The Gazanjeh bauxite deposit (SE Mahabad, West-Azarbaidjan province) is a typical residual sedimentary deposit with dolomitic limestone host rock of Permian age in northwestern Iran. Calculations of normative values of minerals using obtained results from XRD and XRF analyses in a selected profile indicate that diaspore, hematite, and pyrophyllite were major mineralogical phases of this deposit...
