Genesis of fahlore in the Tianbaoshan lead–zinc deposit, Sichuan Province, China: a scanning electron microscopy–energy dispersive spectroscopy study

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摘要 TheTianbaoshandeposit,locatedinthesouthwesternpartoftheYangtzeBlock,isarepresentativePb-ZndepositintheSichuan-Yunnan-GuizhouPb-Znmetallogenicprovince.ThePb-ZnorebodiesarehostedintheupperSinianDengyingFormationdolostone.Thepredominantmineralsaresphalerite,galena,pyrite,chalcopyrite,quartz,andcalcitewithminorarsenopyrite,fahlore,anddolomite.ThedepositischaracterizedbyrelativelystrongCumineralization.However,therelationshipbetweenPb-ZnandCumineralizationisunknown.Weanalyzedthemineralogyandcompositionoffahlore,chalcopyrite,arsenopyrite,sphalerite,andgalenausingscanningelectronmicroscopy-energydispersivespectroscopy,withtheaimofprovidingnewevidenceforthegenesisofthePb-Zn-(Cu)ore.TheresultsshowthattheCuoreinthedepositisdominatedbychalcopyriteandfahlore,bothofwhichformedbeforeorduringthePb-Znore-formingstage.ThefahloreshoweddramaticcompositionalvariationandwascharacterizedbynegativecorrelationsbetweenAgandCu,andbetweenAsandSb,suggestingsubstitutionofAgforCu,andthatAsandSbsubstituteinthesamesiteinthefahlorelattice.Basedonbackscatteredelectronimagesandcomposition,thefahlorewasdividedintotwotypes.TypeIfahlorecrystallizedearlyandischaracterizedbyenrichmentofCuanddepletioninAgandSb.TypeⅡfahloreformedafterTypeI,andisrichinAgandpoorinCuandAs.Moreover,galenaandfahlorearethehostmineralsofAg.ThevariationofvalencestatewithAshostmineral--fromfahloretoarsenopyrite-indicatesthemetallogenicenvironmentchangedfromrelativelyoxidizingtoreducingwithahighpH.InthelightofGibbsenergiesofreciprocalreactionsandisothermsforcationexchange,thecompositionofthefahloreimpliesitsore-formingtemperaturewaslowerthan220℃,correspondingwithtypicalMississippiValley-type(MVT)deposits.Basedonthegeologiccharacterandgeochemicaldataofthisdeposit,wesuggestthattheTianbaoshandepositbelongstotheMV
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出版日期 2018年06月16日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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