Copper mineralization around the Ahar batholith, north of Ahar (NW Iran): Evidence for fluid evolution and the origin of the skarn ore deposit

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 401-414

  Mollai, Habib ^a   Sharma, Rajesh ^b   Pe Piper, Georgia ^c  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

^c SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Azarbaijan; Copper mineralization; Fluid inclusions; Iran; Magnetite; Skarn deposit

Indexed keywords

AZARBAIJAN; COPPER MINERALIZATION; FLUID INCLUSIONS; IRAN; SKARN DEPOSIT;

COPPER; COPPER COMPOUNDS; COPPER DEPOSITS; FLUIDS; GARNETS; LITHOLOGY; MAGNETITE; MELTING POINT; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MINING; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY; ORES; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SILICATE MINERALS; SILVER DEPOSITS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

INCLUSIONS;

BATHOLITH; COPPER; FLUID INCLUSION; GARNET; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; MAGNETITE; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; P-T CONDITIONS; QUARTZ; SKARN;

EID: 67349258242     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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