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Iranian Porphyry Cu and Epithermal Au Province - Sungun,Masjed Daghi,Haft Cheshmeh,Ali Javad,Kahang,Ali Abad,Darreh Zereshk,Sari Gunay,Char Zard,Sar Cheshmeh,Meiduk,Chah Firouzeh,Iju,Dar Alu, Shadan Khupik,Chah Zaghou,Maher Abad,Kuh-e Janja
Iran
Main commodities: Cu Au Mo Ag




The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 2024.     Record last updated: 08/09/2024
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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    Selected References
Afshooni, S.Z., Mirnejad, H., Esmaeily, D. and Haroni, H.A.,  2013 - Mineral chemistry of hydrothermal biotite from the Kahang porphyry copper deposit (NE Isfahan), Central Province of Iran: in    Ore Geology Reviews   v.54, pp. 214-232.
Aghazadeh, M., Hou, Z., Badrzadeh, Z. and Zhou, L.,  2015 - Temporal-spatial distribution and tectonic setting of porphyry copper deposits in Iran: Constraints from zircon U-Pb and molybdenite Re-Os geochronology: in    Ore Geology Reviews   v.70, pp. 385-406.
Aliyari, F., Afzal, P., Harati, H. and Hou, Z.,  2020 - Geology, mineralogy, ore fluid characteristics, and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of the Kahang Cu-(Mo) porphyry deposit, Urumieh-Dokhtar Magmatic Arc, Central Iran: in    Ore Geology Reviews   v.116, doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2019.103238.
Altenberger, F., Raith, J.G., Bakker, R.J. and Zarasvandi, A.,  2022 - The Chah-Mesi epithermal Cu-Pb-Zn-(Ag-Au) deposit and its link to the Meiduk porphyry copper deposit, SE Iran: Evidence from sulfosalt chemistry and fluid inclusions: in    Ore Geology Reviews   v.142, 23p. doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2022.104732.
Atapour H and Aftab A,  2007 - The geochemistry of gossans associated with Sarcheshmeh porphyry copper deposit, Rafsanjan, Kerman, Iran: Implications for exploration and the environment: in    J. of Geochemical Exploration   v93 pp 47-65
Bafti, B.S., Niedermann, S., Sosnicka, M. and Gleeson, S.A.,  2022 - Microthermometry and noble gas isotope analysis of magmatic fluid inclusions in the Kerman porphyry Cu deposits, Iran: constraints on the source of ore-forming fluids: in    Mineralium Deposita   v.57, pp. 147-154.
Barak, S., Bahroudi, A. and Jozanikohan, G.,  2017 - Exploration of Kahang porphyry copper deposit using advanced integration of geological, remote sensing, geochemical, and magnetics data: in    Journal of Mining and Environment,   v.17, 22p. DOI: 10.22044/jme.2017.5419.1357
Deng, C., Wan, B., Dong, L., Talebian, M., Windley, B.F., Dadashzadeh, H., Mohammadi, B. and Barati, B.,  2018 - Miocene porphyry copper deposits in the Eastern Tethyan orogenic belt: Using Sr, O isotopes and Sr/Y ratios to predict the source of ore-related and ore-barren magmas: in    Gondwana Research   v.62, pp. 14-26. doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2018.03.007.
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Harati, H., Khakzad, A., Omran, N.R., Afzal, P., Hosseini, M. and Harati, S.,  2013 - Identifying Hydrothermal Alteration: Geochemical Particulars based on Lithogeochemical Data from the Kahang Cu Porphyry Deposit, Central Iran: in    Iranian Journal of Earth Sciences,   v.5, pp. 1-12,
Hassanpour, S. and Rajabpour, S.,  2019 - The Kighal Porphyry Cu-Mo Deposit, NW Iran: Insights into Origin and Evolution of the Mineralizing Fluids: in    Russian Geology and Geophysics,   v.60, pp. 1141-1162.
Hezarkhani A,   2006 - Hydrothermal evolution of the Sar-Cheshmeh porphyry Cu-Mo deposit, Iran: Evidence from fluid inclusions : in    J. of Asian Earth Sciences   v28 pp 409-422
Hwang, J., Park, J.-W., Wan, B. and Honarmand, M.,  2023 - Contrasting platinum-group element geochemistry of post-collisional porphyry Cu ± Au ore-bearing and barren suites in the central and southeastern Urumieh-Dokhtar magmatic arc, Iran: in    Mineralium Deposita   v.58, pp. 1583-1603.
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Shafiei, B., Haschke, M. and Shahabpour, J.,  2009 - Recycling of orogenic arc crust triggers porphyry Cu mineralization in Kerman Cenozoic arc rocks, southeastern Iran: in    Mineralium Deposita   v.44, pp. 265-283.
Siahcheshm, K., Calagari, A.A., Abedini, A. and Lentz, D.R.,  2012 - Halogen signatures of biotites from the Maher-Abad porphyry copper deposit, Iran: characterization of volatiles in syn- to post-magmatic hydrothermal fluids: in    International Geology Review   v.54, pp. 1353-1368. doi.org/10.1080/00206814.2011.639487.
Siahcheshm, K., Calagari, A.A., Abedini, A. and Sindern, S.,  2014 - Elemental mobility and mass changes during alteration in the Maher-Abad porphyry Cu-Au deposit, SW Birjand, Eastern Iran: in    Periodico di Mineralogia,   v.83, pp. 55-76.
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