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neutron activation analysis data
Review of till geochemistry and indicator mineral methods for mineral exploration in glaciated terrain
Fluid Inclusions in Fibrous Diamonds
The late Holocene Nealtican lava-flow field, Popocatépetl volcano, central Mexico: Emplacement dynamics and future hazards
Developments in Halogen Abundance and Isotope Measurements
ABSTRACT Early Archean spherule layers, widely accepted to represent distal ejecta deposits from large-scale impact events onto the early Earth, have been described from several stratigraphic levels of the Barberton greenstone belt in South Africa. Recently, exploration drilling at the Fairview Gold Mine (25°43′53″S, 31°5′59″E) in the northern domain of the belt resulted in the discovery of a new set of spherule layer intersections. The Fairview spherule layers in drill cores BH5901, BH5907, BH5911, and BH5949 were intersected just a few meters apart, at about the same stratigraphic position within the transition from the Onverwacht Group to the Fig Tree Group. The Fairview spherule layers have petrographic and chemical similarities to at least three other well-known Barberton spherule layers (S2–S4), and multiple spherule layer bed intersections in drill cores BARB5 and CT3, all from about the same stratigraphic position. They are not uniform in composition, in particular with respect to abundances of highly siderophile elements. The highest concentrations of moderately (Cr, Co, Ni) and highly siderophile (Ir) elements are within the range of concentrations for chondrites and, thus, reinforce the impact hypothesis for the generation of the Fairview spherule layers. Iridium peak concentrations and Cr/Ir interelement ratios for spherule layer samples from drill cores BH5907, BH5911, and BH5949 suggest admixtures of 50%–60% chondritic material, whereas for the BH5901 spherule layer, only an admixture of 1% chondritic material is indicated. We discuss whether these four Fairview spherule layers represent the same impact event, and whether they can be correlated to any of the S2–S4, CT3, and BARB5 intersections.
ABSTRACT The Bon Accord nickel body has been known since the 1920s to contain rocks with up to 50 wt% NiO. Numerous nickel-rich minerals have been described from this deposit. However, none of these minerals contains significant Cu or S, making the deposit chemically distinct from all other known Ni deposits. The origin of the Bon Accord nickel body is highly contentious, with previous studies suggesting three major possible origins: (1) a hydrothermal origin; (2) an Fe-Ni meteorite that fell into and was altered by an active ultramafic lava flow; or (3) a deep mantle plume that contained a fragment of nickel-rich material. Here, we present new field, petrographic, and geochemical data in an attempt to constrain the origin of this enigmatic body. Based on our fieldwork, there are at least two distinct Ni-rich bodies. Based on the trace-element chemistry, the protolith of the body was a komatiite, likely belonging to the Weltevreden Formation. Because the Ni end member of olivine (liebenbergite) is present in the form of euhedral crystals, this mineral most likely crystallized from a Ni-rich melt. The redistribution of the nickel appears to be due to hydrothermal activity that occurred during the intrusion of the Stentor pluton. Consistent with previous studies, we find that the komatiitic affinity of the host rocks, the stratigraphic controls on the deposit, and the regional distribution of Ni-rich material are inconsistent with a meteorite origin; instead, a komatiite plume sampling a Ni-rich portion of the mantle is currently the best explanation for the origin of the Ni-rich material.
Distinguishing volcanic from impact glasses—The case of the Cali glass (Colombia)
Crystallographic and fluid compositional effects on the halogen (Cl, F, Br, I) incorporation in pyromorphite-group minerals
Hydrothermal Alteration Mineralogy and Geochemistry of the Archean World-Class Canadian Malartic Disseminated-Stockwork Gold Deposit, Southern Abitibi Greenstone Belt, Quebec, Canada
X-site control on rare earth elements in eclogitic garnets – an XRD study
Geochemical Characterization of the Tazareh Coals, Iran
Major and trace element geochemistry of the European Kupferschiefer – an evaluation of analytical techniques
Timing and rates of Holocene normal faulting along the Black Mountains fault zone, Death Valley, USA
The Late Jurassic (157–150 Ma) Morrison Formation of the Western Interior of the United States contains abundant altered volcanic ash. On the Colorado Plateau, this formation accumulated behind and downwind of a subduction-related volcanic arc along the western margin of North America. The ash in these distal fallout tuffs probably drifted eastward from coignimbrite ash clouds related to collapse calderas. Altered volcanic ash is particularly abundant in the Brushy Basin Member of the upper part of the Morrison Formation. In one 110-m-thick section in eastern Utah, 35 separate beds were deposited in a 2.2 m.y. period. Alteration occurred when glassy volcanic ash fell into fluvial and lacustrine environments, where it was diagenetically altered to various mineral assemblages but most commonly to smectitic clay. Periodically, ash fell into saline, alkaline lakes, and diagenetic alteration of the glassy ash produced a crudely zoned deposit on the Colorado Plateau. Altered volcanic ash beds in the outermost part of the lacustrine deposits are argillic (with smectitic clay), whereas zeolitic (clinoptilolite, analcime) and feldspathic (K-feldspar and albite) alteration dominates the interior zones. Feldspathic ash layers contain secondary silica, and consequently immobile element (e.g., Al, Ti, and high field strength elements) abundances were strongly diluted in these rocks. In contrast, the argillic ash beds experienced strong SiO 2 depletion, and, as a result, they are enriched in the relatively immobile elements. The compositions of the zeolitic ash beds are intermediate between these two extremes and experienced the least alteration. As a result of these changes, immobile element concentrations are less reliable than ratios for determining the original magmatic composition of the ash. Most of the altered ash (regardless of type) was also depleted in water-soluble elements like the alkalies, U, and V. The latter two elements were oxidized during diagenesis of the ash, became soluble, and were partially leached away by groundwater. Locally, U and V in groundwater were reduced upon contact with organic materials and formed important ore deposits. Several aspects of the mineralogy and geochemistry of the altered volcanic ash beds yield information about their original magmatic compositions. The volcanic ash beds typically have small phenoclasts of quartz, sanidine, plagioclase, biotite, zircon, apatite, and Fe-Ti oxides. Titanite is present in ∼40% of the ash beds; pyroxene and amphibole were found in less than 5%. Phenocryst assemblages, mineral compositions, inferred high f O 2 , rare earth element patterns, and immobile element ratios all suggest the parent magmas for the altered tuffs were subduction-related dacites and rhyolites. Small numbers of tuffs have Fe-rich biotite, amphibole, and/or clinopyroxene; both pyroxene and amphibole are alkali rich. These tuffs lack titanite, but some contain anorthoclase and F-rich apatite. Combined with enrichments in Nb and Y, these features show some tuffs had an A-type character and were related to some type of within-arc extension. Paleowind directions, and distribution, radiometric ages, and compositions of the volcanic ash beds and of plutons in the western United States suggest that the most likely eruption sites were in the subduction-related Jurassic magmatic arc, which extended across western Utah and central Nevada and southward into the Mojave of California and southern Arizona (present-day coordinates). Pb isotopic compositions show that at least some of the ash was erupted from magma systems (now exposed as plutons) in the Mojave Desert. We conclude that a brief ignimbrite flare-up from 157 to 150 Ma, but focused on the time period from 152 to 150 Ma, in this region may have been driven by slab steepening and conversion to a strike-slip boundary after a preceding phase of folding and thrusting. The presence of ash beds with A-type characteristics mixed with those that have more typical subduction signatures confirms that the Late Jurassic was geologically a transitional time in North America when subduction was changing to transtensional movement along the western plate boundary.