NDLI: Mineralogy and geochemistry of El Dorado epithermal gold deposit, El Sauce district, central-northern Chile

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Author	Carrillo Rosúa, J. Morales Rua, S. Morata, D. Boyce, A. J. Belmar, M. Fallick, A. E. Fell Hach Alí, P.
Copyright Year	2007
Abstract	The El Dorado Au-Cu deposit is located in an extensive intra-caldera zone of hydrothermal alteration affecting Upper Cretaceous andesites of the Los Elquinos Formation at La Serena (≈ 29°47′S Lat., 70°43′W Long., Chile). Quartz-sulfide veins of economic potential are hosted by N25W and N20E fault structures associated with quartz-illite alteration (+supergene kaolinite). The main ore minerals in the deposit are pyrite, chalcopyrite ± fahlore (As/(As + Sb): 0.06−0.98), with electrum, sphalerite, galena, bournonite-seligmanite (As/(As + Sb): 0.21−0.31), marcasite, pyrrhotite being accessory phases. Electrum, with an Ag content between 32 and 37 at.%, occurs interstitial to pyrite aggregates or along pyrite fractures. Pyrite commonly exhibits chemical zonation with some zones up to 1.96 at.% As. Electron probe microanalyses of pyrite indicate that As-rich zones do not exhibit detectable Au values. Fluid inclusion microthermometry shows homogenization temperatures between 130 and 352 °C and salinities between 1.6 and 6.9 wt.% NaCl eq. Isotope data for quartz, ankerite and phyllosilicates and estimated temperatures show that δ18O and δD for the hydrothermal fluids were between 3 and 10‰ and between −95 and −75‰, respectively. These results suggest the mineralizing fluids were a mixture of meteoric and magmatic waters. An epithermal intermediate-sulfidation model is proposed for the formation of the El Dorado deposit.
Starting Page	341
Ending Page	360
Page Count	20
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09300708
Journal	Mineralogy and Petrology
Volume Number	92
Issue Number	3-4
e-ISSN	14381168
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2007-10-18
Publisher Place	Vienna
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Mineralogy Geochemistry
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Geophysics Geochemistry and Petrology

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