TY - JOUR

T1 - Chemical evidence for, and implications of, a primary FeS phase in the Ankarvattnet Zn-Cu-Pb massive sulphide deposit, central Swedish Caledonides

AU - Sundblad, K.

PY - 1981/5/1

Y1 - 1981/5/1

N2 - The origin of the pyrrhotite in the Ankarvattnet massive sulphide deposit is discussed, based on chemical relations between the different mineralization types. A metamorphic genesis is rejected and a premetamorphic origin is alternatively suggested, which is in agreement with similar ideas for the origin of the pyrrhotite in other deposits. The pyrrhotite is thought to have formed in the stringer zone to a massive pyritic layer with similar formation mechanisms as for volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits. The recognition of a stringer zone mineralogy provides better possibilities to understand the physico-chemical character of the ore forming environment.

AB - The origin of the pyrrhotite in the Ankarvattnet massive sulphide deposit is discussed, based on chemical relations between the different mineralization types. A metamorphic genesis is rejected and a premetamorphic origin is alternatively suggested, which is in agreement with similar ideas for the origin of the pyrrhotite in other deposits. The pyrrhotite is thought to have formed in the stringer zone to a massive pyritic layer with similar formation mechanisms as for volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits. The recognition of a stringer zone mineralogy provides better possibilities to understand the physico-chemical character of the ore forming environment.

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U2 - 10.1007/BF00206459

DO - 10.1007/BF00206459

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:0019705991

VL - 16

SP - 129

EP - 146

JO - Mineralium Deposita

JF - Mineralium Deposita

SN - 0026-4598

IS - 1

ER -