Mineralization model for Chahar Gonbad copper-gold deposit (Sirjan), using mineralogical, alteration and geochemical data and multivariate statistical methods

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

• Seyyed Jabber Yousefi
• Abbas Moradian

Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman

10.22067/econg.v4i1.13397

Abstract

The study area is located in southeastern Iran, about 110 km southwest of Kerman. Geologically, the area is composed of ophiolitic rocks, volcanic rocks, intrusive bodies and sedimentary rocks. Vein mineralization within andesite, andesitic basalt, andesitic tuffs occurred along the Chahar Gonbad fault. Sulfide mineralization in the ore deposit has taken place as dissemination, veins and veinlets in which pyrite and chalcopyrite are the most important ores. In this area, argillic, phyllic and propylitic alteration types are observed. Such elements as Au, Bi, Cu, S and Se are more enriched than others and the enrichment factors for these elements in comparison with background concentration are 321, 503, 393, 703 and 208, and with respect to Clark concentration are 401, 222, 532, 101 and 156, respectively. According to multivariate analysis, three major mineralization phases are recognized in the deposit. During the first phase, hydrothermal calcite veins are enriched in As, Cd, Pb, Zn and Ca, the second phase is manifested by the enrichment of sulfide veins in Cu, Au, Ag, Bi, Fe and S and the third phase mineralization includes Ni, Mn, Se and Sb as an intermediate level between the two previous phases.

Keywords

• Mineralization model
• Au-Cu deposit
• Alteration
• Geochemistry
• Chahar Gonbad
• Sirjan

20.1001.1.20087306.1391.4.1.8.9

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