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Hydrothermal Ore Alteration Guide

This document discusses types of rock alteration related to ore deposits, including diagenesis, metamorphism, and postmagmatic processes. It describes the relation between alteration and ore deposits in terms of disequilibrium chemical reactions. Different scales and patterns of alteration are presented. Specific types of alteration discussed include propylitic, argillic, phyllic, potassic, skarn, advanced argillic, greisen, silicic, and decarbonatization alterations. Graphical depictions of alteration assemblages and zoning patterns in various deposit types are provided.

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Hydrothermal Ore Alteration Guide

This document discusses types of rock alteration related to ore deposits, including diagenesis, metamorphism, and postmagmatic processes. It describes the relation between alteration and ore deposits in terms of disequilibrium chemical reactions. Different scales and patterns of alteration are presented. Specific types of alteration discussed include propylitic, argillic, phyllic, potassic, skarn, advanced argillic, greisen, silicic, and decarbonatization alterations. Graphical depictions of alteration assemblages and zoning patterns in various deposit types are provided.

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9 September, 2002

Ore Deposits

Types of rock alteration:


Diagenesis
Metamorphism
Postmagmatic processes
Hydrothermal

Relation between alteration and ore deposits:


Disequilibrium chemical reactions

Alteration scales

Alteration patterns

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Alteration Altered porphyry around manto deposits


Intense
around silicification Argillization and
veins chloritic
alteration

Proximal
Distal
Propylitic Silicic Argillic

“Zebra” dolomite: loss of organic matter Silicification (jasperoid formation) associated


with CTDs

What controls the nature of alteration products?

Temperature effects

Pressure effects

Compositional effects

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Reactions between fluids and rocks:

Hydrolysis:

Hydration/dehydration:

Metasomatism:

Decarbonation:

Silicification/silication:

Redox:

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Graphical depiction of alteration

Alteration assemblages
Propylitic-argillic-phyllic-potassic

Skarn

Advanced argillic

Greisen

Silicic

Decarbonatization or carbonatization

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Alteration in Carlin-type deposits Alteration


zoning in
Limestone
porphyry
decarbonatization
Silty Limestone copper
deposits
argillization
Limey Siltstone
jasperoid silicification

Limestone
ore zone boundary
barite
stibnite
quartz
calcite
(pyrite)

Propylitic alteration
1cm

Propylitic alteration of
granodiorite porphyry
Chino, NM

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Argillic alteration

Phyllic (QSP) alteration

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Potassic alteration

1 cm

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Skarn alteration

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Advanced argillic alteration

Silicification around veins

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Decarbonatization

Summary of alteration:

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