Mineral chemistry and petrogenesis of East Nabar skarn, Southwest of Kashan

The Nabar skarn is located about 35 km southwest of Kashan and within the Urumieh- Dokhtar magmatic belt and is formed along the contact between limestone of Qom formation with a probably middle to upper Miocene intermediate and basic intrusion body. The main minerals forming this skarn are garnet, clinopyroxene, epidote and accessory minerals are vesuvianite, chlorite, tremolite- actinolite, sphene, quartz and calcite. Ore minerals are pyrrhotite, pyrite with smaller amounts of chalcopyrite, sphalerite and magnetite. According to the presence of magnesium minerals like diopside and calcium minerals such as garnet, vasuvianite and epidote the type of host rock is probably calcite-dolomite. Skarn formation and mineralization in this region was occurred during three development stages. Presence of high temperature anhydrous minerals such as grossular and diopside specifies the formation of the first Stage in these rocks. Stage 2 is associated with the formation of andradite and sphene. Stage 3 is specified by replacement of anhydrous minerals at temperatures below 470 ° C by hydrous minerals such as tremolite-actinolite, epidote, chlorite and vesuvianite.