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Title: Goethite-bearing brine inclusions, petroleum inclusions, and the geochemical conditions of ore deposition at the Jumbo mine, Kansas

Conference · · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta; (USA)
OSTI ID:5181289
;  [1]
  1. Univ. of Missouri, Kansas City (USA)

Petroleum-bearing fluid inclusions occur in sphalerite, calcite, dolomite, and barite at the Jumbo mine, a Mississippi Valley-type deposit in eastern Kansas. In addition to petroleum, Na-Ca-Mg-Fe chloride brines were present during deposition of calcite and sphalerite in which primary inclusions contain {approx gt}23 equivalent wt.% NaCl. Dolomite- and barite-hosted inclusions are more dilute, possibly because of mixing between hydrothermal fluids and groundwater during mineralization. Primary oil inclusions in sphalerite have homogenization temperatures (Th) between 85 and 95{degree}C. Aqueous inclusions have Th values ranging from {approximately}90 to 130{degree}C for sphalerite to below {approximately}50{degree}C for barite. Primary brine inclusions in calcite at the Jumbo mine contain goethite, apparently as a daughter mineral. Goethite has also been tentatively identified in inclusions from the Fletcher mine of Missouri. If goethite is a true daughter phase, it implies the presence of oxidized fluids during mineralization. This suggests that ore deposition resulted from interactions between hydrothermal fluids and dilute groundwater.

OSTI ID:
5181289
Report Number(s):
CONF-8701162-; CODEN: GCACA
Journal Information:
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta; (USA), Vol. 52:5; Conference: American conference on research on fluid inclusions (ACROFI), Socorro, NM (USA), 5 Jan 1987; ISSN 0016-7037
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English