Published 1990 | Version v1
Miscellaneous

Sulphur isotope variation at Broken Hill and Black Mountain, Aggeneys

Creators

  • 1. Black Mountain Mineral Development Company, Aggeneyes (South Africa)

Description

The Broken Hill and Black Mountain sediment-hosted, stratiform Pb-Zn-Cu-Ag deposits at Aggeneys are found, 6 km apart in the mid-Proterozoic Bushmanland Sub-province of the Namaqua Belt. Magnetite-rich rocks and ferruginous/garnet quartzites are well represented at both deposits, with significant massive sulphides at Broken Hill and barite at Black Mountain. Von Gehlen reported 9 sulphide sulphur isotope results from Black Mountain, 19 from Broken Hill and 24 from the Gamsberg Zn deposit some 20 kilometers to the east. In the present study a further 55 determinations have been made, 15 from Black Mountain and 40 from Broken Hill, to give a wider geographic spread over the deposits and more representative sampling of various rock types within them. 2 figs., 3 refs

Part of:
Abstracts Geocongress '90

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Title
Abstracts Geocongress '90
Imprint Pagination
787 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 521-524.

Conference

Title
23. Earth science congress of the Geological Society of South Africa.
Dates
2-6 Jul 1990.
Place
Cape Town (South Africa).

INIS

Country of Publication
South Africa
Country of Input or Organization
South Africa
INIS RN
23070937
Subject category
S58: GEOSCIENCES;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
BARITE; COPPER; GARNETS; GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS; IRON; ISOTOPE RATIO; LEAD; MAGNETITE; OXYGEN; PYRITE; QUARTZITES; SILVER; SOUTH AFRICA; SULFIDES; SULFUR; SULFUR ISOTOPES; ZINC
Descriptors DEC
AFRICA; CHALCOGENIDES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ELEMENTS; IRON ORES; METALS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MINERALS; NONMETALS; ORES; OXIDE MINERALS; ROCKS; SILICATE MINERALS; SULFATE MINERALS; SULFIDE MINERALS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION ELEMENTS

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