setting.
Tectonics
Zeinab Etemadkhah; Mohammd Mahdi Khatib; Mohammadhossein Zarrinkoub
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The late Paleocene – early Eocene granitoid intrusions in the northern Sistan suture zone are regarded as potential tools to record tectonic events. A structural study of the Zahri granitoid body, based on the anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS) technique provides new data to characterize ...
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The late Paleocene – early Eocene granitoid intrusions in the northern Sistan suture zone are regarded as potential tools to record tectonic events. A structural study of the Zahri granitoid body, based on the anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS) technique provides new data to characterize the internal structure and the kinematic reconstruction. The NW–SE trending body consists basically granite to leucogranite. Based on the results of the analysis of over 360 samples collected from 36 sites, the granitoid body is characterized by a low susceptibility and petrographic observations indicate that paramagnetic minerals such as biotite and amphibole are the most important iron-bearing mineral and can be considered as the main carrier of magnetic susceptibility. Magnetic foliations dominated by moderate dip and foliation strike mostly parallel to the elongated shape of the body, the magnetic lineation mainly trends NE-SW to N-S with plunges to the SW (mean orientation N 197°/32°) and formed during the emplacement and crystallisation of the magma. The Zahri body emplaced in an extensional setting controlled by a NNE-SSW opening direction associated with spaces of the sinistral shear zone in the terminations of Nehbandan fault system during the early Eocene.
Exploration and Mining
Meysam Yazdani; Firouz Alinia
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Sehezar area is located in southern city of Tonokabon in Mazandaran province in north of Iran, and near the Tarom – Hashtjin belt. The existence of granitoid masses in the region can be important in terms of the potential of mineralization. The kriging geostatistical technique is used to predict ...
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Sehezar area is located in southern city of Tonokabon in Mazandaran province in north of Iran, and near the Tarom – Hashtjin belt. The existence of granitoid masses in the region can be important in terms of the potential of mineralization. The kriging geostatistical technique is used to predict the grade distribution, by using existing data and spatial correlation between them, which is described by the variogram. To identify the anomalous area, 50 stream sediment samples were collected from the area and analyzed by the ICP-MS method, and then interpreted. At first, the data were normalized and then the geostatistical analysis was used. Variogram studies showed that the spherical model is the best fitted model, and the spatial correlation range for the three elements of Au, Cu and Fe are approximately 350 m and for W is approximately 700 m. Finally, the estimation and estimation variance maps of the studied elements were prepared by using ordinary kriging geostatistical method with the spherical model on the GS+ software. Evaluating the results by calculating the root mean square error (RMSE) and calculating the mean absolute error (MAE) indicates the acceptable accuracy of variogram model. By studying the kriging estimation and kriging estimation variance maps, the anomal regions were introduced for the elements of Au, Cu, Fe and W in the case study. Due to the spatial correlation of the elements, it is concluded that this mass can be associated with iron-gold-copper deposits.
Petrology
M. Sadeghian; S. H. Hosseini; A. Hemmati; S. Shekari
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Granitoid plutons of SW Mayamey (60 Km east of Shahrood), located at the most northern margin of the central Iran structural zone, have granite composition (in general) and calk alkaline and peralouminous nature. In spite of coverage of these granitoids by Late Triassic – Early Jurassic sedimentary ...
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Granitoid plutons of SW Mayamey (60 Km east of Shahrood), located at the most northern margin of the central Iran structural zone, have granite composition (in general) and calk alkaline and peralouminous nature. In spite of coverage of these granitoids by Late Triassic – Early Jurassic sedimentary rocks, Late Neoproterozoic host gneiss are exposed in limited areas. These granitoids invaded by two series of the Late Neoproterozoic and middle Jurassic diabasic dikes. Although post – Liass, Pre- Dogger, younger than Jurassic and older than Cretaceous ages are considered for these granitoids, but for the first time U–Pb age dating on separated zircons indicates Late Neoproterozoic age (Late Ediacaran) (545±10 Ma) for them and they are a part of very ancient basement rocks of Iran. The studied rocks are similar Band -e-Hezar Chah, Sefid Sang, Delbar, Shotor Kuh, Reza Abad and Do Chah granitoids in age. Mayamey granitoids are resulted from partial melting of metapelites and metagraywackes, and they belong to S-type granioids. SW Mayamey granitoids were generated in a collisional tectonic setting in the Late Neoproterozoic, in relation to closing of intracontinental back arc basin and then metamorphism of the associated rocks from greenschist facies to amphibolite and rarely granulite facies, which finally companied with s-type granitization
R Samadi; N Sh; H Kawabata
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Plutonic suite of Khajeh Morad at southeast of Mashhad includes granodiorites, which are cut across by younger aplite, granitic pegmatite dykes and monzogranites. Aplites are mineralogically including quartz, feldspar (albite to orthoclase and microcline), muscovite, and accessory minerals of garnet ...
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Plutonic suite of Khajeh Morad at southeast of Mashhad includes granodiorites, which are cut across by younger aplite, granitic pegmatite dykes and monzogranites. Aplites are mineralogically including quartz, feldspar (albite to orthoclase and microcline), muscovite, and accessory minerals of garnet (almandine-spessartine), tourmaline, biotite, and ilmenite. Pegmatites are composed of quartz, feldspar (albite to oligoclase, orthoclase, and microcline), muscovite, and minor amounts of garnet (almandine-spessartine), tourmaline, ilmenite, beryl, and columbite. Based on mineralogical and geochemical evidence, Khajeh Morad pegmatites are related to Li-rare elements (RE-Li) and lithium-cesuim-tantalum (LCT) pegmatite family. According to the field evidence and whole rock geochemistry, origin of garnet-bearing aplite-pegmatite melts could be related to the S-type monzogranites, as their differentiation products at late stages, occurred in a continental collision belts.
B Hosseini; A.R Ahmadi
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Deformed granitoid rocks from North Saman represent part of magmatic activity in Sanandaj-Sirjan during the Mesozoic. The granitoid rocks intruded as separate intrusions into metamorphosed rocks which have protolith ages of the Palaeozoic and Mezosoic. The intruded granitoid rocks have been deformed ...
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Deformed granitoid rocks from North Saman represent part of magmatic activity in Sanandaj-Sirjan during the Mesozoic. The granitoid rocks intruded as separate intrusions into metamorphosed rocks which have protolith ages of the Palaeozoic and Mezosoic. The intruded granitoid rocks have been deformed as a result of subsequent tectonic activities. Zircon U-Pb ages of crystals extracted from the granitoid rocks gave ages of 182 ± 4 Ma and indicate that the granitoid rocks crystallized in the Toarcian stage of the lower Jurassic. The major and trace element goechemistry suggests a subduction-related, active continental margin setting for the granitoid bodies. The occurrences of numerous Jurassic granitoids reveal the importance of magmatic activities of this period in the Sanandaj-Sirjan zone.
M.A Sajadi Nasab; M Vosoughi Abedini; M.H Emami; M Ghorbani
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The studied granitoidic intrusion with about 50 km2 area is located in the SW of Kelardasht, one of the regions in MazandaranProvince. It is one of the pluton masses of the Central Alborz structural zone. The mass has an age between 54±4 and 56±3 million years (late Paleocene to early Eocene) ...
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The studied granitoidic intrusion with about 50 km2 area is located in the SW of Kelardasht, one of the regions in MazandaranProvince. It is one of the pluton masses of the Central Alborz structural zone. The mass has an age between 54±4 and 56±3 million years (late Paleocene to early Eocene) and has intruded in the Mobarak and Shemshak formations. Petrologically it contains of two units of felsic (granite, qz-syenite, and qz-monzonite) and intermediate to mafic (monzonite to monzodiorite, diorite, and gabbro). The rocks of the first group especially granites and q-monzonites show many mineralogical and textural similarities and in which the evidences of magma mixing like rapakivi texture, poikilitic texture, acicular apatite, calcic plagioclase "spikes" in plagioclase, and micro granular mafic enclaves can be seen. These rocks have weak metaaluminous to peralumine nature (granite samples) and are richer in K2O+Na2O, K2O and the elements of Rb, Th, Hf than the second group. Due to the diagram related to REE, the rocks of this group have remarkable enrichment of LREE and related to the behavior of Y, Ba, Ce, and Zr in segregation process, they show the properties of low temperature I-type granites. In the second group, monzonite and monzodiorite rocks also show the evidences of alkaline metasomatism, associated with magma mixing textures including acicular apatite, septum biotites and anortite spikes in plagioclases. These rocks have meta alumine nature and show more richness in FeOT, MgO, CaO, bP2O5, TiO2, and the elements such as Sr, Ba, V, and Y than the first group; and also they show the properties of the high temperature I-type granites. Due to the geochemical evidences and the age of the mass, it can be categorized as post orogenic granite types, which have the properties between VAG and WPG. The isotopic investigation of 143Nd/144Nd revealed that only the granites of the region have can have enriched lithospheric source (negative εNd) and the other rocks have a depleted mantle source (positive). According to the petrographical and geochemical evidences, magma mixing has played an important role in magma evolution, and therefore, the crust melting model by mantle-derived magma is suggested for the magma generation of the area.
R. Samanizadegan; M. Mohajjel
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The Ali Abad Damag granitoid is intruded in Triassic-Jurassic schists located 35km south of Hamadan, southeast of the Alvand batholith. Northeast-southwest oriented mylonitised Ali Abad Damag granitoid has been intruded into a strike-slip dextral ductile shear zone. Abundant deformed enclaves exist in ...
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The Ali Abad Damag granitoid is intruded in Triassic-Jurassic schists located 35km south of Hamadan, southeast of the Alvand batholith. Northeast-southwest oriented mylonitised Ali Abad Damag granitoid has been intruded into a strike-slip dextral ductile shear zone. Abundant deformed enclaves exist in this granitoid that all were strongly elongated along the main extension direction (X axis). The elongation of the enclaves is concordant with the strain rate and development of the mylonitic foliation and stretching lineation. Structural analysis of exposed rocks in this shear zone indicates that the mylonitic foliation is sub-vertical or steeply dipping to NW in the western half and shallowly to moderately dipping to the same direction in the eastern half, but the stretching lineation is sub-horizontal sub-parallel to the strike of the mylonitic foliation throughout the shear zone. Dextral strike-slip displacement is identified by the shear sense indicators. The change of foliation dip of the eastern half against the western part is interpreted by rotation along the NW-SE trending Darreh-Gar strike-slip fault.
G. Ghorbani; H. Ghasemi
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Bagho granitoid is located in the southeast of Damghan and has been cut by many quartz-tourmaline veins with about 1 mm to 30 cm thickness. Based on petrography and electron microprobe analyses, these tourmalines show schorl– dravite– foitite composition with a tendency toward schorl end ...
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Bagho granitoid is located in the southeast of Damghan and has been cut by many quartz-tourmaline veins with about 1 mm to 30 cm thickness. Based on petrography and electron microprobe analyses, these tourmalines show schorl– dravite– foitite composition with a tendency toward schorl end member, and located in alkali and vacancy groups. Compared with the ideal composition of schorl– dravite, many of tourmaline samples have high Al contents and alkali – site vacancies. The increase in octahedral aluminum reflects a combination of substitutions in tourmaline involving deprotonation (O–OH exchange) and vacancies in the alkali-site and then they have magmatic origin. In contrast, the presence of zoning, its occurrence as vein form, having high Mg compared with Fe in some samples and tendency away from alkali- deficient and proton– deficient tourmaline vectors, show that these tourmalines have hydrothermal origin. Then, based on these results, it appears that tourmaline veins form by interaction of boron-rich magmatic-hydrothermal fluids of granitic-dacitic provenance with various quartz-tourmaline and metapelitic-metapsammitic host rocks.
D. Esmaeily; S. Z. Afshooni
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The Astaneh granitoid massif in the Sanandaj-Sirjan zone, covering an area of about 30 km2, located in 40 km to Arak city, is mainly composed of granodioritic rocks. They are widely affected by hydrothermal alteration and six alteration zones including phyllic (sericitic), chloritic, propylitic, argillic, ...
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The Astaneh granitoid massif in the Sanandaj-Sirjan zone, covering an area of about 30 km2, located in 40 km to Arak city, is mainly composed of granodioritic rocks. They are widely affected by hydrothermal alteration and six alteration zones including phyllic (sericitic), chloritic, propylitic, argillic, albitic and tourmalinization zones are identified in this area. Calculations of chemical index of alteration (CIA) indicates that phyllic (sericitic), chloritic, propylitic, argillic, albitic and tourmalinization alteration zones underwent the hydrothermal alteration about 63.47%, 59.73%, 61.54%, 63.69%, 60.61%, 65.43% respectively. The mass changes of elements, based on Al (as a monitor immobile element), indicate that considerable amounts of oxides such as Fe2O3, MgO, CaO and TiO2 and also LFSEs such as K, Rb, Sr, Cs and Ba in all of the alteration zones were depleted. The results show that SiO2 was added to the phyllic (sericitic), argillic and tourmalinization alteration zones by metasomatizing fluids. Al2O3 was immobile and its mass was essentially unchanged during alteration. Other oxides such as MnO, Na2O, K2O and P2O5 and also LOI show dissimilar behaviors in the different zones. In all of the zones there is depletion in Sc and Y (HFSE). Also the Ga (except in chloritic zone) and U (except in phyllic zone) were depleted. In the phyllic zone, La, Ce, Pr, Nd (LREE), Sm, Eu, Gd (MREE) and Yb (HREE) were added; however, Dy, Er and Ho were depleted, whereas Tb and Lu were unchanged. In all zones the REEs were depleted except in the chloritic zone where Eu and Yb were added and Lu was essentially unchanged during alteration.
M .A. Mokhtari; H. Moein Vaziri; M.R. Ghorbani; M. Mehr Parto
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Kamtal intrusion is located in East Azarbaijan province, NW of Iran, near the Armenia border. The Kamtal intrusion consist of an acidic part with monzogranitic composition and an intermediate- basic part which compositionally composed of monzonite, monzodiorite, quartz monzonite, quartz monzodiorite ...
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Kamtal intrusion is located in East Azarbaijan province, NW of Iran, near the Armenia border. The Kamtal intrusion consist of an acidic part with monzogranitic composition and an intermediate- basic part which compositionally composed of monzonite, monzodiorite, quartz monzonite, quartz monzodiorite and gabbro. Gabbroic rocks exist in the form of small lenses in the southeast of Kamtal intrusion within the intermediate part. The intermediate- basic part has been intruded by the acidic part. Both acidic and intermediate parts are high-K calc-alkaline, metaluminous in character and classified as I-type granitoids; while, the gabbros have tholeiitic nature.
Both acidic and intermediate rocks show a LREE rich pattern and high LREE/HREE ratio. These two parts have differences in MREE enrichment. From similarity in REE patterns of acidic and intermediate rocks a genetic relation can be discerned. Negative anomalies of Nb and Ti can be seen in all rock phases of the Kamtal intrusion, representing the subduction zone setting. Comparison of trace element variations with those of granitoid rocks of different tectonic settings show similarities between Kamtal intrusion and Andean volcanic arc granitoids. Furthermore, Kamtal intrusion can be classified as VAG based upon tectonic setting discrimination diagrams. It is concluded that, Kamtal intrusion probably is the result of Neotethys oceanic crust subduction beneath the Caucasus continental plate.
S. S. Mohammadi; M. Vossoughi Abedini; M. Pourmoafi; M. H. Emami; M. M. Khatib
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Bibi Maryam Granitoid body with 5 km2 exposure area is located in the east Iranian ophiolite mélange belt in Sistan suture zone. This intrusive body consists of tonalite- quartzdiorite and granodiorite. The main mafic minerals are hornblende and biotite in quartzdiorite-tonalite. Existence of ...
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Bibi Maryam Granitoid body with 5 km2 exposure area is located in the east Iranian ophiolite mélange belt in Sistan suture zone. This intrusive body consists of tonalite- quartzdiorite and granodiorite. The main mafic minerals are hornblende and biotite in quartzdiorite-tonalite. Existence of microdioritic enclave in tonalite and its absence in granodiorites is one of the main characteristics of the body. Perthitic and granophyric textures in granodiorites represent low water vapor pressure and relatively fast crystallization, respectively. Geochemical study of rock samples shows that the body is calc-alkaline and metaluminous to peraluminous. Trace element patterns in spider diagrams represent a trough for Nb and enrichment for K, Rb, Ba and Th that indicate contamination by crustal materials. Although Bibi Maryam intrusive body cuts the ultramafic rocks, it lacks petrographic and geochemical characteristics of oceanic plagiogranites. The geochemistry of the body is comparable with I-type granitoids and based on tectonic setting it can be classified as orogenic and VAG type.
