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The Géant Dormant gold mine is a sulfide-rich quartz vein gold deposit hosted by a volcano-sedimentary sequence and an associated
felsic endogenous dome and dikes. The auriferous quartz-sulfide veins were preceded by two synvolcanic gold-bearing mineralizing
events: early sulfidic seafloor-related and later disseminated pyrite in the felsic dome. This deposit differs from classical
Archean auriferous quartz vein deposits by the low carbonate and high sulfide contents of the veins and by their formation
prior to ductile penetrative deformation. The δ18O values of quartz associated with seafloor-related auriferous sulfides average 11.9 ± 0.6‰ (n = 3). The seafloor hydrothermal fluids had a δ18O value of 3.2‰ calculated at 250 °C. The oxygen isotope composition of quartz and chlorite from veins average 12.5 ± 0.3‰
(n = 20) and 5.9 ± 1.1‰ (n = 4) respectively. Assuming oxygen isotope equilibrium between quartz and chlorite, the veins formed at a temperature of
∼275 °C, which is consistent with the calculated temperature of 269 ± 10 °C from chlorite chemistry. The gold-bearing fluids
had a δ18O value of 4.7‰ calculated at 275 °C. The δ34S values of sulfides from the three gold events range from 0.6 to 2.8‰ (n = 32) and are close to magmatic values. Sulfur isotope geothermometry constrains the sulfide precipitation in the gold-bearing
veins at a temperature of ∼350 °C. The similarity of the isotope data, the calculated δ18O of the mineralizing fluids and the likely seawater fluid source suggest that the three mineralizing events are genetically
related to a volcanogenic hydrothermal system. The high value of the auriferous fluids (δ18O = 4.7‰) is attributed to a significant magmatic fluid contribution to the evolved seawater-dominated convective hydrothermal
system. The two-stage filling of veins at increasing temperature from quartz-chlorite (275 °C) to sulfides (350 °C) may reflect
the progressive maturation of volcanogenic hydrothermal systems. These results, together with field and geochemical data,
suggest that formation of gold-rich volcanogenic systems require specific conditions that comprise a magmatic fluid contribution
and gold from arc-related felsic rocks, coeval with the mineralizing events. This study shows that some auriferous quartz-vein
orebodies in Archean terranes are formed in volcanogenic rather than mesothermal systems.
Received: 12 December 1998 / Accepted: 5 July 1999 相似文献
2.
The Youjiang basin, which flanks the southwest edge of the Yangtze craton in South China, contains many Carlin-type gold deposits and abundant paleo-oil reservoirs. The gold deposits and paleo-oil reservoirs are restricted to the same tectonic units, commonly at the basinal margins and within the intrabasinal isolated platforms and/or bioherms. The gold deposits are hosted by Permian to Triassic carbonate and siliciclastic rocks that typically contain high contents of organic carbon. Paragenetic relationships indicate that most of the deposits exhibit an early stage of barren quartz ± pyrite (stage I), a main stage of auriferous quartz + arsenian pyrite + arsenopyrite + marcasite (stage II), and a late stage of quartz + calcite + realgar ± orpiment ± native arsenic ± stibnite ± cinnabar ± dolomite (stage III). Bitumen in the gold deposits is commonly present as a migrated hydrocarbon product in mineralized host rocks, particularly close to high grade ores, but is absent in barren sedimentary rocks. Bitumen dispersed in the mineralized rocks is closely associated and/or intergrown with the main stage jasperoidal quartz, arsenian pyrite, and arsenopyrite. Bitumen occurring in hydrothermal veins and veinlets is paragenetically associated with stages II and III mineral assemblages. These observations suggest an intimate relationship between bitumen precipitation and gold mineralization. In the paleo-petroleum reservoirs that typically occur in Permian reef limestones, bitumen is most commonly observed in open spaces, either alone or associated with calcite. Where bitumen occurs with calcite, it is typically concentrated along pore/vein centers as well as along the wall of pores and fractures, indicating approximately coeval precipitation. In the gold deposits, aqueous fluid inclusions are dominant in the early stage barren quartz veins (stage I), with a homogenization temperature range typically of 230°C to 270°C and a salinity range of 2.6 to 7.2 wt% NaCl eq. Fluid inclusions in the main and late-stage quartz and calcite are dominated by aqueous inclusions as well as hydrocarbon- and CO2-rich inclusions. The presence of abundant hydrocarbon fluid inclusions in the gold deposits provides evidence that at least during main periods of the hydrothermal activity responsible for gold mineralization, the ore fluids consisted of an aqueous solution and an immiscible hydrocarbon phase. Aqueous inclusions in the main stage quartz associated with gold mineralization (stage II) typically have a homogenization temperature range of 200–230°C and a modal salinity around 5.3 wt% NaCl eq. Homogenization temperatures and salinities of aqueous inclusions in the late-stage drusy quartz and calcite (stage III) typically range from 120°C to 160°C and from 2.0 to 5.6 wt% NaCl eq., respectively. In the paleo-oil reservoirs, aqueous fluid inclusions with an average homogenization temperature of 80°C are dominant in early diagenetic calcite. Fluid inclusions in late diagenetic pore- and fissure-filling calcite associated with bitumen are dominated by liquid C2H6, vapor CH4, CH4–H2O, and aqueous inclusions, with a typical homogenization temperature range of 90°C to 180°C and a salinity range of 2–8 wt% NaCl eq. It is suggested that the hydrocarbons may have been trapped at relatively low temperatures, while the formation of gold deposits could have occurred under a wider and higher range of temperatures. The timing of gold mineralization in the Youjiang basin is still in dispute and a wide range of ages has been reported for individual deposits. Among the limited isotopic data, the Rb–Sr date of 206 ± 12 Ma for Au-bearing hydrothermal sericite at Jinya as well as the Re–Os date of 193 ± 13 Ma on auriferous arsenian pyrite and 40Ar/39Ar date of 194.6 ± 2 Ma on vein-filling sericite at Lannigou may provide the most reliable age constraints on gold mineralization. This age range is comparable with the estimated petroleum charging age range of 238–185 Ma and the Sm–Nd date of 182 ± 21 Ma for the pore- and fissure-filling calcite associated with bitumen at the Shitouzhai paleo-oil reservoir, corresponding to the late Indosinian to early Yanshanian orogenies in South China. The close association of Carlin-type gold deposits and paleo-oil reservoirs, the paragenetic coexistence of bitumens with ore-stage minerals, the presence of abundant hydrocarbons in the ore fluids, and the temporal coincidence of gold mineralization and hydrocarbon accumulation all support a coeval model in which the gold originated, migrated, and precipitated along with the hydrocarbons in an immiscible, gold- and hydrocarbon-bearing, basinal fluid system. 相似文献
3.
T. Oberthür T. G. Blenkinsop U. F. Hein M. Höppner A. Höhndorf T. W. Weiser 《Mineralium Deposita》2000,35(2-3):138-156
In the Mazowe area some 40 km NW of Harare in Zimbabwe, gold mineralization is hosted in a variety of lithologies of the
Archean Harare-Bindura-Shamva greenstone belt, in structures related to the late Archean regional D2/3 event. Conspicuous
mineralzogical differences exist between the mines; the mainly granodiorite-hosted workings at Mazowe mine are on pyrite-rich
reefs, mines of the Bernheim group have metabasalt host rocks and are characterized by arsenopyrite-rich ores, and Stori's
Golden Shaft and Alice mine, both in metabasalts, work sulfide-poor quartz veins. In contrast to the mineralogical diversity,
near-identical fluid inventories were found at the different mines. Both H2O-CO2-CH4 fluids of low salinity, and highly saline fluids are present and are regarded to indicate fluid mixing during the formation
of the deposits. Notably, these fluid compositions in the Mazowe gold field markedly contrast to ore fluids “typical” of Archean
mesothermal gold deposits on other cratons. Stable isotope compositions of quartz from the various deposits (δ18O=10.8 to 13.2‰ SMOW), calcite (δ18O=9.5 to 11.9‰ SMOW and δ13C=−3.2 to −8.0‰ PDB), inclusion water (δD=−28 to −40‰ SMOW) and sulfides (δ34S=1.3 to 3.2‰ CDT) are uniform within the range typical for Archean lode gold deposits worldwide. The fluid and stable isotope
compositions support the statement that the mineralization in the Mazowe gold field formed from relatively reduced fluids
with a “metamorphic” signature during a single event of gold mineralization. Microthermometric data further indicate that
the deposits formed in the PT range of 1.65–2.3 kbar and 250–380 °C. Ages obtained by using the Sm/Nd and Rb/Sr isotope systems on scheelites are 2604 ± 84 Ma
for the mineralization at Stori's Golden Shaft mine, and 2.40 ± 0.20 Ga for Mazowe mine. The Archean age at Stori's is regarded
as close to the true age of gold mineralization in the area, whereas the Proterozoic age at Mazowe mine probably reflects
later resetting.
Received: 30 September 1998 / Accepted: 17 August 1999 相似文献
4.
New microthermometric data combined with stable isotope geochemistry and paragenetic relationships support a previously suggested
cooling–mixing model for the iron oxide–copper–gold mineralization in the Mantoverde district. Fluid inclusions show characteristics
of a CO2-bearing aqueous NaCl ± CaCl2 salt system. The evolution of the Mantoverde hydrothermal system is characterized by (1) an early hypersaline, high to moderate
temperature fluid; (2) a moderate saline, moderate temperature fluid; and (3) a low saline, moderate to low temperature fluid.
Early magnetite formation took place at median temperatures of 435.0°C, whereas hematite formed at median temperatures of
334.4°C. The main sulfide mineralization texturally post-dates the iron oxides and occurred before late-stage calcite, which
developed at a median temperature of 244.8°C. Boiling occurs only locally and is of no relevance for the ore formation. The
microthermometric and stable isotope data are supportive for a fluid cooling and mixing model, and suggestive for a predominantly
magmatic–hydrothermal fluid component during the iron oxide and main sulfide mineralization. Thereafter, the incursion of
a nonmagmatic fluid of ultimately meteoric or seawater gains more importance. 相似文献
5.
Bohdan Kříbek Karel Žák Petr Dobeš Jaromír Leichmann Marta Pudilová Miloš René Bohdan Scharm Marta Scharmová Antonín Hájek Daniel Holeczy Ulrich F. Hein Bernd Lehmann 《Mineralium Deposita》2009,44(1):99-128
Three major mineralization events are recorded at the Rožná uranium deposit (total mine production of 23,000 t U, average
grade of 0.24% U): (1) pre-uranium quartz-sulfide and carbonate-sulfide mineralization, (2) uranium, and (3) post-uranium
quartz-carbonate-sulfide mineralization. (1) K–Ar ages for white mica from wall rock alteration of the pre-uranium mineralization
style range from 304.5 ± 5.8 to 307.6 ± 6.0 Ma coinciding with the post-orogenic exhumation of the Moldanubian orogenic root
and retrograde-metamorphic equilibration of the high-grade metamorphic host rocks. The fluid inclusion record consists of
low-salinity aqueous inclusions, together with H2O-CO2-CH4, CO2-CH4, and pure CH4 inclusions. The fluid inclusion, paragenetic, and isotope data suggest that the pre-uranium mineralization formed from a
reduced low-salinity aqueous fluid at temperatures close to 300°C. (2) The uraniferous hydrothermal event is subdivided into
the pre-ore, ore, and post-ore substages. K–Ar ages of pre-ore authigenic K-feldspar range from 296.3 ± 7.5 to 281.0 ± 5.4 Ma
and coincide with the transcurrent reorganization of crustal blocks of the Bohemian Massif and with Late Stephanian to Early
Permian rifting. Massive hematitization, albitization, and desilicification of the pre-ore altered rocks indicate an influx
of oxidized basinal fluids to the crystalline rocks of the Moldanubian domain. The wide range of salinities of fluid inclusions
is interpreted as a result of the large-scale mixing of basinal brines with meteoric water. The cationic composition of these
fluids indicates extensive interaction with crystalline rocks. Chlorite thermometry yielded temperatures of 260°C to 310°C.
During this substage, uranium was probably leached from the Moldanubian crystalline rocks. The hydrothermal alteration of
the ore substage followed, or partly overlapped in time, the pre-ore substage alteration. K–Ar ages of illite from ore substage
alteration range from 277.2 ± 5.5 to 264.0 ± 4.3 Ma and roughly correspond with the results of chemical U–Pb dating of authigenic
monazite (268 ± 50 Ma). The uranium ore deposition was accompanied by large-scale decomposition of biotite and pre-ore chlorite
to Fe-rich illite and iron hydrooxides. Therefore, it is proposed that the deposition of uranium ore was mostly in response
to the reduction of the ore-bearing fluid by interaction with ferrous iron-bearing silicates (biotite and pre-ore chlorite).
The Th data on primary, mostly aqueous, inclusions trapped in carbonates of the ore substage range between 152°C and 174°C
and total salinity ranges over a relatively wide interval of 3.1 to 23.1 wt% NaCl eq. Gradual reduction of the fluid system
during the post-ore substage is manifested by the appearance of a new generation of authigenic chlorite and pyrite. Chlorite
thermometry yielded temperatures of 150°C to 170°C. Solid bitumens that post-date uranium mineralization indicate radiolytic
polymerization of gaseous and liquid hydrocarbons and their derivatives. The origin of the organic compounds can be related
to the diagenetic and catagenetic transformation of organic matter in Upper Stephanian and Permian sediments. (3) K–Ar ages
on illite from post-uranium quartz-carbonate-sulfide mineralization range from 233.7 ± 4.7 to 227.5 ± 4.6 Ma and are consistent
with the early Tethys-Central Atlantic rifting and tectonic reactivation of the Variscan structures of the Bohemian Massif.
A minor part of the late Variscan uranium mineralization was remobilized during this hydrothermal event. 相似文献
6.
Epithermal mineralization and ore controls of the Shasta Au-Ag deposit, Toodoggone District, British Columbia, Canada 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
The Shasta gold-silver deposit, British Columbia, Canada, is an adularia-sericite-type epithermal deposit in which deposition
of precious metals coincided with the transition of quartz- to calcite-dominant gangue. Mineralization is associated with
stockwork-breccia zones in potassically altered dacitic lapilli tuffs and flows, and consists of pyrite, sphalerite, chalcopyrite,
galena, acanthite, electrum and native silver. Pre- and post-ore veins consist solely of quartz and calcite, respectively.
Fluid inclusion microthermometry indicates that ore minerals were deposited between 280 ° and 225 °C, from a relatively dilute
hydrothermal fluid (˜1.5 wt.% NaCl equivalent). Abundant vapor-rich inclusions in ore-stage calcite are consistent with boiling.
Oxygen and hydrogen isotopic data (δ18Ofluid = −1.5 to −4.1‰; δDfluid = −148 to −171‰) suggest that the fluid had a meteoric origin, but was 18O-enriched by interaction with volcanic wallrocks. Initial (˜280 °C) fluid pH and log f O2 conditions are estimated at 5.3 to 6.0, and −32.5 to −33 bar, respectively; during ore deposition, the fluid became more
alkaline and oxidizing. Ore deposition at Shasta is attributed to localization of meteoric hydrothermal fluids by extensional
faults; mineralization was controlled by boiling in response to hydraulic brecciation. Calcite and base metal sulfides precipitated
due to the increase in pH that accompanied boiling, and the associated decrease in H2S concentration led to precipitation of gold and silver.
Received: 23 February 1995 / Accepted: 16 April 1996 相似文献
7.
Stephanos P. Kilias Jon Naden Ioannis Cheliotis Thomas J. Shepherd Heleni Constandinidou John Crossing Ioannis Simos 《Mineralium Deposita》2001,36(1):32-44
The Profitis Ilias gold deposit, located on the western part of Milos Island, Greece, is the first epithermal gold deposit
discovered in the Pliocene–Pleistocene Aegean volcanic arc. Estimated ore reserves are 5 million tonnes grading 4.4 g/tonne
Au and 43 g/tonne Ag. The deposit is closely associated with a horst and graben structure, and occurs in a series of steep
interconnected crustiform-banded quartz veins up to 3 m wide, extending to depths of at least 300 m. The mineralisation occurs
in three stages and is hosted by 3.5–2.5 Ma old silicified and sericitised rhyolitic lapilli-tuffs and ignimbrites. It consists
of pyrite, galena, chalcopyrite, electrum and native gold. Additionally, adularia occurs with quartz mainly in veins. Homogenisation
temperatures of primary liquid-rich inclusions vary from 145 to 399 °C for the ore stage, and 112 to 263 °C for the post-ore
stage. Salinities range between 0.1 and 11.4 wt% NaCl equiv. and 0.93 to 8.5 wt% NaCl equiv. for the ore stage and the post-ore
stage, respectively. Rare vapour-rich inclusions in ore stage quartz homogenise between 368 and 399 °C and estimates of eutectic
melting (−25 to −38 °C) indicate the presence of Ca and Mg in the ore fluids. Sample elevation versus fluid inclusion Th–salinity relationships show (1) a high-salinity trend, where moderate-temperature (300–250 °C) and moderate-salinity brines
(∼3 wt% NaCl equiv.) trend to high-salinity (up to 15 wt% NaCl equiv.) fluids with lower (∼25–50 °C) homogenisation temperatures,
and (2) a high-Th trend where moderate-salinity and moderate-temperature brines (200–250 °C; 3 wt% NaCl equiv.) develop into low-salinity (<1 wt%
NaCl equiv.), high-temperature (>350 °C) fluids. These trends are best explained by extreme boiling and vapourisation phenomena
between 200 and 250 °C. The 430–450 m asl (metres above sea level) level marks the transition between a lower liquid-dominated
segment of the system where only the steep high-salinity trend is seen, and an upper vapour-dominated segment where the high-Th trend or a combination of both are seen. There is a close spatial association between mineable gold grades and the upper
segment of the system. Depth-to-boiling curves suggest that the paleo-surface was ∼200 m above the present summit of Profitis
Ilias. Comparison of the mineralisation and fluid geochemistry at Profitis Ilias with that of the nearby modern geothermal
system indicates that the processes of metal mineralisation have probably been continuous since the Late Pliocene.
Received: 24 February 2000 / Accepted: 15 July 2000 相似文献
8.
Pongkor (west Java, Indonesia): a Pliocene supergene-enriched epithermal Au-Ag-(Mn) deposit 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
J. P. Milési E. Marcoux T. Sitorus M. Simandjuntak J. Leroy L. Bailly 《Mineralium Deposita》1999,34(2):131-149
The Pongkor gold-silver epithermal deposit with reserves of at least 98 tonnes of gold and 1026 tonnes of silver, average
grades 16.4 g/t Au and 171.2 g/t Ag is one of the most recent and largest gold and silver discoveries in Indonesia, proven
within a short period (1988–1991). 40Ar/39Ar dating on adularia samples give an age of 2.05 ± 0.05 Ma. The deposit is of the low-sulfidation epithermal type and consists
of four main mineralized quartz veins located close to the internal rim of a volcano-tectonic depression (caldera). This resulted
from an explosive ignimbritic eruption that produced pyroclastic flows and accretionary lapilli with rare intercalations of
epiclastic rocks. This volcanic unit unconformably overlies Miocene subaqueous volcanic andesitic rocks with interbedded epiclastic
rocks. The mineralized bodies are thick (average 4.2 m), steeply dipping, quartz-carbonate-adularia veins with a very low
sulfide content (<0.5 wt.%). Their genesis is related to an extensional episode within a tectonic corridor showing NW-SE and
NNE-SSW conjugate strike-slip faults, the major vein being located on the inner rim of the caldera. The vein fill reveals
four successive stages of deposition marked by a specific facies: (1) carbonate-quartz breccia with dominant quartz and calcite
and minor kutnahorite, rhodochrosite, and rhodonite (CQ facies), (2) a network of banded quartz and former carbonate transformed
into manganese oxides through supergene alteration (MOQ facies), (3) banded opaline milky quartz (BOQ facies), and (4) grey,
locally banded, sulfide-rich quartz breccia cutting all the other types (GSQ facies). Adularia was deposited at the same time
as the quartz. The mineralogy and internal structures of the veins (crustiform banding, vugs, collapse breccia) clearly indicate
a dilational context, which is common in low-sulfidation epithermal systems. Gold and silver grades, as well as sulfide mineral
abundances, increase steadily through stages 1 to 4, locally reaching 1 kg/t in the GSQ facies. The sulfides are dominated
by pyrite, accompanied by common acanthite-aguilarite, polybasite-pearceite and electrum in which the gold content ranges
from 48 to 74 wt.%. Sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite and hessite are fairly rare, although present within the CQ facies. The
fluid inclusions of the four facies show homogenization temperatures ranging from 150 to 382 °C, indicating boiling of a hydrothermal
fluid with an initial temperature of around 205 °C; no marked difference is seen in the GSQ facies, which has the highest
gold content. Salinities are low, generally below 1 wt.% eq. NaCl. Lead isotope compositions of the associated volcanic rocks
and the mineralization are very similar, 206Pb/204Pb between 18.706 and 18.814␣and between 18.744 and 18.801 respectively, demonstrating a genetic link between the Pliocene
volcanism and the auriferous hydrothermal activity. The isotopic signature suggests that the source of the mineralization
and associated volcanic rocks is an underlying ancient continental crust that melted and remobilized during the Pliocene volcanic
and hydrothermal events. These conclusions seem applicable to the entire Bayah Dome. The existence of both a tectonic corridor
and a caldera favoured channelling of the hydrothermal fluids and the deposition of primary ore in the veins. Late intense
weathering of the ore deposit, to depths of 250 m below the surface, has given rise to manganese oxide layers, limonite zones,
and silver micronuggets within the veins, as well as to gold enrichment.
Received: 25 June 1997 / Accepted: 10 March 1998 相似文献
9.
Basem A. Zoheir 《Mineralium Deposita》2008,43(1):79-95
The Betam gold deposit, located in the southern Eastern Desert of Egypt, is related to a series of milky quartz veins along
a NNW-trending shear zone, cutting through pelitic metasedimentary rocks and small masses of pink granite. This shear zone,
along with a system of discrete shear and fault zones, was developed late in the deformation history of the area. Although
slightly sheared and boudinaged within the shear zone, the auriferous quartz veins are characterised by irregular walls with
a steeply plunging ridge-in-groove lineation. Shear geometry of rootless intra-folial folds and asymmetrical strain shadows
around the quartz lenses suggests that vein emplacement took place under a brittle–ductile shear regime, clearly post-dating
the amphibolite-facies regional metamorphism. Hydrothermal alteration is pervasive in the wallrock metapelites and granite
including sericitisation, silicification, sulphidisation and minor carbonatisation. Ore mineralogy includes pyrite, arsenopyrite
and subordinate galena, chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite and gold. Gold occurs in the quartz veins and adjacent wallrocks as inclusions
in pyrite and arsenopyrite, blebs and globules associated with galena, fracture fillings in deformed arsenopyrite or as thin,
wire-like rims within or around rhythmic goethite. Presence of refractory gold in arsenopyrite and pyrite is inferred from
microprobe analyses. Clustered and intra-granular trail-bound aqueous–carbonic (LCO2 + Laq ± VCO2) inclusions are common in cores of the less deformed quartz crystals, whereas carbonic (LCO2 ± VCO2) and aqueous H2O–NaCl (L + V) inclusions occur along inter-granular and trans-granular trails. Clathrate melting temperatures indicate low
salinities of the fluid (3–8 wt.% NaCl eq.). Homogenisation temperatures of the aqueous–carbonic inclusions range between
297 and 323°C, slightly higher than those of the intra-granular and inter-granular aqueous inclusions (263–304°C), which are
likely formed during grain boundary migration. Homogenisation temperatures of the trans-granular H2O–NaCl inclusions are much lower (130–221°C), implying different fluids late in the shear zone formation. Fluid densities
calculated from aqueous–carbonic inclusions along a single trail are between 0.88 and 0.98 g/cm3, and the resulting isochores suggest trapping pressures of 2–2.6 kbar. Based on the arsenopyrite–pyrite–pyrrhotite cotectic,
arsenopyrite (30.4–30.7 wt.% As) associated with gold inclusions indicates a temperature range of 325–344°C. This ore paragenesis
constrains f
S2 to the range of 10−10 to 10−8.5 bar. Under such conditions, gold was likely transported mainly as bisulphide complexes by low salinity aqueous–carbonic fluids
and precipitated because of variations in pH and f
O2 through pressure fluctuation and CO2 effervescence as the ore fluids infiltrated the shear zone, along with precipitation of carbonate and sericite. Wallrock
sulphidation also likely contributed to destabilising the gold–bisulphide complexes and precipitating gold in the hydrothermal
alteration zone adjacent to the mineralised quartz veins. 相似文献
10.
Andreas Dietrich Ronald Gutierrez Eric P. Nelson Paul W. Layer 《Mineralium Deposita》2012,47(3):233-249
The San José district is located in the northwest part of the Deseado massif and hosts a number of epithermal Ag–Au quartz
veins of intermediate sulfidation style, including the Huevos Verdes vein system. Veins are hosted by andesitic rocks of the
Bajo Pobre Formation and locally by rhyodacitic pyroclastic rocks of the Chon Aike Formation. New 40Ar/39Ar constraints on the age of host rocks and mineralization define Late Jurassic ages of 151.3 ± 0.7 Ma to 144.7 ± 0.1 Ma for
volcanic rocks of the Bajo Pobre Formation and of 147.6 ± 1.1 Ma for the Chon Aike Formation. Illite ages of the Huevos Verdes
vein system of 140.8 ± 0.2 and 140.5 ± 0.3 Ma are 4 m.y. younger than the volcanic host rock unit. These age dates are among
the youngest reported for Jurassic volcanism in the Deseado massif and correlate well with the regional context of magmatic
and hydrothermal activity. The Huevos Verdes vein system has a strike length of 2,000 m, with several ore shoots along strike.
The vein consists of a pre-ore stage and three main ore stages. Early barren quartz and chalcedony are followed by a mottled
quartz stage of coarse saccharoidal quartz with irregular streaks and discontinuous bands of sulfide-rich material. The banded
quartz–sulfide stage consists of sulfide-rich bands alternating with bands of quartz and bands of chlorite ± illite. Late-stage
sulfide-rich veinlets are associated with kaolinite gangue. Ore minerals are argentite and electrum, together with pyrite,
sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite, minor bornite, covellite, and ruby silver. Wall rock alteration is characterized by narrow
(< 3 m) halos of illite and illite/smectite next to veins, grading outward into propylitic alteration. Gangue minerals are
dominantly massive quartz intergrown with minor to accessory adularia. Epidote, illite, illite/smectite, and, preferentially
at deeper levels, Fe-chlorite gangue indicate near-neutral pH hydrothermal fluids at temperatures of >220°C. Kaolinite occurring
with the late sulfide-rich veinlet stage indicates pH < 4 and a temperature of <200°C. The Huevos Verdes system has an overall
strike of 325°, dipping on average 65° NE. The orientations of individual ore shoots are controlled by vein strike and intersecting
north-northwest-striking faults. We propose a structural model for the time of mineralization of the San José district, consisting
of a conjugate shear pair of sinistral north-northwest- and dextral west-northwest-striking faults that correspond to R and R′ in the Riedel shear model and that are related to master faults (M) of north-northeast-strike. Veins of 315° strike can
be interpreted as nearly pure extensional fractures (T). Variations in vein strike predict an induced sinistral shear component
for strike directions of >315°, whereas strike directions of <315° are predicted with an induced dextral strike–slip movement.
The components of the structural model appear to be present on a regional scale and are not restricted to the San José district. 相似文献
11.
Mineralisation at the Zarshuran, NW Iran, occurs on the flank of an inlier of Precambrian rocks hosted in black silty calcareous
and carbonaceous shale with interbedded dolomite and limestone varying in thickness from 5 to 60 m and extending along strike
for approximately 5–6 km. Two major, steeply dipping sets of faults with distinct trends occur in the Zarshuran: (1) northwest
(310–325) and (2) southwest (255–265). The main arsenic mineralisation occurs at the intersection of these faults. The mineral
assemblage includes micron to angstrom-size gold, orpiment, realgar, stibnite, getchellite, cinnabar, thallium minerals, barite,
Au-As-bearing pyrite, base metal sulphides and sulphosalts. Hydrothermal alteration features are developed in black shale
and limestone around the mineralisation Types of alteration include: (1) decalcification, (2) silicification, (3) argillisation,
(4) dolomitisation, (5) oxidation and acid leaching and (6) supergene alteration. The early stage of mineralisation involved
removal of carbonates from the host rocks, followed by quartz precipitation. The main stage includes massive silicification
associated with argillic alteration. In the late stage veining became more dominant and the main arsenic ore was deposited
along fault cross cuts and gouge. These characteristics are typical of Carlin-type sediment-hosted disseminated gold deposits.
The early stage of mineralisation contains only two-phase aqueous fluid inclusions. The main stage has two groups of three-phase
CO2-bearing inclusions with minor CH4 ± N2, associated with high temperature, two-phase aqueous inclusions. During the late stage, fluids exhibit a wide range in composition,
salinity and temperature, and CH4 becomes the dominant carbonic fluid with minor CO2 associated with a variety of two-phase aqueous fluid inclusions. The characteristics of fluids at the Zarshuran imply the
presence of at least two separate fluids during mineralisation. The intersections of coexisting carbonic and aqueous inclusion
isochores, together with stratigraphic and mineral stability evidence, indicate that mineralisation occurred at 945 ± 445
bar and 243 ± 59 °C, implying a depth for mineralisation of at least 3.8 ± 1.8 km (assuming a lithostatic pressure gradient).
Fluid density fluctuations and the inferred depth of formation suggest that the mineralisation occurred at the transition
between overpressured and normally pressured regimes. Geochronologic studies utilising K/Ar and Ar/Ar techniques on hydrothermal
argillic alteration (whole rock and separated clay size fractions) and on volcanic rocks, indicates that mineralisation at
Zarshuran formed at 14.2 ± 0.4 Ma, and was contemporaneous with nearby Miocene volcanic activity, 13.7 ± 2.9 Ma. It is proposed
that mineralisation was the result of the infiltration of hydrothermal fluids containing a magmatic gas component, and that
it was localised in the Zarshuran Unit because of the redox boundary that it provided and/or because it lay between an overpressured
region at depth and a zone of circulating, hydrostatically pressured fluids above.
Received: 10 December 1997 / Accepted: 5 March 1999 相似文献
12.
The Samgwang mine is located in the Cheongyang gold district (Cheonan Metallogenic Province) of the Republic of Korea. It
consists of eight massive, gold-bearing quartz veins that filled NE- and NW-striking fractures along fault zones in Precambrian
granitic gneiss of the Gyeonggi massif. Their mineralogy and paragenesis allow two separate vein-forming episodes to be recognized,
temporally separated by a major faulting event. The ore minerals occur in quartz and calcite of stage I, associated with fracturing
and healing of veins. Hydrothermal wall-rock alteration minerals of stage I include Fe-rich chlorite (Fe/(Fe+Mg) ratios 0.74-0.81),
muscovite, illite, K-feldspar, and minor arsenopyrite, pyrite, and carbonates. Sulfide minerals deposited along with electrum
during this stage include arsenopyrite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, sphalerite, marcasite, chalcopyrite, galena, argentite, pyrargyrite,
and argentian tetrahedrite. Only calcite was deposited during stage II. Fluid inclusions in quartz contain three main types
of C–O–H fluids: CO2-rich, CO2–H2O, and aqueous inclusions. Quartz veins related to early sulfides in stage I were deposited from H2O–NaCl–CO2 fluids (1,500–5,000 bar, average 3,200) with T
htotal values of 200°C to 383°C and salinities less than about 7 wt.% NaCl equiv. Late sulfide deposition was related to H2O–NaCl fluids (140–1,300 bar, average 700) with T
htotal values of 110°C to 385°C and salinities less than about 11 wt.% NaCl equiv. These fluids either evolved through immiscibility
of H2O–NaCl–CO2 fluids as a result of a decrease in fluid pressure, or through mixing with deeply circulated meteoric waters as a result
of uplift or unloading during mineralization, or both. Measured and calculated sulfur isotope compositions (δ34SH2S = 1.5 to 4.8‰) of hydrothermal fluids from the stage I quartz veins indicate that ore sulfur was derived mainly from a magmatic
source. The calculated and measured oxygen and hydrogen isotope compositions (δ18OH2O = −5.9‰ to 10.9‰, δD = −102‰ to −87‰) of the ore-forming fluids indicate that the fluids were derived from magmatic sources
and evolved by mixing with local meteoric water by limited water–rock exchange and by partly degassing in uplift zones during
mineralization. While most features of the Samgwang mine are consistent with classification as an orogenic gold deposit, isotopic
and fluid chemistry indicate that the veins were genetically related to intrusions emplaced during the Jurassic to Cretaceous
Daebo orogeny. 相似文献
13.
The origin of the Tongkeng-Changpo tin deposit,Dachang metal district,Guangxi, China: clues from fluid inclusions and He isotope systematics 总被引:6,自引:0,他引:6
Cai Minghai Mao Jingwen Liang Ting Franco Pirajno Huang Huilan 《Mineralium Deposita》2007,42(6):613-626
Tongkeng-Changpo is the largest tin deposit within the giant Dachang polymetallic tin ore field in Guangxi, southern China,
which is part of a large skarn system associated with Cretaceous granitoids. The Tongkeng-Changpo mineralization consists
of veins and stockworks in the upper levels and replacement stratiform orebodies (mantos) at lower levels. Based on textural
relationships, three major mineralizing stages can be recognized: stage I with cassiterite, sulphides, stannite, tourmaline,
and quartz; stage II with cassiterite, sulphides, sulphosalts, quartz, and calcite; and stage III with calcite as the main
phase. The study of fluid inclusions has shown that there are two main fluid types: CO2 and NaCl-H2O. Homogenization temperatures are 270 to 365°C, 210 to 240°C, and 140 to 190°C for stages I, II, and III, respectively. Salinities
range from 1 to 7 wt.% NaCl equiv. in the early ore stage and 3 to 10 wt.% NaCl equiv. in the late stages. Laser Raman Spectroscopy
indicates that the inclusion fluids in stages I and II were of carbono-aqueous composition, with minor amounts of CH4 and H2S, whereas those in stage III were aqueous. Helium isotopic analyses of inclusion fluids indicate that the 3He/4He ratios in the ore veins are in between 1.2 to 2.9 Ra (Ra = 1.4 × 10−6, modern atmospheric ratio), and range from 1.6 to 2.5 Ra in the stratiform orebodies. This range of 3He/4He ratios is significantly higher than that of crustal fluids (0.01–0.05 Ra). The similar characteristics of fluid inclusions
and their He isotopic composition, as well as age constraints, indicate that the ore veins and stratiform orebodies of the
Tongkeng-Changpo deposit formed from the same hydrothermal system, likely related to granite intrusions of the Mesozoic Yanshanian
tectono-thermal event. In addition, the high R/Ra ratios indicate a mantle contribution in the ore fluids. 相似文献
14.
Gold ore-forming fluids of the Tanami region, Northern Australia 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Fluid inclusion studies have been carried out on major gold deposits and prospects in the Tanami region to determine the compositions
of the associated fluids and the processes responsible for gold mineralization. Pre-ore, milky quartz veins contain only two-phase
aqueous inclusions with salinities ≤19 wt% NaCl eq. and homogenization temperatures that range from 110 to 410°C. In contrast,
the ore-bearing veins typically contain low to moderate salinity (<14 wt% NaCl eq.), H2O + CO2 ± CH4 ± N2-bearing fluids. The CO2-bearing inclusions coexist with two-phase aqueous inclusions that exhibit a wider range of salinities (≤21 wt% NaCl eq.).
Post-ore quartz and carbonate veins contain mainly two-phase aqueous inclusions, with a last generation of aqueous inclusions
being very CaCl2-rich. Salinities range from 7 to 33 wt% NaCl eq. and homogenization temperatures vary from 62 to 312°C. Gold deposits in
the Tanami region are hosted by carbonaceous or iron-rich sedimentary rocks and/or mafic rocks. They formed over a range of
depths at temperatures from 200 to 430°C. The Groundrush deposit formed at the greatest temperatures and depths (260–430°C
and ≤11 km), whereas deposits in the Tanami goldfield formed at the lowest temperatures (≥200°C) and at the shallowest depths
(1.5–5.6 km). There is also evidence in the Tanami goldfield for late-stage isothermal mixing with higher salinity (≤21 wt%
NaCl eq.) fluids at temperatures between 100 and 200°C. Other deposits (e.g., The Granites, Callie, and Coyote) formed at
intermediate depths and at temperatures ranging from 240 to 360°C. All ore fluids contained CO2 ± N2 ± CH4, with the more deeply formed deposits being enriched in CH4 and higher level deposits being enriched in CO2. Fluids from deposits hosted mainly by sedimentary rocks generally contained appreciable quantities of N2. The one exception is the Tanami goldfield, where the quartz veins were dominated by aqueous inclusions with rare CO2-bearing inclusions. Calculated δ
18O values for the ore fluids range from 3.8 to 8.5‰ and the corresponding δD values range from −89 to −37‰. Measured δ
13C values from CO2 extracted from fluid inclusions ranged from −5.1 to −8.4‰. These data indicate a magmatic or mixed magmatic/metamorphic source
for the ore fluids in the Tanami region. Interpretation of the fluid inclusion, alteration, and structural data suggests that
mineralization may have occurred via a number of processes. Gold occurs in veins associated with brittle fracturing and other
dilational structures, but in the larger deposits, there is also an association with iron-rich rocks or carbonaceous sediments,
suggesting that both structural and chemical controls are important. The major mineralization process appears to be boiling/effervescence
of a gas-rich fluid, which leads to partitioning of H2S into the vapor phase resulting in gold precipitation. However, some deposits also show evidence of desulfidation by fluid–rock
interaction and/or reduction of the ore-fluid by fluid mixing. These latter processes are generally more prevalent in the
higher crustal-level deposits. 相似文献
15.
Omai is a high tonnage, low-grade, world-class gold deposit located in the Paleoproterozoic Guiana Shield. It is the second
most important gold deposit in the Guiana Shield (after Las Cristinas, Venezuela), and one of the largest in South America
(4.0 million oz.). Sm-Nd and Sr isotope data are presented for host rocks and for scheelite from auriferous quartz-carbonate-scheelite-sulfide-telluride
veins from the Omai deposit. Gold-bearing veins are hosted by the Paleoproterozoic Barama-Mazaruni Supergroup, a greenstone
belt sequence consisting of mafic volcanic rocks interbedded with sedimentary rocks that are intruded by quartz-feldspar porphyry
and rhyolite dikes. This lithologic sequence was folded and metamorphosed to lower greenschist facies during the Paleoproterozoic
Trans-Amazonian orogeny. The volcano-sedimentary unit was intruded by a post-tectonic quartz monzodiorite-diorite-hornblendite
stock. Initial Nd isotope ratios for the Omai volcanic rocks range from ɛNd=+2.1 to +4.2. These values suggest that this part of the Guiana Shield was a site of new crust formation during the Paleoproterozoic
and was not contaminated by older (Archean), reworked continental crust. Initial Nd isotope ratios for the Omai stock range
between +0.5 and +2.3, which suggest limited contamination with previously formed continental crust. Although the Nd isotopic
ratios of gold-related scheelites overlap with those of the host rocks, particularly the tholeiitic basalts at the interpreted
time of vein emplacement, the lack of both isotopic mixing and significant Nd movement during the hydrothermal process suggest
that the Nd isotope composition can be used to determine the isotopic characteristics of the ore fluid source area. At Omai,
the ore fluid is largely derived from a radiogenic Nd source, represented by mantle or lower crustal reservoirs. Strontium
isotope ratios for the scheelites cluster tightly between 0.7019 and 0.7021. The Sr isotope data suggest that unlike Nd, Sr
was significantly mobile during the hydrothermal process. The fluids responsible for the Omai deposit may have picked up Sr
along the flow path. The constant low Sr isotope values of scheelites probably reflect the key role that the local tholeiitic
basalts played as the main source of Sr in the fluids. Whereas Nd isotopes identify the fluid source area, the Sr isotopes
map the fluid flow paths.
Received: 11 February 1999 / Accepted: 1 November 1999 相似文献
16.
Eric D. Anderson William W. AtkinsonJr. Timothy Marsh Alexander Iriondo 《Mineralium Deposita》2009,44(2):151-170
The Copper Creek mining district, southeastern Arizona, contains more than 500 mineralized breccia pipes, buried porphyry-style,
copper-bearing stockworks, and distal lead–silver veins. The breccia pipes are hosted by the Copper Creek Granodiorite and
the Glory Hole volcanic rocks. The unexposed Mammoth breccia pipe, solely recognized by drilling, has a vertical extent of
800 m and a maximum width of 180 m. The pipe consists of angular clasts of granodiorite cemented by quartz, chalcopyrite,
bornite, anhydrite, and calcite. Biotite 40Ar/39Ar dates suggest a minimum age of 61.5 ± 0.7 Ma for the host Copper Creek Granodiorite and 40Ar/39Ar dates on hydrothermal sericite indicate an age of 61.0 ± 0.5 Ma for copper mineralization. Fluid inclusion studies suggest
that a supercritical fluid with a salinity of approximately 10 wt.% NaCl equiv. condensed to a dilute aqueous vapor (1–2.8 wt.%
NaCl equiv.) and a hypersaline brine (33.4–35.1 wt.% NaCl equiv.). Minimum trapping temperatures are 375°C and trapping depths
are estimated at 2 km. Sulfur isotope fractionation of cogenetic anhydrite and chalcopyrite yields a temperature of mineralization
of 469 ± 25°C. Calculated oxygen and hydrogen isotope values for fluids in equilibrium with quartz and sericite range from
10.2‰ to 13.4‰ and −60‰ to −39‰, respectively, suggesting that the mineralizing fluid was dominantly magmatic. Evidence from
the stable isotope and fluid inclusion analyses suggests that the fluids responsible for Cu mineralization within the Mammoth
breccia pipe exsolved from a gray porphyry phase found at the base of the breccia pipe. 相似文献
17.
The Archean Murchison greenstone belt, Limpopo Province, South Africa, represents a rifted epicontinental arc sequence containing
the largest volcanic-hosted massive sulfide (VMS) district in Southern Africa. The so-called Cu–Zn line is host to 12 deposits
of massive sulfide mineralization including: Maranda J, LCZ, Romotshidi, Mon Desir, Solomons, and Mashawa with a total tonnage
of three million metric tons of very high grade Zn, subordinate Cu, and variable Pb and Au ore. The deposits developed during
initial phases of highly evolved felsic volcanism between 2,974.8 ± 3.6 and 2,963.2 ± 6.4 Ma and are closely associated with
quartz porphyritic rhyolite domes. Elevated heat supply ensured regional hydrothermal convection along the entire rift. Recurrent
volcanism resulted in frequent disruption of hydrothermal discharge and relative short-lived episodes of hydrothermal activity,
probably responsible for the small size of the deposits. Stable thermal conditions led to the development of mature hydrothermal
vent fields from focused fluid discharge and sulfide precipitation within thin layers of felsic volcaniclastic rocks. Two
main ore suites occur in the massive sulfide deposits of the “Cu–Zn line”: (1) a low-temperature venting, polymetallic assemblage
of Zn, Pb, Sb, As, Cd, Te, Bi, Sn, ±In, ±Au, ±Mo occurring in the pyrite- and sphalerite-dominated ore types and (2) a higher
temperature suite of Cu, Ag, Au, Se, In, Co, Ni is associated with chalcopyrite-bearing ores. Sphalerite ore, mineralogy,
and geochemical composition attest to hydrothermal activity at relatively low temperatures of ≤250 °C for the entire rift,
with short-lived pulses of higher temperature upflow, reflected by proportions of Zn-rich versus Cu-rich deposits. Major-
and trace-metal composition of the deposits and Pb isotope signatures reflect the highly evolved felsic source rock composition.
Geological setting, host rock composition, and metallogenesis share many similarities not only with Archean VMS districts
in Canada and Australia but also with recent arc–back-arc systems on the modern seafloor where fragments of continental crust
and areas of elevated heat flow are involved in petrogenetic and associated metallogenic processes. 相似文献
18.
Osvaldo M. Rabbia Laura B. Hernández David H. French Robert W. King John C. Ayers 《Mineralium Deposita》2009,44(8):849-866
Mineralogical, textural, and chemical analyses (EPMA and PIXE) of hydrothermal rutile in the El Teniente porphyry Cu–Mo deposit
help to better constrain ore formation processes. Rutile formed from igneous Ti-rich phases (sphene, biotite, Ti-magnetite,
and ilmenite) by re-equilibration and/or breakdown under hydrothermal conditions at temperatures ranging between 400°C and
700°C. Most rutile nucleate and grow at the original textural position of its Ti-rich igneous parent mineral phase. The distribution
of Mo content in rutile indicates that low-temperature (∼400–550°C), Mo-poor rutile (5.4 ± 1.1 ppm) is dominantly in the Mo-rich
mafic wallrocks (high-grade ore), while high-temperature (∼550-700°C), Mo-rich rutile (186 ± 20 ppm) is found in the Mo-poor
felsic porphyries (low-grade ore). Rutile from late dacite ring dikes is a notable exception to this distribution pattern.
The Sb content in rutile from the high-temperature potassic core of the deposit to its low-temperature propylitic fringe remains
relatively constant (35 ± 3 ppm). Temperature and Mo content of the hydrothermal fluids in addition to Mo/Ti ratio, modal
abundance and stability of Ti-rich parental phases are key factors constraining Mo content and provenance in high-temperature
(≥550°C) rutile. The initial Mo content of parent mineral phases is controlled by melt composition and oxygen fugacity as
well as timing and efficiency of fluid–melt separation. Enhanced reduction of SO2-rich fluids and sulfide deposition in the Fe-rich mafic wallrocks influences the low-temperature (≤550°C) rutile chemistry.
The data are consistent with a model of fluid circulation of hot (>550°C), oxidized (ƒO2 ≥ NNO + 1.3), SO2-rich and Mo-bearing fluids, likely exsolved from deeper crystallizing parts of the porphyry system and fluxed through the
upper dacite porphyries and related structures, with metal deposition dominantly in the Fe-rich mafic wallrocks. 相似文献
19.
Several F, Pb, Zn and Ba deposits are located in the province of Zaghouan in north-eastern Tunisia. They are hosted in Lower
Liassic or Upper Jurassic reef limestones, and the overlying condensed Carixian phosphatic limestones and Campanian marls,
respectively. The mineralization occurs in three types of orebodies: stratiform replacement heaps and lenses (Jebel Stah and
Hammam Zriba), breccia fillings and dissolution void fillings (Sidi Taya) and lodes (Jebel Oust). More than one generation
of fluorite is observed in the stratiform deposits. Microthermometric analyses of the inclusion fluids observed in fluorite
and quartz show that the economic concentrations of fluorite have deposited from moderate to highly saline (12–22.5 wt% NaCl
equivalents) hydrothermal (110–160 °C) mineralizing fluids at the center (Jebel Stah, Sidi Taya) and to the east of the province
(Hammam Zriba). Late remobilizations, observed in the stratiform deposits, are related to the circulation of a warmer (up
to 185 °C) but less saline (10 wt% NaCl equivalents) fluid (Jebel Stah) and more saline (12–22 wt% NaCl equivalents) fluid
(Hammam Zriba). The highest temperature (up to 250 °C) and salinity (32–34 wt% NaCl equivalents) are observed to the west
of the province of Zaghouan (Jebel Oust). Less saline (3–6 wt% NaCl equivalents) and moderately hot to hot fluids (up to 220 ± 20 °C)
and rich in gaseous CO2 invade most of the ore deposits in later stages and give rise to the massive quartz within fractures at Jebel Stah. Chemical
analyses of the fluids extracted from the inclusions occuring in fluorite show compositions dominated by the presence of Na+, Ca2+ and Cl− ionic species and allow the mean temperature of the fluids in the source reservoir to be estimated as 275 ± 25 °C. The circulation
of the ore-forming fluids is triggered by a regional tectonic extensional phase which occurs within the post-Jurassic to ante-Miocene
time interval. The deposition of the economic concentrations of fluorite resulted from the decrease in pressure and temperature
of the hydrothermal brines (Jebel Oust), along with the increase in the dissolved calcium activity (Jebel Stah and Sidi Taya),
or a decrease in salinity due to the mixing with a hot, less saline and Na-poor, Ca-rich fluid (Hammam Zriba). The mineralogical
associations (CaF2, PbS, ZnS, BaSO4) hosted within carbonate rocks, the temperatures and the salinities of the fluids that gave rise to the more important ore
deposits (110–160 °C and 12–22.5 wt% NaCl equivalents), their composition (Na, Ca, Cl) and the molar ratios between the major
ionic species, as well as the presence of liquid hydrocarbons in the mineralizing fluids, show that the ore deposits of the
province of Zaghouan belong to the carbonate-hosted F, Pb, Zn, Ba Mississippi Valley-type deposits.
Received: 23 June 1995 / Accepted: 18 November 1996 相似文献
20.
Evandro Luiz Klein Reginaldo Alves dos Santos Kazuo Fuzikawa Rômulo Simões Angélica 《Mineralium Deposita》2001,36(2):149-164
Fluid inclusion and structural studies were carried out at the Guarim gold deposit in the Palaeoproterozoic Tapajós province
of the Amazonian craton. Guarim is a fault-hosted gold deposit cutting basement granitoids. It consists of a quartz vein,
which is massive in its inner portions, grading laterally either to a massive or to cavity-bearing quartz vein associated
with hydrothermal breccias. The wallrock alteration comprises chlorite, carbonate, white mica and sulphide minerals, with
free gold occurring within quartz grains and spatially associated with sulphide mineral grains. Petrographic, microthermometric
and Laser Raman investigations recognised CO2-rich, mixed H2O–CO2, and H2O fluid inclusions. The coexisting CO2 and H2O–CO2 inclusions were interpreted as primary immiscible fluids that formed the gold-bearing vein. The H2O inclusions were considered a product of later infiltration of fluids unrelated to the mineralising episode. The mineralising
fluid has CO2 ranging typically from 5–10 mol%, contains traces of N2, has salinities of ∼5 wt% NaCl equiv., and densities varying between 0.85 and 0.95 g/cm3. The P–T estimations bracket gold deposition between 270–320 °C and 0.86–2.9 kb; ƒO2–ƒS2–pH estimates suggest a reduced, near-neutral character for the fluid. Variations in the physico-chemical properties, as demonstrated
by the fluid inclusion study, resulted from a combination of fluid immiscibility and pressure fluctuation. This interpretation,
combined with textural and structural evidence, suggests the emplacement of the mineralised vein in an active fault and at
a rather shallow level (4–7 km). The geological and structural setting, deposit-scale textures and structures, wallrock alteration
and physico-chemical fluid properties are compatible with those of epizonal to mesozonal orogenic lode gold deposits.
Received: 3 March 2000 / Accepted: 21 October 2000 相似文献