Abstract

The Cerattepe mine, one of the volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits in northeastern Turkey, is hosted within the late Cretaceous volcanic, intrusive and sedimentary rocks. Deposit’s main ore body contains high-grade massive copper sulfides and a gold-silver and barium rich oxide zone, characterized by dense alteration stages, is situated on top of it. Replacement, cataclastic, breccia, dissemination, dendritic, concentric growth, colloform, and framboidal textures were identified. Pyrite, sphalerite, marcasite, chalcopyrite, bornite, galena, tennantite-tetrahedrite, gold, covellite, digenite, chalcocite, cuprite and cubanite constitute the mineral paragenesis where quartz, calcite and barite account for the gangue minerals. Limonite, hematite, lepidocrocite, malachite, azurite and jarosite developed in the oxidation zone.

Highlights

  • The eastern Pontide orogenic belt of Turkey is an important segment of the TethyanEurasian Metallogenic Belt

  • The most of the eastern Pontide VMS deposits show some similarities in many aspects to the Kuroko deposits of Japan (Çiftçi and Hagni 2005; Ciftci 2000; Pejatoviç 1979)

  • The Cerattepe Deposit is a Kuroko-type VMS deposit located in late Cretaceous age volcanic, intrusive and sedimentary rocks

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Summary

Introduction

The eastern Pontide orogenic belt of Turkey is an important segment of the TethyanEurasian Metallogenic Belt. This belt carries a special importance in metallogeny of Turkey and hosts numerous VMS deposit. The most of the eastern Pontide VMS deposits show some similarities in many aspects to the Kuroko deposits of Japan (Çiftçi and Hagni 2005; Ciftci 2000; Pejatoviç 1979). The Cerattepe Deposit is a Kuroko-type VMS deposit located in late Cretaceous age volcanic, intrusive and sedimentary rocks.

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