Scaling the 3-D Mohr circle and quantification of paleostress during fluid pressure fluctuation – Application to understand gold mineralization in quartz veins of Gadag (southern India)

2016 ◽  
Vol 88 ◽  
pp. 63-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sivaji Lahiri ◽  
Manish A. Mamtani
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Fluctuation ◽  
Gold Mineralization ◽  
Fluid Pressure ◽  
Southern India ◽  
Mohr Circle ◽  
Quartz Veins

Estimation of paleostress from pore fluid pressure of the quartz veins and its significance in the Cu-Pb-Zn mineralization (Ambaji, Aravalli-Delhi mobile belt, NW India)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neeraj Kumar Sharma ◽  
Tapas Kumar Biswal
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Inclusion ◽  
Quartz Vein ◽  
Hydrothermal Fluid ◽  
Stress Condition ◽  
Fluid Pressure ◽  
Tectonic Stress ◽  
Mobile Belt ◽  
Mohr Circle ◽  
Quartz Veins ◽  
Ore Minerals

<p>Quartz veins are produced from the crystallization of the last silica enriched hydrothermal phase from granitic magma circulating along the pre-existing fracture of rock. In many instances, these hydrothermal fluid act as a carrier for the ore minerals. The intrusion of quartz veins along fractures depends upon the tectonic stress conditions in the area. Fluid pressure (P<sub>f</sub>) of these ascending liquids should be higher than the normal compressive stress (σ<sub>n</sub>) to dilate the fractures. We are studying the quartz vein intrusion in the Cu‒Pb‒Zn mineralization belt of Ambaji, South Delhi terrane, Aravalli- Delhi mobile belt, NW India. The host rocks include mica schist, amphibolite, calc schist, talc tremolite schist, and four phases of granite intrusion (G<sub>0</sub>‒G<sub>3</sub>). The age of G<sub>0</sub>, G<sub>1</sub>, G<sub>2</sub> and G<sub>3</sub> granite are 960, 860, 800, and 750 Ma respectively. The rocks underwent three phases of folding (F<sub>1</sub>‒F<sub>3</sub>) and show greenschist to amphibolite facies metamorphism. The quartz vein intrusion is related to syn to post F<sub>3</sub> folding and G<sub>3</sub> granite magmatism. This final phase hydrothermal fluid extremely altered host rock and formed biotite-tourmaline-quartz and tremolite-actinolite-talc-chlorite greisen along the contact. The greisen host chalcopyrite-pyrite-galena-sphalerite mineralization suggesting the ore minerals were transported by the quartz vein. Vein orientation, stress condition, fluid pressure fluctuation, and fluid temperature can decide the fracture dilation and mineralization processes. Therefore, this work concentrates on the geometrical distribution of the vein orientation data. From this we deduced (i) girdle distribution pattern of vein data  (ii) σ<sub>1</sub> = 120º/75º, σ<sub>2</sub> = 052º/07º, σ<sub>3</sub> = 323º/07º indicate maximum extension was NW-SE and σ<sub>1</sub>σ<sub>2</sub> plane strikes was N52ºE, (iii) θ<sub>2</sub> =12º, θ<sub>3</sub> = 40º  and (iv) R'(driving pressure ratio) = 0.95, ϕ (tectonic stress ratio) = 0.90 indicates high value for R' leading to dilation of wide range of fractures. Further, the high ϕ value suggests uniaxial extension. Microscopic petrography of fluid inclusions shows three generations of inclusion like primary inclusion, secondary inclusion, and pseudosecondary inclusion. Most of the inclusion has aqueous and vapour phase and some inclusions show solid halite phase. We observed different types of trail bound of inclusion like intragranular inclusion, intergranular inclusion and transgranular inclusion, which suggest deformation and recrystallization in the rock. We are studying microthermometry analysis of fluid inclusion present in the quartz vein and trying to estimate the fluid pressure. With the help of fluid pressure, the 3D Mohr circle will be constructed and paleostress will be quantified. That will help in understanding the stress condition and mineralization in the rock.</p><p>Keywords: Veins, Fractures, Paleostress, 3D Mohr Circle, Mineralisation, Fluid Inclusion, Microthermometry</p>

scholarly journals Gold Mineralization at the Maletoyvayam Deposit (Koryak Highland, Russia) and Physicochemical Conditions of Its Formation

Minerals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 1093
Author(s):  
Evgeny G. Sidorov ◽  
Andrey A. Borovikov ◽  
Nadezhda D. Tolstykh ◽  
Daria S. Bukhanova ◽  
Galina A. Palyanova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Inclusions ◽  
Gold Mineralization ◽  
Fluid Pressure ◽  
Volcanic Belt ◽  
Physicochemical Characteristics ◽  
Epithermal Deposits ◽  
Quartz Veins ◽  
Mineral Associations ◽  
Epithermal Gold Deposit ◽  
Ore Minerals

Microthermometry study of fluid inclusions in quartz veins of the Maletoyvayam deposit (Koryak Highland, Russia) was carried out. This epithermal gold deposit contains unique Au compounds including maletoyvayamite, which has not been reported anywhere else. Two paragenetic mineral associations (pyrite-quartz and maletoyvayamite-quartz) with quartz of different generations corresponding to different pulses were also described. Only early generations of quartz (Q1) include ore minerals: pyrite for the first mineral assemblage, and in Au-bearing minerals, sulfosalts, bismuthinite, and others—for the second assemblage. A study on fluid inclusions in quartz showed a salinity (mainly NaCl + KCl) range from 0.2 to 4.3 wt.% NaCl eq., increasing from the first mineral association to the second due to boiling fluids. The obtained temperature variations for quartz crystallization were 295–135 °C, the fluid pressure ranged from 79 to 4 bar. On the other hand, the range of conditions obtained for the gold productive ore association is more narrow: salinity of the fluid inclusions is 4.3 wt.% NaCl eq., the temperatures vary from 255 °C to 245 °C, and the pressure from 39 to 32 bar. These physicochemical characteristics of the Maletoyvayam ore deposit greatly coincide with other HS-type epithermal deposits; however, within the Central Kamchatka Volcanic Belt it is so far the only deposit of this type reported.

scholarly journals Multispectral and Radar Data for the Setting of Gold Mineralization in the South Eastern Desert, Egypt

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 1450 ◽  
Author(s):  
Basem Zoheir ◽  
Ashraf Emam ◽  
Mohamed Abdel-Wahed ◽  
Nehal Soliman
Keyword(s):  
Synthetic Aperture Radar ◽  
Gold Mineralization ◽  
Eastern Desert ◽  
Synthetic Aperture ◽  
The South ◽  
Quartz Veins ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Vein Formation ◽  
Band Ratios ◽  
Sar Data

Satellite-based multi-sensor data coupled with field and microscopic investigations are used to unravel the setting and controls of gold mineralization in the Wadi Beitan–Wadi Rahaba area in the South Eastern Desert of Egypt. The satellite-based multispectral and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data promoted a vibrant litho-tectonic understanding and abetted in assessing the regional structural control of the scattered gold occurrences in the study area. The herein detailed approach includes band rationing, principal component and independent component analyses, directional filtering, and automated and semi-automated lineament extraction techniques to Landsat 8- Operational Land Imager (OLI), Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER), Phased Array L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (PALSAR), and Sentinel-1B data. Results of optical and SAR data processed as grayscale raster images of band ratios, Relative Absorption Band Depth (RBD), and (mafic–carbonate–hydrous) mineralogical indices are used to extract the representative pixels (regions of interest). The extracted pixels are then converted to vector shape files and are finally imported into the ArcMap environment. Similarly, manually and automatically extracted lineaments are merged with the band ratios and mineralogical indices vector layers. The data fusion approach used herein reveals no particular spatial association between gold occurrences and certain lithological units, but shows a preferential distribution of gold–quartz veins in zones of chlorite–epidote alteration overlapping with high-density intersections of lineaments. Structural features including en-echelon arrays of quartz veins and intense recrystallization and sub-grain development textures are consistent with vein formation and gold deposition syn-kinematic with the host shear zones. The mineralized, central-shear quartz veins, and the associated strong stretching lineation affirm vein formation amid stress build-up and stress relaxation of an enduring oblique convergence (assigned as Najd-related sinistral transpression; ~640–610 Ma). As the main outcome of this research, we present a priority map with zones defined as high potential targets for undiscovered gold resources.

scholarly journals Structural characterization of the internal domain of Paraguai Belt, in the Cangas region, south central portion of Mato Grosso, Brazil

2015 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno de Siqueira Costa ◽  
Carlos Humberto da Silva ◽  
Ana Cláudia Dantas da Costa
Keyword(s):  
Gold Mineralization ◽  
Axial Plane ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Quartz Veins ◽  
South Central ◽  
Third Phase ◽  
Crenulation Cleavage ◽  
Internal Domain

The structural study of rocks in the district of Cangas showed the identification of three phases of deformation for the Cuiabá Group in this region. The main structure oriented 120/27 is related to the first phase of deformation defined by a slate cleavage, parallel to the bedding and to the axial plane of recumbent folds. In the early stages of this phase a family of quartz veins (V1) was generated, arranged parallel to the structures of this phase of deformation, being all almost deformed. The second phase of deformation formed a crenulation cleavage (Sn+1), axial plane of opened to gentle and asymmetric normal folds, with preferential orientation 110/68. The third phase of deformation is represented by a set of centimetric to decametric scale fractures and faults with metric slip that cut all previous structures, with orientations 35/82. Related to this phase of deformation occurs a second family of quartz veins (V2), which fills the fractures related to Dn+2 and may or may not be carrying gold mineralization.

Design of a continuous wave mud pulse generator for data transmission by fluid pressure fluctuation

2018 ◽  
Vol 59 ◽  
pp. 28-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhidan Yan ◽  
Yanfeng Geng ◽  
Chunming Wei ◽  
Tiannong Wang ◽  
Tingzheng Gao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Fluctuation ◽  
Data Transmission ◽  
Continuous Wave ◽  
Pulse Generator ◽  
Fluid Pressure

scholarly journals STRUCTURAL, STRATIGRAPHIC AND METALLOGENETIC ASPECTS OF THE PARAGUAY FOLD AND THRUST BELT: IMPLICATIONS FOR GOLD MINERALIZATION AND COLLAGE OF THE GONDWANA

2020 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 279-296
Author(s):  
Elzio da Silva BARBOZA ◽  
Mauro Cesar GERALDES ◽  
Francisco Egídio Cavalcante PINHO ◽  
Carlos José FERNANDES ◽  
Carlos Humberto da SILVA
Keyword(s):  
Gold Mineralization ◽  
Gold Deposits ◽  
Terrigenous Sediments ◽  
Quartz Veins ◽  
Fold And Thrust Belt ◽  
Cap Carbonates ◽  
External Domain ◽  
Amazonian Craton ◽  
Eastern Border ◽  
Type 3

ABSTRACT - Paraguay Belt occupies the western portion of the Tocantins Province, surrounding the Southeast of the Amazonian Craton and the eastern border of the Rio Apa Block, suggesting continuity with Tucavaca Belt in Bolivia. The rocks of the Paraguay belt were initially deposited in a glaciomarine environment in sites proximal to the cratonic area and deeper marine under the influence of turbidite flows in distal sites (Cuiabá Group, Bauxi and Puga Formation). The cap carbonates, thick limestone and dolostone succession of the Araras Group and siltstones and diamictites of the Serra Azul Formation related to Glaskiers glaciation overlay these diamictites (related to Marinoan glaciation). On the top there are terrigenous sediments of the Alto Paraguay Group, represented by sandstones of Raizama and claystones of Diamantino formations, respectively. The belt can be divided into three distinct structural zones: The Internal Domain is comprised of turbidite and glaciogenic sequences. Glaciogenic rocks on the base and carbonaceous and terrigenous sediments on the top occur in the External Domain. Horizontal platformal cover on the Amazonian Craton rocks are characterized by open folds. Structural studies allowed characterization of continuous deformational phases: the main deformational phase generated regional inverse folds with a NE-SW trend and fan geometry. Several regionally widespread lode-type gold deposits related to four types of the quartz veins were identified: type 1 is in concordance to bedding, type 2 is parallel to Sn, type 3 is parallel to Sn+2, and vertical Type 4 (Au-rich) is orthogonal to Sn. Late deformation developed in the Cuiabá region, recorded the closure of the ocean and the invertion where the hydrothermal fluids are the responsible for the orebodies formation. Keywords: Paraguay Belt, Structural, Stratigraphy, Metalogenesis.

scholarly journals Genesis of the Koka Gold Deposit in Northwest Eritrea, NE Africa: Constraints from Fluid Inclusions and C-H-O-S Isotopes

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Zhao ◽  
Huazhou Yao ◽  
Jianxiong Wang ◽  
Ghebsha Fitwi Ghebretnsae ◽  
Wenshuai Xiang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gold Deposit ◽  
Meteoric Water ◽  
Gold Mineralization ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Gold Deposits ◽  
Orogenic Gold ◽  
Quartz Veins ◽  
Three Phase ◽  
Igneous Origin ◽  
Ne Africa

The Koka gold deposit is located in the Elababu shear zone between the Nakfa terrane and the Adobha Abiy terrane, NW Eritrea. Based on the paragenetic study two main stages of gold mineralization were identified in the Koka gold deposit: 1) an early stage of pyrite-chalcopyrite-sphalerite-galena-gold-quartz vein; and 2) a second stage of pyrite-quartz veins. NaCl-aqueous inclusions, CO2-rich inclusions, and three-phase CO2-H2O inclusions occur in the quartz veins at Koka. The ore-bearing quartz veins formed at 268℃, from NaCl-CO2-H2O(-CH4) fluids averaging 5 wt% NaCl eq. The ore-forming mechanisms include fluid immiscibility during stage I, and mixing with meteoric water during stage II. Oxygen, hydrogen and carbon isotopes suggest that the ore-forming fluids originated as mixtures of metamorphic water, meteoric water and magmatic water, whereas sulfur isotope suggest an igneous origin. Features of geology and ore-forming fluid at Koka deposit are similar to those of orogenic gold deposits, suggesting the Koka deposit might be an orogenic gold deposit related to granite.

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