Changes in iron content in sphalerites in relation to structural conditions and localization of ores in Kholst deposit |
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| Abstract: | A consistent, relatively rapid decrease in FeS molecular content of sphalerites at decreasing depth is recognizable in upper parts of this structurally controlled Pb-Zn ore deposit, as an expression of tectonic calm and continuity of the productive stages of the mineralization. Elsewhere, in the depths, abrupt changes in quantity of isomorphous iron in sphalerites, within a relatively short depth-span, signify intensive movements during deposition of the ore. Wherever the structures are bent and healed by early quartz sufficiently to retard circulation of the solutions and to promote their cooling, variations in the FeS content of sphalerite at different depths may be related to thermal “knickpoints” of the ascending solutions. Nonetheless, FeS molecular content of sphalerites is no clue to the temperature of their crystallization. There is no relationship between the depth at which sphalerite was formed and the isomorphous Cd or Mn in crystal structures of the mineral. — V.P. Sokoloff. |
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