A new genetical ore formation model as a transition from Kuroko-type massive sulfide deposits to copper porphyries in the East Pontic metallotect, NE Turkey

Zerener M., Ozgur N., Elitok O.

12th International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction (WRI-12), Kunming, China, 31 July - 05 August 2007, pp.167-170 identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Conference Paper / Full Text
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  • City: Kunming
  • Country: China
  • Page Numbers: pp.167-170

Abstract

The Murgul deposit in the East Pontic metallotect is assigned to a subvolcanic formation connected with an Upper Cretaceous island arc volcanism developed temporally under subacrial conditions whereas the deposits at Madenkoy and Lahanos in the western part are genetically associated with a submarine hydrothermal activity in this volcanic sequence. There is a Cu-Mo belt in the northern part of the Anatolian micro plate. The Murgul deposit can be interpreted as a transition from Kuroko-type massive sulfide deposits to copper porphyries and might be considered as a new genetical model (Murgul type).