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Selçuk Üniversitesi Mühendislik-Mimarlık Fakültesi Dergisi, vol.23, no.3, pp.49-59, 2008 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
Karacaali iron mineralization located about 5 kms north of
the city of Kirikkale, is mostly occurring as veins and to a lesser degree as
impregnations within fractures and joints in rocks such as diabase, basalt and
micro-gabbros. Furthermore, in one location it has been observed as magmatic
brecciation. These host rocks to mineralization are affected by hydrothermal
alterations. Mineral paragenesis consists mostly of magnetite and pyrite as majör
constituents as well as lesser amounts of hematite, musketofit, chalcopyrite,
bornite, pyrrhotite, fahlore (tetrahedrite-tennantite), marcasite, covellite,
goethite, chromite and thuringite. Diagrams showing the distribution of major,
trace and also REE in the studied samples, indicated possible hydrothermal
origin of mineralization. As a conclusion, the mode of deposition (as veins),
wallrock alterations, mineral paragenesis and the geochemical characteristics
of major, trace and REE shows hydrothermal type of mineralization.