Stable isotope study of antimony deposits in the Muratdagi region,western Turkey |
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| Authors: | A Gokçe B Spiro |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Geological Engineering, Cumhurriyet University, Sivas, Turkey;(2) NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory, NG12 5GG Keyworth, Nottingham, UK |
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| Abstract: | The Muratdagi region is rich in antimony deposits having the following common characteristics: post Miocene age, location on the down-thrown blocks next to normal faults, in the vicinity of active or fossil thermal springs, and in contact with carbonate rocks. The isotopic composition of — 7 . SMOW of the mineralizing fluid calculated from the measured °
18O of quartz and the fluid inclusion microthermometry, is indicative of meteoric water origin. The °
13C of the inclusion CO2 of — 19.1 to — 25.4 PDB is indicative of interaction with organic material-graphite. The °
34S of stibnite — 3.6 to — 0.7 is, in view of the mineral assemblage, indicative of magmatic origin of the sulphur. A tightly confined set of structural, lithological, hydrological and geochemical features define a sequence of geochemical processes; formation of acid and reducing fluid, leaching and transport of antimony complexes and precipitation of stibnite within defined lithological units. The set of processes seems to have taken place within a space of 5000 m lateral and 1000 m vertical extension. |
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