Composition of hydrothermal massive sulfide deposits from ODP Site 158-957 and Leg 169 sites

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Main Authors: Lawrie, Darren, Miller, D Jay
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author Lawrie, Darren
Miller, D Jay
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Miller, D Jay
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contents Sulfide mineral major and trace element analyses were performed on more than 50 polished slabs representing mineralization from three seafloor hydrothermal massive sulfide deposits. Samples from the Bent Hill and ODP Mound massive sulfide deposits, both on the Juan de Fuca Ridge, can be contrasted with samples from the Trans-Atlantic Geotraverse (TAG) hydrothermal mound on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The massive sulfide at Bent Hill is predominantly pyrite and pyrrhotite, with increasing amounts of copper-bearing sulfide minerals at the base of the massive sulfide body and through the stockwork to an interval 200 m below seafloor that hosts high copper mineralization (Deep Copper Zone). ODP Mound contains much more abundant sphalerite and copper-bearing sulfides as compared to either Bent Hill or TAG, which are predominantly pyrite with much less abundant chalcopyrite. Copper-bearing sulfides from the Deep Copper Zone beneath Bent Hill and the lowest sampled interval of ODP Mound are petrographically and chemically similar, but distinct from copper-bearing minerals higher in either sequence.
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spellingShingle Composition of hydrothermal massive sulfide deposits from ODP Site 158-957 and Leg 169 sites
Lawrie, Darren
Miller, D Jay
Ocean Drilling Program; ODP
Sulfide mineral major and trace element analyses were performed on more than 50 polished slabs representing mineralization from three seafloor hydrothermal massive sulfide deposits. Samples from the Bent Hill and ODP Mound massive sulfide deposits, both on the Juan de Fuca Ridge, can be contrasted with samples from the Trans-Atlantic Geotraverse (TAG) hydrothermal mound on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The massive sulfide at Bent Hill is predominantly pyrite and pyrrhotite, with increasing amounts of copper-bearing sulfide minerals at the base of the massive sulfide body and through the stockwork to an interval 200 m below seafloor that hosts high copper mineralization (Deep Copper Zone). ODP Mound contains much more abundant sphalerite and copper-bearing sulfides as compared to either Bent Hill or TAG, which are predominantly pyrite with much less abundant chalcopyrite. Copper-bearing sulfides from the Deep Copper Zone beneath Bent Hill and the lowest sampled interval of ODP Mound are petrographically and chemically similar, but distinct from copper-bearing minerals higher in either sequence.
title Composition of hydrothermal massive sulfide deposits from ODP Site 158-957 and Leg 169 sites
topic Ocean Drilling Program; ODP
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.788699