The Greenland Caledonides: Evolution of the Northeast Margin of Laurentia

Mineral occurrences in central East Greenland (70°N–75°N) and their relation to the Caledonian orogeny—A Sr-Nd-Pb isotopic study of scheelite
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Published:January 01, 2008
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Henrik Stendal, Robert Frei, 2008. "Mineral occurrences in central East Greenland (70°N–75°N) and their relation to the Caledonian orogeny—A Sr-Nd-Pb isotopic study of scheelite", The Greenland Caledonides: Evolution of the Northeast Margin of Laurentia, A.K. Higgins, Jane A. Gilotti, M. Paul Smith
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The Caledonian orogen of North-East Greenland hosts numerous mineral occurrences related to (1) pre-Caledonian crystalline complexes (Pb-Zn skarn type); (2) Neoproterozoic basins (strata-bound copper); (3) Caledonian granites (vein-type gold, silver, tungsten, arsenic, and antimony); and (4) late Caledonian extensional structures (vein base metal ± silver). Sr, Pb, and Sm-Nd isotope analyses of scheelite (CaWO4) indicate a heterogeneous, probably local, source for tungsten, and Sr isotopic data support a genetic link to Caledonian magmatic activity. Pb isotopes indicate mixing of Pb derived from late waning-stage fluids from the granites and from interaction with wall rocks. Sm-Nd isotopic data for...
- absolute age
- alkaline earth metals
- Arctic region
- Caledonian Orogeny
- Caledonides
- dates
- East Greenland
- fault zones
- faults
- geochemistry
- granites
- Greenland
- igneous rocks
- isotope ratios
- isotopes
- lead
- lead ores
- lead-zinc deposits
- magmatism
- metal ores
- metals
- mineral deposits, genesis
- Nd-144/Nd-143
- neodymium
- Neoproterozoic
- ore-forming fluids
- Paleozoic
- Pb-206/Pb-204
- Pb-208/Pb-204
- plutonic rocks
- Precambrian
- Proterozoic
- radioactive isotopes
- rare earths
- scheelite
- Sm/Nd
- Sr-87/Sr-86
- stable isotopes
- strontium
- structural controls
- tungstates
- tungsten ores
- upper Precambrian
- veins
- zinc ores