Gold in sulfide fluids revisited

Tagirov, Boris R.; Akinfiev, Nikolay N.; Tarnopolskaia, Mariia E.; Nikolaeva, Irina Yu.; Zlivko, Irina Yu.; Volchenkova, Valentina A.; Koroleva, Luydmila A.; Zotov, Alexander V.

doi:10.1016/j.gca.2024.08.022

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2024.08.022

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Gold in sulfide fluids revisited

Boris R. Tagirov,

Nikolay N. Akinfiev,

Mariia E. Tarnopolskaia

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Sulfur species and gold transport in arc magmatic fluids

Farsang,

Zajacz

2024

Nat. Geosci.

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The sulfur species present in magmatic fluids affect the global redox cycle, the Earth’s climate and the formation of some of the largest and most economic ore deposits of critical metals. However, the speciation of sulfur under conditions that are relevant for upper crustal magma reservoirs is unclear. Here we combine a prototype pressure vessel apparatus and Raman spectroscopy to determine sulfur speciation in arc magmatic fluid analogues in situ over a range of geologically relevant pressure–temperature–redox conditions. We find that HS−, H2S and SO2 are the main sulfur species in the experimental fluids, while the concentrations of S6+ species and S2− and S3− sulfur radical ions are negligible, in contrast to previous experimental work. The measured gold solubilities in the experimental fluids are highest when sulfur is dominantly present as HS− and H2S species and greatly exceed thermodynamic predictions. Our results imply that HS−, rather than sulfur radicals, accounts for the high solubilities of gold in magmatic–hydrothermal fluids. We also find that magmatic sulfur degassing is a redox process under oxidizing conditions and may lead to additional magma oxidation beyond that imparted by slab-derived fluxes and crystallization.

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Sulfur species and gold transport in arc magmatic fluids

Farsang,

Zajacz

2024

Nat. Geosci.

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Gold in sulfide fluids revisited

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