Alteration Mineralogy and Geochemistry of the Hydrothermally Altered Rocks of the Kutlular (Surmene) Massive Sulfide Deposit, NE Turkey

Abdioglu E., ARSLAN M.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES, vol.18, no.1, pp.139-162, 2009 (Journal Indexed in SCI) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Review
  • Volume: 18 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2009
  • Title of Journal : TURKISH JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES
  • Page Numbers: pp.139-162
  • Keywords: hydrothermal alteration, clay minerals, massive sulfide deposit, eastern Pontides, Turkey, IBERIAN PYRITE BELT, BATHURST MINING CAMP, VOLCANIC-ROCKS, EASTERN PONTIDES, ELEMENT GEOCHEMISTRY, ALTERATION ZONE, NORANDA, ISOTOPE, GEOLOGY, IRON

Abstract

Volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits accompanying the Upper Cretaceous felsic rocks in the intra-arc rift zone of the Pontide palaeo-arc are common in the NE Turkey. One of them, the Kutlular (Surmene, Trabzon) deposit, is an abandoned mine within the Upper Cretaceous mafic, felsic volcanics and subvolcanic rocks.