Skarn textures and a case study: The Ocna de Fier-Dognecea orefield, Banat, Romania

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 315-370

  Ciobanu, Cristiana Liana ^a   Cook, Nigel John ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Liesegang banding; Ocna de Fier Dognecea; Romania; Self patterning; Skarn; Textures; Zonation

Indexed keywords

FLUID DYNAMICS; GARNETS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INFILTRATION; MAGNETITE; MINERALOGY; PYRITES; TEXTURES;

SKARN TEXTURES;

ORE ANALYSIS;

METASOMATISM; ORE DEPOSIT; SELF ORGANIZATION; SKARN; ZONATION;

BANAT; CARAS-SEVERIN;

EID: 3042821061     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2003.04.002     Document Type: Article

References (123)

1. Bowman J.R. Basic aspects and applications of phase equilibria in the analysis of metasomatic Ca-Mg-Al-Fe-Si skarns Lentz D.R. Mineralised Intrusion-Related Skarn Systems Mineralogical Association of Canada Short Course vol. 26 1998 1-49
2. Brenan J. Development and maintenance of metamorphic permeability-implications for fluid transport Kerrick D.M. Contact Metamorphism Reviews in Mineralogy vol. 26 1991 291-319
3. Burnham C.W. Energy release in subvolcanic environments; implications for breccia formation Economic Geology 80 1985 1515-1522
4. 2-T stability relations of hedenbergite and of hedenbergite-johannsenite solid solutions Economic Geology 77 1982 764-783
5. Candela P.A. Physics of aqueous phase evolution in plutonic environments American Mineralogist 76 1991 1081-1091
6. Castel M. Mémoire sur les mines et usines métalliques du Banat, Annales des Mines Paris, VI-éme serie Memoires 16 1869
7. Chu X.L. Ross J. Complex kinetics of systems with multiple stationary states at equilibrium Journal of Chemical Physics 93 1990 1613-1625
8. Ciobanu, C.L., 1999. Studiul mineralizaţiilor din skarnele de la Ocna de Fier, Banat. Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Bucharest. 203 pp., in Romanian.
9. Ciobanu C.L. Cook N.J. Intergrowths of bismuth sulphosalts from the Ocna de Fier Fe-skarn deposit, Banat, Southwest Romania European Journal of Mineralogy 12 2000 899-917
10. Ciobanu C.L. Cook N.J. Tellurides, selenides (and Bi-sulphosalts) in gold deposits 11th Quadrennial IAGOD Symposium and Geocongress 2002 2002 Geological Survey of Namibia
11. Ciobanu C.L. Cook N.J. Stein H. Regional setting and geochronology of the Late Cretaceous Banatitic magmatic and metallogenic belt Mineralium Deposita 37 2002 541-567
12. Ciobanu C.L. Cook N.J. Kiss O. Comparison of speciation of Bi-sulphosalt assemblages in Upper Cretaceous 'banatitic' and Neogene mineralisation in Romania Romanian Journal of Mineral Deposits 80 2002 10-13
13. Ciobanu C.L. Cook N.J. Bogdanov K. Kiss O. Vučković B. Gold enrichment in deposits of the Banatitic Magmatic and Metallogenetic Belt Eliopoulos D.G., et-al. Mineral Exploration and Sustainable Development Proceedings of the 7th Biennial SGA Meeting, Athens, Greece 2003 1153-1156 Millpress Science Publishers Rotterdam
14. Ciobanu C.L. Pring A. Cook N.J. Micron-to nano-scale intergrowths among members of the cuprobismutite series and paderaite: HRTEM and microanalytical evidence Mineralogical Magazine 68 2004
15. Cioflica G. Jude R. Lupulescu M. Cupriferous metallization processes associated with Upper Cretaceous-Eocene magmatites from Romania Romanian Journal of Mineralogy 76 1992 1-16
16. Codarcea A. Comunicare preliminara asupra zacamintelor de minereuri de la Ocna de Fier. Minele Reichenstein Dari de Seama aleşedinţelor-Institutul Geologic al României 12 1930 94-115
17. Codarcea A. Studiu geologic şi petrografic al regiunii Ocna de Fier-Bocşa Montana (jud. Caraş-Banat) Anuarul Institutul Geologic al României, Bucharest 15 1931 1-253
18. Cook N.J. Ciobanu C.L. Paragenesis of Cu-Fe ores from Ocna de Fier-Dognecea (Romania), typifying fluid plume mineralisation in a proximal skarn setting Mineralogical Magazine 65 2001 351-372
19. 2TeS Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie 2003 321-336
20. Cook N.J. Ciobanu C.L. Lamellar minerals of the cuprobismutite series and related paderaite: a new occurrence and implications Canadian Mineralogist 41 2003 441-456
21. Cook N.J. Halls C. Boyle A.P. Deformation and metamorphism of massive sulphides at Sulitjelma, Norway Mineralogical Magazine 57 1993 67-81
22. Cook N.J. Ciobanu C.L. Bogdanov K. Trace mineralogy of the Upper Cretaceous Banatitic Magmatic and Metallogenetic Belt, SE Europe 11th Quadrennial IAGOD Symposium and Geocongress 2002 2002 Geological Survey of Namibia
23. Craig J.R. Vokes F.M. Metamorphism of pyrite and pyritic ores Mineralogical Magazine 57 1993 3-18
24. Dipple G.M. Gerdes M.L. Reaction-infiltration feedback and hydrodynamics at the skarn front Lentz D.R. Mineralized Intrusion-Related Skarn Systems Mineralogical Association of Canada Short Course vol. 26 1998 71-97
25. Douglas N. Mavrogenes J. Hack A. England R. The liquid bismuth collector model: an alternative gold deposition mechanism Australian Geological Congress, Abstract Volume 59 2000 135
26. Drummond S.E. Ohmoto H. Chemical evolution and mineral deposition in boiling hydrothermal systems Economic Geology 80 1985 126-147
27. Dunn P.J. Petersen E.U. Peacor D.R. Turneaureite, a new member of the apatite group from Franklin, New Jersey, Balmat, New York and Långban, Sweden Canadian Mineralogist 23 1985 251-254
28. Einaudi M.T. Burt D.M. Introduction-terminology, classification and composition of skarn deposits Economic Geology 77 1982 745-754
29. Einaudi M.T. Meinert L.D. Newberry R.J. Skarn deposits Economic Geology, 75th Anniversary Volume 1981 317-391
30. Eskola P. The mineral facies of rocks Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 6 1921 143-194
31. Gamble R.P. An experimental study of sulphidation reactions involving andradite and hedenbergite Economic Geology 77 1982 784-797
32. Genkin A. Some replacement phenomena in copper-nickel sulphide ores Mineralium Deposita 6 1971 348-355
33. Gilligan L.B. Marshall B. Textural evidence for remobilisation in metamorphic environments Ore Geology Reviews 2 1987 205-230
34. Glansdorff P. Prigogine I. Thermodynamic Theory of Structure, Stability and Fluctuations 1971 Wiley New York
35. Goldschmidt V.M. Die Kontakmetamorphose im Kristianiagebiet Skrifter-Videnskapsselskapet i Kristiania: I. Matematisk-Naturvitenskapelig Klasse 1911 1-483
36. Gustafson W.I. The stability of andradite, hedenbergite, and related minerals in the system Ca-Fe-Si-O-H Journal of Petrology 15 1974 455-496
37. Guy B. Certaines alternances recurrentes recontrees dans les skarns et les structures dissipatives au sens de Prigogine: un rapprochement Comptes Rendus des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences. Série 2, Mécanique-Physique, Chimie, Sciences de l'Univers, Sciences de la Terre 292 1981 413-416
38. Guy B. Contribution to the theory of infiltration; metasomatic zoning: the formation of sharp fronts; a geometrical model Bulletin de Minéralogie 107 1984 93-105
39. Guy, B., 1988. Contribution à l'étude des skarns de Costabonne (Pyrénées Orientales, France) et à la théorie de la zonation métasomatique. Unpublished DSc thesis, University of Paris 6. Paris, France. 928 pp.
40. Guy B. Mathematical revision of Korzhinskii's theory of infiltration metasomatic zoning European Journal of Mineralogy 5 1993 317-339
41. Guy B. Evolution of zoning at the Costabonne tungsten skarn deposit (Pyrenees, France) Romanian Journal of Mineralogy 77 1995 51-56
42. Hedenquist J.W. The ascent of magmatic fluid: discharge versus mineralization Thompson J.F.H. Magmas, Fluids and Ore Deposits Mineralogical Association of Canada Short Course vol. 23 1995 263-289
43. Hedenquist J.W. Arribas A. Gonzalez-Urien E. Exploration for epithermal gold deposits Hagemann S.G. Brown P.E. Gold in 2000 Reviews in Economic Geology vol. 13 2000 245-277
44. Hitzman M.W. Iron oxide-Cu-Au deposits: what, where, when, and why? Porter T.M. Hydrothermal Iron Oxide Copper-Gold and Related Deposits: A Global Perspective vol. 1 2000 9-25 PGC Publishing Adelaide, Australia
45. Hjemfelt A. Ross J. Experiments on an oscillatory system close to equilibrium Journal of Chemical Physics 94 1991 5999-6002
46. Holten T. Jamtveit B. Meakin P. Cortini M. Blundy J. Austrheim H. Statistical characteristics and origin of oscillatory zoning in crystals American Mineralogist 82 1997 596-606
47. Jakob K.H. Dietrich S. Krug H.J. Self-organization of mineral fabrics Kruhl J.H. Fractals and Dynamic Systems in Geoscience 1994 259-268 Springer Berlin-Heidelberg
48. Jamtveit B. Oscillatory zonation patterns in hydrothermal grossular-andradite garnet: nonlinear dynamics in regions of immiscibility American Mineralogist 76 1991 1319-1327
49. Jamtveit B. Wogelius R.A. Fraser D.G. Zonation patterns of skarn garnets: records of hydrothermal system evolution Geology 21 1993 113-116
50. Jamtveit B. Ragnarsdottir V. Wood B.J. On the origin of zoned grossular-andadite garnets in hydrothermal systems European Journal of Mineralogy 7 1995 1399-1410
51. Joesten R.L. Local equilibrium and metasomatic growth of zoned calc-silicate nodules from a contact aureole, Christmas Mountains, Big Bend Region, Texas American Journal of Science 274 1974 876-901
52. Joesten R.L. Kinetics of coarsening and diffusion-controlled mineral growth Kerrick D.M. Contact Metamorphism Reviews in Mineralogy vol. 26 1991 507-582
53. 6 ('fassaite') as high-temperature relicts in the skarns of Ciclova and Magureaua Vaţei (Carpathians, Romania) GEODE ABCD Workshop, Seggauberg, Austria, April 2003
54. Kerrick D.M. Lasaga A.C. Raeburn S.P. Kinetics of heterogeneous reactions Kerrick D.M. Contact Metamorphism Reviews in Mineralogy vol. 26 1991 583-671
55. Kissling A. Studii mineralogice şi petrografice in zona de exoskarn de la Ocna de Fier (Banat) 1967 Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România Bucharest
56. Koch S. Einige Wismutmineralien aus dem Banater Kontaktgebiet Zentralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie 2 1930 49-56
57. Korzhinskii, D.S., 1959. Physicochemical Basis of the Analysis of the Paragenesis of Minerals. Consultants Bureau, New York and Chapman - Hall, London. 142 pp.
58. Korzhinskii D.S. Abriss der metasomatoschen Prozesse 1965 Akademie-Verlag Berlin
59. Korzhinskii D.S. The theory of metasomatic zoning Mineralium Deposita 3 1968 222-231
60. Korzhinskii D.S. Theory of Metasomatic Zoning 1970 Clarendon Press Oxford
61. Krenner J. Warthait, egy új ásvány magyarországaból Mathematikai és Természettudományi Érteśtö 42 1925 4-5
62. Krug H.J. Brandtstädter H. Morphological characteristics of Liesegang rings and their simulations Journal of Physical Chemistry A 103 1999 7811-7820
63. Krug H.-J. Kruhl J.H. Nichtgleichgewichtsprozesse und dissipative Strukturen in den Geowissenschaften. Selbstorganisation. Jahrbuch fur Komplexität in den Nature- Sozial-und Geisteswissenschaften, Band vol. 11 2001 Duncker - Humblot Verlag Berlin
64. Krug H.J. Brandtstädter H. Jakob K.H. Morphological instabilities in pattern formation by precipitation and crystallization Geologishes Rundschau 85 1996 19-28
65. Lentz D.R. Late tectonic U-Th-Mo-REE skarn and carbonatitic vein-dyke systems in the Southwestern Grenville Province: a pegmatite-related pneumatolytic model linked to marble melting (limestone syntexis) Lentz D.R. Mineralized Intrusion-related Skarn Systems Mineralogical Association of Canada Short Course vol. 26 1998 519-657
66. Liesegang R.E. Geologische Diffusion 1913 Steinkopf Dresden
67. Marincea S. Ludwigite from the type locality, Ocna de Fier, Romania; new data and review Canadian Mineralogist 37 1999 1343-1362
68. Marka G. Einige Notizen über das Banater Gebirge Jahrbuch der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt (Wien) 29 1869 318-349
69. Marshall B. Vokes F.M. Larocque A.C.L. Regional metamorphic remobilisation: upgrading and formation of ore deposits Spry P.G. Marshall B. Vokes F.M. Metamorphosed and Metamorphogenic Ore Deposits Reviews in Economic Geology vol. 11 2000 19-38
70. Meinert L.D. Skarns and skarn deposits Geoscience Canada Reprint Series 6 1992 117-134
71. Meinert L.D. Application of skarn deposit zonation models to mineral exploration Exploration and Mining Geology 6 1997 185-208
72. Meinert L.D. Gold in skarns related to epizonal intrusions Hagemann S.G. Brown P.E. Gold in 2000 Reviews in Economic Geology vol. 13 2000 347-375
73. Meinert L.D. Hefton K.K. Mayes D. Tasiran I. Geology, zonation, and fluid evolution of the Big Gossan Cu-Au skarn deposit, Ertsberg district, Irian Jaya Economic Geology 92 1997 509-534
74. Meinert L.D. Hedenquist J.W. Satoh H. Matsuhisa Y. Formation of anhydrous and hydrous skarn in Cu-Au ore deposits by magmatic fluids Economic Geology 98 2003 147-156
75. Mozgova N.N. Borodaev Y.S. Textural and mineralogical features and genesis of skarn-polymetallic deposits of Dal'negorsk ore region (Yuzhnoe Primor'e, Russia) Geology of Ore Deposits 37 1995 381-387
76. Myers J. Eugster H.P. The system Fe-Si-O: oxygen buffer calibration to 1500 K Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 82 1983 75-90
77. Nakano T. Yoshino T. Shimazaki H. Shimizu M. Pyroxene composition as an indicator in the classification of skarn deposits Economic Geology 89 1994 1567-1580
78. Newberry R.J. Scheelite-bearing skarns in the Sierra Nevada region, California: contrasts in zoning and mineral compositions and tests of infiltration metasomatism theory Barto-Kyriakidis Skarns-Their Genesis and Metallogeny 1991 343-384 Theophrastus Publications Athens, Greece
79. Newberry R.J. W- and Sn-skarn deposits: a 1998 status report Lentz D.R. Mineralized Intrusion-related Skarn Systems Mineralogical Association of Canada Short Course vol. 26 1998 289-335
80. Nickel E.H. Hudson D.R. The replacement of chrome spinel by chromian valleriite in sulphide-bearing ultramafic rocks in Western Australia Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 55 1976 265-277
81. Nicolescu, S., 1998. Skarn genesis at Ocna de Fier-Dognecea, South-West Romania. PhD thesis, Earth Science Centre. University of Gothenburg, Sweden A36.
82. Nicolescu S. Cornell D.H. P-T conditions during skarn formation in the Ocna de Fier ore district, Romania Mineralium Deposita 34 1999 730-742
83. Nicolescu S. Cornell D.H. Bojar A.V. Age and tectonic setting of Bocşa and Ocna de Fier-Dognecea granodiorites (southwest Romania) and of associated skarn mineralisation Mineralium Deposita 34 1999 743-753
84. Nicolis G. Prigogine I. Self-Organization in Non-Equilibrium Systems 1977 Wiley New York
85. Ortoleva P.J. Selected topics from the theory of physico-chemical phenomena Eyring H. Henderson D. Theoretical Chemistry, Advances and Perspectives Periodicities in Chemistry and Biology vol. 4 1978 235-286 Academic Press New York
86. Ortoleva P.J. Role of attachment kinetic feedback in the oscillatory zoning of crystals grown from melts Earth Science Reviews 29 1990 3-8
87. Ortoleva P.J. Geochemical self-organization Oxford Monographs on Geology and Geophysics 23 1994
88. Ortoleva P.J. Merino E. Moore C. Chadam J. Geochemical self-organization: I. Reaction-transport feedbacks and modeling approach American Journal of Science 287 1987 979-1007
89. Ortoleva P.J. Chadam J. Merino E. Sen A. Geochemical self-organization: II. The reactive-infiltration instability American Journal of Science 287 1987 1008-1040
90. Ostwald W. Zur Theorie der Liesegang'schen Ringe Kolloid-Zeitschift 36 1925 380-390
91. Petrulian N. Sandu D. Popescu R. Contribuţii cunoaşterea mineralizaţiei polimetalice din corpul Simon Iuda (Ocna de Fier) Studii Tehniceşi Economice-Institutul de Geologie şi Geofizica 16 1977 131-157
92. 3 solid solutions from aqueous solutions Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 61 1997 3383-3397
93. Pring A. Structural disorder in aikinite and krupkaite American Mineralogist 74 1989 250-255
94. Pring A. Jercher M. Makovicky E. Disorder and compositional variation in the lillianite homologous series Mineralogical Magazine 63 1999 917-926
95. 4 solid solution Nature 358 1992 743-745
96. Renard F. Gratier J-P. Ortoleva P. Brosse E. Bazin B. Self-organization during reactive fluid flow in a porous medium Geophysical Research Letters 25 1998 385-388
97. Rubin J.N. Kyle J.R. The Gunung Bijih Timur (Ertsberg East) skarn complex, Irian Jaya, Indonesia: geology and genesis of a large magnesian Cu-Au skarn Lentz D.R. Mineralized Intrusion-related Skarn Systems Mineralogical Association of Canada Short Course vol. 26 1998 245-288
98. Sack R.O. Ghioso M.S. Chromian spinels as Petrogenetic indicators: thermodynamics and petrological indications American Mineralogist 76 1991 827-847
99. Schunk F.A. Constitution of Binary Alloys 1969 McGraw-Hill New York
100. Shiga Y. Further study on silician magnetite Mining Geology 39 1989 305-309
101. Shimazaki H. On the occurrence of silician magnetites Resource Geology 48 1998 23-29
102. Shinohara H. Kazahaya K. Degassing processes related to magma-chamber crystallization Thompson J.F.H. Magmas, Fluids and Ore Deposits Mineralogical Association of Canada Short Course vol. 23 1995 47-70
103. Shore M. Fowler A.D. Oscillatory zoning in minerals: a common phenomenon Canadian Mineralogist 34 1996 1111-1126
104. Sillitoe R.H. Ore-related breccias in volcanoplutonic arcs Economic Geology 80 1985 1467-1514
105. Sillitoe R.H. The influence of magmatic-hydrothermal models on exploration strategies for volcano-plutonic arcs Thompson J.F.H. Magmas, Fluids and Ore Deposits Mineralogical Association of Canada Short Course vol. 23 1995 511-525
106. Simon G. Kesler S.E. Essene E.J. Chryssoulis S.L. Gold in porphyry copper deposits: experimental determination on the distribution of gold in the Cu-Fe-S-Au system at 400 °C to 700 °C Economic Geology 94 2000 259-270
107. Sjögren H. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Erzlagerstätten von Moravicza und Dognacska im Banat und Vergleichung derselben mit den schwedischen Eisenerzlagerstätten Jahrbuch der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt (Wien) 36 1886 605-668
108. Smol'yaninova N.N. Moleva V.A. Organova N.I. A new aluminium-free member of the montmorillonite-sauconite series USSR Academy of Sciences, Commission for Study of Clays, Report to Meeting of the International Commission for Study of Clays 1960 45-52
109. Sultan R. Ortoleva P. DePasquale F. Tartaglia P. Bifurcation of the Ostwald-Liesegang supersaturation-nucleation-depletion cycle Earth Science Reviews 29 1990 163-173
110. Tarkian M. Hünken U. Tokmakchieva M. Bognanov K. Precious-metal distribution and fluid-inclusion petrography of the Elatsite porphyry copper deposit, Bulgaria Mineralium Deposita 38 2003 261-281
111. Thompson R.M. Goongarrite and warthaite discredited American Mineralogist 34 1949 459-460
112. Turing A.M. The chemical basis of morphogenesis Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B 237 1952 37-72
113. Veblen D.R. Buseck P.R. Chain-width order and disorder in biopyriboles American Mineralogist 64 1979 687-700
114. Vlad S.N. Mineralogeneza Skarnelor de la Dognecea 1974 Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România Bucharest
115. Vlad S.N. Skarns from Ocna de Fier (Banat) Compositional and structural investigations Revue Roumaine de Géologie, Géophysique et Géographie. Serie de Géologie 38 1994 25-32
116. Vokes F.M. Ores and metamorphism: introduction and historical perspectives Spry P.G. Marshall B. Vokes F.M. Metamorphosed and Metamorphogenic Ore Deposits Reviews in Economic Geology vol. 11 2000 1-18
117. von Cotta B. Erzlagerstätten im Banat und in Serbien 1864 W. Braumüller Wien
118. Westendorp R.W. Watkinson D.H. Jonasson I.R. Silicon-bearing zoned magnetite crystals and the evolution of hydrothermal fluids at the Ansil Cu-Zn mine, Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec Economic Geology 86 1991 1110-1114
119. Yardley B.W.D. Lloyd G.E. Why metasomatic fronts are really metasomatic sides Geology 23 1995 53-56
120. Yardley B.W.D. Rochelle C.A. Barnicoat A.C. Lloyd G.E. Oscillatory zoning in metamorphic minerals: an indicator of infiltration metasomatism Mineralogical Magazine 55 1991 357-365
121. Žák L. Megarskaya L. Mumme W.G. Rézbányite from Ocna de Fier (Vaskö): a mixture of bismuthinite derivatives and cosalite Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie 1992 69-79
122. Zaraisky G.P. Experimental modeling of bimetasomatic calcareous skarn zoning Barto-Kyriakidis Skarns-Their Genesis and Metallogeny 1991 467-495 Theophrastus Publications Athens, Greece
123. Zharikov, V.A., 1970. Skarns. International Geology Review, 12, 541-559, 619-647 and 760-775.