QE387 : Economic geology and geochemistry of H4 unit of the Hormuz series, Hormuz Island
Thesis > Central Library of Shahrood University > Geosciences > MSc > 2018
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Abstarct: Study area is located in the Hormozgan province, folded Zagros zone and is a part of the Hormuz series. The rock unit including sequences of rhyolite-rhyodacite lava and tuff, tuffaceous ¬shale, crystal¬tuff, shale, sandstone, iron, iron-apatite ore and evaporites (Upper Precambrian-Lower Cambrian) and sandstone, marl, sandy¬¬marl¬, sandy¬¬lime of Aghajari Formation (Miocene). Field studies, petrography and mineralogy display the presence of argillic, silicic, sericitic, carbonate and iron oxide alterations. The ore minerals composed of magnetite, olygiste, hematite, goethite, limonite and apatite and gangue materials are quartz, calcite, muscovite, jaspilite, anhydrite, gypsum and halite. The main structure and texture of mineralization is observed as banded, massive, dyke, vein-veinlets, disseminated and breccia forms. baxsed on the rock geochemistry, the igneous rocks are more felsic and have a calc-alkaline to high calc-alcaline, shoshonitic and mextalauminous, and formed in the rift basins related to the active continental margin of Gondwana lands. Iron mineralization is occurred as two types in this area: In first case, iron oxides (olygiste and hematite) are as alternating banded with iron-bearing silica (Jaspilite) in tuffaceous shale, which indicate their sedimentary origin. In the second case, iron ores together with apatite are dyke, lens and vein-veinlets forms in rhyodacite and tuffaceous shale, which display that magmatic–hydrothermal origin. The later form, depending on the iron oxides and apatite contents dividing into three types: apatite-magnetite, magnetite-apatite and apatite ores.The REE grade (about 3%) is considrable in the apatite ores. The chondrite-normalized REE pattern in the magnetite-apatite ores show that LREE/HREE enrichment and negative Eu anomaly. The PAAS-normalized REE pattern in the banded iron ore indicate LREE/HREE enrichment, positive Eu anomaly and slightly negative Ce anomaly. The classification of iron ore deposits baxsed on the Ti, Ni, V, Fe values, the Hormuz banded iron ore located in the BIF area. The fluid inclusions studies on apatite from iron-apatite ore have a homogenization temperature of 312.7 to 565°C (408.82°C) and salinity of 14.87 to 33.87 (22.98) wt% NaCl. baxsed on the homogenization temperature and salinity of the fluid inclusions, iron-apatite mineralization occured at a pressure 200-700 bars, and depth 1-2 km (1.5 km in average). The fluid inclusions investigations on quartz from banded iron ore show homogenization temperatures 180.7 to 369.8 (259 ºC) and salinity of 2.24 to 12.85 (6.55) wt% NaCl. Finally, baxsed on the geology, mineralogy, geochemistry and fluid inclusions microthermometric features, the Hormuz banded iron and iron-apatite ores are similar to the algoma type BIF and the kiruna type iron ores, respectively.
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#Mineralogy #geochemistry #fluid inclusion #BIF mineralization #magmatic iron-apatite mineralization #Hormuz Island
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