Geochemical characteristics of aşilimbel and gülocaği iron mineralizations, Kaman-Kirşehir, Central Turkey

Abstract EN

The Aşılımbel and Gülocağı iron deposits lie some 15 km west of Kırşehir town (Turkey).

Mineralizations occur within metamorphic rocks of Paleozoic age.

They show no bedding or any other sedimentary structures.

The ores mostly occur as veins, lenses, and occasionally irregular bodies.

Widespread silicification produced by the effect of hydrothermal solutions can be seen in these rocks.

Birnessite mineral found in the Aşılımbel area is one of the indications of its hydrothermal origin.

Contents of major and trace elements, a negative Ce anomaly, as well as the mode of occurrence, point to a hydrothermal origin for these deposits