The Dağbaşı skarns have developed as an exoskarn type along the nearest border of Upper Cretaceous Dağbaşı Granitoid and block-and lens-shaped limestones of Berdiga formation located in the Liassic volcanics. The early garnets are predominantly grossular type (And 0-0.81 Grs 59.69-78.65 Prs 21.35-38.11), while pyroxenes have a composition between diopside and hedenbergite (Hed 24.44-31.81 Diy 67.3-76.99 Joh 0.52-0.88). The late garnets are characterized by high andradite (And 74.67-100 Grs 0-22.8 Prs 0-4.51), and late pyroxenes by increasing johannsenite content (Hed 22.17-62.63 Diy 0-36.2 Joh 31.86-76.69). High andradite content of late garnets is similar to Cu-Fe-type skarns, whereas the higher johannsenite and Mn/Fe ratios of pyroxenes are similar to Zn-type skarns. Higher andraditic garnets indicate an oxidized-type skarn and association with the shallow emplacement of intrusion. Increasing And/Grs ratios of garnets, from core to rim, also point out to increasing degree of oxidation. The retrograde skarn minerals are epidote, tremolite-actinolite, quartz, calcite, and chlorite. The ore minerals are composed of magnetite, hematite, pyrrhotite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, and galena. The Ag content of the galena (1.18-1.43wt%) suggests signifi cant silver potential. Dağbaşı Granitoid shows high-K (2.38-3.75wt.% K 2 O), calc-alkaline, metaluminous-peraluminous transitional (A/CNK=0.88-1.23) and volcanic arc type granitoid. The various main and trace element contents of the granodiorite observed along the skarn zones show similarities with Fe-Cu-Zn type skarn-related granitoids, whereas there is no clear relation between the skarn type and composition of outher granitoids. Therefore, the presence of sulfur phases, in addition to the oxide ore suggests that geochemical characteristics of granitoid had a large effect on the mineral composition.
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