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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Trace element heterogeneity in molybdenite fingerprints stages of mineralization |
Author: | Ciobanu, C. Cook, N. Kelson, C. Guerin, R. Kalleske, N. Danyushevsky, L. |
Citation: | Chemical Geology, 2013; 347:175-189 |
Publisher: | Elsevier Science BV |
Issue Date: | 2013 |
ISSN: | 0009-2541 1872-6836 |
Statement of Responsibility: | C.L. Ciobanu, N.J. Cook, C.R. Kelson, R. Guerin, N. Kalleske, L. Danyushevsky |
Abstract: | Variations in molybdenite trace element chemistry represent a tool for discriminating discrete events in young magmatic-hydrothermal systems and constrain the role of granites in older greenstone belt-hosted gold systems. We show that besides Re and W (typical lattice-bound elements), molybdenite also concentrates chalcophile elements with chalcogenide affinity such as Bi, Pb, and Te (CEs). Elements from the latter group form nano- to micron-scale inclusions which also attract Au and Ag incorporation. High concentration of all elements is attributable to lattice-defects and coherent intergrowths between molybdenite and CE-minerals rather than polytypism. If both groups are used, trace element patterns are useful for interpreting superimposed ore-forming processes. We test the validity of this hypothesis by carrying out Laser-Ablation Inductively-Coupled Mass Spectroscopy spot analysis and element mapping on high-Re molybdenite from the Tertiary Au deposit at Hilltop (NV, USA) and the Archean Boddington Cu-Au deposit (Western Australia). Whereas W and CEs are affected by both deformation and interaction with subsequent fluids, Re is only affected by the latter. An epithermal overprint at Hilltop, recorded in a grain with a CE-rich halo surrounding a core with Re-W oscillatory zoning, upgrades Re content and is also traceable by measurable Au. At Boddington, granite-derived fluids dilute Re in precursor molybdenite, but both granite and orogenic deformation assist CE-mineral coarsening and Au release. © 2013 Elsevier B.V. |
Keywords: | Molybdenite Laser-Ablation Inductively-Coupled Mass Spectroscopy Element mapping Bismuth Gold |
Rights: | © 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.03.011 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.03.011 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 4 Geology & Geophysics publications |
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