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GEOSCIENCE FRONTIERS
卷 9, 期 3, 页码 715-726出版社
CHINA UNIV GEOSCIENCES, BEIJING
DOI: 10.1016/j.gsf.2017.09.005
关键词
Dharwar; Gold; Fluid inclusions; Isotopes; Fluid composition; Greenstone metamorphism
资金
- Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India [ESS/16/116/98, ESS/16/259/2005]
- DST [IR/S4/ESF-08/2005]
Neoarchean orogenic gold deposits, associated with the greenstone-granite milieus in the Dharwar Craton include (1) the famous Kolar mine and the world class Hutti deposit; (2) small mines at Hira-Buddini, Uti, Ajjanahalli, and Guddadarangavanahalli; (3) prospects at Jonnagiri; and (4) old mining camps in the Gadag and Ramagiri-Penakacherla belts. The existing diametric views on the source of ore fluid for formation of these deposits include fluids exsolved from granitic melts and extracted by metamorphic devolatilization of the greenstone sequences. Lode gold mineralization occurs in structurally controlled higher order splays in variety of host rocks such as mafic/felsic greenstones, banded iron formations, volcaniclastic rocks and granitoids. Estimated metamorphic conditions of the greenstones vary from lower greenschist facies to mid-amphibolite facies and mineralizations in all the camps are associated with distinct hydrothermal alterations. Fluid inclusion microthermometric and Raman spectroscopic studies document low salinity aqueous-gaseous (H2O + CO2 +/- CH4 + NaCl) ore fluids, which precipitated gold and altered the host rocks in a narrow P-T window of 0.7-2.5 kbar and 215-320 degrees C. While the calculated fluid O- and C-isotopic values are ambiguous, S-isotopic compositions of pyrite-precipitating fluid show distinct craton-scale uniformity in terms of its reduced nature and a suggested crustal sulfur source. Available ages on greenstone metamorphism, granitoid plutonism and mineralization in the Hutti Belt are tantamount, making a geochronology-based resolution of the existing debate on the metamorphic vs. magmatic fluid source impossible. In contrast, tourmaline geochemistry suggests involvement of single fluid in formation of gold mineralization, primarily derived by metamorphic devolatilization of mafic greenstones and interlayered sedimentary rocks, with minor magmatic contributions. Similarly, compositions of scheelite, pyrite and arsenopyrite point toward operation of fault-valves that caused pressure fluctuation-induced fluid phase separation, which acted as the dominant process of gold precipitation, apart from fluid-rock sulfidation reactions. Therefore, results from geochemistry of hydrothermal minerals and those from fluid inclusion microthermometry corroborate in constraining source of ore fluid, nature of gold transport (by Au-bisulfide complex) and mechanism of gold ore formation in the Dharwar Craton. (C) 2018, China University of Geosciences (Beijing) and Peking University. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V.
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