Multiple Stage Ore Formation in the Chadormalu Iron Deposit, Bafq Metallogenic Province, Central Iran: Evidence from BSE Imaging and Apatite EPMA and LA-ICP-MS U-Pb Geochronology

• Published in: Minerals
• Main Authors: Hassan Heidarian, David R. Lentz, Saeed Alirezaei, Christopher R. M. McFarlane, Sima Peighambari
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2018
• Subjects: Chadormalu; Kiruna-type; iron oxide-apatite; U-Pb geochronology; Bafq; Iran; Kiruna; Wall Rocks
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/min8030087

The Chadormalu magnetite-apatite deposit in Bafq metallogenic province, Central Iran, is hosted in the late Precambrian-lower Cambrian volcano-sedimentary rocks with sodic, calcic, and potassic alterations characteristic of iron oxide copper-gold (IOCG) and iron oxide-apatite (IOA) ore systems. Apat...