The El Teniente porphyry Cu–Mo deposit from a hydrothermal rutile perspective |
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| Authors: | Osvaldo M Rabbia Laura B Hernández David H French Robert W King John C Ayers |
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| Institution: | 1.Instituto GEA, Casilla 160-C,Universidad de Concepción,Concepción 3,Chile;2.CSIRO, Lucas Heights Science and Technology Centre,Bangor,Australia;3.Mérida 1948, Parque Residencial Laguna Grande,San Pedro de la Paz,Chile;4.Department of Geology,Vanderbilt University,Nashville,USA |
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| Abstract: | 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. |
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