The Kirazlı deposit is located at the center of the Biga Peninsula metallogenic province, in a geological setting characterized by an extensional tectonic environment. A NNW-SSE trending high-sulfidation (HS) orebody with a total reserve of 33.86 Mt @ 0.69 g/t Au and 9.42 g/t Ag lies beneath the Kirazlı Main zone. A porphyry Cu orebody hosted by Eocene intrusive and volcanic rocks has been intersected by drilling within its vicinity. The HS epithermal deposit is hosted by a partly silicified and brecciated Oligocene volcanic and volcaniclastic sequence consisting mainly of basaltic andesite lava flow and lithic/crystal tuff. Lithogeochemistry and zircon U-Pb radiometric ages allow us to distinguish three distinct high-K calc-alkaline magmatic events at ca. 41, 38, and 32 Ma, sourced by metasomatized mantle melts, which have interacted with the crust during their ascent. Porphyry Cu mineralization took place at 36.7 ± 0.4 Ma (muscovite ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar age) with subsequent re-opening and base metal deposition. Crosscutting quartz-pyrite-molybdenite veins were emplaced at 33.6 ± 0.2 Ma (molybdenite Re-Os age), and followed by the HS epithermal Au-Ag event at ca. 31 Ma, based on a previous study. Our radiometric data indicate that the Kirazlı deposit has recorded a long-lasting Cenozoic magmatic and metallogenic evolution during about 10 Myr. Our study demonstrates that successive, independent, and overprinting, but genetically unrelated, HS epithermal precious metal, hydrothermal Mo, base metal, and porphyry Cu systems have been active at the same location during protracted extensional tectonics of the Biga Peninsula.

Kirazlı 矿床位于比加半岛成矿省的中心，地质环境以拉张构造环境为特征。 Kirazlı 主区下方有一个 NNW-SSE 走向的高硫化 (HS) 矿体，总储量为 33.86 Mt，金含量为 0.69 克/吨，银含量为 9.42 克/吨。一个由始新世侵入岩和火山岩赋存的斑岩铜矿体已通过钻探在其附近被截断。 HS浅成热液矿床由部分硅化和角砾化的渐新世火山和火山碎屑序列组成，主要由玄武质安山岩熔岩流和岩屑/晶体凝灰岩组成。岩石地球化学和锆石 U-Pb 辐射年龄使我们能够区分大约3 次不同的高 K 钙碱性岩浆事件。41、38和32 Ma，源自交代地幔熔体，这些熔体在上升过程中与地壳相互作用。斑岩铜矿化发生在 36.7 ± 0.4 Ma（白云母⁴⁰ Ar/ ³⁹ Ar 年龄），随后重新打开和贱金属沉积。横切石英-黄铁矿-辉钼矿矿脉在 33.6 ± 0.2 Ma（辉钼矿 Re-Os 年龄）就位，随后在约 2000 年发生 HS 浅热液 Au-Ag 事件。 31 Ma，基于之前的研究。我们的辐射数据表明，Kirazlı 矿床记录了大约 10 Myr 期间的长期新生代岩浆和成矿演化。我们的研究表明，在比加半岛的长期伸展构造过程中，连续的、独立的、叠印的、但在基因上无关的HS浅热液贵金属、热液钼、贱金属和斑岩铜系统一直在同一位置活跃。