Geology, mineralogy, and sulfur isotope geochemistry of the Sargaz Cu-Zn volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit, Sanandaj-Sirjan Zone, Iran

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 905-923

  Badrzadeh, Zahra ^a   Barrett, Timothy J ^b   Peter, Jan M ^c   Gimeno, Domingo ^d   Sabzehei, Mossaieb ^e   Aghazadeh, Mehraj ^a  

^a PAYAME NOOR UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b Ore Systems Consulting   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Basalt petrochemistry; Iran; Mineralogy; Sargaz; Sulfur isotopes; Volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS); Zone refining

Indexed keywords

ANDESITE; BACKARC BASIN; BARITE; BASALT; BRECCIA; CHALCOPYRITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLAST; COPPER; DEBRIS FLOW; DISSOLUTION; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; JURASSIC; MASSIVE SULFIDE; MINERALIZATION; MINERALOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); QUARTZ; SEAFLOOR; SPHALERITE; SULFUR ISOTOPE; TRIASSIC; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT; VOLCANOGENIC DEPOSIT; ZINC;

IRAN; SANANDAJ-SIRJAN BELT;

EID: 82355161113     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-011-0357-4     Document Type: Article

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