Ion microprobe determination of sulfur isotope variations in iron sulfides from the Post/ Betze sediment-hosted disseminated gold deposit, Nevada, USA

Details Ion microprobe determination of sulfur isotope variations in iron sulfides from the Post/ Betze sediment-hosted disseminated gold deposit, Nevada, USA Ion microprobe determination of sulfur isotope variations in iron sulfides from the Post/ Betze sediment-hosted disseminated gold deposit, Nevada, USA

Apr 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993gecoa..57.1505a&link_type=abstract

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 57, Issue 7, pp.1505-1519

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Secondary ion mass spectrometric analyses of ore samples from the Post/Betze sedimenthosted disseminated gold deposit were utilized to constrain elemental distribution of Au and As in iron sulfide phases. Most of the Au was deposited very early in the paragenetic sequence. Although Au and As are covariant in arsenian pyrite, Au apparently was depleted much more rapidly from the hydrothermal solutions than was As. Sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe (SHRIMP) sulfur isotope analyses of iron sulfides from the Post/Betze deposit vary widely from 34 S = -29 to 23 and provide important information on the origin of sulfur and constraints on depositional mechanisms. Ore solutions had high 34 S values and were most likely derived, at least in part, from thermochemical reduction of lower Paleozoic seawater-derived sulfate, possibly bedded barite. Late-stage ore fluids ( 34 S sulfide = -12 to -29 ) are extremely depleted in 34 S relative to main-stage ore fluids ( 34 S sulfide = 16-23 ). Although such low 34 S values can be generated hypothetically from the original ore fluids by oxidation (possibly boiling), the stability of pyrite is compromised. Introduction of and mixing with Fe-rich fluids is necessary to deposit pyrite having low isotopic values.

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