Base-and precious-metal deposits of Turkey in relation to the Tethyan Eurasian Metallogenic Belt (TEMB)

摘要

Over the last twenty years, exploration for precious- and base-metal deposits in southeastern Europe, Turkey, the Lesser Caucasus, Iran and Pakistan has revealed many common geologic and metallogenic features that allow recognition of a global metallogenic belt, herein termed the Tethyan Eurasian Metallogenic Belt (TEMB). Turkey, as a part of the TEMB, shares many geologic and metallogenic characteristics with surrounding countries and hosts Kuroko- and Cyprus-type massive sulfide, porphyry Cu-Mo (Cu-Au and Au), epithermal Au/Ag and vein, replacement and skarn deposits.