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DOI10.1016/j.oregeorev.2018.06.011
The South Urn Mongul Cu-Mo-Au prospect in the northern Eastern Desert of Egypt: Tonian porphyry-style mineralization with an Ediacaran hydrothermal iron oxide overprint
Abd El-Rahman, Yasser1,2; Seifert, Thomas3; Said, Amir1
通讯作者Abd El-Rahman, Yasser
来源期刊ORE GEOLOGY REVIEWS
ISSN0169-1368
EISSN1872-7360
出版年2018
卷号99页码:217-234
英文摘要

The South Urn Mongul prospect is occupied by Tonian porphyritic dacite (773 +/- 6.9 Ma) intruded by Ediacaran post-collisional hornblende gabbro (603 +/- 3.5 Ma) and monzogranite (558 +/- 4.6 Ma). The dacite porphyry was formed in a continental arc and hosts a weakly mineralized porphyry system. The earliest veinlet stockwork contains mainly chalcopyrite and molybdenite, which is associated with biotite-rich potassic alteration. The sulfide -bearing system evolved to intermediate sulfidation veins and hosts chalcopyrite and tetrahedrite with minor sphalerite and cobaltite, while the alteration evolved to sericitic-argillic assemblages.


A younger iron oxide -rich hydrothermal system is associated with the monzogranite overprinting the previous sulfide -bearing one. The iron oxide -rich system evolved from quartz -magnetite veins with potassic selvages to quartz-specularite and barite-specularite veins associated with more pervasive sericite-chlorite alteration. The sulfur isotopic signature of the barite indicates mainly a magmatic-hydrothermal origin with a limited involvement of meteoric water. The sulfur source may have been mafic melts accompanying the monzogranite, while the Ba was most likely leached from the host rocks, especially the varieties that were affected by potassic alteration. The magnetite hosts chalcopyrite inclusions. The monzogranite was probably derived from melting of an amphibolitic lower crust related to the formation of the earlier Tonian porphyry copper -hosted dacite porphyry. The earlier Tonian melting might have caused the low sulfide contents in the hydrous lower crust, which became fertile for Au -rich magmas during later remelting process, which caused the formation of monzogranite. This model is substantiated by the close association between the native gold and the supergene oxidation products of the chalcopyrite inclusions in the magnetite rather than the oxidation assemblages of the sulfides of the earlier Tonian porphyry system in the prospect.


Supergene oxidation occurred under near -neutral to mildly alkaline conditions due to the scarcity of pyrite in the prospect. It is manifested by the formation of atacamite and chrysocolla in association with goethite and widespread incipient argillic alteration, which resulted in plagioclase alteration to clay minerals. Only the sericitic alteration, which is related to the early porphyry copper systems, contains jarosite, alunite and svanbergite, which indicate more acidic conditions during the formation of such argillic alteration. This reflects pyrite oxidation which is related to either supergene processes or hypogene processes accompanying the younger iron oxide -rich hydrothermal system.


英文关键词Porphyry copper IOCG Neoproterozoic Continental arc dacite Post-collisional monzogranite Arabian-Nubian Shield
类型Article
语种英语
国家Egypt ; Peoples R China ; Germany
收录类别SCI-E
WOS记录号WOS:000441491200012
WOS关键词ARABIAN-NUBIAN SHIELD ; ADVANCED ARGILLIC ALTERATION ; STABLE-ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY ; FLUID-INCLUSION EVIDENCE ; MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSIT ; COPPER-GOLD DEPOSITS ; ORE-DEPOSITS ; EL-SALVADOR ; CHALCOPHILE ELEMENTS ; CLONCURRY DISTRICT
WOS类目Geology ; Mineralogy ; Mining & Mineral Processing
WOS研究方向Geology ; Mineralogy ; Mining & Mineral Processing
来源机构中国科学院地质与地球物理研究所
资源类型期刊论文
条目标识符http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/211898
作者单位1.Cairo Univ, Fac Sci, Geol Dept, Giza 12613, Egypt;
2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geol & Geophys, State Key Lab Lithospher Evolut, Beijing 100029, Peoples R China;
3.TU Bergakad Freiberg, Dept Mineral, D-09596 Freiberg, Germany
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Abd El-Rahman, Yasser,Seifert, Thomas,Said, Amir. The South Urn Mongul Cu-Mo-Au prospect in the northern Eastern Desert of Egypt: Tonian porphyry-style mineralization with an Ediacaran hydrothermal iron oxide overprint[J]. 中国科学院地质与地球物理研究所,2018,99:217-234.
APA Abd El-Rahman, Yasser,Seifert, Thomas,&Said, Amir.(2018).The South Urn Mongul Cu-Mo-Au prospect in the northern Eastern Desert of Egypt: Tonian porphyry-style mineralization with an Ediacaran hydrothermal iron oxide overprint.ORE GEOLOGY REVIEWS,99,217-234.
MLA Abd El-Rahman, Yasser,et al."The South Urn Mongul Cu-Mo-Au prospect in the northern Eastern Desert of Egypt: Tonian porphyry-style mineralization with an Ediacaran hydrothermal iron oxide overprint".ORE GEOLOGY REVIEWS 99(2018):217-234.
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