Author(s)

Samira Bakhtiyari¹, Mohammad Lotfi^2*, Nima Nezafati¹, Arash Gourabjeripour³

¹Department of Geology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
²Department of Geology, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
³Faculty of Natural Resources, Myianeh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Miyaneh, Iran.

This paper presents an overview about the XIV iron-oxide prospect which is located in the Bafq mining district, central Iran. The prospect and its host rocks were investigated by field observations together with mineralogical and geochemical studies. According to these investigations, the XIV prospect is similar to Kiruna-type iron deposits and demonstrates a magmatic source for the ore forming processes with a metasomatic overprinting.

Magnetite, Metasomatism, Magmatic Iron, Kiruna, Central Iran

Bakhtiyari, S. , Lotfi, M. , Nezafati, N. and Gourabjeripour, A. (2016) Economic Geology of the XIV Iron-Oxide Prospect, Bafq Mining District, Central Iran: A Preliminary Approach. Open Journal of Geology, 6, 1580-1590. doi: 10.4236/ojg.2016.612112.