Herzig, Peter M. et al. (1997): Unusual sulfur isotopic composition of volcanic-hosted massive sulfide deposits at the modern seafloor; TAG hydrothermal mound (MAR) and Lau back-arc (SW-Pacific)

Leg/Site/Hole:
ODP 158
Identifier:
2012-095752
georefid

Creator:
Herzig, Peter M.
Freiberg University of Mining and Technology, Institute of Mineralogy, Freiberg, Germany
author

Petersen, Sven
Geological Survey of Canada, Canada
author

Tichomirowa, Marion
Placer Dome Exploration, United States
author

Hannington, Mark D.
author

Arribas, Antonio, Jr.
author

Identification:
Unusual sulfur isotopic composition of volcanic-hosted massive sulfide deposits at the modern seafloor; TAG hydrothermal mound (MAR) and Lau back-arc (SW-Pacific)
1997
In: Papunen, Heikki (editor), Mineral deposits; research and exploration; where do they meet? Proceedings of the Fourth biennial SGA meeting
A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam, Netherlands
4
363-366
At the TAG hydrothermal mound, large amounts of anhydrite in the high-T upflow zone may be responsible for sulphide Delta (super 34) S ratios that are 30/00 heavier than those for all other sulphides at sediment-free mid-ocean ridges. In contrast, the Delta (super 34) S ratios for sulphides and baryte from the propagating tip of the Valu Fa Ridge (Lau back-arc) are the lowest recorded for volcanic-hosted massive sulfides at such centres; this is attributed to magmatic contributions to the seafloor hydrothermal system.
English
Coverage:Geographic coordinates:
North:26.0814
West:-179.0000East: -44.4900
South:-25.0000

Economic geology, geology of ore deposits; Isotope geochemistry; alunite; Atlantic Ocean; East Pacific; hydrothermal alteration; igneous rocks; isotope ratios; isotopes; Lau Basin; Leg 158; massive deposits; massive sulfide deposits; metal ores; metasomatism; Mid-Atlantic Ridge; mid-ocean ridges; North Atlantic; Ocean Drilling Program; ocean floors; Pacific Ocean; polymetallic ores; S-34/S-32; South Pacific; Southeast Pacific; stable isotopes; sulfates; sulfides; sulfur; TAG hydrothermal field; volatiles; volcanic rocks;

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