Exploration at the Kuscayiri Au (Cu) prospect and its implications for porphyry-related mineralization in western Turkey

Yilmaz H.

JOURNAL OF GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION, vol.77, pp.133-150, 2003 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 77
  • Publication Date: 2003
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/s0375-6742(02)00274-1
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.133-150
  • Keywords: lithocap, high sulfidation epithermal, porphyry Au (Cu), exploration case history, GEOCHEMISTRY, DISTRICT, GEOLOGY, DEPOSIT
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: No

Abstract

The Kuscayiri An (Cu) deposit is localized along EW-trending linear silica-quartz structures or pods within altered Lower Miocene volcanics that are underlain by medium to high level Mesozoic granodiorite intrusions. The deposit is characterized by disseminated or fracture-controlled pyrite (up to 12%), variable amounts of silicification, hematite-pyrite matrix breccias produced by intense fracturing of siliceous rocks and moderate to weak saccharoidal to crystalline quartz stringer stockwork veining in small breccia pipes.