Stable isotope studies of the origins of mineralization at Mount Isa. I. |
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Authors: | J. W. Smith M. S. Burns N. J. W. Croxford |
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Affiliation: | (1) CSIRO, Sydney, Australia;(2) Carpentaria Exploration Co Pty Ltd, Brisbane, Australia |
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Abstract: | Further support for the view that mineralization at Mount Isa comprises two separate events is provided by 34S/32S measurement. Isotopic exchange between sulphides in lead-zinc-silver ores appears to have been promoted locally during metamorphism, whereas isotopic disequilibrium persists in the copper ores. These isotopic data are explained by a model in which sedimentary deposition of lead, zinc and silver was succeeded by the post-metamorphic emplacement of copper. Past biological activity is inferred from the occurrence of low concentrations of organic carbon with 13C values ranging from –21 to –26 PDB. Carbonate contents, expressed as carbon, vary from <0.1% to 10.9%. The 13C and 18O values for the carbonates are relatively constant at –4.4±1.1 and –17.6±1.1 PDB respectively. These values are interpreted as reflecting isotopic changes induced in original marine carbonates by isotopic exchange during lower greenschist metamorphism. |
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