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DOI10.1016/j.oregeorev.2018.07.003
Composite origin of magnetite deposits hosted in Oman peridotites: Evidence for iron mobility during serpentinization
Khedr, Mohamed Zaki1; Arai, Shoji2
通讯作者Khedr, Mohamed Zaki
来源期刊ORE GEOLOGY REVIEWS
ISSN0169-1368
EISSN1872-7360
出版年2018
卷号101页码:180-198
英文摘要

We describe mineralogy of magnetite deposits concentrated within a nonconformity surface between Aniba serpentinites and overlying limestones in the Southern Oman ophiolite and discuss their origin to understand iron mobility during serpentinization, with special reference to factors controlling the magnetite-orebody sizes. The Aniba magnetite deposits occur in several forms such as fibrous crystals, oval or rounded grains, strings and cluster shapes, in fine-grained iron-rich chlorite and calcite matrices. The chromian spinel (Cr# = 0.38-0.56) within the magnetite deposits is similar in texture, mode of occurrence and chemical composition to that in the underlying serpentinized harzburgites (chromian spinel Cr# = 0.37-0.50), and plots in the space of abyssal peridotites. The mineral chemistry of chromian spinel, olivine and clinopyroxene (Cpx) suggested that the Aniba harzburgites are refractory residue after high-degree (15-25%) partial melting and are similar to abyssal harzburgites from a normal ridge segment. This is confirmed by a Cpx trace-element character with high depletion in light rare earth elements (LREE), Ta and Zr relative to heavy REE. The iron of our magnetite deposits was possibly derived from two sources: one is an essentially internal source of iron from the breakdown of Fe rich serpentines after olivine during low-T serpentinization (< 400 degrees C) and the external source of iron from hydrous fluids. The essential origin of our magnetite deposits is hydrothermal one due to the mobility and leaching of iron from serpentinites and the in-situ selective precipitation of iron within the nonconformity surface. This process was feasible because the nonconformity zone was a weathering surface, a channel for both hydrothermal-fluid flow providing high fluid/rock ratios that enhance iron mobilization in serpentinites and leach iron, besides chromian spinel grains, from the host ultramafic rocks. Chromian spinel grains (up to 10 vol %) in the magnetite deposits were of a residual detrital origin from the underlying serpentinized peridotites on weathering, and acted as a nucleus for magnetite precipitation. The morphology and colloform shape of some magnetite grains reflect their supergene origin. Factors controlling the size of the magnetite deposits include the compositions of the underlying serpentinized harzburgites as a main source of iron, high fluid/rock ratios and high iron mobility within fluid conduits such as a nonconformity surface, abundance of chromian spinel grains as a nucleus for magnetite concentration, low silica activity, pressure of water and oxygen fugacity.


英文关键词Magnetite deposits Hydrothermal origin Nonconformity Serpentinites Iron mobility Oman ophiolite
类型Article
语种英语
国家Egypt ; Japan
收录类别SCI-E
WOS记录号WOS:000448092400010
WOS关键词TRACE-ELEMENT COMPOSITIONS ; BOU-AZZER OPHIOLITE ; ABYSSAL PERIDOTITES ; CHROMIAN SPINEL ; MANTLE HETEROGENEITY ; CHEMICAL VARIATIONS ; MELT EXTRACTION ; EASTERN DESERT ; OCEANIC-CRUST ; ANTI-ATLAS
WOS类目Geology ; Mineralogy ; Mining & Mineral Processing
WOS研究方向Geology ; Mineralogy ; Mining & Mineral Processing
资源类型期刊论文
条目标识符http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/211901
作者单位1.Kafrelsheikh Univ, Fac Sci, Dept Geol, Kafr El Shaikh 33516, Egypt;
2.Kanazawa Univ, Dept Earth Sci, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 9201192, Japan
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Khedr, Mohamed Zaki,Arai, Shoji. Composite origin of magnetite deposits hosted in Oman peridotites: Evidence for iron mobility during serpentinization[J],2018,101:180-198.
APA Khedr, Mohamed Zaki,&Arai, Shoji.(2018).Composite origin of magnetite deposits hosted in Oman peridotites: Evidence for iron mobility during serpentinization.ORE GEOLOGY REVIEWS,101,180-198.
MLA Khedr, Mohamed Zaki,et al."Composite origin of magnetite deposits hosted in Oman peridotites: Evidence for iron mobility during serpentinization".ORE GEOLOGY REVIEWS 101(2018):180-198.
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