Metallogeny of the Lesser Caucasus: From arc construction to postcollision evolution

R Moritz, R Melkonyan, D Selby, N Popkhadze… - 2016 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
This contribution reviews the metallogenic setting of the Lesser Caucasus within the
framework of the complex geodynamic evolution of the Central Tethys belt during …

Multiphase magma intrusion, ore-enhancement and hydrothermal carbonatisation in the Siah-Kamar porphyry Mo deposit, Urumieh-Dokhtar magmatic zone, NW Iran

A Rabiee, F Rossetti, F Tecce, Y Asahara, H Azizi… - Ore Geology …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Siah-Kamar Mo deposit (SKMD) is located at the northwestern termination of
the Urumieh-Dokhtar magmatic zone and it is the only porphyry Mo ore reserve in Iran. The …

Long-lived, stationary magmatism and pulsed porphyry systems during Tethyan subduction to post-collision evolution in the southernmost Lesser Caucasus, Armenia …

R Moritz, H Rezeau, M Ovtcharova, R Tayan… - Gondwana …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The composite Meghri–Ordubad and Bargushat plutons of the Zangezur–Ordubad
region in the southernmost Lesser Caucasus consist of successive Eocene to Pliocene …

Temporal and genetic link between incremental pluton assembly and pulsed porphyry Cu-Mo formation in accretionary orogens

H Rezeau, R Moritz, JF Wotzlaw, R Tayan… - …, 2016 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract Economically important porphyry Cu-Mo deposits (PCDs) are generally hosted by
upper-crustal plutons of variable chemical compositions related to distinct geodynamic …

Origin and significance of Early Miocene high‑potassium I-type granite plutonism in the East Anatolian plateau (the Taşlıçay intrusion)

G Topuz, O Candan, T Zack, F Chen, QL Li - Lithos, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Early Miocene high-K I-type plutonic rocks constitute the early products of the
Neogene to Quaternary magmatism, and the youngest exposed intrusions in the East …

Eocene non-mineralization to Miocene porphyry copper mineralization-related magmatism in the Urumieh–Dokhtar magmatic arc, Iran

MJ Moghaddam, MH Karimpour - Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Saveh-Yazd porphyry copper (the middle segment) and the Kerman porphyry
copper (the Southeastern segment) belts of the Urumieh–Dokhtar Magmatic Arc (UDMA) in …

Constraining the timing of porphyry mineralization in northwest Iran in relation to Lesser Caucasus and Central Iran; Re–Os age data for Sungun porphyry Cu–Mo …

V Simmonds, M Moazzen, R Mathur - International Geology …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The Neo-Tethyan subduction in Iran is characterized by the Urumieh–Dokhtar
magmatic arc (UDMA), formed by northeast-ward subduction of the oceanic crust beneath …

Timing and genesis of ore formation in the Qarachilar Cu-Mo-Au deposit, Ahar-Arasbaran metallogenic zone, NW Iran: Evidence from geology, fluid inclusions, O–S …

H Kouhestani, MAA Mokhtari, Z Chang, HJ Stein… - Ore Geology …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract In the Qarachilar Cu-Mo-Au deposit of the Ahar–Arasbaran metallogenic zone
(AAMZ), northwest Iran, mineralization occurs as three quartz-sulfide veins that cut …

Tafresh intrusive rocks within the Urumieh‐Dokhtar Magmatic Arc: appraisal of Neo‐Tethys subduction

H Mirnejad, D Raeisi, C McFarlane… - Geological …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents U Pb zircon dating and element compositions for Miocene intrusive
rocks in NE Tafresh situated in the central Urumieh‐Dokhtar Magmatic Arc. These intrusive …

The tetrad effect in REE distribution patterns: A quantitative approach to genetic issues of argillic and propylitic alteration zones of epithermal Cu-Pb-Fe deposits …

A Abedini, MR Azizi, HG Dill - Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 2020 - Elsevier
The impact of the tetrad effect on the accumulation of REE during base metal mineralization
can be deduced from four segments of the normalized REE distribution patterns. Quantifying …