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1 - Genesis of Dochileh copper deposit, east of Mayamey; based on geological, mineralogical and geochemical constraints
Mahboobeh Zafarzadeh F. Mousivand Ramzan Ramzani Umali Amir MahdaviDochileh copper deposit is located 72 km east of Shahrood, 15 km east of Mayamey, in North Central Iran volcanic belt. The stratigraphic sequence of the region comprises a considerable amount of volcanic and volcanic-sedimentary deposits of Eocene. these deposits are MoreDochileh copper deposit is located 72 km east of Shahrood, 15 km east of Mayamey, in North Central Iran volcanic belt. The stratigraphic sequence of the region comprises a considerable amount of volcanic and volcanic-sedimentary deposits of Eocene. these deposits are locally covered by Neogen and Quaternary deposits. The volcanic rocks hosting mineralization are composed of different rocks including basalt, andesite basalt and trachy andesitebasalt rocks that often contain plagioclase and clinopyroxene phenocrysts. The copper mineralization mostly occurred along the faults and fractures with the dominant trend of NW-SE in the basaltic rocks as vein-veinlets and open space fillings. Ore minerals including primary native copper and hematite, and secondary minerals such as malachite, goethite, hematite. gangue minerals such as calcite, zeolite and analcime. The wallrock alterations in the host rocks include chloritic, carbonatic, analcime-zeolite and iron oxide. The oxidation of mafic minerals such as pyroxene and magnetite were responsible for copper reduction and hematitic alteration. Geochemical investigation indicates that amounts of Cu and Ag are up to 5.11 wt% and 7.8 ppm, respectively. According to field studies, mineralogy and alteration, the Duchileh copper deposit appears to be formed during diagenesis and burial metamorphism, and dominantly during the orogeny and uplift processes, due to enterance of hot ore fluids along the fractures and faults perpendicular to the fold axis. The Duchileh deposit have a large resemblance to the basaltic copper or Michigan-type copper deposits in terms of tectonic setting, host rock, mineralogy, metal content, alteration and ore controls. Manuscript profile -
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2 - Geology, mineralization and fluid inclusion studies of the Lakhshak gold deposit, southwest Sistan suture zone
N. Heydarian Dehkordi S. Niroomand Hossein Ali Tajeddin Reza نوزعیمLakhshk deposit is located 28 km northwest of Zahedan and southwestern of Sistan suture zone. The main outcrops in the study area are Eocene schists consisting of calc-schist and quartz schist. These rocks metamorphosed under greenschist facies grade and were intruded MoreLakhshk deposit is located 28 km northwest of Zahedan and southwestern of Sistan suture zone. The main outcrops in the study area are Eocene schists consisting of calc-schist and quartz schist. These rocks metamorphosed under greenschist facies grade and were intruded by Oligocene rhyolitic and dacitic dikes and granitoid. The gold-antimony mineralization is structurally controlled by a NE–SW fault zone and shear zone, and hydrothermal alterations were mainly occurred in the contact zones of granitoid and calc-schist units. The high-grade gold mineralization (3.5 g/t) is spatially related to the intense sulfidation and silicification hydrothermal alteration zones in the inner parts of the zone as well as ductile-brittle (microfractures, fine veins/veinlets) deformation. The ore mineralogy is simple and includes pyrite, arsenical pyrite, stibnite, chalcopyrite, arsenopyrite, pyrrhotite, sphalerite, gold, electrum, goethite, and stibiconite. The study of fluid inclusions on gold ores quartz shows the homogenization temperature in quartz-sulfide veins/veinlets with mineralization between 200 to 330 °C with a salinity of 8 to 13 wt.% NaCl equiv., which is compatible with the mixing and dilution process. Based on the results of geology, mineralogy, and fluid inclusion studies, gold mineralization in Lakhshak gold deposit is of orogenic type. Manuscript profile -
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3 - Global record of oceanic anoxic event in the carbonates of the Daryian Formation in the northern High Zagros, Zargran mountain (Gadvan)
Mazaher Yavari M. Yazdi Hormoz Ghalavand Mohammad Hossein AdabiThe recording of oceanic anoxic event al record and the time of this event in the shallow carbonates of the Dariyan Formation in Zargran mountain (Gadvan) section in the east of Shiraz, was studied based on carbon and oxygen isotopes, microfacies and fossil data. MoreThe recording of oceanic anoxic event al record and the time of this event in the shallow carbonates of the Dariyan Formation in Zargran mountain (Gadvan) section in the east of Shiraz, was studied based on carbon and oxygen isotopes, microfacies and fossil data. In this section, thickness of the Dariyan Formation is 287 m and 191 samples were taken. Based on field data, the sedimentary sequence of this formation, , begins at the base with thick-layered to massive gray limestones containing orbitolinas and rudists, and in the upper parts it includes medium to thick-layered gray limestones including abundant benthic foraminifera, such as orbitolinas. In the mentioned section, based on the study of the embryonic cells of orbitolinas, a late Barmian-early Aptian age was determined for the lower part of this unit, which is the beginning of the formation of anoxic oceanic deposits. The carbon isotope curves between the C3 and C6 curves in the carbonates at the base of the Daryian Formation show disturbances. These changes and the appearance of the Lithocodium-Bacinella facies in this part of the formation confirm the existence of an oceanic anoxic event. The oceanic anoxic event indicates warming of the environment and greenhouse conditions, which was accompanied by abundant rudists in this section and can be a confirmation for the weather conditions of this event. Manuscript profile -
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4 - Determination of formation temperature, oxygen fugacity and Ce4+/Ce3+ ratio with using zircon chemistry in the pegmatitic dikes of Malayer-Boroujerd-Shazand, Sanandaj-Sirjan zone
Majid Ghasemi sianiThe Granitoid plutons in the Sanandaj-Sirjan zone host numerous pegmatitic dikes. This study is focused on mineral chemistry of zircons in the pegmatite dikes in the Malayer, Boroujerd and Shazand district to evaluate zircon crystallization temperature, oxygen fugacity MoreThe Granitoid plutons in the Sanandaj-Sirjan zone host numerous pegmatitic dikes. This study is focused on mineral chemistry of zircons in the pegmatite dikes in the Malayer, Boroujerd and Shazand district to evaluate zircon crystallization temperature, oxygen fugacity and Ce4+/Ce3+ ratio and also zircon/rock partition coefficients of REEs and U, Th, Ta, Nb and Y. Trace element discrimination digrams such as Th versus Y and Yb/Sm versus Y and Nb, indicated studied zircons were located in the syenite pegmatite field. Zircon/rock partition coefficients indicate that zircon granis are enriched in the HREE than LREE. Zircon chemistry show that zircon in the Shazand and Malayer pegmatite dikes have more Hf and less REE distribution than zircons in the Boroujerd pegmatite dikes. Consequently, it indicates the role of latter hydrothermal process in the formation of Boroujerd zircons. Crystallization temperature, oxygen fugacity and Ce4+/Ce3+ ratios decrease from Malayer to Shazand and finally Boroujerd pegmatite dikes. Reduced condition of magmatism, Th/U contents below 1 and Y/Ho content higher than 20 indicate that these pegmatities are barren. Manuscript profile -
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5 - Extraction effect of deep and semi-deep wells on water table decline and groundwater qaulity parameters in Gorgan Plain
M. Pakdel M. G.Mahmoodlu N. Jandaghi A. Fathabadi Y. Nick GhojoghThe present study was conducted to investigate the effect of increasing uncontrolled drilling of water wells and subsequent extraction of renewable capacity of Gorgan plain aquifer on the decrease in groundwater level and some water quality parameters in a specific peri MoreThe present study was conducted to investigate the effect of increasing uncontrolled drilling of water wells and subsequent extraction of renewable capacity of Gorgan plain aquifer on the decrease in groundwater level and some water quality parameters in a specific period of 30 years. For this purpose, the trend of rainfall changes, drilling wells, groundwater level fluctuations, as well as some physicochemical parameters were investigated in the studied period. Data analysis of variance was used to investigate the statistical differences between quantitative and qualitative parameters. The annual changes in drilling of authorized and illegal wells in the province shows an increasing trend in the number of wells drilled in the Gorgan plain, followed by an increase in the volume of water extracted since the early 1980s. The results of statistical studies, histograms of annual changes in groundwater level of deep and semi-deep wells as well as hydrographs of deep and semi-deep aquifers studied show a reduction in groundwater level in both semi-deep and deep aquifers in the study period. Since the average annual rainfall in the study period is almost constant, the drilling of shallow and deep wells followed by uncontrolled abstraction of deep and semi-deep aquifers is the most likely major factor in the decline of groundwater levels in the study plain. Based on the statistical results, a significant difference was observed between most of the physicochemical parameters of semi-deep and deep wells in the old and new periods. However, these changes are greater in semi-deep wells than the deep ones. Also, the two parameters Cl and Na, which are the main factors of water salinity, show the greatest changes. Hydrogeochemical diagrams of plain aquifers show an increase in soluble solids as well as changes in the type and hydrochemical facies of groundwater in the new period. However, the trend of changes in the shallow aquifer is more intense. Manuscript profile -
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6 - Estimation of grain size curve of surface coarse sediments using imaging system designed
A.H. Tabee A. Karami – Khaniki A.A. Bidokhti K. LariSediment recognition is one of the basic topics in coastal and river engineering. One of the parameters of sediment identification is their grain size. To determine the grain size, traditional methods such as sieving the sediments are usually used, which is accurate MoreSediment recognition is one of the basic topics in coastal and river engineering. One of the parameters of sediment identification is their grain size. To determine the grain size, traditional methods such as sieving the sediments are usually used, which is accurate but time consuming. Image processing provides the ability to isolate and track targets (sediment grains) in images using the smallest unit of a digital image (pixel). In this paper, a one-piece system for imaging coarse-grained field sediments and presenting a granulation curve is constructed and tested, in which sediment processing and analysis is performed with ImageJ software and the results are compared by sieving method and was validated. Image samples were taken from laboratory and natural sand and sand sediments. The results show that the distribution obtained from the images of coarse (larger than one millimeter) and uniform surface sediments has a good correlation with the distribution obtained from the sieve analysis and reduces the time to at least one tenth and the total cost. Manuscript profile -
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7 - Structural evolution of the southern Natanz region and its role in the distribution and concentration of Pb-Zn mineralization
Firouzeh Shavvakhi Saeed Madanipour M. Tadayon Ebrahim Rastad M.J. KupaeiThe studied area is structurally located in the western part of the Central Iranian structural zone atthe southwestern termination of the Qom-Zefreh Fault. Our structural data represent the older generation of E-W to NW-SE trending thrust faults that juxtapose Permia MoreThe studied area is structurally located in the western part of the Central Iranian structural zone atthe southwestern termination of the Qom-Zefreh Fault. Our structural data represent the older generation of E-W to NW-SE trending thrust faults that juxtapose Permian- Triassic (Nayband and Shotori Formations) over younger rock units. Most of the thrust faults have been crossed cut with the younger generation of the strike-slip fault system. Major thrust faulting of the area occurred during post Late Cretaceous time. The final post Oligocene strike slip faulting related to the activation of the Qom- Zefreh fault overprinted and crossed cut older structural features. Our economic geological studies in the south Natanz area represent syngeneic strati bond or Sedex-Like type Pb-Zn epigenetic occurrence of these deposits in Permian-Triassic carbonates and barite developed in the Lower Cretaceous carbonate and clastics. The ore deposit development in Permian-Triassic Carbonates have occurred along thrust faults and then redistributed along strike slip faults with normal component. Therefore, genetically, stratiform deposits developed in the Lower Cretaceous carbonates and clastics (Yazdan and Pinavand Ore deposit) occurred in a regional early Cretaceous extensional regime. However, epigenetic deposits developed in Permian-Triassic carbonates (Changarzeh deposit) were generated during the regional post Late Cretaceous compressional regime and redistributed during post Oligocene strike slip deformation. Manuscript profile