Is the Palea Kavala Bi–Te–Pb–Sb±Au district, northeastern Greece, an intrusion-related system?

Fornadel, Andrew P.; Spry, Paul G.; Melfos, Vasilios; Vavelidis, M.; Voudouris, Panagiotis

doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2011.01.002

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“…However, the high-grade ores are being exhausted and this may result in limitations in future tellurium supply. In Greece tellurium is a common constituent of Cu-Au epithermal high-intermediate sulfidation type mineralizations (St. Barbara/Kassiteres, St. Demetrios/Sapes, Perama Hill, Mavrokoryfi, Pefka) and spatially associated porphyry Cu-Mo systems (Pagoni Rachi/Kirki, Konos/Sapes), in intrusion-related Au-Bi-Te systems (Palea Kavala, Pangeon Mt) of Oligocene-Miocene age at the Rhodope province, as well as in Limnos and Tinos Islands, Aegean sea (Fakos porphyry-epithermal-and Panormos intrusion-related Cu-Au-Te prospects respectively) [7,[26][27][28]. Tellurium in these prospects is incorporated in various telluride phases, such as hessite, stützite, petzite, altaite, sylvanite, melonite, calaverite, coloradoite and tetradymite, as well as in the sulfosalt goldfieldite (tetrahedrite-group).…”

Section: Tellurium (Te)mentioning

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Geological, Mineralogical and Geochemical Aspects for Critical and Rare Metals in Greece

Melfos

Voudouris

2012

Minerals

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Abstract:The European Union (EU) is highly dependent on critical and rare metals which are very important for a sustainable development. However, European industry is not able to cover its demands from native sources and it imports commodities from third countries. Greece is one of the EU countries with the most potential for supplying these strategic metallic raw materials in the future, since it hosts a large number of ore deposits. The epithermal-and porphyry-type deposits and the reduced intrusion related systems of the Serbomacedonian and the Rhodope metallogenic provinces in Northeastern Greece are promising targets for a future exploitation and exploration in Sb, Te, Mo, Re, Ga, In, REE and PGE. Greece is the leading producer of Ni and Al in the EU from laterites and bauxites of central and northern Greece. These deposits also contain significant amounts of Co or REE which should be considered in the future plans of the processing industries. REE are found in high contents at the placer deposits between Chalkidiki and Kavala (North Greece) and elevated PGE concentrations are associated with the chromitites of northwestern Greece. Therefore, the mineral wealth of Greece can contribute significantly to a sustainable and a competitive economy of Europe.

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Section: Tellurium (Te)mentioning

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Geological, Mineralogical and Geochemical Aspects for Critical and Rare Metals in Greece

Melfos

Voudouris

2012

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“…Minerals like pyrite, goethite and chalcopyrite increase the enrichment of Fe and Cu, while Pb and Zn are attributed in galena and sphalerite, respectively. Since that ore mineralization includes mainly Fe-Mn metal assemblages (Vavelidis et al, 1997;Fornadel et al, 2011), Mn concentrations are expected as well due to the presence of pyrolousite, manganosite and manganite. Concerning Cd, it is a common content of sphalerite, a mineral which is abundant in the region (Vavelidis et al, 1996a, b;Vavelidis et al, 1997;Melfos et al, 2008;Fornadel et al, 2011).…”

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“…Since that ore mineralization includes mainly Fe-Mn metal assemblages (Vavelidis et al, 1997;Fornadel et al, 2011), Mn concentrations are expected as well due to the presence of pyrolousite, manganosite and manganite. Concerning Cd, it is a common content of sphalerite, a mineral which is abundant in the region (Vavelidis et al, 1996a, b;Vavelidis et al, 1997;Melfos et al, 2008;Fornadel et al, 2011). Moreover, the extremely elevated concentrations of Cu, Pb and Zn in site PK13 are more related with anthropogenic activities since they probably result due to the extensive use of agrochemical products, whereas Cd and Mn enrichment is mainly attributed to the geological environment.…”

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“…Cosalite, pyrrhotite, bismuthinite, petzite, lillianite, proustite, pyrargyrite, argentite, jalpaite, stephanite and native gold are also included. Moreover, secondary minerals like goethite, covellite, arseniosiderite, pyrolusite, manganite, manganosite and cryptomelane contribute to the Fe and Mn content in the sediments resulting by the weathering of the surrounding rocks and the mineralizations that they comprise (Arvanitidis et al, 1989;Vavelidis et al, 1996a, b;Vavelidis et al, 1997;Melfos et al, 2008;Brun and Sokoutis, 2007;Fornadel et al, 2011). As Palea Kavala river flows towards the exit of its catchment area, it passes through extensive agricultural cultivated lands that grow on the Quaternary formations of the area and finally enters the sedimentary deposits of the Philippoi plain (Fig.…”

Section: Geological Settingmentioning

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Assessment of Selected Metals Enrichment in Sediments From Palea Kavala River, Ne Macedonia, Northern Greece

Giouri¹,

Vavelidis²,

Melfos³

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“…광화작용 은 마그마의 구성성분에 따라 달라지고 (Fornadel et al, 2011;Yücel-öztörk et al, 2005;Zhao et al, 2014b), 시공간적인 차 이에 따른 광화유체의 열수시스템에 의해 달라진다 (Baker et al, 2004;Landtwing et al, 2005;Zhao et al, 2014a (Yun and Silberman, 1979).…”

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Spectral Induced Polarization Response Charaterization of Pb-Zn Ore Bodies at the Gagok mine

Shin¹,

Park²,

Shin³

2014

Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration

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Gagok Mine, which is skarn deposits, includes sulfide minerals such as sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite, and pyrrhotite. To explore these minerals, spectral induced polarization (SIP) is relatively effective compared to other geophysical exploration methods because there is a strong IP effect caused by electrode polarization. In the SIP, the chargeability related to sulfide mineral contents and the time constant related to the grain size of the minerals are obtained. For this reason, we aim to compare difference in the mineralized characteristics between two orebodies in the Gagok Mine by using the chargeability and the time constant. For this study, we sampled ores from the south of Wolgok orebody and the north of Sungok orebody. In order to recognize the mineralization characteristics, the metal content of the samples was measured by a potable XRF and the SIP data of the samples were acquired by using a laboratory SIP measurement system. As a result, the metals in the samples such as Pb, Zn, Cu, and Fe were detected by the portable XRF measurement. In particular, the Fe and Zn contents were far higher than the other metals. The Fe and the Zn were caused by the sphalerite and the pyrrhotite through microscopy. The Wolgok orebody had higher sulfide mineral contents than the Sungok orebody and the result corresponded with the chargeability result. However, we considered that the Sungok orebody had a larger sulfide mineral grain size than the Wolgok orebody because the time constant of the Sungok orebody was larger.

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Is the Palea Kavala Bi–Te–Pb–Sb±Au district, northeastern Greece, an intrusion-related system?

Cited by 33 publications

References 40 publications

Geological, Mineralogical and Geochemical Aspects for Critical and Rare Metals in Greece

Geological, Mineralogical and Geochemical Aspects for Critical and Rare Metals in Greece

Assessment of Selected Metals Enrichment in Sediments From Palea Kavala River, Ne Macedonia, Northern Greece

Spectral Induced Polarization Response Charaterization of Pb-Zn Ore Bodies at the Gagok mine

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