ALI-ABAD COPPER DEPOSIT IN CENTRAL IRAN
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https://doi.org/10.46991/PYSU:C/2011.45.2.017Keywords:
Central Iran, Ali-Abad, Oligocene porphyrytic granite, Miocene quartz-monozodiorite, Mid-Cenozoic eraAbstract
In Central Iran Eocene copper deposit occurs in volcanic arc setting hosted by Oligocene porphyrytic granite, which is intruded by a series of Miocene quartz-monozodiorite to granodiorite rocks. The intrusions were intruded into late cretaceous and Eocene sedimentary volcano-clastic and volcanic rocks. Major and accessory minerals with petrography data suggest that all copper bearing intrusions are I-type volcanic granitoids. Four hydrothermal alteration zones have been recognized in the porphyritic intrusions and surrounding rocks. This study identified the Cu-Mo mineralization at Ali-Abad area as a typical porphyritic Cu-Mo deposit, formed in an arc-related environment during Mid-Cenozoic era.
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