Geochemistry characterization of minerals from mineralized deposits from Segura, Central Portugal

Antunes, I.M.H.R.; Neiva, A. M. R.; Silva, Μ. Μ. V. G.

doi:10.14195/978-989-26-0322-3_11

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“…The aplite-pegmatites exhibit granular hypidiomorphic textures and are composed of quartz, microcline, albite, muscovite, apatite, zircon, and rutile, with tourmaline present only in some [86]. Additionally, the Li-Sn-bearing aplite-pegmatites also have topaz, spodumene, lepidolite, cassiterite, columbite-tantalite, and Li phosphates of the amblygonitemontebrasite series [86].…”

Section: Geological Settingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Trace Element Geochemistry of Alluvial TiO2 Polymorphs as a Proxy for Sn and W Deposits

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The Segura mining field, the easternmost segment of the Góis–Panasqueira–Segura tin–tungsten metallogenic belt (north–central Portugal), includes Sn-W quartz veins and Li-Sn aplite-pegmatites, which are believed to be genetically related to Variscan Granites. Sediment geochemistry indicates granite-related Ti-enrichments, locally disturbed by mineralization, suggesting magmatic and metamorphic/metasomatic titaniferous phases. Therefore, Segura alluvial samples and the geochemistry of their TiO2 polymorphs (rutile, anatase, and brookite) were investigated, and their potential as exploration tools for Sn and W deposits was evaluated. The heavy-mineral assemblages proved to be good proxies for bedrock geology, and TiO2 polymorph abundances were found to be suitable indicators of magmatic and/or metasomatic hydrothermal processes. The trace element geochemistry of Segura’s alluvial rutile, anatase, and brookite is highly variable, implying multiple sources and a diversity of mineral-forming processes. The main compositional differences between TiO2 polymorphs are related to intrinsic (structural) factors, and to the P-T-X extrinsic parameters of their forming environments. Anomalous enrichments, up to 9% Nb, 6% Sn and W, 3% Fe, 2% Ta, and 1% V in rutile, and up to 1.8% Fe, 1.7% Ta, 1.2% Nb, 1.1% W 0.5% Sn and V in anatase, were registered. Brookite usually has low trace element content (<0.5%), except for Fe (~1%). HFSE-rich and granitophile-rich rutile is most likely magmatic, forming in extremely differentiated melts, with Sn and W contents enabling the discrimination between Sn-dominant and W-dominant systems. Trace element geochemical distribution maps show pronounced negative Sn (rutile+anatase) and W (rutile) anomalies linked to hydrothermal cassiterite precipitation, as opposed to their hydrothermal alteration halos and to W-dominant cassiterite-free mineralized areas, where primary hydrothermal rutile shows enrichments similar to magmatic rutile. This contribution recognizes that trace element geochemistry of alluvial TiO2 polymorphs can be a robust, cost- and time-effective, exploration tool for Sn(W) and W(Sn) ore deposit systems.

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Section: Geological Settingmentioning

confidence: 99%