Nonsulfide and sulfide-rich zinc mineralizations in the Vazante, Ambrósia and Fagundes deposits, Minas Gerais, Brazil: Mass balance and stable isotope characteristics of the hydrothermal alterations |
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| Authors: | Lena Virgínia Soares Monteiro Jorge Silva Bettencourt Caetano Juliani Tolentino Flvio de Oliveira |
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| Institution: | aInstituto de Geociências, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, R. João Pandiá Calógeras, 51, CEP 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil;bInstituto de Geociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Lago, 562, CEP 05508-080, São Paulo, SP, Brazil;cVotorantim Metais, Caixa Postal 3, CEP 38780-000, Vazante, MG, Brazil |
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| Abstract: | The Vazante Group hosts the Vazante nonsulfide zinc deposit, which comprises high-grade zinc silicate ore (ZnSiO4), and late-diagenetic to epigenetic carbonate-hosted sulfide-rich zinc deposits (e.g. Morro Agudo, Fagundes, and Ambrósia). In the sulfide-rich deposits, hydrothermal alteration involving silicification and dolomitization was related with ground preparation of favorable zones for fluid migration (e.g. Fagundes) or with direct interaction with the metalliferous fluid (e.g. Ambrósia). At Vazante, hydrothermal alteration resulted in silicification and dolomite, siderite, jasper, hematite, and chlorite formation. These processes were accompanied by strong relative gains of SiO2, Fe2O3(T), Rb, Sb, V, U, and La, which are typically associated with the nonsulfide zinc mineralization. All sulfide-rich zinc ores in the district display a similar geochemical signature suggesting a common metal source from the underlying sedimentary sequences.Oxygen and carbon isotope compositions of hydrothermally altered rocks reveal a remarkable alteration halo at the Vazante deposit, which is not a notable feature in the sulfide-rich deposits. This pattern could be attributed to fluid mixing processes involving the metalliferous fluid and channelized meteoric water, which may control the precipitation of the Vazante nonsulfide ore. Sulfide deposition resulted from fluid–rock interaction processes and mixing between the ascending metalliferous fluids and sulfur-rich tectonic brines derived from reduced shale units. |
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| Keywords: | Nonsulfide Carbonate chemistry Willemite Hydrothermal alteration Stable isotopes |
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