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Iron Isotopes Constrain the Metal Sources of Skarn Deposits: A Case Study from the Han-Xing Fe Deposit, China

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العنوان: Iron Isotopes Constrain the Metal Sources of Skarn Deposits: A Case Study from the Han-Xing Fe Deposit, China
المؤلفون: Bin Zhu, Hongfu Zhang, M. Santosh, Benxun Su, Pengfei Zhang, Chunming Han, Yongsheng He
المصدر: Minerals, Vol 10, Iss 11, p 951 (2020)
بيانات النشر: MDPI AG, 2020.
سنة النشر: 2020
المجموعة: LCC:Mineralogy
مصطلحات موضوعية: Han-Xing iron deposit, iron isotopes, metal source, isotope fractionation, mass balance, Mineralogy, QE351-399.2
الوصف: Magmatic fluids and leaching of rocks are regarded as the two sources of magmatic hydrothermal deposits, but their relative contributions to the metals in the deposits are still unclear. In this study, we combine major elements and Fe isotopes in two sets of rocks from the Han-Xing iron skarn deposit in China to constrain the iron sources. The positive correlation between the δ56Fe and ∑Fe2O3/TiO2 of altered diorites (∑Fe2O3 refers to the total iron) demonstrates that heavy Fe isotopes are preferentially leached from diorites during hydrothermal alteration. However, except for the pyrite, all the rocks and minerals formed in the skarn deposit are enriched in the light Fe isotope relative to the fresh/less altered diorites. Therefore, besides the leaching of rocks, the Fe isotopically light magmatic fluid also provides a large quantity of iron for this deposit. Based on the mass balance calculation, we conclude that iron from magmatic fluid is almost 2.6 times as large as that from the leaching of rocks. This is the first study to estimate the relative proportions of iron sources for Fe deposits by using Fe isotopes. Here, we propose that the high δ56Fe of magmatic intrusions combining the positive correlation between their ∑Fe2O3/TiO2 and δ56Fe could be taken as a fingerprint of exsolution or interaction with magmatic fluids, which contributes to the exploration of magmatic hydrothermal ore deposits.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 2075-163X
Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/10/11/951; https://doaj.org/toc/2075-163X
DOI: 10.3390/min10110951
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/dd8644e35e9348c48a675c585b178b54
رقم الأكسشن: edsdoj.8644e35e9348c48a675c585b178b54
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