<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!DOCTYPE article  PUBLIC "-//NLM//DTD Journal Publishing DTD v3.0 20080202//EN" "http://dtd.nlm.nih.gov/publishing/3.0/journalpublishing3.dtd"><article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="3.0" xml:lang="en" article-type="research article"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">OJG</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>Open Journal of Geology</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="epub">2161-7570</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Scientific Research Publishing</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.4236/ojg.2016.68054</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">OJG-69579</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Articles</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="Discipline-v2"><subject>Earth&amp;Environmental Sciences</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>
 
 
  Petrology and Geochemistry of Ophiolitic Host Rocks of Copper Mineralization in Dowlat Abad-Tang e Hana Area (Neyriz-Iran)
 
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Pedram</surname><given-names>Attarzadeh</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref><xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor1"><sup>*</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Mohammad</surname><given-names>Yazdi</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"><sup>2</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Mehrdad</surname><given-names>Karimi</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3"><sup>3</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Kamal</surname><given-names>Noori Khankahdani</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3"><sup>3</sup></xref></contrib></contrib-group><aff id="aff2"><addr-line>Department of Geology, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran</addr-line></aff><aff id="aff3"><addr-line>Department of Geology, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran</addr-line></aff><aff id="aff1"><addr-line>Department of Geology, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran</addr-line></aff><author-notes><corresp id="cor1">* E-mail:<email>attarzadeh.pedram@yahoo.com(PA)</email>;</corresp></author-notes><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>05</day><month>08</month><year>2016</year></pub-date><volume>06</volume><issue>08</issue><fpage>703</fpage><lpage>720</lpage><history><date date-type="received"><day>19</day>	<month>June</month>	<year>2016</year></date><date date-type="rev-recd"><day>accepted</day>	<month>5</month>	<year>August</year>	</date><date date-type="accepted"><day>8</day>	<month>August</month>	<year>2016</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement>&#169; Copyright  2014 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. </copyright-statement><copyright-year>2014</copyright-year><license><license-p>This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>
 
 
  Dowlat Abad-Tang e Hana area is a part of Neyriz ophiolite zone, parallel to the Zagros thrust, SW of Iran. It is also a part of obduction thrusting belt over the edge of the Arabian continent during the late Cretaceous. Petrographic investigation indicates the main host rocks are harzburgite, dunite, pyroxenite, basalt, gabbro and pelagic marine sediments. The main magma type of this ophiolite complex is sub-alkaline. The geochemical data of analysed samples show depletion of Na and K, and enrichment in Ca. Copper mineralization in Dowlat Abad-Tang e Hana is hosted mainly in peridotite rocks. The mineralizations are vein type and are associated as copper carbonate (malachite and less azurite). The average of Cu grade is 2.3 wt%. The geochemical and mineralogical data show that the primary source of copper is ortho-magmatic (from ultra-basic rocks and ferro magnesium minerals), which later influenced by hydrothermal processes.
 
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Ophiolite</kwd><kwd> Copper Mineralization</kwd><kwd> Tang-e-Hana</kwd><kwd> Neyriz</kwd><kwd> SW of Iran</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><body><sec id="s1"><title>1. Introduction</title><p>Many researches show that ophiolite complexes are formed in different geotectonic positions [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69579-ref1">1</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69579-ref2">2</xref>] . The Tethyan ophiolites in the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic system are exposed along curvilinear suture zones, bounding a series of continental fragments of Gondowana [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69579-ref3">3</xref>] . The Jurassic ophiolites in the Alpine-Apennine mountain belt in the west (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig1">Figure 1</xref>) commonly display MORB geochemistry [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69579-ref4">4</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69579-ref5">5</xref>] , while that Late Jurassic-Cretaceous ophiolites in the Taurid-Pontide (Turkey), Zagros (Iran), and the Himalayan mountain belts to the east show geochemical affinities characteristic of suprasubduction zone (SSZ) environments [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69579-ref3">3</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69579-ref6">6</xref>] - [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69579-ref16">16</xref>] . The ophiolitic complexes along Bitlis-Zagros Suture Zone include: Baer-Bassit (Syria), Hataya, Kizildag, and Cilo (Turkey); Kermanshah, Neyriz and Esphandagheh (Iran) [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69579-ref17">17</xref>] - [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69579-ref19">19</xref>] . The ophiolites from Iran may be classified into two groups, the less abundant Paleozoic and the more abundant Mesozoic ophiolites [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69579-ref20">20</xref>] . St&#246;cklin (1974) [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69579-ref21">21</xref>] divided Iranian ophiolites into four groups: i) ophiolites of the Zagros; ii) ophiolites (coloured melanges) of north-west Iran; iii) ophiolites and coloured m&#233;langes that mark the boundaries of the Central and Eastern Iranian micro- continent [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69579-ref23">23</xref>] ; and iv) ophiolites at the northern foot of the Alborz range [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69579-ref22">22</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69579-ref23">23</xref>] . Alavi(1991) used information from field relations to classify the Iranian ophiolites into three groups: i) the Proterozoic, which are present as isolated outcrops on the western edge of the central Iranian microcontinent (CIM), ii) the pre Jurassic, which are located within the Alborz Range to the north, and iii) the post-Jurassic, which are the most abundant. Neyriz ophiolite is located in western part of Zagros thrust zone which separates Sanandaj-Sirjan crystalline complexes and Zagros thrust belt [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69579-ref24">24</xref>] . The Zagros fold-and-thrust belt extends in a NW-SE direction from the Iranian- Turkish border to Gulf of Oman (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig1">Figure 1</xref>) [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69579-ref25">25</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69579-ref26">26</xref>] . This still-active belt results from the collision of the Arabian and Eurasian plates during Cenozoic times and is one of the youngest continental collision belts within the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic system [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69579-ref27">27</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69579-ref28">28</xref>] . The geodynamic evolution of the Zagros Belt is mainly related to the opening and closure of the Neo-Tethys Oceanic basin. A Late Permian rift episode led to the opening of the Neo-Tethyan Ocean between the Arabian and Iranian plates. The NE-dipping subduction of this oceanic branch beneath the Iranian continental margin [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69579-ref29">29</xref>] , started in the Late Jurassic [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69579-ref30">30</xref>] . The obduction of the oceanic crust began in the Late Cretaceous and was accompanied by a diachronous emplacement of ophiolites on to the sou- thern. Tethyan passive margin, which occurred during Santonian in Oman and Maastrichtian in NW Zagros [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69579-ref31">31</xref>] .</p><fig id="fig1"  position="float"><label><xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig1">Figure 1</xref></label><caption><title> Simplified tectonic map of the eastern Mediterranean region showing the distribution of the Neotethyan ophiolites and suture zones [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69579-ref38">38</xref>] </title></caption><graphic mimetype="image"   position="float"  xlink:type="simple"  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1210569x7.png"/></fig><p>The consumption of the Neo-Tethys and the associated continental collision are recorded by the southern Iranian ophiolites (Kermanshah, Neyriz) (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig1">Figure 1</xref>), which surface along the Main Zagros Thrust Zone [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69579-ref29">29</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69579-ref32">32</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69579-ref33">33</xref>] . In general ophiolite belt along the south-western Zagros main Zagros thrust divided into two parts as ophiolite- radiolarites of Kermanshah [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69579-ref34">34</xref>] and Neyriz [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69579-ref35">35</xref>] in the Fars [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69579-ref36">36</xref>] . According to spectrometry from biotite-bearing layers in garnet of amphibolite, related to mafic and ultramafic rocks of Neyriz ophiolite, primitive age of ophiolite replacement is middle Jurassic (170 Ma) and metamorphic stage was in last Cretaceous [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69579-ref37">37</xref>] . In this paper, we present results on petrology and geochemistry of the Neyriz ophiolite(Dowlat Abad-Tang e Hana). The goal of this paper is to use field data, petrographic analyses and geochemical data, to i) identify different lithologic units of this complex, ii) shed light on the geochemistry and petrogenetic processes of formation, and iii) suggest a possible tectonic environment of formation for this ophiolite.</p></sec><sec id="s2"><title>2. Materials and Methods</title><sec id="s2_1"><title>2.1. Geological Setting</title><p>Iranian ophiolites are part of the Tethyan ophiolite belt of the Middle East. They join the Middle Eastern and Mediterranean Hellenides-Dinarides ophiolites (such as Turkish, Troodos, Greek and East European) to more easterly Asian ophiolites (such as Pakistani and Tibetan) [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69579-ref33">33</xref>] . The Neyriz ophiolite, found in a semi-arid environment along the Zargos thrust Zone, SW Iran, is a well-preserved part of the Tethyan oceanic lithosphere [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69579-ref39">39</xref>] . Neyriz ophiolite complex; is located in the north of the Neyriz city; it limits to the eastern Sanandaj-Sirjan zone, and the Bakhtegan Lake to west and the Zagros thrust to south. As structural division, studied area is a part of the high Zagros or crushed zone. An important feature of Zagros crushed zone is severity of deformation and also exposed ophiolite sequence. In the scope of the subject of this study (Dowlat Abad-Tang e Hana) (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig2">Figure 2</xref>), a series of Neyriz ophiolites observed; Three main ophiolite sections can be seen in this row: frequency of dunite and harzburgite and little chromite which forms the base of this Periodicity. Periodicity of webstrite, lherzolite, clinopyroxenite, olivine-webstrite and a little bit chromite in the middle part of the sequence, and in some articles referred to as the transition region. Section of gabbro is composed of and feldspar-bearing peridotites, from melagabro and norite gabbro, troctolite and anorthosite, respectively in the bottom part and in the middle section ferrogabbros, locogabros and finally in the end is composed of quartz and quartzdiorite and ferodiorite [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69579-ref40">40</xref>] - [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69579-ref43">43</xref>] .</p></sec><sec id="s2_2"><title>2.2. Analytical Methods</title><p>To evaluate the Eastern range part of Neyriz ophiolite complex (Dowlat Abad-Tang e Hana), after field surveying, the 84 samples selected from host rocks, trenches and wells logs. Thin sections of different rock-types were studied, achieving more information about the petrographic characteristics of the Dowlat Abad-Tang e Hana area. The sections gathered from harzburgite, dunite, chromitite, pyroxenite rock-types. Whole rock major elements of ultramafics and trace elements were determined by X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometer. Also, these samples were analyzed by ICP-OES for REE and minor elements. The measurement results are presented in <xref ref-type="table" rid="table1">Table 1</xref> and <xref ref-type="table" rid="table2">Table 2</xref>.</p></sec></sec><sec id="s3"><title>3. Results and Discussion</title>
<sec id="s3_1"><title>3.1. Petrography</title><p>The main host rocks, according to their composition divided into several groups: peridotite, pyroxenite, gabbro, diabase dikes, basaltic rocks, radiolarites, serpentinite [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69579-ref44">44</xref>] , small masses of metamorphic rocks, lumps of chromite and magnetite veinlets. The most extensive rocks in Neyriz ophiolite are dunite, harzburgite, pyroxenite, little lherzolite and with norite, gabbro, serpentinite and chromitites often with dunite host rocks and some harzburgite host rocks [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69579-ref45">45</xref>] . Serpentinite alteration of peridotite rocks with varying degrees (10% to 90% serpentine) has been made. The most abundant rock in the ophiolite complex of Dowlat Abad-Tang e Hana region is harzburgite [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69579-ref46">46</xref>] . Based on abundance of pyroxene, rocks can be divided into two main groups wich are harzburgite (homogeneous) and depleted harzburgite. Harzburgites composed of olivine (55% - 75%), orthopyroxene (30% - 35%), clinopyroxene (3% - 5%) and chrome-bearing spinel (3% - 5%). Depleted harzburgite also contain olivine (60% - 80%), orthopyroxene (15% - 20%), clinopyroxene (1% - 3%) and chrome-bearing spinel (less than 2%). It is believed that harzburgite is the result of increasing in degrees of partial melting in the upper mantle and by evolution of rock lherzolite is formed [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69579-ref47">47</xref>] . In the course of the deep zones to the upper part of ophiolite column, depleted harzburgite the rocks and metamorphic foliation intensity increased and the mineral alteration in the rocks decreases (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig3">Figure 3</xref>). In this rocks, spinel often forms amorphous to hypidiomorphic and can be seen both the crystalline and the inclusion in olivine crystals (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig4">Figure 4</xref> and <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig5">Figure 5</xref>).</p><fig id="fig2"  position="float"><label><xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig2">Figure 2</xref></label><caption><title> Geological map of Dowlat Abad-Tang e Hana area [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.69579-ref39">39</xref>] </title></caption><graphic mimetype="image"   position="float"  xlink:type="simple"  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1210569x8.png"/></fig></sec></sec></body>
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