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Title: | Tourmaline records the hydrothermal events related to Zn-Pb mineralization around the Murguía diapir (Basque Cantabrian Basin, N Spain) |
Author: | Galdos, R. Canals i Sabaté, Àngels Cardellach López, Esteve Perona Moreno, Joaquim |
Keywords: | Jaciments minerals Jaciments hidrotermals País Basc Mineral deposits Hydrothermal deposits Basque Country |
Issue Date: | 14-Jun-2019 |
Publisher: | (UB). (ICTJA). (IDEA). (UAB). (CSIC) |
Abstract: | The chemical composition of tourmaline has been used as a host environment register as well as a potential exploration tool for mineral deposits. In this study, the textural and chemical composition of tourmalines associated with Zn-Pb mineralizations around the Murguía diapir (Basque Cantabrian Basin, N Spain) are examined to verify if they record the mineralizing events in the area. Petrographically, tourmalines have been differentiated between inherited and authigenic. Colorless authigenic tourmalines are present as halos partially around green and pleochroic detrital grains or as individual crystals. Inherited and authigenic tourmalines are also chemically distinct. Authigenic tourmalines show different X-site occupancies, a Mg/(Mg+Fe) ratio above 0.77, and are aluminum rich and plot to the right of the povondraite-oxidravite join, above the schorl-dravite join. Inherited tourmalines plot within the alkaline (Na+K) group field, and have a Mg/(Mg+Fe) ratio below 0.77. These data suggest that authigenic tourmalines grew under reducing conditions, compatible with the hydrothermal event responsible for the ore deposition and caprock formation during the diapir ascent. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1344/GeologicaActa2019.17.5 |
It is part of: | Geologica Acta, 2019, vol. 17, num. 5, p. 1-9 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/135739 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1344/GeologicaActa2019.17.5 |
ISSN: | 1695-6133 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Mineralogia, Petrologia i Geologia Aplicada) |
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