Mineral Deposits, Geotectonic Evolution and Mineralogical and Geochemical Characterization of Iberian Pyrite Belt—State of the Art
A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This special issue belongs to the section "Mineral Geochemistry and Geochronology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 24 May 2024 | Viewed by 228
Special Issue Editors
Interests: U-Pb geochronology in zircons; mineral exploration; field mapping
Interests: exploration geochemistry; mineral resources; geochemical mapping; predictive mapping
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Iberian Pyrite Belt metallogenic province has long been explored/exploited for massive sulfides and associated minerals. The Cu-Pb-Zn ore bodies positioning in the regional stratigraphic column and the associated tectonic models are nowadays well established in most locations around the province. Nevertheless, identification of mineralized ore lenses and ore deposits models have benefit from geochemistry advances and geochronological studies to identify precise chronostratigraphic-based ore horizons with great focusing on mineral exploration purposes. Both sediment- and volcanic-hosted ore horizons have been studied from isotope geochemistry point of view with the same purpose of searching and identify new findings. Due to intense exploration geophysical campaigns in the last tens of years new finding above 200–300 meters depth may be unexpected, being the 500–1000 meters depth or more the present exploration depth threshold. Therefore, front line research in countless mineral deposits geology issues is extremely relevant to formulate, improve and constrict geological models.
Having all these triggered questions in mind we invite all researchers with experience in the Iberian Pyrite Belt geology to submit their recent works, analytical techniques, new findings, or a state of the art in particular geological aspects of this province.
Dr. Luís Albardeiro
Dr. Maria João Batista
Dr. Alejandro Díez-Montes
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- iberian pyrite belt
- ore horizons
- radiometric dating
- whole rock geochemistry
- mineral geochemistry
- geological models
