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    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 deposits 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

    Hydrothermal alteration 1
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    Ore Deposits

    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

    Hydrothermal alteration 2
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    Ore Deposits

    Reactions between fluids and rocks:

    Hydrolysis:

    Hydration/dehydration:

    Metasomatism:

    Decarbonation:

    Silicification/silication:

    Redox:

    Hydrothermal alteration 3
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    Ore Deposits

    Graphical depiction of alteration

    Alteration assemblages
    Propylitic-argillic-phyllic-potassic

    Skarn

    Advanced argillic

    Greisen

    Silicic

    Decarbonatization or carbonatization

    Hydrothermal alteration 4
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    Ore Deposits

    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

    Hydrothermal alteration 5
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    Ore Deposits

    Argillic alteration

    Phyllic (QSP) alteration

    Hydrothermal alteration 6
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    Ore Deposits

    Potassic alteration

    1 cm

    Hydrothermal alteration 7
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    Ore Deposits

    Skarn alteration

    Hydrothermal alteration 8
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    Ore Deposits

    Advanced argillic alteration

    Silicification around veins

    Hydrothermal alteration 9
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    Ore Deposits

    Decarbonatization

    Summary of alteration:

    Hydrothermal alteration 10

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