Geologyand Origin of Oras-kuh Pb-Zn Deposit in Eastern Albors (Semnan Province)

Oras-kuh lead-zinc deposit is located at about 79 km north-east of Semnan city. This deposit is considered as stratabound and occurs in the upper part of the Triassic dolomitic limestone of the Elika formation. Oras-kuh structure includes a northeast - southwest trending normal anticline and follows the general trend of the eastern Alborz. Folding in the area has generatedthree sets of jointsincludingjoints trending parallel to the direction of anticline axis, extensional joints perpendicular to anticline axis and the conjugate joint systems. The first two setsof the joints host vein form mineralization. In addition, breccia and karst filling mineralization can be detected. Major minerals are galena, sphalerite and pyrite that altered to secondary minerals such as cerussite, goethite, hydrohetarolite and rosasite under the supergene processes. Gangue minerals are dolomite, calcite, barite, quartz, and small amounts of fluorite. The majority of the temperature data are between 298 to 323°C based on the fluid inclusion geothermometry of calcite and barite minerals. The relatively high temperatures of fluid inclusions are attributed most likely to a concealed deep intrusion in the crust inferred byairborne geomagnetic survey. Fluid salinities show a wide range 0.6 to 15wt% equivalent weight of NaCl formed through mixing of basinal brines with meteoritic water. In general based on the present evidences, Oras-kuh lead-zinc deposit can be comparable with MVT deposits that its primary mineralogy and elemental ratios havebeen changed through secondary supergene processes.