PIXE and SEM analyses of fluid inclusions in quartz crystals from the K-alteration zone of the Rosia Poieni porphyry-Cu deposit, Apuseni Mountains, Rumania

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1081-1096

  Damman, Arend H ^a   Kars, Saskia M ^a   Touret, Jacques L R ^a   Rieffe, E Christiaan ^a   Kramer, Johannes A L M ^a   Vis, Ronald D ^a   Pintea, Ioan ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Fluid inclusions; PIXE; Porphyry Cu deposits; SEM

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE MINERALS; COPPER; COPPER DEPOSITS; CRYSTALS; DEPOSITS; FELDSPAR; HEMATITE; IRON METALLOGRAPHY; LEAD METALLOGRAPHY; MINERALOGY; ORES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; QUARTZ; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM METALLOGRAPHY; SULFATE MINERALS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZINC METALLOGRAPHY;

FLUID INCLUSION; HIGH SALINITY BRINES; MICROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS; ORE MINERALIZATION; PIXE; PORPHYRY-CU DEPOSITS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SHALLOW INTRUSIONS;

COPPER METALLOGRAPHY;

ALTERATION ZONE; COPPER; FLUID INCLUSION; MINERALIZATION; QUARTZ; UNMIXING;

ROMANIA, APUSENI MOUNTAINS, ROSIA POIENI;

EID: 0030424028     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/ejm/8/5/1081     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Anderson, A.J., Clark, A.H., Ma Xin-Pei, Palmer, G.R., MacArthur, J.D., Roedder, E. (1989): Proton-induced X-ray and gamma-ray emission analysis of unopened fluid inclusions. Econ. Geol., 84, 924-939.
2. Ayora, C. & Fontarnau, R. (1990): X-ray microanalysis of frozen fluid inclusions. Chemical Geol., 89, 135-148.
3. Bodnar, R.J. & Beane, R.E. (1980): Temporal and spatial variations in hydrothermal fluid characteristics during vein filling in pre-ore cover overlying deeply buried porphyry copper-type mineralization at Red Mountain, Arizona. Econ. Geol., 75, 876-893.
4. Bostinescu, S. (1984): Porphyry copper systems in the south Apuseni mountains, Rumania. An. Inst. Geol. Geofiz., LXIV, 163-172.
5. Burke, E.A.J. & Lustenhouwer, W.J. (1987): Advantages of the application of a multi-channel laser Raman-microprobe (Microdil-28) in the analysis of fluid inclusions. Chemical Geol., 61, 11-17.
6. Eastoe, C.J. (1978): A fluid inclusion study from the Panguna porphyry copper deposit, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. Econ. Geol., 73, 721-748.
7. Ermakov, N.P. (1966): Research on material forming solutions, Nedra Press, Moscow, 264 p.
8. Frazer, D.G. (1995): The nuclear microprobe- PIXE, PIGE, RBS, NRA and ERDA. in "Microprobe techniques in the earth sciences", Ph. J. Potts, J.F.W. Bowles, S.J.B. Reed, M.R. Cave, eds, Chapman & Hall, London, 141-162.
9. Frezzotti, M.L. (1992): Magmatic immiscibility and fluid phase evolution in the Mount Genis granite (SE Sardinia, Italy). Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 56, 21-33.
10. Halden, N.M., Campbell, J.L., Teesdale, W.J. (1995): PIXE analysis in mineralogy and geochemistry. Can. Mineral., 33, 213-302.
11. Heinrich, C.A., Ryan, C.G., Mernagh, T.P., Eadington, P.J. (1992): Segregation of ore metals between magmatic brine and vapor: a fluid inclusion study using PIXE microanalysis. Econ. Geol., 87, 1566-1583.
12. Horn, E.E. & Traxel, K. (1987): Investigations of individual fluid inclusions with the Heidelberg proton microprobe - a nondestructive analytical method. Chemical Geol., 61, 29-35.
13. Ianovici, V. & Borcos, M. (1982): Rumania. in "Mineral deposits of Europe", Vol. 2, F.W. Dunning, W. Mykura, D. Slater, eds., Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, London, 55-137.
14. Ianovici, V., Vlad, S., Borcos, M., Bostinescu, S. (1977): Alpine porphyry copper mineralization of west Romania. Mineral. Deposita, 12, 307-317.
15. Johan, Z. (1980): Porphyres cuprifères dans leur contexte magmatique, in "Minéralisations liées aux granitoïdes", Z. Johan, ed., Mém. B.R.G.M., 99, Part 1, 1-10.
16. Johansson, S.A.E. & Campbell, J.E. (1988): PIXE - A novel technique for elemental analysis. John Wiley and Sons Ltd., 347 p.
17. Jones, B.K. (1991): Application of metal zoning to gold exploration in porphyry copper systems. J. Geochem. Explor., 43, 127-155.
18. Kramer, J.L.A.M., Ullings, A.H., Vis, R.D. (1993): A Unix-based real-time data acquisition system for microprobe analysis using an advanced X11 Windows toolkit. Nucl. Instr. Meth., B77, 62-65.
19. Maaskant, P. (1986): Electron probe microanalysis of unopened fluid inclusions, a semiquantitative approach. N. Jb. Mineral. Mh., 297-304.
20. Maxwell, J.A., Campbell, J.L., Teesdale, W.J. (1989): The Guelph PIXE software package. Nucl. Instr. Meth., B43, 218-230.
21. Pichavant, M., Ramboz, C., Weisbrod, A. (1982): Fluid immiscibility in natural processes. Use and misuse of fluid inclusion data. I: Phase equilibria analysis. Chemical Geol., 37, 1-27.
22. Pintea, I. (1993): Microthermometry of the hydrosaline melt inclusions from copper-porphyry ore deposits (Apuseni Mountains, Rumania). Arch. Mineral., XLIX, 165-167.
23. _ (1995): Fluid inclusion evidence for magmatic immiscibility between hydrous salt melt and silicate melt as a primary source of ore metals in porphyry-copper systems from Apuseni Mountains, Romania. Bol. Soc. Espanola Mineralogia, 18-1, 184-186.
24. Quan, R.A., Cloke, P.L., Kesler, S.E. (1987): Chemical analyses of halite trend inclusions from the Granisle porphyry copper deposit, British Columbia. Econ. Geol., 82, 1912-1930.
25. Roedder, E. (1984): Fluid inclusions. Rev. Mineral., 12, 1-644.
26. _ (1992): Fluid inclusion evidence for immiscibility in magmatic differentiation. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 56, 5-20.
27. Ryan, C.G., Cousens, D.R., Heinrich, C.A., Griffin, W.L., Sie, S.H., Mernagh, T.P. (1991): Quantitative PIXE microanalysis of fluid inclusions based on a layered yield model. Nucl. Instr. Meth., B54, 292-297.
28. Ryan, C.G., Heinrich, C.A., Mernagh, T.P. (1993): PIXE microanalysis of fluid inclusions and its application to study ore metal segregation between magmatic brine and vapor. Nucl. Instr. Meth., B77, 463-471.
29. Touret, J.L.R. & Frezzotti, M.L. (1993): Magmatic remnants in plutonic rocks. Bull. Soc. Géol. France, 164, 229-242.
30. Vis, R.D., Kramer, J.L.A.M., Tros, G.H.J., van Langevelde, F., Mars, L. (1993): The upgraded Amsterdam nuclear microprobe. Nucl. Instr. Meth., B77, 41-44.
31. Weisbrod, A. (1981): Fluid inclusions in shallow intrusives. in "Short course in fluid inclusions: applications to petrology", L.S. Hollister and M.L. Crawford, eds, Mineral. Ass. Can., 6, 241-277.
32. Wilson, J.W., Kesler, S.E., Cloke, P.L., Kelly, W.C. (1980): Fluid inclusion geochemistry of the Granisle and Bell porphyry copper deposit, British Columbia. Econ. Geol., 75, 45-61.