Exploration Targeting in the Shadan Porphyry Gold–Copper Deposit, Lut Block, Iran: Analysis of Spatial Distribution of Sheeted Veins and Lithogeochemical Data

The Lut Block is a potential porphyry-style mineralized region in Iran including the well-explored Shadan porphyry gold-copper deposit, which has an extensive zone of gold- and copper-bearing stockwork-like sheeted veins. structural setting this deposit key to understanding genesis mineralization. Our field studies show that mineralization occurs as steeply dipping ore bodies along NW–SE transpressional faults. zones with high frequency veins volume have trend, closely related We propose such compressional regime inhibits focused ore-forming fluid flow higher levels crust. After local change stress field, depressurization channeling faults generated This indicates important role these focusing controlling within implications for exploration deposits on regional scale. spatial distribution used examine gold anomalies from lithogeochemical data extracted by fractal models. results combination vein density areas could result identifying greater at