DOI: 10.5176/2251-3353_GEOS14.13
Authors: Nasuh AYDIN and Güllü KIRAT
Abstract: The characteristics of the Deliklitaş (Balıkesir) gold vein and wall-rock and structrural and textural specifications of the gold vein have been investigated. Gold mineralization is in a N 75° E trending vein which is hosted by a porphyrytic andesite stock. According to the textural specifications, the gold vein can be classified as 'quartz vein stockwork', 'vein breccia', 'massive carbonate', 'bladed calcite', 'colloform texture' and 'banded vein'. Small open spaces, banded and breccia textures occurred in the vein as the type of open space filling textures. Banded vein is the mineralized and richest vein type. Gold and silver are the economic metals, however Hg, As, Sb, Cu, Pb, Zn are traces in the vein. Silicification and argillic alteration are the significant alteration types for the vein and the wall-rock.
Keywords: banded, breccia, Deliklitaş, stockwork, vein
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