Abstract
The Cerattepe mine, one of the volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits in northeastern Turkey, is hosted within the late Cretaceous volcanic, intrusive and sedimentary rocks. Deposit’s main ore body contains high-grade massive copper sulfides and a gold-silver and barium rich oxide zone, characterized by dense alteration stages, is situated on top of it. Replacement, cataclastic, breccia, dissemination, dendritic, concentric growth, colloform, and framboidal textures were identified. Pyrite, sphalerite, marcasite, chalcopyrite, bornite, galena, tennantite-tetrahedrite, gold, covellite, digenite, chalcocite, cuprite and cubanite constitute the mineral paragenesis where quartz, calcite and barite account for the gangue minerals. Limonite, hematite, lepidocrocite, malachite, azurite and jarosite developed in the oxidation zone.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Springer Proceedings in Earth and Environmental Sciences |
Publisher | Springer Nature |
Pages | 7-10 |
Number of pages | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Publication series
Name | Springer Proceedings in Earth and Environmental Sciences |
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ISSN (Print) | 2524-342X |
ISSN (Electronic) | 2524-3438 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2019, The Author(s).
Keywords
- Bird’s eye-texture
- Cerattepe
- Eastern Pontide
- Framboidal pyrite
- VMS deposit