QE505 : Mineralogy, geochemistry and genesis of the Soleimanieh copper deposit, Northeast of Sabzevar
Thesis > Central Library of Shahrood University > Geosciences > MSc > 2019
Authors:
Mohammad Hassan Nasrollahnia [Author], Fardin Mousivand[Supervisor], Habibolah Ghasemi[Advisor]
Abstarct: The Soleimanieh and Divandar copper deposits are located 16 and 25 km at northeast of Sabzevar city, respectively. Both the deposits occurred in the Sabzevar ophiolitic zone with Upper Cretaceous age. The host rocks in the Soleimanieh deposit involve gabbro and diabasic dikes, and in the Divander deposit includes gabbro, basalt, limestone and limy shale. According to mineralogical studies, and textures and structures and the type of the relationships with the host rocks, the following ore facies were identified for the Soleimanieh, from bottom to top: a) vein-vein facies, and b) Semi-massive sulfide facies. In the Divandar deposit, only vein-vein facies was observed. Ores of the Soleimanieh deposit contains primary chalcopyrite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, and magnetite, and secondary azurite, malachite and goethite, and the gangue minerals include quartz, calcite, epidote and chlorite. In the Divandar deposit, the ores also contain primary chalcopyrite, pyrite, and magnetite, and secondary azurite, malachite, covellite, goethite and chalcocite, with major gangue minerals of quartz, calcite and sericite. Dominant alterations in the Soleimanieh and Divandar deposits include silicic-sericite, sericite-chlorite-epidote, epidote and chlorite alterations. According to geochemical investigations on gabbro host rocks, diabaxse and basaltic rocks, these deposits were formed on arc islands and mid-oceanic ridges. In the Soleimanieh deposit, the vein-veinlets, and semi-massive ores within diabasic dykes contain copper with amounts of 651.05 and 6581.31ppm, and silver with amounts of 17.81, and to 6.95 ppm, respectively. Amount of gold in the sericite altered, and semi-massive sulfide parts of the Soleimanieh deposit is 102 and 62ppb, respectively, and in the silicic-sericite altered zone of the Divandar deposit is 18ppb. According to the microthermometric studies on fluids inclusions from quartz stringer veins of the Divandar deposit, the fluid inclusions are dominated by two-phase liquid-vapor (L + V) type with relatively moderate to low salinity (8.46 wt% NaCl in average) and homogenization temperature, ranging from 135 to 165 (with average of 147.8) centigrade. Considering the basic features of the Soleimanieh and Divandar deposits including tectonic setting, host lithology of mineralization and stratigraphy, host rocks, mineralogy and textures and structures of ores, mextal content and alteration zones, these deposits could be classified as Cyprus (mafic)-type volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposits, which due to lack of exhalite facies, were formed as subsea-floor replacement within the diabasic, gabbroic, basaltic and limy shale host rocks.
Keywords:
#Copper #soleimanieh #vms #sabzevar Link
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