Carbonate-Hosted Pb-Zn Deposits of Turkey

The carbonate-hosted Pb-Zn deposits in Turkey are located in the Tauride belt, which is a part of Alpine-Himalayan orogenic systems. Most of the carbonate-hosted Pb-Zn deposits that occur in the Tauride passive margin carbonate sequence have been identified as MVT because of the geological environment, ore characteristics, formation temperature and isotope geochemistry (e.g., the Hadim-Bozkir region, Aladag-Zamanti region). The style of mineralization and geochemical data of Zn-Pb deposits in the Hakkari region is resembles to the SEDEX type deposits in terms of slightly higher homogenization temperature and lower salinity than MVT, stratiform ore zones parallel to each other, and high contents of As, Mo, Sb, Tl and Hg. Apart from the MVT and SEDEX Pb-Zn deposits, there is a carbonate-hosted Pb-Zn deposit in the Horzum (Adana-Turkey) province, which has been identified as a carbonate-replacement Pb-Zn deposit (CRD Pb-Zn) due to its higher formation temperature (average 235 °C) and higher temperature mineral paragenesis (e.g. bornite, arsenopyrite and argentite) than the MVT.