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| Title | Petrography and Geochemistry of Hydrothermal Alteration in the Low-Sulfidation Epithermal Kestanelik Au Deposit, Biga Peninsula, NW Turkey |
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| Journal | Minerals |
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| Authors | Kiray, Didem | Author |
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| Cengiz, Oya | Author |
| Year | 2024 | Volume | < 14 > |
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| Issue | < 4 > |
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| DOI | doi:10.3390/min14040379Search in ResearchGate |
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| Mindat Ref. ID | 17246148 | Long-form Identifier | mindat:1:5:17246148:1 |
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| Full Reference | Kiray, Didem, Cengiz, Oya (2024) Petrography and Geochemistry of Hydrothermal Alteration in the Low-Sulfidation Epithermal Kestanelik Au Deposit, Biga Peninsula, NW Turkey. Minerals, 14 (4) doi:10.3390/min14040379 |
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| Plain Text | Kiray, Didem, Cengiz, Oya (2024) Petrography and Geochemistry of Hydrothermal Alteration in the Low-Sulfidation Epithermal Kestanelik Au Deposit, Biga Peninsula, NW Turkey. Minerals, 14 (4) doi:10.3390/min14040379 |
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| Abstract/Notes | In this study, the facies and degrees of hydrothermal alteration related to the low-sulfidation epithermal Kestanelik Au deposit in the Biga Peninsula metallogenic province are identified through petrographic studies and analysis of geochemical characteristics, such as mass changes, molar element ratios, and alteration indices. The gold mineralization is located in silicified zones containing veins and stockwork veinlets of silica. In the Kestanelik Au deposit, common hydrothermal alteration is mainly found in the Permian-Upper Cretaceous Ăamlıca basement metamorphics and the Eocene granodiorite, and less often in the Eocene Ćahinli volcanic rocks of the Karabiga Massif on the Peninsula. Based on mineralogical and geochemical studies conducted on altered samples, four different alteration facies are defined as silicic, sericitic, argillic, and propylitic, which show remarkable differences in the behavior of REEs, Si, K, Al, Na, and Ca elements. The hydrothermal fluids that caused alteration in the Kestanelik Au mineralization and host rocks had low REE contents because of REE mobilization. In addition, the kaolinization of feldspars and micas, and the chloritization of biotite and feldspars, may have caused negative Eu anomalies. The characterization of rocks subjected to hydrothermal alteration that are most influenced by diverse K-metasomatism with the largest K gains and losses in NaâCa is illustrated by molar element ratio plots. Depending on the intensity of K-metasomatism, gold mineralization increases with increasing K trends toward gold ore veins. In the Kestanelik Au field, the argillic, sericitic, and propylitic alteration types from the zones enclosing the Au ore veins are revealed using the Ishikawa alteration index and chloriteâcarbonateâpyrite index. Mass changes in the altered rocks indicate that there are gains in Si, K, and Al, and losses in Na and Ca with the increasing intensity of alteration toward the ore veins. The results confirm the presence of silicic and Kâmetasomatic (sericite and argillic) and propylitic (Fe-rich chloride) alteration zoning extending from the inner regions to the outer regions, which characterize the epithermal ore systems. |
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