TITLE:
Economic Geology Study with Focus on Cu Mineralization (Fath Abad Area, Khorasan Razavi)
AUTHORS:
Reza Ehsani, Naghmeh Mohamadi, Mohamd Hossain Ehsani
KEYWORDS:
Fath-Abad, Khorasan-Razavi, Copper, Geochemical, Remote Sensing
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection,
Vol.4 No.10,
October
10,
2016
ABSTRACT: The study
area is located in south of Khorasan-Razavi province. This region is part of
central Iran, which is of high significance due to existence of metal and
non-metal deposits. Considering the location of the study area, the lithology
and metal-mineral indices of Dolat-Abad sheet, it can be said that their
metallic deposits are economically feasible. Hence, this region is considered
promising for exploration of metallic deposits. In order to achieve this goal,
at first, the region’s alterations were detected by using OLI-ASTER images in
ENVI software. After processing the lithogeochemical data in SPSS and GIS
software, anomaly map of studied elements was obtained. Using geological map,
different layers such as lithology, faults and indices were obtained.
Eventually, by preparing the layers and incorporating those using the index
overlay GIS modeling, promising mineralization areas in the region were identified.
Results show that a significant Cu-Au mineralization has occurred in the south
western region of the study area.