| Title | Feldspar triclinicity, superheating and mineralization |
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| Author | Girard, R; Potvin-Doucet, C; Bédard, L P; Bouchard, F |
| Source | TGI 4 - Intrusion Related Mineralisation Project: new vectors to buried porphyry-style mineralisation; by Rogers, N (ed.); Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7843, 2015 p. 429-443, https://doi.org/10.4095/296481  Open Access |
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| Year | 2015 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | open file |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| Related | This publication is contained in TGI 4 - Intrusion Related
Mineralisation Project: new vectors to buried porphyry-style mineralisation |
| Related | This publication is related to Mineralogy and chemistry of
tourmaline in the Woodjam porphyry deposits, British Columbia |
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| Subjects | economic geology; mineralogy; mineralization; feldspar; mineral specimens; mineralogical analyses; crystallography; porphyry copper; porphyry deposits; hydrothermal alteration; hydrothermal
deposits |
| Illustrations | photographs; photomicrographs; cross-sections; models; ternary diagrams |
| Program | Targeted Geoscience Initiative (TGI-4) Intrusion/Porphyry Ore Systems |
| Released | 2015 06 11; 2023 03 17 |
| Abstract | The association of hydrothermal alteration and gold mineralization with Archean porphyric felsic dykes swarms is a well-known feature. Examples are abundant in the Abitibi greenstone belt, such as
Fenn-Gibbs or Lamaque. It has been frequently observed by the authors, in the course of routine petrographic work, that feldspar phenocrysts from such dykes ("FP" or "QFP") are monoclinic sanidine or anorthoclase, rather than the more usual
orthoclase. It is estimated that about 50 % of the "QFP" occurrences are apparently sanidine bearing, suggesting an underlying process. Preservation of the high temperature structure of feldspar requires rapid heat dissipation in order to avoid
inversion to triclinic feldspar or perthite. In hypabyssal or mesozonal conditions, it requires abundant fluids percolation. Such fluid inflow necessitates permeability, likely by fracturation, as indicated by the coeval pervasive sericite dominated
hydrothermal alteration invading in the wallrock of the dyke swarm. Porphyritic felsitic dykes can be seen as the uppermost expression of larger magmatic chambers, linking it with the eruptive complex Superheating evidences are abundant, such as
phenocrysts resorbtion, similar to what is commonly seen in rhyolite and dacite.
Feldspars, under magmatic conditions, are monoclinic and form a complete solid solution between albite and orthose. Their inversion into triclinic structure occurs at
about 700°C, where microcline and albite end-members exsolve into perthites. Orthose can preserve pseudomonoclinic structure and variable obliquity. The magnitude of this obliquity is potentially related to the cooling history of the intrusion, and
is envisaged as a proxy of the cooling gradient.
Recognizing sanidine or anorthoclase from orthoclase can be done under the petrographic microscope, while accurate measurement of obliquity needs time-consuming 5- axis Federov's stage
manipulations. The relation between optical obliquity and d (13 1) - d 131 spacing by XRD are under evaluation, as well is the development of more efficient procedures. The effectiveness of the method is currently tested on a well-documented
mineralized system at Osisko's Canadian Malartic deposit. In the event the premise works, it may provide a new tool to test the fertility of porphyritic intrusions. |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
The Targeted Geoscience Initiative (TGI-4) is a collaborative federal geoscience program that provides industry with the next generation of geoscience
knowledge and innovative techniques to better detect buried mineral deposits, thereby reducing some of the risks of exploration. This volume summarises research activities completed under the TGI 4 Intrusion Related Mineralisation Project that
focused on porphyry-style ore systems related to the Cu- and Cu-Mo deposits of South-Central British Columbia and the Sn-W-Mo-In deposits in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 296481 |
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