The Reocín zinc-lead deposit, Spain: paleomagnetic dating of a late Tertiary ore body
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Abstract
The Reocín mine in northern Spain’s Basque–Cantabrian basin exploited a world-class Mississippi Valley-type Zn–Pb deposit. Its epigenetic mineralization is in Urgonian 116 ± 1 Ma dolomitized limestones of the Santillana syncline, which was formed by Oligocene and mid Miocene pulses of the Pyrenean orogeny. Paleomagnetic results (22 sites, 274 specimens) in mineralization isolated a stable remanence (ChRM) in pyrrhotite and minor magnetite inclusions in ore specimens, Zn concentrate, and tailings. A fold test shows that the ChRM is substantially post-folding. The mineralization’s paleopole lies on the European apparent polar wander path and indicates that the mineralization was formed at 15 ± 10 Ma. We postulate that brines originated in underlying Triassic and Lower Cretaceous sedimentary rocks and were driven upward into the host rocks by the hydraulic gradient created by the nearby Asturian massif.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | The Reocín zinc-lead deposit, Spain: paleomagnetic dating of a late Tertiary ore body |
| Series title | Mineralium Deposita |
| DOI | 10.1007/s00126-009-0253-3 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Year Published | 2009 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Description | 14 p. |
| First page | 867 |
| Last page | 880 |
| Country | Spain |
| Other Geospatial | Basque-Cantabrian basin |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |
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