ORE DEP (MAGMATIC ORE PROCESSES) Flashcards
World’s deepest mine wth 4000 m depth?
Western Deep Levels Golds Mines, Johannesburg, South Africa
What is conrad discontinuity?
A zone which separates grainitc upper continental crust from mafic lower zone
Repeating cycle of the breaking and reamalgamating of cont. crust
Wilson Cycle
Deposits related to Contnental crust
1) Diamondiferous Kimberlites,
2) Anorthosite hosted Ti,
3) Cr,V,Pt,Cu,Ni in continental layered mafic intrusions, 4)Sn,W,F,Nb,REE,P,U in granites and alkali intrusions
Deposits related to Oceanic Crust
1) Pordiform Chromite MORB deposits with PGEs
2)Manganese Nodules
3)Metal rich pelagic muds and
4) Exhalatiev Volcanogenic Massive Sulfides
What are the four fundamental magma types?
Basaltic,
Andesitic,
Rhyolitic, and
Alkaline (kimberlite)
Conditions for ionic substitution*
Radius must be within 15% of one another and charges should differ by no more than 1 unit
What is diadochy?
Substitution of minor or trace elements for another element in the cyrstal lattice
Diadochich elements
Ni2+ and Mg2+ for Olivine and
V3+ and Fe3+ for Magnetite
What makes ultramafic basalts and komatiites suited for hosting viable magmatic nickel deposits?
Because of the substitution of Ni for Mg in MgO contents
A world class nickel deposit with archean komatiite as host rocks
Kambalda mining district, W,Australia
Tectonic environments which produced exclusively basaltic magma
MORs and Hotspots
Tectonic environments which produces basaltic magmas with a variety of more felsic magma
Island arcs and orogenic continental margins
An example of basaltic intrusion within continental crust and formed continental flood basalts
Great Dyke of Zimbabwe
This is said to be respoinsible for the formation world’s largest layered igneous complexof bushveld complex
Intraplate hotspot activity
A peridotite representing fertile/mantle which consists of cpx and garnet or spinel that produces basaltic liquids on metling
Lherzolite
Alpine type peridotite consisting of Opx and Olivine and are too refractory to yield basaltic liquids
Harzburgite
This is the mechanism of magmatism in continental active margins and island arcs
Oceanic crust of hydrated basalt drawn down into the subduction zone
Ultramafic magmas >18%MgO restricted in Archean greenstone belts and believed to represent high degrees of partial meting of mantle during the early hot ages of Earth
Komatiites
Ore deposit that are associated with mafic igneous rocks
Chalcophile and siderophile
Ni, Co, Cr, V, Cu, Pt, Au
how does andesitic magma form?
1) Direct partial melting of hydrous oceanic crust or the mantle wedge
2) In situ fractionation of basltic magma or of phases sch as hornblende and magnetite
3) Contamination of an orig mafic melt by more felsic melt
subducted slab that produces earthquake due to movement and fracturing of rocks
Benioff Zone
Which part of the benioff zone produces andesitic magma?
Asesismc parts
This magma type does not exhibit any primary association with any particular suite of metals or ore deposits and are only characterized by intermediate trace element abundances
Andesitic Magma