BAKU STATE UNIVERSITY JOURNAL of EARTH SCIENCES & ENVIRONMENT
ISSN: 3006-8703 (ONLINE);
Zonation of porphyry copper mineralization and prediction criteria of blind mineralization in the Garadag ore field
Received: 23-Mar-2025 Accepted: 29-Mar-2025 Published: 12-Apr-0025 Read PDFDownload PDF
Aygun M. Ismayilova
Abstract
Blind mineralization is an important resource for the Lesser Caucasus to increase base of non-ferrous and precious metal raw materials. In this regard, it is important to study the zonation of the copper and mo-lybdenum-porphyry deposits of the Garadag ore field. The article deals with the regular occurrence of zonation in mineralization in space and time, zonation of wallrock metasomatites, mineralogical zonation and zonation of primary geochemical aureoles. The comparison between the distribution of copper in porphyry copper objects with different erosion sections, its zonation coefficient in basic mineralization and secondary scattering aureoles was investigated. It was stated that the zoning factor and including the secondary scattering halos can be successfully used to determine the erosional section of mineralization and to reveal ore localizing structures.