Physicochemical formation conditions of banded iron formations and high-grade iron ores in the region of the Kursk Magnetic Anomaly: Evidence from isotopic data |
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| Authors: | V I Belykh E I Dunai I P Lugovaya |
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| Institution: | (1) Main Directorate of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of Belgorod oblast, Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation, ul. Kommunisticheskaya 102, Belgorod, 308000, Russia;(2) OAO Belgorodgeologiya, ul. Zaslonova 181, Belgorod, 308017, Russia;(3) Institute of Geochemistry, Mineralogy, and Ore Formation, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, pr. Palladina 34, Kiev, 03142, Ukraine |
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| Abstract: | The oxygen and carbon isotopic compositions of minerals from banded iron formations (BIFs) and high-grade ore in the region of the Kursk Magnetic Anomaly (KMA) were determined in order to estimate the temperature of regional metamorphism and the nature of rock-and ore-forming solutions. Magnetite and hematite of primary sedimentary or diagenetic origin have δ18O within the range from +2 to 6‰. During metamorphism, primary iron oxides, silicates, and carbonates were involved in thermal dissociation and other reactions to form magnetite with δ18O = +6 to +11‰. As follows from a low δ18Oav = ?3.5‰ of mushketovite (magnetite pseudomorphs after hematite) in high-grade ore, this mineral was formed as a product of hematite reduction by organic matter. The comparison of δ18O of iron oxides, siderite, and quartz from BIFs formed at different stages of the evolution of the Kursk protogeosyncline revealed specific sedimentation (diagenesis) conditions and metamorphism of the BIFs belonging to the Kursk and Oskol groups. BIF of the Oskol Group is distinguished by a high δ18O of magnetite compared to other Proterozoic BIFs. Martite ore differs from host BIF by a low δ18O = ?0.2 to ?5.9‰. This implies that oxygen from infiltration water was incorporated into the magnetite lattice during the martite formation. Surface water penetrated to a significant depth through tectonic faults and fractures. |
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