Iran
Kiruna-type iron deposits are variable concentrations of magnetite-fluoroapatite-actinolite found in volcano-plutonic terranes from Early Proterozoic to Pliocene. No Archean ones are known. The iron ore deposits of Bafq region in central Iran have long been known as Kiruna-type. The origin and tectonic setting of these deposits have been a matter of debate during the last century. In this study, geochemistry of host rocks of Chadormalu and Esfordy iron deposits in Bafq region are investigated to elucidate the spatial-temporal characteristics of iron metallogeny. Geochemical evidence supports a nonorogenic continental setting. The Bafq region metallogenic characteristics are very similar to those of the Neoprotrozoic- Cambrian boundary.
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A. MOGHTADERI, "Chadormalu iron oxide deposit, evidence for nonorogenic continental setting at Bafq region, central Iran", Journal of Ultra Scientist of Physical Sciences, Volume 25, Issue 2, Page Number , 2016Copy the following to cite this URL:
A. MOGHTADERI, "Chadormalu iron oxide deposit, evidence for nonorogenic continental setting at Bafq region, central Iran", Journal of Ultra Scientist of Physical Sciences, Volume 25, Issue 2, Page Number , 2016Available from: http://www.ultraphysicalsciences.org/paper/195/