day 2 part 2 Flashcards
proposes ores are direct magmatic product or are formed as products of differentiation
plutonism (magmatists)
proposes that ore deposits were formed from sediments in a primeval ocean
neptunism (syngenetic ore)
ore formed as the same time as the host rock
syngenetic ore
ore formed after the formation of the host rock
epigenetic ore
ore formed within the Earth
hypogene ore
ore formed at the surface or near the surface of the Earth
supergene ore
ore formed from either magmas or fluids
primary ore
ore formed due to the alteration of pre existing rocks or minerals
secondary ore
rock loving mineral
lithophile
iron loving mineral
siderophile
ore loving mineral
chalcophile
gas loving mineral
atmophile
cinnabar and hematite were used by early humans as pigments and used as gemstones and native Au Ag Cu as ornaments
Pre historic times
paleolithic man used various minerals as tints for paints
400,000 BCE stone age era
neolithic man became familiar and acquainted with gold and copper
new stone age
clay became the first larger scale mineral in the history of the mining industry
30,000-20,000 BCE
estimated date of discovery for copper and gold was used before its discovery
18,000 BCE
utilized clays as buildings materials
babylonians and early egyptian times
made pyramids using limestones
sank shafts at the coast of Red Sea in seach of emeralds
Egyptian times
gemstone mining reached a high value for art among Egyptians, Babylonians, Assyrians and Indians
~3400 BCE
mesopotamians developed bronce by replacing little amounts of tin to higher amounts of copper instead of using arsenic
2,500 BCE bronze age
first noted the occurrence of gold in quartz veins by herodotus
484-425 BCE
16 minerals grouped as metals stones and earth were described by theophratus a pupil of aristotle
372-287 BCE
avicenna grouped minerals as stones sulfur minerals metals and salts first noting sulfide group of minerals
980-1037 CE dark ages
agricola father of economic geol wrote the first publication for mining de re merallica libri XII which noted the process for fissure filling smelting and classification of ore deposits
1494-1555
steno proposed ores as products of condesation from vapors ascending through fissures
1669
henkel and zimmerman noted the importance of hydrothermal solutions and vapors of deep seated origin
1725-1746
van oppel distinguished discordant veins from concordant bedded deposits
1749
charpenteir noted metals and minerals in the veins were the resul of alteration reactions between country rock and water that had passed through them
1778-1799
integration of chemical concepts with ore genesis began
mining methods were improved allowing bigger and deeper mines to develop
19th century
waldemar lindgreen stated that pyrometasomatic deposits high temp replacemetns bodies near the borded zones of igneous intrusions and classified hydrothermal deposits into hypothermal mesothermal epithermal
1860-1939
classification of ore deposits evolved from P-T conditions to modes of occurrence
20th century
RAF penrose founded society of economic geology
1905
henry hoover and lou henry hoover published the English translation of de re metallica libri XII
1912
almost complete relinquishment of lindgreens ore classification
1960-70s
high temperature alteration resulting in potassium enrichment and abundance of biotite k feldspar and adularia
potassic
alteration that turns rocks green from the formation of chlorite epidote and actinolite
propylitic
replacement or decomposition of feldspar into sericite that implies acidic conditions
sericitic
low temperature alteration resulting in bleaching out of feldspars and intro of clay minerals
argillic
highly acidic alteration resulting in leaching and alteration of feldspar to seircite and assemblage formation of kaolinite + quartz + hematite + limonite
advanced argillic
most common alteration with the addition of secondary silica and formation of chalcedony
silicification
addition of any silicate mineral that forms in association with quartz typically biotite garnet or tourmaline
silication
form of silication that forms greissen with quartz muscovite and topaz with tourmaline fluorite rutile cassiterite adn wolframite
greisenization
alteration forming Ca- and Mg silicates
Skarn
relatively high temp alteration with Na enrichment and forms albite or sodic plag with possible paragonite
albitic
alteration of Ca plag into saussurite: zoisite + chlorite + amphibole + carbonates
saussuritization
last stage replacement process of uralitic amphibole into primary pyroxene and pyroxene to amphibole
uralitization
alteration resulting of addition of carbonates with talc chlorite sericite and albite
carbonization
alteration associated with alunite and hot springs environment implying presence of high SO4 gas
alunitic
low temp alteration forming zeolite minerals often associated with volcanic environments at a distance during its waning stages
zeolitic
low temperature alteration of mafic to ultramafic rocks into serpentine minerals that may occur with talc if there is a high concentration of Mg
serpentinization
alteration with variable temperature range and forms any type of oxide mineral
oxidation
localizes deposits lighter than the magma
structure highs
accumulates deposits heavier than melt at the bottom intrusives
structural lows
provides pathways for solutions to deposit
folds
controls deposition of ore deposits
fractures/lineaments
increases permeability where different fluids can interact and deposit ore
intersections
localizes or disperses deposits in fractures
faults
controls ore fluids before deposition
syngenetic
cut and displaces ore bodies
epigenetic
high velocity volcanic explosion vent where volcanic material are brought up rapidly
diatremes
solutions from different sources which carries metals for precipitation
ore bearing fluids
high temp rock melt of liquid and crystals with an inhomogeneous composition due to fractions and can cause ore formation due to metallic concentration
magma/magmatic fluids
mafic proportions :
silicic proportions:
Cr Ni Pt P
Sn Th Zr
oxide or sulfide dominated magma that solidify directly as ore
ore magma
oxide or sulfide dominated magma that solidify directly as ore
ore magma
aqueous high temp ore bearing fluid solution 100-800C
hydrothermal fluids
water at critical temp 376C that steadily becomes less dense without boiling
supercritical fluid
fractionated fluids and volatiles that travel upward from the magma that exsolves as an emulsion of water droplets attracting hydrophilic elements or ions
magmatic/juvenile waters
fossil waters
connate waters
chemical replacement of minerals where hydrothermal fluids deliver chemical reactants that removes aqueous reaction products resulting in change of mineralogy chemistry and texture
hydrothermal alteration
front or edge minerals was not completely replaced
vermicular intergrowths
concentric crustiform bands surrounding isolated fragments
cockade structures
formed when euhedral prismatis crystals of opposite walls merge with minerals takes place as single layer of euhedral crystals growing towards the center of the vein in epithermal systems
comb structure
colored bands that form when an electrolyte is allowed to diffuse into a gel being common in amorphous cryptocrystalline and microcrystalline minerals or mineraloids as agate and opal
liesegang rings
specific length and direction of systematic displacement by which the pattern is repeated
unit translation vector
the symmetry operation that involves the periodic repetition of nodes or motifs by systematic linear displacement
translation
symmetry operations that work as combined simple symmetry operations
compound symmetry operations
symmetry operation that combines translation parallel to an axis with rotation about the axis
screw rotation
groups denoted by their rotational and reflection symmetry
plane point groups
smallest units of meshes contains at least one node and the unit translation vectors
unit meshes
primitive and charac by unequal unit translation vectors that inersect at angles that are neither 60 degrees and 90 degrees nor 120 degrees
oblique
3d patterns of points produced from the translation of nodes of space point groups
space lattices
a parallelepiped whose edge lengths and volume are defined by the 3 unit translation vectors
unit cell
orientation of the unit cell edges
crystallographic axes
pair of faces symmetrical about an axis of rotation
sphenoid
the proportional lengths of the 3 crystallographic axes
axial ratio
or unit face any face or plane that intersects all 3 axes at distances from the center that correspond to the axial ration of the mineral
unit plane
method describing the relationships between sets of crystal faces or planes and the crystallographic axes
weiss parameters
reciprocal of weiss parameters
miller indices
represents what:
(h, k, l)
(hkl)
[hkl]
{hkl}
a point
a plane
a direction
family of planes
type of substitution that involves the simultaneous substitution of ions of different charges in two different structural sites
coupled ionic substitution
type of mineral growth where individual atoms and ions bons into a crystal’s nucleus and progressively grow by adding atoms/ions to its surface
homogeneous nuclueation
rock consists of multiple types of minerals and mineraloids
polyminerallic rock
type of mineral growth where a mineral nucleates by taking advantage of the structure of an existing mineral
hetegeneous nucleation
rock that consists of multiple crystals of a single mineral
monominerallic rock
liquid portion of magma composed mainly of mobile ions of the eight most abundant elements in the earths crust
melt
gaseous component of magma that will vaporize and turn into gas at surface pressures
volatile
partial melting of a source rock in the earths crust which produces a liquid melt fraction enriched in lower temperature constituents and a residual rock enriched in higher temperature refractory minerals
anatexis
results from crystallization along the walls of the magma chamber in which crystals prefentially form and adhere to the edges
marginal accretion
develops as the magma chamber walls release heat to the relatively cold country rock generating crystals that adhere to the side margins of the magma chamber
sidewall accretion
also called adabiatec melting is partial melting that resulted from a decrease in pressure
decompression melting
type of marginal accretion that results from early crystallization of minerals along the ceiling or the roof due to preferential heat loss
roof accretion
occurs as crystals forma long the base of the magma chamber
floor accretion
fractional crystallization process that occurs where liquids and crystals in a magma are separated due to factors like velocity density temperature
convective flow seggregation
process where a magma chamber squeezes out the more mobile liquid into a new chamber and leaving behind a residue of crystals in the original chamber
filter pressing
where one magma fractionates to produce two or more distinctly different daughter magmas with different compositions
liquid fractionation
involves the selective diffusion of ions in the magma due to compositional and may play a role in the generation of metallic ore deposits of ore deposits in magmatic systems
differential diffusion
separation of magma into two or more distinct immiscible liquid phases
liquid immiscibility
fracturing of the wall rock due to the forceful injection of the magma
stoping
country rock fragments
stope
stopes that fall into the magma
xenoliths
occurs along convergent margin environments with volcanic arcs and subduction zones decrease in iron and magnesium with increasing SiO2 alkali concentrations
calc-alkaline magmas
enrichment in iron at low to moderate SiO2 concentrations with increasing fractionation due to depleted MgO and Cao from early crystallization of forsterite olivine and Ca plagioclase. produce large volumes of basalt with little variations in composition. occurs extensional environments such as ocean ridges and ocntinental rifts and some hotspots in intraplate settings and immature arcs in thin volcanic arc crusts
tholeiitic magmas
magmas tha are less common than calc alkaline or tholeiitic magmas highly enriched in na2o and k2o contains diverse composition occurs in wide variety of environments that include stable cratons continental rifts and subduction zones
alkaline magmas
cahrac by high concentrations of silicic and basic rocks with little intermediate rocks and associated with continental rifts. basic component is derived from partial melting of the mantle while its silicic component is derived from the partial melting of the continental crust from the heating of the rising basic magmas
bimodal magma suites
45-55% SiO2
1,000-1200C
fluid
low gas
mafic (basaltic)
55-65%
800-1000 C
viscous
intermediate
intermediate andesitic
65-75%
650-800C
very viscous
high gas
felsic granitic
identify the magma type based on the percent of their silica content
<45%
45-52%
52-63%
63-68%
68-77%
ultramafic
mafic
intermediate
dacitic
felsic
plutons with an irregular shape that have surface exposures > 100 km2
stocks
veins that occur in great abundance that may display random or preferred orientations
vein swarms
carrot shaped and develops through explosive intrusions originating deep within the mantle
diatreme
multiple radiating dikes typically produced when the vertical forces of a rising magma fracture of the rock in a radiating pattern
radial dikes
dikes that are nearly vertical in cross section and circular in plan view
cone dikes
dikes that are circular in plan view but converge at a depth
cone sheet dikes
dike swarms consisting of parallel offset dikes that form in response to shear
en echelon dikes
steeply inclined set of dikes composed of gabbro diabase and basalt which form by cooling and contraction of magma as it is injected into extensional fractures in oceanic rift valleys
sheeted dikes
direct type of classification of composition that involves visual comparison of minerals and determining their volume percentages
modal classification
indirect type of classification of composition that analyzes the chemical composition of rocks
normative classification
dark or greenish rocks rich in olivine that may also contain pyroxene or amphibole
ultramafic or ultrabasic <45 %
dark colored rocks containing pyroxene amphibole olivine biotite
mafic basic 45-52%
grayish to salt and pepper colored rocks rich in plag amphibole biotite quartz
intermediate 52-66%
light colored or reddish rocks rich in k feldspar quartz biotite or muscovite
felsic acidic >66%
plutonic ultrabasic ultramafic rock enriched in pyroxene olivine amphibole and plag and occurs in earths mantle
peridotite
volcanic ultrabasic ultramafic rock enriched in pyroxene olivine amphibole and plag
komatiite
plutonic rock rich in plag pyroxene olivine in lower crust of ocean basins
gabbro
basalt volcanic rock rich in plag pyroxene olivine inupper earths crust
rich in hornblende pyroxene and plag
diorite( beneath andesite volcanoes) and andesite (pacific ring of fire)
plutonic light colored contains two thirds of SiO2 plag alkali felds quartz hornblende and biotite occurs beneath andesite dacite volcanoes
granodiorite
volcanic light colored contains two thirds of SiO2 plag alkali felds quartz hornblende and biotite occurs pacific ring of fire
dacite
acidic felsic rock rich in quartz and alkali felds contains little plag biotite
granite rhyolite
crystals too small for the naked eye but large enough to be identified with a petrographic microscope
microlites
fine grained material in porphyritic texture
groundmass
type of porphyritic texture where all crystals are visible to the naked eye but phenocrysts are distinctly larger than the groundmass
porphyritic-phaneritic
1-3 mm fine develop shallow plutonic dikes and sills
3-10mm develop in medium
10-33mm associated with larger or deeper intrusions
phaneritic
type of porphyritic texture where the phenocrysts are embedded in an aphanitic groundmass composed largely of microcrystalline cryptocrystalline or glassy material
porphyritic aphanitic
number of new seed crystals that develop per volume per unit time
nuclei/cm3/s
crystal nucleation rate
rate at wc elements migrate through magma that depends primarily on the viscosity of the melt
diffusion
elements that tend to increase molecular linkage wc increase viscosity
network formers
occurs when melts come into contact with air and water rapidly absorbing heat causing the melt to solidify rapidly before crystals could nucleate and grow
quenching
rounded masses of radiating crystals that debelop from devritification
spherulites
igneous rock texture charac by cloudy appearance and perlitic cracks
perlitic texture
curved or subspherical cooling cracks
perlitic cracks
glassy SiO2 rich volcanic rocks with perlitic texture and higher water contents than obsidian
perlite
depth where volatiles exsolve from the liquid as separate phase
level of exsolution
process that occurs above the level of exsolution where volatiles nucleate as small bubbles
vesiculation
encountered when bubbles constitute 70-80% of the magma volume and magma changes from a liquid with suspended gas bubbles to a buoyant gaseous mixture containing liquid blobs
fragmentation surface
rocks contain5-30% vesicles
vesicular
<5% vesicles
vesicle bearing
tuffs that contain significant amounts of gravel sized lapilli
lapilli tuff
pyroclastic rock primarily composed of blocks and deposited proximal to the volcano vent and subjected to minimal transport
volcanic breccia
composed of bombs that are abraded and rounded by transport
agglomerate
process in pyroclasts that results for fragments become progressively fused together as porosity decrease during compaction
welding
tuff that display random shard orientations and spherical to ellipsoidal pumice vesicles
unwelded tuff
tuff produced from increased volume of pyroclastic debris
partially welded tuff
tuff with dark colors and glassy lusters produced form intense welding with shards showing marked parallelism and flattening
densely welded tuff
first norm classification devised by Cross idding pirsson and washington
CIPW norm more
accurate metho of obtaining ga mode for any coarse grained rock done by moving a thin section on a gird system such that at least 400 minerals are tabulated for each thin section
point count analysis
0.0625-2mm
<0.0625
coarse ash
fine ash or dust
contains >69% SiO2 and assoicated with explosive silicic eruptions producing fragmental glassy and aphanitic
rhyolite
contains ~68-73% SiO2 not typically recognized by the IUGS as an official classification for rocks between rhyolites and dacites
rhyodacite
contains calciumplag and quartz with minor potassium feldspar biotite and hornblende
tonalite
plagiogranite are granodioritic rocks with half to two thirds sodium plag for the total felds
trondhjemite
produce low potassium arc theoiite basalts as well as relatively rare rocks such as boninites and adakites
young island arc systems
high mg intermediate volcanic rocks that contain a sio2 SATURATED GROUNDMASS
boninite
silica saturate rocks with high sr/y and la/yb ratios and low hfs concentrations
adakite
archean associations found in archean subduction zones where adakite formation is linked to
tonalite trondhjemite and granodiorite association TTG
arcs producing voluminous granodiorite diorite granite and tonalite plutons which can erupt onto the Earths surface and produce composite volcanoes
ocean continent convergent margins
dark colored potassium rich trachyandesites commonly containing olivine and augite phenocrysts with a groundmass of labradorite plag alkali fels livine augite and leucite
stoshonites
fault bounded deoformed rock sequences that mark the site of present of former convergent margins
alpine orogenic complexes
an internsely sheared heterogeous rock assemblage embedded within a highly deformed mud matrix
tectonic melange
greatest manifestations of intraplate magmatism on earth encompassing >10^6km3 in volume which occur as both oceanic flood basalts and continental flood basalts and is generally basaltic in composition
large igneous provinces LIP
geochemically distinct suite of rocks that are more alkalic less depleted and may be somewhat enriched with incompatible elements that is interpreted to represent different mantle sources areas
ocean island basalts OIB
huge outpourings of basalts within continental plates
continental flood basalts cfb
early jurassic
widley dispersed in the atlantic ocean places in north america south america europe and africa
cental atlantic magmatic province camp
251 ma
maymecha kotuy region of russia
siberian flood basalts (siberian traps)
65-69 Ma
southwestern india
deccan traps
15.5-17 ma
washington oregon and idaho usa
columbia river flood basalts
continental feature that produce a wide array of rocks including alkalic basalt as well as alkalic and silicic rocks
continental rifts
widespread occurrence of basalt and rhyolite without significant andesiteand occurs at continental rifts and hotpost underlying continental lithosphere
bimodal volcanism
anorogenic bodies injected into stable continental cratons at moderate depths
layered basic ultrabasic intrusions
ultrabasic volcanic rocks found exclusively in archean greenstone belts which are associated with valuable metallic ore deposits
komatiite
brecciated mg rich ultrabasic rocks that rapidly rise of earths surface via cylindrical diatremes from deep within the mantle and are intimately associated with diamonds
kimberlites
shallow intrusive to volcanic rocks that contain >20% CO3 minerals and form in stocks dikes and cylindrical structures primarily at continental rifts
carbonatites
mg rich volatile rich porphyritic rocks containing mafic phenocrysts and are associated with kimberlites and continental rift zones
lamprophyres
k rich peralkaline containing pyroxene and olivine minerals enriched in barium lanthanum and zirconium but poor in CO2 and occur in areas of thickened lithosphere that have experienced earlier plate convergence or rifting episodes
lamproites
contains economic deposits of platinum group metals chromium copper and nickel sulfides
exposed along a NW strike for a distance of 48 km iwith observable thickness of 6km
beartooth mountains of southwestern montana canafa
2.7 ga
stillwater complex
worlds largest layered igneous intrusion hosts the largest reserves of vanadium and chromium and platinum groups of metal in the world
PGE are concentrated within the merensky reeds critical zone
peridotite to gabbro from bottommost layer to topmost layer
400km in length up to 9 km thich and underlying an area 60 000 km2
south africa
2.06 ga
bushveld complex
youngest of the great PGE enriched intrusions
due to fractional crystallkization differentiation and convective currents its laye creates a complex layering
500 km3 volume
greenland
55ma
skaergaard intrusion