Copper mineralization in the northern part of Oman Mountains near Al Fujairah, United Arab Emirates

Metal Deposits in Relation to Plate Tectonics

“…Cyprus-type massive sulfide deposits and podiform chromite deposits are the only hypogene metal concentrations of any significant economic consequence in ophiolite complexes, but important concentrations of nickel in the form of garnierite, a hydrated magnesium nickel silicate, tend to form in the lower soil Minor hypogene mineralization containing mainly copper and nickel sulfides has been described from ultramafic rocks at Acoje in the Zambales ophiolite complex, in southwestern Luzon, Philippines (Bryner 1969), in gabbroic rocks of the Semail ophiolite, Oman (Hassan and Al-Sulaimi 1979), and in the Limmasol Forest area of the Troodos ophiolite (Panayiolou 1980). In this latter case, veins, massive pods, and disseminations of Cu, Ni, Co, and Fe sulfides and arsenides occur within serpentinized harzburgite along fault zones.…”