| Titre | Mineralogy and chemistry of tourmaline in the Woodjam porphyry deposits, British Columbia |
| Télécharger | Téléchargement (publication entière) |
| Auteur | Chapman, J B |
| Source | TGI 4 - Intrusion Related Mineralisation Project: new vectors to buried porphyry-style mineralisation; par Rogers, N (éd.); Commission géologique du Canada, Dossier public 7843, 2015 p. 403-413, https://doi.org/10.4095/296479 (Accès ouvert) |
| Liens | Canadian Database of Geochemical Surveys, downloadable files
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| Liens | Banque de données de levés géochimiques du Canada,
fichiers téléchargeables
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| Année | 2015 |
| Éditeur | Ressources naturelles Canada |
| Document | dossier public |
| Lang. | anglais |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.4095/296479 |
| Media | en ligne; numérique |
| Référence reliée | Cette publication est contenue dans Rogers, N;
(2015). TGI 4 - Intrusion Related Mineralisation Project: new vectors to buried porphyry-style mineralisation, Commission géologique du Canada, Dossier public 7843 |
| Référence reliée | Cette publication est reliée Chapman, J B;
(2014). Mineralogy and chemistry of tourmaline in the Woodjam porphyry deposits, British Columbia, L'Association géologique du Canada-L'Association minéralogique du Canada, Réunion annuelle conjointe, Recueil des résumés vol. 37 |
| Formats | pdf |
| Province | Colombie-Britannique |
| SNRC | 92I; 92P; 93A; 93B |
| Lat/Long OENS | -124.0000 -120.0000 53.0000 50.0000 |
| Sujets | gisements porphyriques; cuivre porphyrique; prospection minière; minéralisation; tungstène; molybdène; étain; bismuth; cuivre; or; roches intrusives; roches ignées; tourmaline; altération; géologie
économique; minéralogie; géochimie; pétrologie ignée et métamorphique; Mésozoïque; Jurassique; Trias |
| Illustrations | location maps; photomicrographs; photographs; ternary diagrams; plots |
| Programme | Initiative géoscientifique ciblée (IGC-4), Étude des gîtes porphyriques |
| Diffusé | 2015 06 11 |
| Résumé | (disponible en anglais seulement)
Tourmaline is a common accessory and gangue mineral in a diverse range of hydrothermal ore-forming systems covering a broad spectrum of pressure, temperature
and chemical conditions, reflecting tourmaline's wide stability range. Previous studies, dating back into the 1960s, have shown that tourmaline can very closely track changes in physicochemical conditions within the fluid from which it is
precipitated. Tourmaline's refractory and resistant physical properties mean that the mineral is able to preserve this information through numerous subsequent phases of metamorphism, alteration and weathering; in many cases tourmaline may be the only
robust remaining record of original hydrothermal processes. Although tourmaline's utility in mineral exploration has been demonstrated, very few studies have attempted to measure concentrations of the ore metals themselves. In general, these
limitations have been imposed by the common use of EPMA alone to interrogate mineral chemistry at high spatial resolution.
In many porphyry-related deposits of the South American Cordillera, tourmaline occurrences are abundant and extensive, and
have attracted much interest for use during mineral deposit exploration. However, owing to various factors including differences in their tectonic settings and magma chemistries, porphyry-related deposits of the Canadian Cordillera rarely report
significant tourmaline among their mineral inventory. Consequently, studies of tourmaline associated with Canadian deposits are limited, and almost no data exist on tourmaline occurrences associated with alkalic or hybrid alkalic - calc-alkalic
systems. In this study we report mineralogical and LA-ICP-MS trace element analyses of tourmaline minerals from within the hybrid alkalic and calc-alkalic Woodjam porphyry Cu-Au deposits of central British Columbia. These minerals display significant
variation in both their major and trace element compositions, reflecting both temporal and spatial evolution of the magmatic- hydrothermal fluids from which the deposit formed. Tourmaline associated with high-temperature potassic alteration has
greater schorl (i.e., Fe-rich) component and trace element abundances characteristic of the core of a porphyry hydrothermal system, while tourmaline recovered in association with distal, lower-temperature, albite-rich alteration has an increased
dravitic (i.e., Mg-rich) component and a distinct trace element suite. Tourmaline recovered in intimate association with chalcopyrite mineralization has a pronounced blue colour and increased copper content. Hence, within the Woodjam and other
similar deposits it may be possible to use tourmaline mineralogy and chemistry as a vector to mineralization. In addition, careful analysis of tourmaline recovered from surficial samples (till, soil, etc.) may provide detailed information on the type
and abundance of any concealed mineralized body. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 296479 |
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