Discrimination between productive and non-productive granitoid intrusions in Kerman porphyry copper belt: Results of preliminary petrographic and mineralogical studies

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Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Golestan, Gorgan, Iran

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Petrographic study on least altered and unaltered samples of porphyritic granitoids in Kerman porphyry copper belt indicated granodioritic composition for productive intrusions and quartzdioritic or dioritic compositions for non-productive intrusions. Texturally, the groundmass and size of phenocrysts in productive intrusions varied from coarse to medium, whereas non-productive intrusions contained fine-grained groundmass and small phenocrysts. The phenocryst/groundmass ratio in Productive intrusions varied between 1:1 and 2:1, whereas this ratio in sub-to-non-productive intrusions was smaller in Productive intrusions. The present study indicated that productive intrusions have 5-10 wt% hornblende and 3-5 wt% biotite, whereas sub-to-non-productive intrusions contained more amount of biotite in regard to hornblende. Also, plagioclase of productive intrusions was mainly oligoclase (An=10-30), and it was andesine (An=30-50) in sub-to-non-productive intrusions. Rock-composition and textural-mineralogical characteristics of productive intrusions can reflect suitable conditions for parent magma of these intrusions for porphyry copper mineralization. These characteristics were consistent with water super-saturation of parent magmas due to lesser crystallization of mafic-hydrous minerals but much more duration of crystallization and much amount of felsic minerals because of much differentiation of these magmas.  
 

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