M Rasooli Bairami; B Shafiei Bafti; J Omrani; F Heydarian
Abstract
The occurrence of uranium anomalies associated with secondary Cu mineralization (malachite) at some parts of the Razgah metaluminous -peralkaline stock situated at the northeast of Sarab caused it to be a priority of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) to inspect the intrusion for likely uranium ...
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The occurrence of uranium anomalies associated with secondary Cu mineralization (malachite) at some parts of the Razgah metaluminous -peralkaline stock situated at the northeast of Sarab caused it to be a priority of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) to inspect the intrusion for likely uranium mineralization. Hence the current study, which is supervised by AEOI, was carried out to investigate the U mineralization potential of the stock by applying the mineralogical, petrological and geochemical studies. A fractionation trend is inferred from variations in rock compositions stretching from nepheline-bearing monzodiorite to nepheline monzosyenite, pseudoleucite monzosyenite and nepheline syenite. Consideration of geochemical features of fresh rocks of the stock and its associated dikes with emphasis on geochemical behavior of U and REEs during magmatic fractionation revealed that apatite has played a prominent role in controlling concentrations of REEs, U, and Th, in addition to zircon, which played a considerable role in accommodating HREEs, U, Th and HFSEs (Ti, Ta, Nb, Hf, Zr) in more differentiated rocks.Nepheline syenite rocks of peralkaline composition,s which are considered to be the most differentiated have low contents of HFSEs, U (up to 21 ppm), Th (up to 56 ppm) and REEs compared to average nepheline syenites but are relatively more enriched in these elements than less differentiated rocks of the stock. Most of the rocks possess negative Eu anomalies (Eu/Eu*≤1) and differentiated nepheline syenites have strong negative Eu anomalies. Abundance of ilmenite and magnetite and lack of amphibole in rocks suggests the parental magma had a reducing nature and meagre contents of volatile components, which along with metaluminous character and prepondarence of apatite in rocks have rendered the magma incapable of enriching U. Minor amounts of hydrothermal fluids released from some parts of the stock led to leaching of U from hosting minerals (apatite and zircon) and resulted in weak hypogene mineralization of U and Cu. Later supergene leaching process affected the weak primary mineralization and upgraded U tenors concurrent with formation of secondary Cu carbonate minerals. Due to thin and limited extention of these enrichment sites, they are not economically viable for uranium extraction; consequently, this area does not suggest for semi-detailed and detailed exploration program for uranium by AEOI.
Gh. Tajbakhsh; M. H. Emami; H. Moine Vaziri; N. Rashidnejad Omran
Abstract
Nepheline syenite intrusive of Kaleybar is located in South and West of the Kaleybar city in eastern Azarbayjan province. This zoned intrusive complex is formed by penetration of two separated silica undersaturated and saturatated magmatic phases with Oligocene-Miocene ages. Undersaturated rocks are ...
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Nepheline syenite intrusive of Kaleybar is located in South and West of the Kaleybar city in eastern Azarbayjan province. This zoned intrusive complex is formed by penetration of two separated silica undersaturated and saturatated magmatic phases with Oligocene-Miocene ages. Undersaturated rocks are composed of alkali pyroxenite, mela alkali-gabbro to nepheline gabbro-diorte, nepheline syenite and nepheline sodalite syenite dikes. Silica saturated rocks is consist of a quartz monzonitic stock, which has penetrated in the center of nepheline syenite intrusive and related quartz syenite - micro syenite dikes. Undersaturated phase has potassic alkaline affinity and nepheline syenites are miaskitic Malignite. In contrast, silica saturated rocks belong to high-K calc-alkaline to shoshonitic magma. Field observation, petrographical and geochemical studies, indicates that undersaturated rocks are comagmatic and crystal fractionation, accumulation and low density minerals floatation processes play significant role in their magmatic evolution. High enrichment of rare elements especially LREE and LILE compare to variable depletion of HREE and HFSE are infer a basanitic parental magma generated from a previously subduction-metasomatised lithospheric mantle source. Silica saturated magma of Kaleybar was probably resulted form the lower crust Partial melting and geochemical similarities resulted from partial melting of lower crust and its geochemical similarities with undersaturated parts is due to magma mixing and contamination. Repeatedly injection of alkaline and calc-alkaline magmas could be occurred in a post collision setting after Eocene in Azerbaijan region.
