Multigenetic origin for the secondary enrichment in the Las Cruces VMS deposit, Iberian Pyrite Belt

Knight, F.C., Rickard, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4632-5711 and Boyce, A.J. 1999. Multigenetic origin for the secondary enrichment in the Las Cruces VMS deposit, Iberian Pyrite Belt. Presented at: 5th Biennial Meeting of the Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits / 10th Quadrennial Symposium of the International Association on the Genesis of Ore Deposits, London, UK, 22-25 August 1999. Published in: Stanley, C.J., Rankin, A.H., Bodnar, R.J., Naden, J., Yardley, B.W.D., Criddle, A.J., Hagni, R.D., Gize, A.P., Pasava, J., Fleet, A.J., Seltmann, R., Halls, C., Stemprok, M., Williamson, B., Herrington, R.J., Hill, R.E.T., Prichard, H.M. and Wall, F. eds. Mineral Deposits: Processes to Processing, Vols 1 and 2. Taylor & Francis, pp. 543-546.

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Abstract

The Iberian Pyrite Belt is a world famous volcanic massive sulphide province with considerable potential for new discoveries. Las Cruces, a hidden, secondary enriched volcanic massive sulphide deposit, was discovered beyond the conventional limits of the Pyrite Belt in 1994. The deposit has a major secondary zone, which provides the main economic target. Unlike other deposits in the Pyrite Belt, this secondary mineralisation has been well preserved by a thick Tertiary cover. Mineralogy and geochemistry of the secondary mineralisation point to a multi-genetic origin, spanning alteration by a seawater hydrothermal system during primary deposition, to post Tertiary weathering.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Earth and Environmental Sciences
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
ISBN:	9789058091222
Last Modified:	25 Oct 2022 13:28
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/119955

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