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Nature of Ore-Bearing Fluids Flashcards

1
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Ore-bearing fluids

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Magma/Magmatic Fluids

Hydrothermal Fluids

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2
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is a high temperature rock melt of liquid and crystals

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Magma

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3
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oxide or sulfide dominated magma that solidify directly as ore

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Ore magma

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4
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a process where a partly crystallized magma is subjected to stress, the fluid fraction is squeezed off from the residual crystalline mush

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Filter pressing

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5
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coexistence between two liquids and their separation from each other

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liquid immiscibility

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6
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high temperature

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100C - 800C

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7
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Hydrothermal Flow Mechanisms

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Fluids released due to magma cooling

Density differences induced by intrusion

compaction of sediments

osmotic pumping

salinity differences

hydraulic pressure difference

metamorphic recrystallization of hydrous phases

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8
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fractionated fluids and volatiles that travel upward from the magma

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magmatic/juvenile waters

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Chalcophile elements

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Cu, Pb, Zn, Ag, Au, As, S

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Large Ion Lithophile

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Li, be, B, Rb, Cs

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Alkalies, AEE, Volatiles

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Na, K, Cl, Ca, CO2, H2O

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12
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Deacrase viscosity of magmas, lower freezing points of minerals, make possible devolpment of minerals/complexes that would not form in a dry melt

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Fluxes

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13
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Elements that do not fit in feldspars and mafic silicate

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LILEs

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14
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any water that passed through and equilibrated with the atmosphere

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Meteoric Water

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15
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a medium of dispersion of dissolved ions, molecules, and suspended particles

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Seawater

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16
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Effects of Hydrothermal Fluid Density

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Solubility of volatiles and non-volatiles solutes in supercritical water varies inversely with density

chloride complexes dissociate as hydrothermal fluid density decrease

17
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water trapped in sediments at the time they were deposited

rich in Na and Cl

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Connate Water

18
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connate and meteoric water subjected to heat and pressure from magmatic intrusion

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Metamorphic Waters

19
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can be derived from the breakdown of hydrous minerals

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Metamorphic Waters

20
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products of hydrothermal fluid flow

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Veins

Breccia

Hydrothermal Alteration

21
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tabular veins of minerals that precipitated from hydrothermal fluids

22
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mineral growth in fluid-filled space

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Distant Veins

23
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planar body of hydrothermally altered rock adjacent to a fracture or a channelway

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Replacement Veins

24
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fluid is flowing through a rock

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Open System

25
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result of rock fragmentation in a pressure gradient

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Brecciation

26
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Causes of Fragmentation

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Tectonic
Gravity collapse in open of fluid-filled space
explosive release of pressurized fluid

27
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veins form due to local redistribution of fluids and solutes in a rock

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Closed System

28
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a chemical replacement of minerals where a fluid delivers the chemical reactants and removes the aqueous reaction products

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hydrothermal Alteration

29
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Commong Alteration Rxn

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Hydrolysis
Hydration
Alkali or Alkali-Earth Metasomatism
Decarbonation
Silication
Silicification
Redox
Sulfidation
30
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Alteration Type

qtz, ms, tpz with common accessories of tur, fl, rt, cst, wolframite

31
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Alteration Type

bt, kfelds plus one ore more of the ff: ser, chl, qtz

32
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Alteration Type

ab, chl, ep, zeo, sme at low temp

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Propylitic

33
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Alteration Type

qtz, ser, py, chl

34
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Alteration Type

qtz plus one or more of the ff; kln, dck, prl commonly ser, py, alu, tur, zunyite, tpz, dsp

A

Advanced Argilic

35
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Alteration Type

sme, kln, crs

36
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Alteration Type

qtz, crs, trd, rt or ant

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Silicic & Residual Silica

37
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Alteration Type

cal, dol, ank, sd

38
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Alteration Type

Ca and Mg silicates

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