| Abstract: | Homogenization temperatures and freezing point depressions were determined for fluid inclusions in Bonneterre Dolomite-hosted dolomite cements in mine samples, as well as drill core from up to 13 km outside of the district. A well-defined cathodoluminescent zonation distinguishes dolomite growth zones as older or younger than main-stage mineralization. Homogenization temperatures and salinities in samples from mines are not systematically different from those of samples outside of the district. The absence of a significant, recognizable decrease in temperature either vertically within the section or east-west across the district, coupled with the minor amount of silica in the district, argues against cooling as a primary cause of sulfide precipitation. In a reduced sulfur mineralization model with Pb carried as chloride complexes, dilution is also a possible sulfide precipitation mechanism. The difference in Pb solubility in the extremes of the chloride concentration range, 3.9 vs. 5.9 molal, reaches 1 ppm only for pH values below approximately 4.5. The distribution of warm inclusions beyond the Viburnum Trend district implies that fluid migration was regional in scale. Elevated temperatures observed in fluid inclusions at shallow stratigraphic depths are consistent with a gravity flow hydrologic system characterized by rapid flow rates and the capacity for advective heat transport. -from Authors |
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| Citation Author: | Rowan, E. L.; Leach, D. L. |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Constraints from fluid inclusions on sulfide precipitation mechanisms and ore fluid migration in the Viburnum Trend lead district, Missouri; 1989; Article; Journal; Economic Geology; Rowan, E. L.; Leach, D. L. |
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| Citation Volume: | 84 |
| Citation Year: | 1989 |
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| Text: | Constraints from fluid inclusions on sulfide precipitation mechanisms and ore fluid migration in the Viburnum Trend lead district, Missouri; 1989; Article; Journal; Economic Geology; Rowan, E. L.; Leach, D. L. |
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| Date Other: | Sun, 1 Jan 1989 00:00 -0600 |
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