scholarly journals Rare Earth Element Fluorocarbonate Minerals from the Olympic Dam Cu-U-Au-Ag Deposit, South Australia

Minerals ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. 202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danielle Schmandt ◽  
Nigel Cook ◽  
Cristiana Ciobanu ◽  
Kathy Ehrig ◽  
Benjamin Wade ◽  
...  
Minerals ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sasha Krneta ◽  
Cristiana Ciobanu ◽  
Nigel Cook ◽  
Kathy Ehrig

Trace element signatures in apatite are used to study hydrothermal processes due to the ability of this mineral to chemically record and preserve the impact of individual hydrothermal events. Interpretation of rare earth element (REE)-signatures in hydrothermal apatite can be complex due to not only evolving fO2, fS2 and fluid composition, but also to variety of different REE-complexes (Cl-, F-, P-, SO4, CO3, oxide, OH− etc.) in hydrothermal fluid, and the significant differences in solubility and stability that these complexes exhibit. This contribution applies numerical modeling to evolving REE-signatures in apatite within the Olympic Dam iron-oxide-copper-gold deposit, South Australia with the aim of constraining fluid evolution. The REE-signatures of three unique types of apatite from hydrothermal assemblages that crystallized under partially constrained conditions have been numerically modeled, and the partitioning coefficients between apatite and fluid calculated in each case. Results of these calculations replicate the measured data well and show a transition from early light rare earth element (LREE)- to later middle rare earth element (MREE)-enriched apatite, which can be achieved by an evolution in the proportions of different REE-complexes. Modeling also efficiently explains the switch from REE-signatures with negative to positive Eu-anomalies. REE transport in hydrothermal fluids at Olympic Dam is attributed to REE–chloride complexes, thus explaining both the LREE-enriched character of the deposit and the relatively LREE-depleted nature of later generations of apatite. REE deposition may, however, have been induced by a weakening of REE–Cl activity and subsequent REE complexation with fluoride species. The conspicuous positive Eu-anomalies displayed by later apatite with are attributed to crystallization from high pH fluids characterized by the presence of Eu3+ species.


2003 ◽  
Vol 2003 (3) ◽  
pp. 147-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald Esdale ◽  
Don F. Pridmore ◽  
John Coggon ◽  
Philip Muir ◽  
Peter Williams ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danielle S. Schmandt ◽  
Nigel J. Cook ◽  
Cristiana L. Ciobanu ◽  
Kathy Ehrig ◽  
Benjamin P. Wade ◽  
...  

Minerals ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sasha Krneta ◽  
Cristiana L. Ciobanu ◽  
Nigel J. Cook ◽  
Kathy Ehrig ◽  
Alkis Kontonikas-Charos

2017 ◽  
Vol 112 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alkis Kontonikas-Charos ◽  
Cristiana L. Ciobanu ◽  
Nigel J. Cook ◽  
Kathy Ehrig ◽  
Sasha Krneta ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shayantani Ghosal ◽  
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Sudha Agrahari ◽  
Debashish Sengupta

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