Eocene volcanic rocks in NE of Ordib, have a very good exposures near and along the Turkmeni-Ordib fault. These rocks, that are situated in the inner part of the Central Iran and margin of the Yazd block, comprise trachyte, trachy-andesite and basaltic trachy-andesite. Trachy-andesite is the pervasive rock unit. Rock forming minerals of these rocks are chloritized olivine, plagioclase, pyroxene...

Northeast  of Meshkinshahr, Eocene igneous rocks are exposed and are composed mainly of andesite, basalt, andesitic basalt, tephrite and is sometimes analcimite. The chemical composition of the rocks are in the range of alkaline rocks with high potassium and shoshsonitic affinity. Two main hypotheses are that they are either primary analcite or replacement pseudomorphous of leucite. Analcime cr...

The intrusive bodies of Central Alborz, with display lithological composition, include olivine gabbro, olivine monzodiorite, olivine monzonite and pyroxene monzonite. They are accompanied by pyroclastic rocks of the Karaj Formation, and they occur as sill, lopolith, stock and plug. The essential minerals of these rocks are plagioclase, alkali feldspar, pyroxene, olivine and biotite. Mineral che...

The Southern Caspian Sea ophiolite complex (SCO) is one of the Late Cretaceous discontinuous oceanic lithosphere remnants in northern Iran. These complex is almost a complete sequence from bottom to top, ultramafic cumulates, layered gabbros, isotropic gabbros, dike complex and basaltic lavas which is covered by Late Cretaceous (Companion- maaestirchtian) pelagic limestone. Crustal ultramafic c...

Bovaki and Aghbolagh tungsten (copper-tin-zinc) ore occurrences are located 12 and 14 km northwest of Azna respectively. The region is located in Sanandaj-Sirjan structural zone of Iran, at the complex deformation sub-zone. There are alternative comsisty Upper Triassic carbonate, quartzite and meta-volcanic rocks (such as meta-tuff). In this area, tungsten-copper mineralization occurs as strati...