Investigation and adaptation of Geophysical Data with alteration zones of Aliabad Damak Copper deposit

Cu-Mo porphyry deposit of Aliabad Damak is located at 35 km southwest of Taft in Yazd province, Iran. A detailed exploration of this deposit has been carried out. The indications of mineralization on the surface can be seen as veins and contaminations of Malachite - Azurite with some Pyrite and Chalcopyrite, and rarely Chalcocite and Covellite. The mineralization took place as stockwork texture and scattered distribution. The hydrothermal solutions due to Aliabad's semi-deep intrusive body, in addition to copper mineralization, have caused severe alteration of granite and Cretaceous sedimentary-volcanic units. While the phyllic alteration has the largest extent, outcrop of potassic alteration has not been seen in the study area yet. Argillic and propylitic alteration zones are also seen in and around the phyllic alteration. According to the drilling wells in the area, potassic and propylitic alterations can be observed inside and around the phyllic alteration in depths. Magnetic and IP/RS (with rectangular and pole-dipole array) surveys have been performed in the studied area. In this research, we tried to adapt the different alteration zones with geophysical anomalies. In studied area phyllic alteration zones have weak magnetic anomaly, propylitic alteration zones are associated with mild magnetic anomaly and argillic zones have not any sign of magnetic anomaly. Relation between different alterations and chargeability and resistivity anomalies was investigated in this study. Phyllic alteration zones show low resistivity and high chargeability, potassic alteration show high resistivity and low chargeability and propylitic alteration zones represent moderate resistivity and chargeability.