ATLAS OF ALTERATION A FIELD AND PETROGRAPHIC GUIDE TO HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION MINERALS Eprrors: A.J.B. THOMPSON AND J.F.H. THOMPSON MDD Series Eprror: K.P.E. DUNNE AUTHORS R.L. Allen C.HLB. Leitch T. J. Barrett D.R. Lentz P.R.L. Browne ‘A. J. Macdonald J.E. Clemson M. McLeod K.P. E, Dunne R. F. Martin A.D. Ettlinger J. Murray HLL. Gibson Y. Pan L.A. Groat S. Paradis M.D. Hannington _E. U. Petersen M. M. Hawke G.E. Ray E.C. Jowett N.C. Reardon JR. Lang D. A. Rhys Geological Association of Mineral Deposits Division F. Santaguida R. L, Sherlock C. Sebert G. J. Simandl S.F. Simmons M.F. Taner J. B. Thompson |. F. H. Thompson |. W. TurnerCONTENTS: PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS CONTENTS v INTRODUCTION 1 Classification of Alteration 1 Organization of the Atlas 2 Interpretation of Alteration Mineralogy 3 References 5 Table 1: Summary of assemblages of alteration minerals 7 Abbreviations 3 HYDROTHERMAL MINERALS Actinolite Intrusion-related 44 Allbite Intrusion-related 16 Allbite Sediment-hosted massive sulphide 18 Alunite Intrusion-related, Epithermal 20 Alunite Epithermal 2 Andalusite Intrusion-related 24 Anhydrite Intrusion-related 26 Apatite Intrusion-related 28 Barite Intrusion-related, Epithermal 30 Biotite Inirusion-related 32 Biotite Mesothermal 34 Calcite Epithermal 36 Carbonate ‘Mesothermal 38 Carbonate Voleanogenic massive sulphide 40 Chlorite Voleanogenic massive sulphide 2 Chloritoid Voleanogenic massive sulphide 4“ Clinopyroxene ‘Skarn 46 Cordierite ‘Voleanogenic massive sulphide 48 Diaspore Intrusion-related, Epithermal 50 Dumortierite Intrusion-related 52 Epidote Intrusion-related, Epithermal 54 Epidote Volcanogenic massive sulphide 56 Fluorite Intrusion-related 58 Garnet Skam 60 Hematite Inteusion-related a Atlas of Alteration