CHARACTERIZATION OF PALEOPROTEROZOIC STRUCTURES, AURIFEROUS QUARTZ VEINS, AND HOST ROCKS, FISHER PROPERTY, SEABEE GOLD OPERATION, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Courtney Carol Onstad ◽  
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Kevin M. Ansdell ◽  
Camille A. Partin ◽  
Anders Carlson
Keyword(s):  
Quartz Veins ◽  
Host Rocks

scholarly journals PARAGUAY BELT LITHOSTRATIGRAPHIC AND TECTONIC CHARACTERIZATION: IMPLICATIONS IN THE EVOLUTION OF THE OROGEN (MATO GROSSO-BRAZIL) / CARACTERIZAÇÃO LITOESTRATIGRÁFICA E TECTÔNICA DO CINTURÃO PARAGUAY : IMPLICAÇÕES NA EVOLUÇÃO DO ORÓGENO (MATO GROSSO-BRASIL)

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 54-73
Author(s):  
Elzio Da Silva Barboza ◽  
Anderson Costa dos Santos ◽  
Carlos José Fernandes ◽  
Mauro César Geraldes
Keyword(s):  
Gold Content ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Quartz Veins ◽  
Marine Sedimentation ◽  
Amazonian Craton ◽  
Gondwana Supercontinent ◽  
Surrounding Areas ◽  
Shelf Region ◽  
High Gold Content

The Paraguay Belt is composed by sediments deposited due to extensional events followed by inversion with deformation and magmatism and lastly collision of the Amazonian Craton and Paranapanema Block. The marine sedimentation, with Neoproterozoic ages, should have occurred in a continental shelf region, at about 800-550 Ma, when the closing of many oceans gave place to the amalgamation of the Gondwana supercontinent. Three areas were selected for this study which configuration define the perpendicular profile of the Paraguay Belt and allow the characterization of the main regional structures.The structural analysis in the sites here reported and surrounding areas allow suggesting that three deformational events are recorded in the rocks of this region. The sedimentary bedding S0, marked by alternations of dark gray and whitish coloration in the seritic phyllites is folded and the axial plane (Sn) is marked by a cleavage of ardosian. These surfaces are cut by two other deformations, Sn + 1 surface that plunges at high angles to SE as fracture cleavage and Sn + 2 that is orthogonal to the previous deformations and has NW-SE direction with vertical dips, where sometimes occurs quartz veins with high gold content. The Paraguay Belt fan geometry observed in the Sn foliation was developed during the closing of a Brazilian ocean that evolved between the Paranapanema Block and the Amazonian Craton. ResumoO Cinturão Paraguai é composto por sedimentos depositados durante eventos extencionais  seguidos de inversão com deformação e magmatismo e, por último, colisão do Craton Amazônico e do Bloco Paranapanema. A sedimentação marinha, com idades Neoproterozóicas, ocorreu  em uma região de plataforma continental, entre 800-550 Ma, quando o fechamento de muitos oceanos deu lugar à fusão do supercontinente Gondwana. Três áreas foram selecionadas para este estudo cuja configuração define um  perfil perpendicular do Cinturão do Paraguai e permite a caracterização das principais estruturas regionais.A análise estrutural nos locais aqui relatados e áreas adjacentes permite sugerir que as rochas do orógeno passou por três eventos deformacionais. O acamamento  sedimentar S0, marcado por alternâncias de coloração cinza-escura e esbranquiçada nos filitos e siltitos, é dobrado e o plano axial (Sn) é marcado por uma clivagem ardosiana. Estas superfícies são cortadas por outras duas deformações, Sn + 1 que mergulha em ângulos elevados para SE como clivagem de fratura e Sn + 2 que é ortogonal às deformações anteriores e tem direção NW-SE com mergulhos verticais, onde às vezes ocorrem veios de quartzo com alto teor de ouro. A geometria em leque  do Cinturão Paraguay observada na foliação de Sn foi desenvolvida durante o fechamento de um oceano brasileiro que evoluiu entre o Bloco Paranapanema e o Craton Amazônico.

scholarly journals Mineralogical and Fluid Inclusions Study of Epithermal Type Veins Intruding the Volcanic Rocks of the Kornofolia Area, Evros, NE Greece.

2019 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 202
Author(s):  
Foteini Aravani ◽  
Lambrini Papadopoulou ◽  
Vasileios Melfos ◽  
Triantafillos Soldatos ◽  
Triantafillia Zorba ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structure ◽  
Fluid Inclusion ◽  
Hydrothermal Alteration ◽  
Fluid Inclusions ◽  
Volcanic Rocks ◽  
The Other ◽  
Calc Alkaline ◽  
Ft Ir ◽  
Host Rocks

The volcanic rocks of Kornofolia area, Evros, host a number of epithermal-type veins. The host rocks are Oligocene calc-alkaline andesites to rhyo-dacites. The andesites form hydrothermal breccias and show hydrothermal alteration. The veins comprise mainly silica polymorphs such as quartz, chalcedony and three types of opal (milky white, transparent and green). Amethyst also forms in veins at the same area. Apart from the silica polymorphs, the veins are accompanied by calcite and zeolites. The main aim of this study is the characterization of the silica polymorphs. Using FT-IR analyses, variations in the crystal structure of the three opals were recognized. The green opal is found to be more amorphous than the other two types. Fluid-inclusion measurements were performed in calcite and were compared with amethyst from previous studies. The Th is between 121-175 °C and the Te between -22.9 and -22.4 °C. The salinities range from 0.9 to 4.5 wt % NaCl equiv.

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.

Oxygen isotopic composition of quartz veins and host rocks at the Sukhoi Log deposit, Russia

2009 ◽  
Vol 51 (6) ◽  
pp. 505-512 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. A. Ikonnikova ◽  
E. O. Dubinina ◽  
M. R. Saroyan ◽  
A. V. Chugaev
Keyword(s):  
Isotopic Composition ◽  
Oxygen Isotopic Composition ◽  
Quartz Veins ◽  
Oxygen Isotopic ◽  
Host Rocks

scholarly journals Amethyst Occurrences in Tertiary Volcanic Rocks of Greece: Mineralogical, Fluid Inclusion and Oxygen Isotope Constraints on Their Genesis

Minerals ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Panagiotis Voudouris ◽  
Vasilios Melfos ◽  
Constantinos Mavrogonatos ◽  
Alexandre Tarantola ◽  
Jens Gӧtze ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Inclusion ◽  
Open System ◽  
Volcanic Rocks ◽  
Hydrothermal Fluids ◽  
Northern Greece ◽  
Quartz Veins ◽  
Low Salinity ◽  
Moderate Salinity ◽  
Host Rocks ◽  
Of Greece

Epithermally altered volcanic rocks in Greece host amethyst-bearing veins in association with various silicates, carbonates, oxides and sulfides. Host rocks are Oligocene to Pleistocene calc-alkaline to shoshonitic lavas and pyroclastics of intermediate to acidic composition. The veins are integral parts of high to intermediate sulfidation epithermal mineralized centers in northern Greece (e.g., Kassiteres–Sapes, Kirki, Kornofolia/Soufli, Lesvos Island) and on Milos Island. Colloform–crustiform banding with alternations of amethyst, chalcedony and/or carbonates is a common characteristic of the studied amethyst-bearing veins. Hydrothermal alteration around the quartz veins includes sericitic, K-feldspar (adularia), propylitic and zeolitic types. Precipitation of amethyst took place from near-neutral to alkaline fluids, as indicated by the presence of various amounts of gangue adularia, calcite, zeolites, chlorite and smectite. Fluid inclusion data suggest that the studied amethyst was formed by hydrothermal fluids with relatively low temperatures (~200–250 °C) and low to moderate salinity (1–8 wt % NaCl equiv). A fluid cooling gradually from the external to the inner parts of the veins, possibly with subsequent boiling in an open system, is considered for the amethysts of Silver Hill in Sapes and Kassiteres. Amethysts from Kornofolia, Megala Therma, Kalogries and Chondro Vouno were formed by mixing of moderately saline hydrothermal fluids with low-salinity fluids at relatively lower temperatures indicating the presence of dilution processes and probably boiling in an open system. Stable isotope data point to mixing between magmatic and marine (and/or meteoric) waters and are consistent with the oxidizing conditions required for amethyst formation.

scholarly journals Amethyst occurrences in Tertiary volcanic rocks of Greece: mineralogical and genetic implications

2013 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 477 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Voudouris ◽  
I. Psimis ◽  
C. Mavrogonatos ◽  
C. Kanellopoulos ◽  
M. Kati ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Volcanic Rocks ◽  
Hydrothermal Activity ◽  
Hydrothermal Fluids ◽  
Calc Alkaline ◽  
Northern Greece ◽  
Volcanic Arc ◽  
Quartz Veins ◽  
High Sulfidation ◽  
Host Rocks ◽  
Of Greece

Epithermal-altered volcanic rocks in Greece host gem-quality amethyst veins in association with various silicates, carbonates, oxides, sulfides and halides. Host rocks are Oligocene to recent calc-alkaline to shoshonitic lavas and pyroclastics of intermediate- to acid composition. The amethyst-bearing veins occur in the periphery of porphyry-type and/or high-sulfidation epithermal mineralized centers in northern Greece (e.g. Sapes, Kirki, Kornofolia/Soufli, Lesvos island) and on Milos island in the active Aegean Volcanic Arc. Hydrothermal alteration around the quartz veins includes sericitic, K-feldspar (adularia), argillic, propylitic and zeolitic types. Precipitation of amethyst in the northern Greece occurrences, took place during the final stages of the magmatic-hydrothermal activity from near-neutral to alkaline fluids, as indicated by the presence of gangue adularia, calcite, smectite, chlorite, sericite, pyrite, zeolites (laumontite, heulandite, clinoptilolite), analcime and minor amounts of barite, halite, epidote and fluorite in the quartz veins. Amethyst at Milos Island (Chondro Vouno and Kalogries-Vani areas), is accompanied by barite, smectite and lepidocrocite. Colloform-crustiform banding with alternations of amethyst, chalcedony and/or carbonates is a common characteristic of the studied amethyst-bearing veins. Fluid inclusion- and mineralogical data suggest that the studied amethyst were formed at: 174-246 °C (Sapes area), 100-175 °C (Kirki and Kornofolia areas) and 223-234°C (Lesvos island). The amethyst formation requires oxidizing conditions and is probably the result of mixing between meteoric or seawater with upwelling hydrothermal fluids. The involvement of seawater in the studied mineralization is supported by the presence of halite and abundant barite in the veins. Finally, the studied amethyst deposits should be evaluated as potential gemstone sources in Greece.

scholarly journals Structural and Geochemical Characterization of Gold Mineralized Quartz Veins in Belikombone Gold Prospect, Betare-oya Gold District, East Cameroon

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 24
Author(s):  
Melvin Tamnta Nforba ◽  
Suka Joe Chi ◽  
Tangko Tangko Emmanuel ◽  
Arnaud Patrice Kouske
Keyword(s):  
Geochemical Characterization ◽  
Quartz Veins

scholarly journals Metamorphic and Metasomatic Kyanite-Bearing Mineral Assemblages of Thassos Island (Rhodope, Greece)

Minerals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tarantola ◽  
Voudouris ◽  
Eglinger ◽  
Scheffer ◽  
Trebus ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Size ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Coarse Grained ◽  
Fluid Circulation ◽  
Large Crystal ◽  
Northern Greece ◽  
Quartz Veins ◽  
Mineral Assemblages ◽  
Mineral Compositions ◽  
Host Rocks

The Trikorfo area (Thassos Island, Rhodope massif, Northern Greece) represents a unique mineralogical locality with Mn-rich minerals including kyanite, andalusite, garnet and epidote. Their vivid colors and large crystal size make them good indicators of gem-quality materials, although crystals found up to now are too fractured to be considered as marketable gems. The dominant lithology is represented by a garnet–kyanite–biotite–hematite–plagioclase ± staurolite ± sillimanite paragneiss. Thermodynamic Perple_X modeling indicates conditions of ca. 630–710 °C and 7.8–10.4 kbars. Post-metamorphic metasomatic silicate and calc-silicate (Mn-rich)-minerals are found within (i) green-red horizons with a mineralogical zonation from diopside, hornblende, epidote and grossular, (ii) mica schists containing spessartine, kyanite, andalusite and piemontite, and (iii) weakly deformed quartz-feldspar coarse-grained veins with kyanite at the interface with the metamorphic gneiss. The transition towards brittle conditions is shown by Alpine-type tension gashes, including spessartine–epidote–clinochlore–hornblende-quartz veins, cross-cutting the metamorphic foliation. Kyanite is of particular interest because it is present in the metamorphic paragenesis and locally in metasomatic assemblages with a large variety of colors (zoned blue to green/yellow-transparent and orange). Element analyses and UV-near infrared spectroscopy analyses indicate that the variation in color is due to a combination of Ti4+–Fe2+, Fe3+ and Mn3+ substitutions with Al3+. Structural and mineralogical observations point to a two-stage evolution of the Trikorfo area, where post-metamorphic hydrothermal fluid circulation lead locally to metasomatic reactions from ductile to brittle conditions during Miocene exhumation of the high-grade host-rocks. The large variety of mineral compositions and assemblages points to a local control of the mineralogy and fO2 conditions during metasomatic reactions and interactions between hydrothermal active fluids with surrounding rocks.

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