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World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology International Journal of Geomatics and Civil Engineering Vol:2, No:4, 2015 International Science Index, Geomatics and Civil Engineering Vol:2, No:4, 2015 waset.org/abstracts/28000 Mineralogy and Classification of Altered Host Rocks in the Zaghia Iron Oxide Deposit, East of Bafq, Central Iran Authors : Azat Eslamizadeh, Neda Akbarian Abstract : The Zaghia Iron ore, in 15 km east of a town named Bafq, is located in Precambrian formation of Central Iran in form of a small local deposit. The Volcano-sedimentary rocks of Precambrian-Cambrian age, belonging to Rizu series have spread through the region. Substantial portion of the deposit is covered by alluvial deposits. The rocks hosting the Zaghia iron ore have a main combination of rhyolitic tuffs along with clastic sediments, carbonate include sandstone, limestone, dolomite, conglomerate and is somewhat metamorphed causing them to have appeared as slate and phyllite. Moreover, carbonate rocks are in existence as skarn compound of marble bearing tremolite with mineralization of magnetite-hematite. The basic igneous rocks have dramatically altered into green rocks consist of actinolite-tremolite and chlorite along with amount of iron (magnetite + Martite). The youngest units of ore-bearing rocks in the area are found as dolerite - diabase dikes. The dikes are cutting the rhyolitic tuffs and carbonate rocks. Keywords : Zaghia, iron ore deposite, mineralogy, petrography Bafq, Iran Conference Title : ICGGE 2015 : 17th International Conference on Geomatics and Geological Engineering Conference Location : Dubai, UAE Conference Dates : April 08-09, 2015 International Scholarly and Scientific Research & Innovation 2(4) 2015 17 scholar.waset.org/1999.35/28000