Mineral paragenesis and fluid inclusion constraints on the Torre di Rio skarn, Island of Elba

Malafeevskiy, Nikita (2022) Mineral paragenesis and fluid inclusion constraints on the Torre di Rio skarn, Island of Elba. [Laurea magistrale], Università di Bologna, Corso di Studio in Geologia e territorio [LM-DM270], Documento ad accesso riservato.
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Abstract

The historical iron ore deposits of eastern Elba held great importance for the region and were its primary source of iron. The Torre di Rio skarn, despite its easily accessible outcrop and vicinity to the larger Rio Marina deposit, was never properly characterized. The results of petrographic and microthermometric study presented in this work provide new constraints on the Torre di Rio skarn. Mineral assemblage of ilvaite, calcite, quartz, iron oxides and sulphides combined with textural evidence indicate that Torre di Rio skarn does not fit into classical skarn model. The complex paragenetic sequence and overlapping of skarn and ore mineralogy is result of fast formation at relatively low temperatures evidenced by the silicon enrichment and pervasive nature of limonite alteration. Hematite-magnetite textural relationship points to boundary conditions of the ore fluid in terms of oxygen fugacity. Eutectic temperatures range from -16 to -33 °C indicating complex fluids. Calculated salinities range from 1.4 to 17.4 wt% NaCleq suggesting multiple fluids of different compositions. Total homogenization temperatures vary from 330 °C to 150 °C with both homogeneously and heterogeneously trapped FIAs. Ore deposition is concentrated where skarn formation was controlled primarily by phase separation during boiling. Calculated fluid pressure at boiling suggest shallow formation depth of a few hundred meters and constrains maximum temperature of ore deposition to c. 260 °C. This work suggest that relatively low salinities of fluid inclusions could indicate dominant marine origin of the hydrothermal fluids that were activated by the Porto Azzurro pluton emplacement and that scavenged Fe from sedimentary host rocks. During boiling at shallow depths and decreasing iron solubility, these fluids started precipitating Fe-minerals at Torre di Rio mineralization. Mixing with batches of more saline fluids at around 236 °C increased salinity abruptly and marked the end of ore deposition.

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Tipologia del documento
Tesi di laurea (Laurea magistrale)
Autore della tesi
Malafeevskiy, Nikita
Relatore della tesi
Scuola
Corso di studio
Indirizzo
CURRICULUM C: RAW MATERIALS EXPLORATION AND SUSTAINABILITY
Ordinamento Cds
DM270
Parole chiave
Island of Elba,Fluid inclusions,Petrography,Torre di Rio skarn,Iron ore deposits
Data di discussione della Tesi
21 Luglio 2022
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