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Macro-Micro Textures and Genetic Evoluation of Lead-Zinc Deposits of Akdağmadeni (Yozgat) Region

Abstract: In this study, macro and micro ore textures within the metamorphic rocks around the granites of Akdağmadeni Pb-Zndeposite to the east of Akdağmadeni district are presented. In the previous studies the ores were interpreted as a simple skarntype related to granites. However, in this study it is concluded that the Akdağmadeni lead-zinc deposit can be interpreted notonly as skarn types but also as metamorphic types on the basis geologic, petrographic, mineralogic and structural-texturalproperties. Therefore, it is postulated that the Akdağmadeni lead-zinc deposite is a complex deposit in which features and / oreffects of both regional and contact metamorphism are observed, rather than being a simple skarn type deposit as revealedby previous studies on the basis of the presence of granite.