Minerageny of Minerals of the South-Eastern End of the Lesser Caucasus (Garabagh and East Zangazur, Azerbaijan)

The chapter is devoted to the patterns of formation and distribution of various types of minerals within the Garabagh and East Zangazur economic regions of the Republic of Azerbaijan, territorially related to the southeastern end of the mountain-fold system of the Lesser Caucasus. It is shown that various types of metallic (ore) and non-metallic minerals are common in the region. Information about their mineralization and industrially significant deposits is given. Minerageny of metallic minerals characterizes geological regularities of the formation and distribution of various types of the ore minerals within the structure of metallogenic zones (corresponding to the same-named tectonic zones of the Artvin-Garabagh megazone) and ore districts of the region. Metallogenic zones were distinguished on the basis of tectonic-geodynamic zoning, geological evolution history and genetic types of the known ore deposits, and the ore bearing potential of separate geological formations within the Lesser Caucasus system. Minerageny of the non-metallic mineral deposits reflects the revealed placement and occurrence regularities of various non-metallic raw materials during the certain periods of geological evolution. The potential for increasing the list of industrially significant deposits is determined by numerous manifestations of ore and non-metallic mineral raw materials.