The effect of metasomatism on the Cr-PGE mineralization in the Finero Complex, Ivrea Zone, Southern Alps

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 299-314

  Grieco, Giovanni ^a   Ferrario, Alfredo ^a   Mathez, Edmond A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromite; Finero; Ivrea Zone; Metasomatism; Platinum group elements

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CHROMITE; CRYSTALLIZATION; IRON; PLATINUM; SILICATE MINERALS;

METASOMATISM; MINERALIZATION;

GEOLOGY;

CHROMIUM; METAMORPHISM; METASOMATISM; MINERALIZATION; ORE BODY; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; IVREA-VERBANO ZONE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 1642456575     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2003.05.004     Document Type: Article

References (54)

1. Agrinier P. Mével C. Bosch D. Javoy M. Metasomatic hydrous fluids in amphibole peridotites from Zabargad Island (Red Sea) Earth and Planetary Science Letters 120 1993 187-205
2. Anders E. Grevesse N. Abundances of the elements: meteoritic and solar Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 53 1989 197-214
3. Arai S. Yurimoto H. Podiform chromitites of the Tari-Misaka ultramafic complex, Southwestern Japan, as mantle-melt interaction products Economic Geology 89 1994 1279-1288
4. Augé T. Chromite deposits in the northern Oman ophiolite: mineralogical constraints Mineralium Deposita 22 1987 1-10
5. Augé T. Johan Z. Comparative study of chromite deposits from Troodos, Vourinos, North Oman, and New Caledonia ophiolites Boissonnas J. Omenetto P. Mineral Deposits Within the European Community 1988 267-288 Springer Berlin
6. Barnes S.J. Naldrett A.J. Gorton M.P. The origin of the fractionation of platinum-group elements in terrestrial magmas Chemical Geology 53 1985 303-323
7. Coltorti M. Siena F. Mantle tectonite and fractionate peridotite at Finero (Italian Western Alps) Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie. Abhandlungen 149 1984 225-244
8. Coltorti M. Siena F. The petrogenesis of a hydrated mafic-ultramafic complex and the role of amphibole fractionation at Finero (Italian Western Alps) Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie Monatshefte 1989 255-274
9. Cumming G.L. Köppel V. Ferrario A. A lead isotope study of the northeastern Ivrea Zone and the adjoining Ceneri Zone (N-Italy): evidence for a contaminated subcontinental mantle Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 97 1987 19-30
10. Dawson J.B. Metasomatized harzburgites in kimberlite and alkaline magmas: enriched restites and flushed lherzolites Menzies M.A. Hawkesworth C.J. Mantle Metasomatism 1987 125-144 Academic Press London
11. Exley R.A. Sills J.D. Smith J.V. Geochemistry of micas from the Finero spinel-lherzolite, Italian Alps Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 81 1982 59-63
12. Ferrario A. Garuti G. Platinum-group minerals in chromite-rich horizons of the Niquelandia Complex (Central Goias, Brazil) Prichard H.M. Potts P.J. Bowles J.F.W. Cribb S.J. Geo-Platinum 87 Symposium 1987 261-272 Elsevier London
13. Ferrario A. Garuti G. Platinum-group minerals inclusions in chromitites of the Finero mafic-ultramafic complex (Ivrea-Zone, Italy) Mineralogy and Petrology 41 1990 125-143
14. Forbes W.C. Mottana A. Morten L. Gigantic mineral patches in the ultramafic rocks of the Finero Complex (Central Alps) Proceedings of the 2nd Symposium Ivrea-Verbano Memorie della Societa Geologica Italiana vol. 33 1978 127-133
15. Garuti G. Gazzotti M. Torres-Ruiz J. Iridium, rhodium, and platinum sulfides in chromitites from the ultramafic massifs of Finero, Italy, and Ojèn, Spain Canadian Mineralogist 33 1995 509-520
16. Garuti G. Bea F. Zaccarini F. Montero P. Age, geochemistry and petrogenesis of the ultramafic pipes in the Ivrea Zone, NW Italy Journal of Petrology 42 2000 433-457
17. Grieco, G., 1998a. Le mineralizzazioni a cromite e PGE del complesso di Finero: relazioni con i processi metasomatici. PhD thesis, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Milano. 152 pp.
18. Grieco G. Chromite and PGE mineralizations of the Finero complex (southern Alps, Italy): relations with metasomatic processes Plinius 19 1998 134-140
19. Grieco G. Ferrario A. von Quadt A. Koeppel V. Mathez E.A. The zircon-bearing chromitites of the Phlogopite Perifdotite of Finero (Ivrea Zone, Southern Alps): evidence and geochronology of a metasomatized mantle slab Journal of Petrology 42 2001 89-101
20. Hartmann G. Wedepohl K.H. The composition of peridotite tectonites from the Ivrea Complex, northern Italy: residues from melt extraction Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 57 1993 1761-1782
21. Hunziker J. Rb-Sr and K-Ar age determination and the alpine tectonic history of the western Alps Memorie degli Istituti di Geologia e Mineralogia dell' Università di Padova 31 1974 1-54
22. Ionov D.A. Gregoire M. Prikhod V.S. Feldspar-Ti-oxide metasomatism in off-cratonic continental and oceanic upper mantle Earth and Planetary Science Letters 165 1999 37-44
23. Irvine T.N. Chromian spinel as a petrogenetic indicator: Part II. Petrologic applications Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 4 1967 71-103
24. Johnson K.E. Davis A.M. Bryndzia L.T. Contrasting styles of hydrous metasomatism in the upper mantle: an ion microprobe investigation Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 60 1996 1367-1385
25. Kelemen P.B. Reaction between ultramafic rock and fractionating basaltic magma: I. Phase relations, the origin of the calc-alkaline magma series, and the formation of discordant dunite Journal of Petrology 31 1990 51-98
26. Kelemen P.B. Dick H.J.B. Quick J.E. Formation of harzburgite by pervasive melt/rock reaction in the upper mantle Nature 358 1992 635-641
27. Kislov E.V. Konnikov E.G. Orsoev D.A. Pushkarev E.V. Voronina L.K. Chlorine in the genesis of the low-sulfide PGE mineralization in the Ioko-Dovyrenskii layered massif Geokhimya 5 1997 521-528
28. Leblanc, M., 1991. Platinum-group elements and gold in ophiolitic complexes: distribution and fractionation from mantle to oceanic floor. In: Peters, T., Nicolas, A., Coleman, R.G. (Eds.), Ophiolite Genesis and Evolution of the Oceanic Lithosphere. Ministry of Petroleum and Minerals, Sultanate of Oman and Kluwer Academic Publishing, Dordrecht, pp. 231-260.
29. Leblanc M. Ceuleneer G. Chromite crystallisation in multicellular magma flow: evidence from a chromitite dike in the Oman ophiolite Lithos 27 1992 231-257
30. Leblanc M. Nicolas A. Ophiolitic chromitites Chroniques de la Recherche Miniere 507 1992 3-25
31. Leblanc M. Violette J.F. Distribution of aluminum-rich and chromium-rich chromite pods in ophiolite peridotites Economic Geology 78 1983 293-301
32. Lu D.M. Hofmann A.W. Rivalenti R. Mazzucchelli M. Geochemistry of the lower crustal mafic-ultramafic complex at Finero, Ivrea Zone, N. Italy Goldschmidt Conference, Edinburgh 1994 537-538
33. Lu M. Hoffmann A.W. Mazzucchelli M. Rivalenti G. The mafic-ultramafic complex near Finero (Ivrea-Verbano Zone): I. Chemistry of MORB-like magmas Chemical Geology 140 1997 207-222
34. Lu M. Hoffmann A.W. Mazzucchelli M. Rivalenti G. The mafic-ultramafic complex near Finero (Ivrea-Verbano Zone): II. Geochronology and isotope geochemistry Chemical Geology 140 1997 223-235
35. Mathez E.A. On factors controlling the concentrations of platinum group elements in layered intrusions and chromitites Keays R.R. Lesher C.M. Lightfoot P.C. Farrow C.E.G. Dynamic Processes in Magmatic Ore Deposits and their Application in Mineral Exploration Geological Association of Canada, Short Course vol. 13 1999 251-285
36. McElduff B. Stumpfl E.F. Platinum-group minerals from the Troodos ophiolite, Cyprus Mineralogy and Petrology 42 1990 211-232
37. McInnes B.I.A. Gregoire M. Binns R.A. Herzig P.M. Hydrous metasomatism of oceanic sub-arc mantle, Lihir, Papua New Guinea; petrology and geochemistry of fluid-metasomatised mantle wedge xenoliths Earth and Planetary Science Letters 188 2001 169-183
38. McPherson E. Thirlwall M.F. Parkinson I.J. Menzies M.A. Bodinier J.L. Woodland A. Bussod G. Geochemistry of metasomatism adjacent to amphibole-bearing veins in the Lherz peridotite massif Chemical Geology 134 1996 135-157
39. Medaris L.G. Coexisting spinels and silicates in alpine peridotite of the granulite facies Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 39 1975 947-958
40. Melcher F. Grum W. Thalhammer T.V. Thalhammer O.A.R. The giant chromite deposits at Kempirsai, Urals: constraints from trace element (PGE, REE) and isotope data Mineralium Deposita 34 1999 250-272
41. Naldrett A.J. Lehmann J. Spinel non-stoichiometry as the explanation for Ni-, Cu- and PGE-enriched sulfides in chromitites Prichard H.M. Potts P.J. Bowles J.F.W. Cribb S.J. Geo-Platinum 87 Symposium 1988 93-109 Elsevier London
42. Naldrett A.J. von Gruenewaldt G. Association of platinum-group elements with chromitite in layered intrusions and ophiolite complexes Economic Geology 84 1989 180-187
43. Neal C.R. The origin and composition of metasomatic fluids and amphiboles beneath Malaita, Solomon Islands Journal of Petrology 29 1988 149-179
44. Nicolas A. Polino R. Hirn A. Nicolich R. Ecors-Crop traverse and deep structure of the western Alps. A synthesis Memoires Geologiques de France 156 1990 15-27
45. Roeder P.L. Reynolds I. Crystallization of chromite and chromium solubility in basaltic melts Journal of Petrology 32 1991 909-934
46. Roggiani A.G. Ferro, cromo e platino nelle rocce basiche e ultrabasiche del Monte Gridone (Valle Vigezzo) 1948 32 Risveglio Ossolano Domodossola
47. Stumpfl E.F. Distribution, transport and concentration of platinum group elements Gallagher M.J. Ixer R.A. Neary C.R. Prichard H.M. Metallogeny of Basic and Ultrabasic Rocks 1986 379-394 Institution of Mining and Metallurgy London
48. Thayer T.P. Principal features and origin of podiform chromite deposits, and some observations on the Guleman-Soridag district, Turkey Economic Geology 59 1964 1497-1524
49. Voshage H. Hunziker J.C. Hofmann A.W. Zingg A. A Nd and Sr isotopic study of the Ivrea Zone, Southern Alps, N-Italy Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 97 1987 31-42
50. Voshage H. Sinigoi S. Mazzucchelli M. Demarchi G. Rivalenti G. Hofmann A.W. Isotopic constraints on the origin of ultramafic and mafic dykes in the Balmuccia peridotite (Ivrea Zone) Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 100 1988 261-267
51. Zanetti A. Mazzucchelli M. Rivalenti G. Vannucci R. The Finero phlogopite-peridotite massif: an example of subduction-related metasomatism Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 134 1999 107-122
52. Zhou M.F. Robinson P.T. Origin and tectonic environment of podiform chromite deposits Economic Geology 92 1997 259-262
53. Zhou M.F. Robinson P.T. Bai W.J. Formation of podiform chromitites by melt/rock interaction in the upper mantle Mineralium Deposita 29 1994 98-101
54. Zhou M.F. Sun M. Keays R.R. Kerrich R.W. Controls on platinum-group elemental distribution of podiform chromitites: a case study of high-Cr and high-Al chromitites from chinese orogenic belts Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 62 1998 677-688