The petrogenesis and platinum-group element geochemistry of the Newer Volcanic Province, Victoria, Australia

Chemical Geology

Volumn 136, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 181-204

  Vogel, Derek C ^a,c   Keays, Reid R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Basalts; Geochemistry; Mantle sources; Newer Volcanic Province; Partition coefficients; Petrogenesis; Platinum group; Rare earths; Saturation; Sulfur; Victoria

Indexed keywords

BASALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; MANTLE SOURCE; PETROGENESIS; PGE;

AUSTRALIA, VICTORIA, NEWER VOLCANIC PROVINCE;

EID: 0030749341     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(96)00142-8     Document Type: Article

References (68)

1. Agiorgitis, G. and Wolf, R., 1978. Aspects of osmium, ruthenium and iridium contents in some Greek chromites. Chem. Geol., 23: 267-272.
2. Augé, T., 1985. Platinum-group-mineral inclusions in ophiolitic chromitite from the Vourinos complex, Greece. Can. Mineral., 23: 163-171.
3. Barnes, S.J. and Naldrett, A.J., 1985. Geochemistry of the J-M (Howland) Reef of the Stillwater Complex, Minneapolis adit area, I. Sulfide chemistry and sulfide-olivine equilibrium. Econ. Geol., 80: 627-645.
4. Barnes, S.J., Naldrett, A.J. and Gorton, M.P., 1985. The origin of the fractionation of platinum-group elements in terrestrial magmas. Chem. Geol., 53: 303-323.
5. Barnes, S.J., Boyd, R., Korneliussen, A., Nilson, L.-P., Often, M., Pedersen, R.B. and Robins, B., 1988. The use of mantle normalization and metal ratios in discriminating between the effects of partial melting, crystal fractionation and sulphide segregation on platinum-group elements, gold, nickel and copper: Examples from Norway. In: H.M. Prichard, P.J. Potts, J.F.W. Bowles and S.J. Cribb (Editors), Geo-Platinum '87 Symp. Vol. Elsevier, London, pp. 113-143.
6. Bezmen, N.S., Brügmann, G.E., Asif, M. and Naldrett, A.J., 1991. Experimental determination of sulfide-silicate partitioning of PGE and Au. Geol. Assoc. Can., Abstr. Prog., 16: A12.
7. Camp, V.E., Roobol, M.J. and Hooper, P.R., 1991. The Arabian continental alkali basalt province, Part II. Evolution of Harrats Khaybar, Ithnayn, and Kura, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 103: 363-391.
8. Capobianco, C.J. and Drake, M.J., 1990. Partitioning of ruthenium, rhodium, and palladium between spinel and silicate melt and implications for platinum group element fractionation trends. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 54: 869-874.
9. Chen, C.-Y. and Frey, F.A., 1981. Multi-stage geochemical events in the upper mantle: evidences from geochemical studies of spinel lherzolites from Mount Leura, Australia. Eos (Trans. Am. Geophys. Union), 62: 415 (abstract).
10. Chen, C.-Y. and Frey, F.A., 1983. Origin of Hawaiian tholeiite and alkalic basalt. Nature (London), 302: 785-789.
11. Condie, K., 1989. Plate Tectonics and Crustal Evolution. Pergamon, New York, NY, 476 pp.
12. Ewart, A., Chappell, B.W. and Menzies, M., 1988. Petrogenesis of the eastern Australian Cainozoic volcanic provinces. Geol. Soc. Aust., Abstr., 21: 130.
13. Faure, G., 1986. Principles of Isotope Geology. Wiley, New York, NY, 589 pp.
14. Fleet, M.E. and Stone, W.E., 1991. Partitioning of platinum-group elements in the Fe-Ni-S system and their fractionation in nature. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 55: 245-253.
15. Frey, F.A. and Green, D.H., 1974. The mineralogy, geochemistry and origin of lherzolite inclusions in Victorian basanites. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 38: 1023-1059.
16. Frey, F.A., Green, D.H. and Roy, S.D., 1978. Integrated models of basalt petrogenesis: A study of quartz tholeiites to olivine melilitites from South Eastern Australia utilizing geochemical and experimental petrological data. J. Petrol., 19: 463-513.
17. Gijbels, R., Millard, H.T., Desborough, G.A. and Bartel, A.J., 1974. Osmium, ruthenium, iridium and chromite from the eastern Bushveld Complex, South Africa. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 38: 319-337.
18. Hamlyn, P.R., 1991. Certificate of analysis for OREAS IIP low-level platinum/palladium reference standard. Ore Research and Exploration Pty. Ltd., Hawthorn, Vic., Rep. 11A.
19. Hamlyn, P.R. and Keays, R.R., 1986. Sulfur saturation and second-stage melts: Application to the Bushveld Platinum Metal Deposits. Econ. Geol., 81: 1431-1445.
20. Hamlyn, P.R., Keays, R.R., Cameron, W.E., Crawford, A.J. and Waldron, H.M., 1985. Precious metals in magnesian low-Ti lavas: Implications for metallogenesis and sulfur saturation in primary magmas. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 49: 1797-1811.
21. Haughton, D.R., Roeder, P.L. and Skinner, B., 1974. Solubility of sulfur in mafic magmas. Econ. Geol., 69: 451-467.
22. Hawkesworth, C.J., Mantovani, M.S.M., Taylor, P.N. and Palacz, Z., 1986. Evidence from the Parana of south Brazil for a continental contribution to DUPAL basalts. Nature (London), 332: 356-359.
23. Helz, R.T., 1977. Determination of the P-T dependence of the first appearance of FeS-rich liquid in natural basalts to 20 kb. Eos (Trans. Am. Geophys. Union), 58: 523 (abstract).
24. Hoatson, D.M. and Keays, R.R., 1989. Formation of platiniferous sulfide horizons by crystal fractionation and magma mixing in the Munni Munni Layered Intrusion, West Pilbara Block, Western Australia. Econ. Geol., 84: 1775-1804.
25. Hofmann, A.W. and White, W.M., 1982. Mantle plumes from ancient oceanic crust. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 57: 421-436.
26. Humphris, S.E., Thompson, G., Schilling, J.G. and Kingsley, R.E., 1985. Petrological and geochemical variations along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between 46°S and 32°S: influence of the Tristan da Cunha mantle plume. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 49: 1445-1464.
27. Ionov, D.A., Hoefs, J., Wedepohl, K.H. and Wiechert, U., 1992. Content and isotopic composition of sulphur in ultramafic xenoliths from central Asia. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 111: 269-286.
28. Irving, A.J. and Green, D.H., 1976. Geochemistry and petrogenesis of the Newer basalts of Victoria and South Australia. J. Geol. Soc. Aust., 23: 45-66.
29. Joyce, E.B., 1988. Newer Volcanic landforms. In: J.G. Douglas and J.A. Ferguson (Editors), Geology of Victoria. Vic. Div. Geol. Soc. Aust., pp. 419-426.
30. Keays, R.R., 1982. Palladium and iridium in komatiites and associated rocks: application to petrogenetic problems. In: N.T. Arndt and E.G. Nisbet (Editors), Komatiites. George Allen and Unwin, London, pp. 435-458.
31. Keays, R.R., 1995. The role of komatiitic and picritic magmatism and S-saturation in the formation of ore deposits. Lithos, 34: 1-18.
32. Keays, R.R. and Campbell, I.H., 1981. Precious metals in the Jimberlana Intrusion, Western Australia: implications for the genesis of platiniferous ores in layered intrusions. Econ. Geol., 76: 1118-1141.
33. Lightfoot, P.C. and Naldrett, A.J., 1984. Chemical variation in the Insizwa Complex, Transkei, and the nature of the parent magma. Can. Mineral., 22: 111-123.
34. Macdonald, G.A. and Katsura, T., 1964. Chemical composition of Hawaiian lavas. J. Petrol., 5: 82-113.
35. McBride, J.S., Lambert, D.D., Greig, A. and Nicholls, I.A., 1996. Multistage evolution of Australian subcontinental mantle: Re-Os isotopic constraints from Victorian mantle xenoliths. Geology, 24: 631-634.
36. McDonough, W.F. and McCulloch, M.T., 1987. The southeast Australian lithospheric mantle: isotopic and geochemical constraints on its growth and evolution. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 86: 327-340.
37. McDonough, W.F., McCulloch, M.T. and Sun, S.-S., 1985. Isotopic and geochemical systematics in Tertiary-Recent basalts from southeastern Australia and implications for the evolution of the sub-continental lithosphere. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 49: 2051-2067.
38. McKenzie, D. and Bickle, M.J., 1988. The volume and composition of melt generated by extension of the lithosphere. J. Petrol., 29: 625-680.
39. Mitchell, R.H. and Keays, R.R., 1981. Abundance and distribution of gold, palladium and iridium in some spinel and garnet lherzolites: implications for the nature and origin of precious metal-rich intergranular components in the upper mantle. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 45: 2425-2442.
40. Moore, J.G. and Schilling, J.-G., 1973. Vesicles, water and sulfur in Reykjanes Ridge basalts. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., 41: 105-118.
41. 2). Am. J. Sci., 280: 78-92.
42. Nakamura, N., 1974. Determination of REE, Ba, Mg, Na and K in carbonaceous and ordinary chondrites. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 38: 757-775.
43. Naldrett, A.J., Goodwin, A.M., Fisher, T.L. and Ridler, R.H., 1978. The sulfur content of Archean volcanic rocks and a comparison with ocean floor basalts. Can. J. Earth Sci., 15: 715-728.
44. Peach, C.L. and Mathez, E.A., 1993. Sulfide melt-silicate melt distribution coefficients for nickel and iron and implications for the distribution of other chalcophile elements. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 57: 3013-3021.
45. Peach, C.L., Mathez, E.A. and Keays, R.R., 1990. Sulphide melt-silicate melt distribution coefficients for the noble metals and other chalcophile metals as deduced from MORB: Implications for partial melting. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 54: 3379-3389.
46. Peach, C.L., Mathez, E.A., Keays, R.R. and Reeves, S.J., 1994. Experimentally determined sulfide melt-silicate melt partition coefficients for iridium and palladium. Chem. Geol., 117: 361-377.
47. Pearce, J.A., 1983. Role of the subcontinental lithosphere in magma genesis at active continental margins. In: C.J. Hawkesworth and M.J. Norry (Editors), Continental Basalts and Mantle Xenoliths. Shiva, Nantwich, pp. 230-272.
48. Pearce, J.A. and Norry, M.J., 1979. Petrogenetic implications of Ti, Zr, Y, and Nb variations in volcanic rocks. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., 69: 33-47.
49. Peck, D.C. and Keays, R.R., 1990a. Insights into the behaviour of precious metals in primitive, S-undersaturated magmas: evidence from the Heazlewood River Complex, Tasmania. Can. Mineral., 28: 553-577.
50. Peck, D.C. and Keays, R.R., 1990b. Geology, geochemistry and origin of platinum-group element - chromitite occurrences in the Heazlewood River Complex, Tasmania. Econ. Geol., 85: 765-793.
51. Prendergast, M.D. and Keays, R.R., 1989. Controls of platinum-group element mineralization and the origin of the PGE-rich Main Sulphide Zone in the Wedza Subchamber of the Great Dyke, Zimbabwe: implication for the genesis of, and exploration for, stratiform PGE mineralization in layered intrusions. In: H.D. Prendergast and M.J. Jones (Editors), Magmatic Sulphides - The Zimbabwe Volume. Inst. Min. Metall., London, pp. 43-69.
52. Price, R.C., Gray, C.M., Nicholls, I.A. and Day, A., 1988. Cainozoic volcanic rocks. In: J.G. Douglas and J.A. Ferguson (Editors), Geology of Victoria. Vic. Div. Geol. Soc. Aust., pp. 439-452.
53. Price, R.C., Gray, C.M., Wilson, R.E., Frey, F.A. and Taylor, S.R., 1991. The effects of weathering on rare-earth element, Y and Ba abundances in Tertiary basalts from southeastern Australia. Chem. Geol., 93: 245-265.
54. Rajamani, V. and Naldrett, A.J., 1978. Partitioning of Fe, Co, Ni and Cu between sulfide and silicate melts and the composition of Ni-Cu sulfide deposits. Econ. Geol., 73: 82-93.
55. Ross, J.R. and Keays, R.R., 1979. Precious metals in volcanic-type nickel sulfide deposits in Western Australia, I. Relationships with the composition of the ores and host rocks. Can. Mineral., 17: 417-436.
56. Saunders, A.D., Tarney, J. and Weaver, S.D., 1980. Transverse geochemical variations across the Antarctic Peninsula: implications for the genesis of calc-alkaline magmas. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 46: 344-360.
57. Schilling, J.G., Zajac, M., Evans, R., Johnston, T., White, W., Devine, J.D. and Kingsley, R., 1983. Petrologic and geochemical variations along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge from 29°N to 73°N. Am J. Sci., 283: 510-586.
58. Sharpe, M.R., 1982. Noble metals in the marginal rocks of the Bushveld Complex. Econ. Geol., 77: 1286-1295.
59. Smith, A.D., 1993. The continental mantle as a source for hotspot volcanism. Terra Nova, 5: 452-460.
60. Stockman, H.W. and Hlava, P.F., 1984. Platinum-group minerals in alpine chromitites from southwestern Oregon. Econ. Geol., 79: 491-508.
61. Stone, W.E., Crocket, J.H. and Fleet, M.E., 1990. Partitioning of palladium, iridium, platinum, and gold between sulphide liquid and basalt melt at 1200°C. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 54: 2341-2344.
62. Sun, S.-S. and McDonough, W.F., 1989. Chemical and isotopic systematics of oceanic basalts: implications for mantle composition and processes. In: A.D. Saunders and M.J. Norry (Editors), Magmatism in the Ocean Basins. Geol. Soc. London, Spec. Publ., 42: 313-345.
63. Talkington, R.W., Watkinson, D.H., Whittaker, P.J. and Jones, P.C., 1983. Platinum-group-mineral inclusions in chromite from the Bird River sill, Manitoba. Miner. Deposita, 18: 245-255.
64. Thompson, R.N., Morrison, M.A., Dickin, A.P. and Hendry, G.L., 1983. Continental flood basalts... arachnids rule OK? In: C.J. Hawkesworth and M.J. Norry (Editors), Continental Basalts and Mantle Xenoliths. Shiva, Nantwich, pp. 158-185.
65. Tilling, R.I., 1974. Composition and time relations of plutonic and associated volcanic rocks, Boulder Batholith region, Montana. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 85: 1925-1930.
66. Wellman, P. and McDougall, I., 1974. Cainozoic igneous activity in eastern Australia. Tectonophysics, 23: 49-65.
67. Wendlandt, R.F., 1982. Sulfide saturation of basalt and andesite melts at high pressures and temperatures. Am. Mineral., 67: 877-885.
68. Wilson, J.T., 1963. A possible origin of the Hawaiian islands. Can. J. Phys., 41: 863-870.