| Title | Trace element composition of iron oxides from IOCG and IOA deposits: relationship to hydrothermal alteration and deposit subtypes |
| Author | Huang, X -W; Boutroy, E; Makvandi, S; Beaudoin, G; Corriveau, L; De Toni, A F |
| Source | Mineralium Deposita 2018 p. 1-28, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00126-018-0825-1 (Open Access) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Alt Series | Natural Resources Canada, Contribution Series 20170329 |
| Publisher | Springer Nature |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | paper; on-line; digital |
| File format | pdf; html |
| Subjects | economic geology; geochemistry; mathematical and computational geology; mineral deposits; iron oxides; copper; gold; apatite; porphyry deposits; volcanogenic deposits; sulphide deposits; ore mineral
genesis; ore controls; mineralization; hydrothermal alteration; trace element analyses; major element analyses; statistical analyses; discriminant analyses; temperature; magnetite; hematite; mass spectrometer analysis; spectrometric analyses;
electron probe analyses; petrographic analyses; oxygen geochemistry; precipitation; host rocks; iron oxide-copper-gold (IOCG) deposits; iron oxide apatite (IOA) deposits; deposit types; deposit subtypes; alteration types |
| Illustrations | geoscientific sketch maps; photomicrographs; geochemical plots; plots; bar graphs |
| Program | Uranium systems, Targeted Geoscience Initiative (TGI-5) |
| Released | 2018 07 17 |
| Abstract | Trace element compositions of magnetite and hematite from 16 well-studied iron oxide-copper-gold (IOCG) and iron oxide apatite (IOA) deposits, combined with partial least squares-discriminant analysis
(PLS-DA), were used to investigate the factors controlling the iron oxide chemistry and the links between the chemical composition of iron oxides and hydrothermal processes, as divided by alteration types and IOCG and IOA deposit subtypes. Chemical
compositions of iron oxides are controlled by oxygen fugacity, temperature, co-precipitating sulfides, and host rocks. Iron oxides from hematite IOCG deposits show relatively high Nb, Cu, Mo, W, and Sn contents, and can be discriminated from those
from magnetite + hematite and magnetite IOA deposits. Magnetite IOCG deposits show a compositional diversity and overlap with the three other types, which may be due to the incremental development of high-temperature Ca-Fe and K-Fe alteration. Iron
oxides from the high-temperature Ca-Fe alteration can be discriminated from those from high- and low-temperature K-Fe alteration by higher Mg and V contents. Iron oxides from low-temperature K-Fe alteration can be discriminated from those from
high-temperature K-Fe alteration by higher Si, Ca, Zr, W, Nb, and Mo contents. Iron oxides from IOA deposits can be discriminated from those from IOCG deposits by higher Mg, Ti, V, Pb, and Sc contents. The composition of IOCG and IOA iron oxides can
be discriminated from those from porphyry Cu, Ni-Cu, and volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits. |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
This research from Laval University to which the Geological Survey of Canada collaborates aims to establish relationships between trace element chemistry
of magnetite and host alteration types and deposit subtypes to develop discrimination diagrams for mineral exploration and process studies. The research optimises results from the Uranium systems project of the Targeted Geoscience
Initiative. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 306447 |
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