| Titre | Origin of sulfur and crustal recycling of copper in polymetallic (Cu-Au-Co-Bi-U±Ag) iron-oxide-dominated systems in the Great Bear Magmatic Zone, NWT, Canada |
| Auteur | Acosta-Gongora, P; Gleeson, S A; Samson, I M; Corriveau, L; Ootes, L; Jackson, S E; Taylor, B E; Girard, I |
| Source | Mineralium Deposita 2017., https://doi.org/10.1007/s00126-017-0736-6 |
| Année | 2017 |
| Séries alt. | Ressources naturelles Canada, Contribution externe 20170088 |
| Éditeur | Springer |
| Document | publication en série |
| Lang. | anglais |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1007/s00126-017-0736-6 |
| Media | papier; en ligne; numérique |
| Formats | pdf |
| Province | Territoires du Nord-Ouest; Nunavut |
| SNRC | 86; 85M; 85N; 85O; 85P |
| Lat/Long OENS | -120.0000 -114.0000 67.0000 63.0000 |
| Sujets | gîtes polymétalliques; oxydes de fer; cuivre; or; minéralisation; magmatisme; arcs magmatiques; rapports des isotopes de soufre; géochimie du cuivre; roches mères; géochimie; géologie générale |
| Illustrations | location maps; photomicrographs |
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| Programme | Géologie du substratum rocheux et des dépôts meubles du sud de la province de Rae, GEM2 : La géocartographie de l'énergie et des minéraux |
| Diffusé | 2017 06 17 |
| Résumé | (disponible en anglais seulement)
The Great Bear magmatic zone, in northwest Canada, contains numerous polymetallic deposits of the iron oxide copper-gold deposit (IOCG) family. The
mineralization is hosted by the Treasure Lake Group and igneous rocks of the Great Bear arc, and was deposited concomitantly with the arc magmatism (ca. 1.88 to 1.87 Ga). In-situ ?34S (n=48) and ?65Cu (n=79) analyses were carried out on ore-related
sulfides from a number of these deposits. The d34S values mainly vary between 0 and +5(permil), consistent with derivation of sulfur from the mantle. Lower d34S values (-7.7 to +1.4(permil)) from the Sue Dianne deposit may indicate SO2
disproportionation of a magmatic hydrothermal fluid. The delta65Cu values vary between -1.2 to -0.3(permil), and are lower than the igneous delta65Cu range of values (0.0±0.27(permil)). The S and Cu isotopic data are decoupled, which suggests that Cu
(and possibly some S) was dissolved and remobilized from supracrustal rocks during early stages of alteration (e.g., sodic alteration), and then precipitated by lower temperature, more oxidizing fluids (e.g., Ca-Fe-K alteration). A limited fluid
inclusion dataset and d13C and d18O values are also presented; the d18Ofluid values are consistent with a magmatic origin or a host-rock equilibrated meteoric water source, whereas the d13Cfluid values support a marine carbonate source. Combined, the
S and Cu isotopic data indicate that while the emplacement of the Great Bear magmatic bodies may have driven fluid convection and may be the source of fluids and sulfur, metals such as Cu may have been recycled from crustal sources. |
| Résumé | (Résumé en langage clair et simple, non publié et disponible en anglais seulement)
This study comprises various Iron-Oxide-Copper-Gold mineral occurrences, prospects and deposits within the GBMZ
zone, in the Canadian Northwest Territories. The investigation speculates about the source(s) of S and Cu obtained via in-situ isotopic analysis of chalcopyrite, pyrite and molybdenite and chalcopyrite, respectively,from these ore systems. The paper
provides compelling evidence to support a magmatic source for S, and by the contrary, it suggests that Cu could have been leached from upper crustal litohologies. This manuscript is to our knowledge, the first of its kind to record the use of Cu
isotopes applied to the origin of metals in IOCG deposits. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 301697 |
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