Complex, multiple ore fluids in the world class southeast Missouri Pb-Zn-Cu MVT deposits: Sulfur isotope evidence
- Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO (United States)
- Univ. of Missouri, Rolla, MO (United States). Dept. of Geology Geophysics
More than 625 sulfur isotope data from all of the mines in the Viburnum Trend Pb-Zn-Cu MVT district of southeast Missouri have identified large temporal variations of sulfur isotope composition within the complex mineral paragenesis of each mine as well as large spatial variations in sulfur isotope composition within and among mines. The general trend of [delta][sup 34]S values with increasing paragenetic time is: Early pyrite, [minus]9 to [minus]1[per thousand]; Early bornite-chalcopyrite, [minus]9 to +16[per thousand]; Massive chalcopyrite, [minus]14 to +9[per thousand]; Main sphalerite, +12 to +26[per thousand]; Cuboctahedral galena, +5 to +22[per thousand]; Main marcasite, [minus]19 to +9[per thousand]; Cubic galena, [minus]2 to +13[per thousand] Late sphalerite, +6 to +13[per thousand]; Late marcasite, +10 to +19[per thousand]; Late chalcopyrite, +2 to +33[per thousand]. Spatial correlation of [delta][sup 34]S values of the Main stages of sulfide mineralization in the West Fork mine may indicate that the cuboctahedral galena in this mine was precipitated from a Pb-rich, S-poor fluid that incorporated sulfur from reaction with earlier marcasite. In the rest of the district, ore precipitation may have occurred by mixing of Pb-rich, S-poor fluids with Pb-poor, S-rich fluids. Complex mineral parageneses and sulfur isotope systematics within the southeast Missouri Pb-Zn-Cu MVT deposits are compatible with multiple, metal-specific fluids and multiple precipitation mechanisms, as well as multiple sulfur sources.
- OSTI ID:
- 5018655
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9303210-; CODEN: GAAPBC
- Journal Information:
- Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs; (United States), Vol. 25:3; Conference: 27. annual Geological Society of America (GSA) North-Central Section meeting, Rolla, MO (United States), 29-30 Mar 1993; ISSN 0016-7592
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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