Nature of Ore-Bearing Fluids Flashcards
Ore-bearing fluids
Magma/Magmatic Fluids
Hydrothermal Fluids
is a high temperature rock melt of liquid and crystals
Magma
oxide or sulfide dominated magma that solidify directly as ore
Ore magma
a process where a partly crystallized magma is subjected to stress, the fluid fraction is squeezed off from the residual crystalline mush
Filter pressing
coexistence between two liquids and their separation from each other
liquid immiscibility
high temperature
100C - 800C
Hydrothermal Flow Mechanisms
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
fractionated fluids and volatiles that travel upward from the magma
magmatic/juvenile waters
Chalcophile elements
Cu, Pb, Zn, Ag, Au, As, S
Large Ion Lithophile
Li, be, B, Rb, Cs
Alkalies, AEE, Volatiles
Na, K, Cl, Ca, CO2, H2O
Deacrase viscosity of magmas, lower freezing points of minerals, make possible devolpment of minerals/complexes that would not form in a dry melt
Fluxes
Elements that do not fit in feldspars and mafic silicate
LILEs
any water that passed through and equilibrated with the atmosphere
Meteoric Water
a medium of dispersion of dissolved ions, molecules, and suspended particles
Seawater