Geochemistry and microthermometry of fluid inclusions of Cu and Fe mineralization inNorth Khour volcanic rocks, Eastern Iran

The volcanic complex of North Khour  located in southern Khorasan province, 90 km northwest of Birjand in the Eastern of  Iran. The rocks under study are basaltic andesite, andesite and trachyandesite, latite, dacite to rhyodacite with tuff and breccia as pyroclastic rocks. The volcanic rocks are predominantly calc-alkaline nature with some tholeiitic affinity and porphyry texture. Iron mineralization developed as magnetite, hematite and small amount of goethite with magmatic origin, on the base of field observations. Bornite as the only and the primary Cu ore occurred as a small body. The presence of minor amounts of bornite and pyrite as the sulfide phases as well as the absence of the other Cu primary sulfide ores in the area along with secondary Cu mineralization phases reflect a hydrothermal solution with high oxidation degree which has passed the latest magmatic differentiation and gave rise to form surface Cu ores as chalcocite in supergene zone. The thermobarometry of fluid inclusions studies from Ghar Kaftar and Hoze Sabz, yield temperature range of 178 -324 C for Cu mineralization. Therefore, it seems that Cu mineralization is related to epithermal to mesothermal conditions.