Published 2000 | Version v1
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Sulfur and carbon isotopic characteristics of the Elura Zn-Pb deposit, Cobar

Creators

  • 1. University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW (Australia). School of Geosciences
  • 2. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, NSW (Australia). Petroleum Resources
  • 3. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, NSW (Australia). Exploration and Mining

Description

Systematic sulfur and carbon isotopic analyses have been carried out at the Elura Zn-Pb deposit, Cobar. The samples for sulfur isotopic analyses were taken from various mineralised zones of the main ore body, a number of smaller ore bodies nearby, and also from disseminated and framboidal pyrite within the country rocks. Carbonate samples from various alteration zones and the metasedimentary host rocks were used for the isotope analyses of carbon and oxygen. Results of the analyses were used to determine the origin and depositional conditions of sulfide mineralisation at the deposit. The data support an ore-forming model involving a mixture of sulfur and carbon derived from a deep-seated crustal reservoir and the Early Devonian metasedimentary sequence

Part of:
Research Report 1995-2000

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
CSIRO Minerals Research Laboratories
Imprint Place
North Ryde, NSW (Australia)
Imprint Title
Research Report 1995-2000
Imprint Pagination
168 p.
Series
Centre for Isotope Studies
Journal Page Range
p. 59-66
ISSN
1035-5952

INIS

Country of Publication
Australia
Country of Input or Organization
Australia
INIS RN
32042808
Subject category
S58: GEOSCIENCES;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
CALCITE; CARBON 13; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; ISOTOPE RATIO; LEAD ORES; PH VALUE; SULFIDE MINERALS; SULFUR 34; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; ZINC ORES
Descriptors DEC
CARBON ISOTOPES; CARBONATE MINERALS; DATA; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; INFORMATION; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; METAMORPHISM; MINERALS; NUCLEI; NUMERICAL DATA; ORES; STABLE ISOTOPES; SULFUR ISOTOPES

Optional Information

Notes
15 refs., 5 figs.