TITLE:
An Investigation into the Metal Potentials across Bidkhan Area Based on Economic Geological Studies
AUTHORS:
Alireza Ashofteh, Ahmad Adib
KEYWORDS:
Bidkhan, Economic Geological, Alteration, Fault
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Geology,
Vol.5 No.11,
November
3,
2015
ABSTRACT: The study area is situated
in the NW-trending Urumieh-Dokhtar volcanic belt evolved during Arabia-Eurasia
convergence. At the center of Bidkhan, there is an area of approximately 10 km2,
which is an altered volcanic-intrusive complex. Effort will be made to provide
a more accurate picture of the alteration landscape across Bidkhan on the map.
The purpose is to clarify how alteration at several points has occurred so as
to understand the features of alteration. The altered area is covered by
younger events, which have in turn gone through alteration covering another
type of alteration on the lower layer. Studies show that there are no traces of
either metallic or non-metallic mining activities in the region. The only
notable point is the rare remnants of slags spread sporadically across one spot
of the region. It is unknown where the small pieces of slag about 10 cm × 10 cm
originate from and which mineralization is involved. It seems that due to the
expansion of copper mineralization at Bidkhan, the slags are produced from the
copper smelting.