TY - THES A1 - Codeco, Marta Sofia Ferreira T1 - Constraining the hydrology at Minas da Panasqueira W-Sn-Cu deposit, Portugal T1 - Bestimmung der Hydrologie der W-Sn-Cu Lagerstätte in der Miene Panasqueira, Portugal T1 - Considerações sobre a hidrologia do depósito de W-Sn-Cu da Panasqueira, Portugal N2 - This dissertation combines field and geochemical observations and analyses with numerical modeling to understand the formation of vein-hosted Sn-W ore in the Panasqueira deposit of Portugal, which is among the ten largest worldwide. The deposit is located above a granite body that is altered by magmatic-hydrothermal fluids in its upper part (greisen). These fluids are thought to be the source of metals, but that was still under debate. The goal of this study is to determine the composition and temperature of hydrothermal fluids at Panasqueira, and with that information to construct a numerical model of the hydrothermal system. The focus is on analysis of the minerals tourmaline and white mica, which formed during mineralization and are widespread throughout the deposit. Tourmaline occurs mainly in alteration zones around mineralized veins and is less abundant in the vein margins. White mica is more widespread. It is abundant in vein margins as well as alteration zones, and also occurs in the granite greisen. The laboratory work involved in-situ microanalysis of major- and trace elements in tourmaline and white mica, and boron-isotope analysis in both minerals by secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS). The boron-isotope composition of tourmaline and white mica suggests a magmatic source. Comparison of hydrothermally-altered and unaltered rocks from drill cores shows that the ore metals (W, Sn, Cu, and Zn) and As, F, Li, Rb, and Cs were introduced during the alteration. Most of these elements are also enriched in tourmaline and mica, which confirms their potential value as exploration guides to Sn-W ores elsewhere. The thermal evolution of the hydrothermal system was estimated by B-isotope exchange thermometry and the Ti-in-quartz method. Both methods yielded similar temperatures for the early hydrothermal phase: 430° to 460°C for B-isotopes and 503° ± 24°C for Ti-in-quartz. Mineral pairs from a late fault zone yield significantly lower median temperatures of 250°C. The combined results of thermometry with variations in chemical and B-isotope composition of tourmaline and mica suggest that a similar magmatic-hydrothermal fluid was active at all stages of mineralization. Mineralization in the late stage shows the same B-isotope composition as in the main stage despite a ca. 250°C cooling, which supports a multiple injection model of magmatic-hydrothermal fluids. Two-dimensional numerical simulations of convection in a multiphase NaCl hydrothermal system were conducted: (a) in order to test a new approach (lower dimensional elements) for flow through fractures and faults and (b) in order to identify conditions for horizontal fluid flow as observed in the flat-lying veins at Panasqueira. The results show that fluid flow over an intrusion (heat and fluid source) develops a horizontal component if there is sufficient fracture connectivity. Late, steep fault zones have been identified in the deposit area, which locally contain low-temperature Zn-Pb mineralization. The model results confirm that the presence of subvertical faults with enhanced permeability play a crucial role in the ascent of magmatic fluids to the surface and the recharge of meteoric waters. Finally, our model results suggest that recharge of meteoric fluids and mixing processes may be important at later stages, while flow of magmatic fluids dominate the early stages of the hydrothermal fluid circulation. N2 - In dieser Dissertation werden Feldbeobachtungen und geochemische Analysen mit numerischer Modellierung kombiniert, um die Bildung von Sn-W-Cu- Mineralisation in der Erzlagerstätte Panasqueira in Portugal zu verstehen. Panasqueira gehört zu den 10 größten Sn-W Lagerstätten weltweit, sie befindet sich oberhalb eines Granitkörpers, der im oberen Bereich durch magmatisch-hydrothermale Fluide alteriert ist (Greisenbildung). Es wird postuliert, dass magmatisch Fluide die Quelle für Metalle sind, das wurde aber bislang nicht eindeutig bestätigt. Das Ziel dieser Arbeiten ist es, die Zusammensetzung und Temperatur der hydrothermalen Fluide in Panasqueira zu bestimmen und mit diesen Informationen ein numerisches Modell des hydrothermalen Systems zu erstellen. Der Schwerpunkt liegt auf der Untersuchung von Turmalin und Hellglimmer, welche bei der Mineralisation gebildet wurden und in der gesamten Lagerstätte weit verbreitet sind. Turmalin kommt hauptsächlich in Alterationszonen um die vererzten Quarzgänge vor, sowie weniger häufig im Randbereich der Gänge. Hellglimmer dagegen ist stärker verbreitet. Es kommt sowohl in Quarzgangrändern und Alterationszonen vor als auch im Greisenkörper. Die Laborarbeiten umfassten in-situ Mikroanalytik der Haupt- und Spurenelementgehalte von Turmalin und Hellglimmer sowie die Analyse der Bor-isotopen in beiden Mineralen mittels Sekundärionen-Massenspektrometrie (SIMS). Die Bor-Isotopenzusammensetzung von Turmalin und Hellglimmer deuten auf eine magmatische Quelle hin. Der Vergleich von hydrothermal-überprägten mit unveränderten Gesteinsproben aus Bohrkernen zeigt, dass die Erzmetalle (W, Sn, Cu, Zn) sowie As, F, Li, Rb und Cs während der Alteration hinzugefügt wurden. Die meisten dieser Elemente sind auch in Turmalin und Glimmer angereichert, womit ihre Nützlichkeit als Explorationshilfe für Sn-W-Erze in anderen Gebieten bestätigt wird. Die thermische Entwicklung des Hydrothermalsystems wurde durch B-Isotopenaustausch-Thermometrie sowie durch die Ti-in-Quarz- Methode bestimmt. Beide Methoden ergaben für die frühe Hydrothermalphase ähnliche Temperaturen: 430° - 460°C für B-Isotope und 503° ± 24°C für Ti-in-Quarz. Mineral Paare aus einer späten Verwerfungszone ergaben deutlich niedrigere B-Isotopentemperaturen von durchschnittlich 250°C. Die Kombination der Thermometrie mit den chemischen und B-Isotopenvariationen in Turmalin und Glimmer deutet darauf hin, dass ein ähnliches magmatisch-hydrothermales Fluid in allen Mineralisierungsstufen beteiligt war. Die Mineralisierung im späten Stadium zeigt dieselbe B-Isotopenzusammensetzung wie die Hauptphase trotz der Abkühlung um ca. 250°C, was ein Mehrfachinjektionsmodell des magmatisch-hydrothermalen Fluids unterstützt. Zwei-dimensionale numerische Simulationen der Konvektion in einem mehrphasen NaCl System wurden durchgeführt um: a) eine neue Methode (lower dimensional elements) für hydrothermales Fließen durch Brüche und Störungszonen zu testen und b) die Voraussetzungen für die in Panasqueira dominierende horizontale Fluidbewegung in den flach liegenden Gängen zu identifizieren. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass Fluidströmungen immer dann eine starke horizontale Komponente haben wenn ausreichende Bruchverbindungen im Gestein vorhanden sind. Späte, steile Bruchzonen sind in der Umgebung der Lagerstätte identifiziert worden, welche lokal niedrig-temperierte Zn-Pb Mineralisierungen führen. Die Modellergebnisse bestätigen, dass das Vorhandensein subvertikaler Störungszonen mit höherer Permeabilität eine entscheidende Rolle für den Aufstieg magmatischer Fluide zur Oberfläche und das Eindringen von meteorischen Fluiden spielen. Schließlich schlagen unsere Simulationsergebnisse vor, dass das Eindringen meteorischer Fluide und Mischungsprozesse in späteren Phasen der hydrothermalen Zirkulation wichtig sind, während magmatische Fluide in frühen Phasen dominieren. N2 - O estudo apresentado na presente dissertação combina análises e observações campo e geoquímica (e.g. multi-elementar, mineral, isotópica) com modelação numérica por forma a compreender a evolução do sistema hidrotermal da Panasqueira e a formação dos filões sub-horizontais. O jazigo filoniano da Panasqueira, localizado em Portugal, encontra-se entre os dez maiores depósitos do tipo a nível mundial e é o maior produtor de W na União Europeia. O depósito desenvolveu-se a topo de um granito Varisco do tipo S, cuja cúpula se encontra greisenizada devido a circulação de fluidos de carácter magmato-hidrotermal. Pensa-se que estes fluidos sejam a fonte dos metais para a génese do jazigo, contudo esta questão tem constituído matéria de grande debate. Por forma, a compreender a evolução hidrotermal e construir um modelo numérico capaz de simular a hidrologia do sistema hidrotermal da Panasqueira, este trabalho envolveu a determinação da composição e temperatura dos fluidos hidrotermais. Para o efeito, este estudo concentrou-se na caracterização geoquímica e isotópica de turmalina e mica branca, as quais se formaram durante os processos iniciais de alteração hidrotermal e/ou mineralização, ocorrendo em diversos contextos. A turmalina ocorre essencialmente nos halos de alteração hidrotermal que encerram os veios mineralizados e está predominantemente associada aos estádios pré-mineralização. Em contraste, a mica branca ocorre em diversos contextos: greisen, filões (salbandas), e halos de alteração hidrotermal, estando associada quer aos estádios precoces, quer aos estádios principais de mineralização. O trabalho laboratorial envolveu análises in-situ de elementos maiores e traço em turmalina e mica, e análises isotópicas (isótopos de boro) em ambas as fases minerais através de espectrometria de massa por iões secundários (SIMS). As composições isotópicas da turmalina e mica branca sugerem uma fonte magmática para os fluidos hidrotermais. A comparação dos dados de litogeoquímica dos metassedimentos alterados e não alterados mostra que os metais (W, Sn, Cu e Zn), assim como em As, F, Li, Rb e Cs foram introduzidos durante o processo de alteração hidrotermal. Parte substancial destes elementos encontram-se também enriquecidos na mica e turmalina, o que confirma o seu potencial valor como vectores de prospecção mineral para os depósitos de W-Sn. A evolução térmica do sistema hidrotermal da Panasqueira foi estimada utilizando geotermómetros minerais. O geotermómetro do quartzo (Ti-in-quartz) indica temperaturas de 503° ± 24°C para a alteração precoce das rochas encaixantes, o que é consistente com as temperaturas médias de 430° a 460°C} obtidas através da geotermometria isotópica de boro em turmalina e mica branca nas salbandas micáceas. As zonas de falha estudadas através da utilização de pares-minerais indicam temperaturas médias substancialmente mais baixas (250°C). A combinação dos estudos de geotermometria mineral com as variações químicas e isotópicas obtidas para a turmalina e mica sugerem que um fluido magmático-hidrotermal relativamente homogéneo esteve activo durante todos os estádios de mineralização. Durante estádios tardios, a os fluidos mineralizantes possuem as mesmas composições isotópicas obtidas para os estádios principais, embora que registando um arrefecimento de ca. 250°C, o que suporta um modelo dinâmico com múltiplas injecções de fluidos magmático-hidrotermais. Simulações numéricas bidimensionais da convecção num sistema hidrotermal multifásico salino foram conduzidas: (i) para testar uma nova metodologia (“lower dimensional elements”) capaz de traduzir o fluxo de fluidos através de fracturas e falhas e, (ii) para identificar as condições do fluxo horizontal observado nos filões sub-horizontais da Panasqueira. Os resultados mostram que o escoamento dos fluidos em associação com uma intrusão (fonte de calor e fluidos) desenvolve uma componente horizontal, desde que haja conectividade suficiente. Falhas tardias inclinadas identificadas na área contem localmente mineralização de Zn e Pb de baixa temperatura. Os resultados dos modelos numéricos confirmam que a presença de falhas sub-verticais de permeabilidade acrescida tem um papel crucial na ascensão de fluidos magmáticos até a superfície e na infiltração de águas meteóricas. Por fim, os resultados das simulações sugerem que a infiltração de águas meteóricas e processos de mistura de fluidos possam ser importantes durantes os estádios tardios, enquanto os fluidos de carácter magmático dominam os estádios iniciais da circulação hidrotermal dos fluidos. KW - Panasqueira KW - tourmaline KW - muscovite KW - Boron isotopes KW - tungsten-tin deposits KW - magmatic-hydrothermal systems KW - LA-ICP-MS KW - SIMS KW - numerical simulation KW - fluid flow KW - fracture-controlled KW - alteration geochemistry KW - Panasqueira KW - Turmalin KW - Muscovit KW - Bor-isotopen KW - Wofram-Zinn Lagerstätte KW - magmatisch-hydrothermale Systeme KW - LA-ICP-MS KW - SIMS KW - numerische Modellierung KW - Fluid-strömungen KW - strukturelle Kontrolle KW - Alterationsgeochemie KW - Panasqueira KW - turmalina KW - muscovite KW - Isótopos de Boro KW - depósitos de volfrâmio-estanho KW - sistemas magmático-hidrotermais KW - LA-ICP-MS KW - SIMS KW - simulações numéricas KW - fluxo de fluidos KW - controlo estrutural KW - geoquímica da alteração hidrotermal Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-429752 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kutzschbach, Martin A1 - Wunder, Bernd A1 - Krstulovic, Marija A1 - Ertl, Andreas A1 - Trumbull, Robert B. A1 - Rocholl, Alexander A1 - Giester, Gerald T1 - First high-pressure synthesis of rossmanitic tourmaline and evidence for the incorporation of Li at the X site JF - Physics and chemistry of minerals / in cooperation with the International Mineralogical Association (IMA) N2 - Lithium is an important component of some tourmalines, especially in chemically evolved granites and pegmatites. All attempts at synthesizing Li-rich tourmaline have so far been unsuccessful. Here we describe the first synthesis of rossmanitic tourmaline at 4 GPa and 700 degrees C in the system Li2OAl2O3SiO2B2O3H2O (LASBH) from seed-free solid starting materials consisting of a homogenous mixture of Li2O, gamma-Al2O3, quartz and H3BO3. The solid run products after 12-day run duration comprise rossmanitic tourmaline (68 wt%), dumortierite (28 wt%) and traces of spodumene (3 wt%) and coesite (1 wt%). Tourmaline forms idiomorphic, large prismatic crystals (30 X 100 mu m), which are inclusion free and chemically unzoned. The refined cell dimensions of the tourmaline are: a = 15.7396(9) angstrom, c = 7.0575(5) angstrom, V = 1514.1(2) angstrom 3. Conventionally, the Li+ ion is assumed to exclusively occupy the octahedral Y site in the tourmaline structure to a maximum of 2 Li per formula unit (pfu). However, the chemical composition of our synthetic tourmaline determined by electron microprobe and secondary ion mass spectroscopy results in the formula: (X)(square Li-0.67(11)(0.33(11)))(Y)(Al2.53(10)Li0.47(10))(Z)(Al-6)T(Si5.42(15)B0.58(15))O-18(B)(BO3)(3)(V+W)[(OH)(2.40(3))O-1.60(3)], wherein a significant amount of Li occupies the X site for charge balance requirements. Reliable assignment of the OH-stretching vibrations in a polarized single-crystal Raman spectrum such as a single-crystal XRD structure refinement, confirms the incorporation of Li at the X site [0.24(9) and 0.15(5) Li-X pfu, respectively]. The SREF data show that the LiO1 distances are shortened significantly in order to compensate for the smaller ionic radius of Li+ compared to Na+, K+ or Ca2+ at the X site, i.e., Li is closer to the Si6O18 ring and to a sevenfold coordination with oxygen. KW - High-pressure synthesis KW - Tourmaline KW - Rossmanite KW - Crystal chemistry KW - X site occupancy KW - SIMS KW - SREF KW - Li isotope fractionation Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00269-016-0863-0 SN - 0342-1791 SN - 1432-2021 VL - 44 SP - 353 EP - 363 PB - Springer CY - New York ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ribacki, Enrico A1 - Trumbull, Robert B. A1 - Lopez De Luchi, Monica Graciela A1 - Altenberger, Uwe T1 - The chemical and B-Isotope composition of Tourmaline from intra-granitic Pegmatites in the Las Chacras-Potrerillos Batholith, Argentina JF - The Canadian mineralogist : journal of the Mineralogical Association of Canada N2 - The Devonian Las Chacras-Potrerillos batholith comprises six nested monzonitic to granitic intrusions with metaluminous to weakly peraluminous composition and a Sr-Nd isotopic signature indicating a dominantly juvenile mantle-derived source. The chemically most evolved units in the southern batholith contain a large number of intra-granitic, pod-shaped tourmaline-bearing pegmatites. This study uses in situ chemical and boron isotopic analyses of tourmaline from nine of these pegmatites to discuss their relationship to the respective host intrusions and the implications of their B-isotope composition for the source and evolution of the magmas. The tourmalines reveal a diversity in element composition (e.g., FeO, MgO, TiO2, CaO, MnO, F) which distinguishes individual pegmatites from one another. However, all have a narrow 5 11 B range of -13.7 to -10.5%0 (n = 100) which indicates a relatively uniform magmatic system and similar temperature conditions during tourmaline crystallization. The average delta(11) B value of -11.7%0 is typical for S-type granites and is within the range reported for peraluminous granites. pegmatites, and metamorphic units of the Ordovician basement into which the Las Chacras-Potrerillos batholith intruded. The B-isotope evidence argues for a crustal boron source like that of the Ordovician basement, in contrast to the metaluminous to weakly peraluminous composition and juvenile initial Sr and Nd isotope ratios of the Las Chacras-Potrerillos batholith magmas. We propose that the boron was not derived from the magma source region but was incorporated from dehydration melting of elastic metasedimentary rocks higher up in the crustal column. KW - pegmatite KW - tourmaline KW - SIMS KW - B-isotopes KW - Las Chacras-Potrerillos KW - Sierra de San Luis KW - Argentina Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3749/canmin.2100036 SN - 0008-4476 SN - 1499-1276 VL - 60 IS - 1 SP - 49 EP - 66 PB - Association of Canada CY - Ottawa ER -