Intrusion of granodioritic and quartz-dioritic igneous bodies of the Oligocene age into andesitic rocks with the Eocene age resulted in occurrence of widespread argillic alteration zone in the Asbkhan area of Heris (East Azerbaijan Province, NW Iran). A significant portion of this system formed the argillic alteration zone. Based on mineralogical examinations, kaolinite, quartz, smectite, aluni...

The Balazard prospecting area is located about 120 km southwest of Nehbandan city, Khorasan Jonoobi Province, in the central parts of Lut block volcano-plutonic belt.  The intrusion of a granitoid pluton into rhyolitic and andesitic rocks has led to alteration and mineralization. Hydrothermal alteration zones consist of argillic, sericite-argillic, silicic-argillic, propylitic, and advanced arg...

Quartz-monzonitic porphyry stock at Kighal is located about 12 km north of Varzeghan, East Azarbaidjan Province, NW Iran. It has intruded older volcanic units during magmatic activities of Pyrenean orogenic phase and produced Cu-Mo mineralization and hydrothermal alteration zones in the region. The stock was intruded by numerous cross-cutting dikes mainly of dioritic to quartz-dioritic composit...

The Astaneh granitoid massif is located about 40 km to Arak city, central Iran, is a part of Sanandaj-Sirjan structural Zone. These intrusive rocks which are mainly composed of grnodioritic rocks, widely affected under hydrothermal alteration. The alteration zones, on the basis of field studies and mineralogy as well as the study of the REE behavior, are investigated in this paper. Eight altera...

Balazard area is located in west of Nehbandan in the center of Lut Block. Eocene andesite and rhyolite cover most of the area. Subvolcanic rocks such as quartz monzodiorite porphyry, biotite quartz diorite porphyry, pyroxene hornblende diorite porphyry, hornblende pyroxene quartz diorite porphyry and hornblende diorite porphyry intruded the volcanic rocks. Evidence such as disseminated sulfide ...

The study area is located in the Varzeghan city and in the province of the East Azerbaijan. Mineralization in the Hizeh –Jan area is ​​gold mineralization type and associated with quartz and quartz - carbonate veins and veinlets, which is occurred in the Eocene volcanic rocks with andesite composition. The most significant alteration in this area, is developing of propylitic, argillic and silic...