THE ROLE OF MAGMA SOURCES, OXIDATION-STATES AND FRACTIONATION IN DETERMINING THE GRANITE METALLOGENY OF EASTERN AUSTRALIA

被引:289
作者
BLEVIN, PL
CHAPPELL, BW
机构
[1] Department of Geology, The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 2601
来源
TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH-EARTH SCIENCES | 1992年 / 83卷
关键词
HALOGENS; LACHLAN FOLD BELT; METALLOGENESIS; MINERAL DEPOSITS; ORE ELEMENTS;
D O I
10.1017/S0263593300007987
中图分类号
P [天文学、地球科学];
学科分类号
07 ;
摘要
The ore-element associations of granite-related ore deposits in the eastern Australian Palaeozoic fold belts can be related to the inferred relative oxidation state, halogen content and degree of fractional crystallisation within the associated granite suites. Sn mineralisation is associated with both S- and I-type granites that are educed and have undergone fractional crystallisation. Cu and Au are associated with magnetite- and/or sphene-bearing, oxidised, intermediate I-type suites. Mo is associated with similar granites that are more fractionated and oxidised. W is associated with a variety of granite types and shows little dependence on inferred magma redox state. The observed ore deposit-granite type distribution in eastern Australia, and the behaviour of ore elements during fractionation, is consistent with models of ore element sequestering by sulphides and Fe-Ti phases (e.g. pyrrhotite, ilmenite, sphene, magnetite) whose stability is nominally f(O2)-dependent. Fractional crystallisation acts to amplify this process through the progressive removal of compatible elements and the concentration of incompatible elements into decreasing melt volumes. The halogen content is also important. S-type granites are poorer in Cl than I-types. Cl decreases and F increases in both S- and I-type granites with fractional crystallisation. Low Cl contents combined with low magma f(O2), in themselves seem to provide an adequate explanation for the rarity of Mo, Cu, Pb and Zn type mineralisation with S-type granites. Although such properties of granite suites seem adequately to predict the associated ore-element assemblage to be expected in associated mineral deposits, additional factors determine whether or not there is associated economic mineralisation.
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