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ASSESSING HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION INTENSITY IN VOLCANIC-HOSTED MASSIVE SULFIDE SYSTEMS USING PORTABLE X-RAY FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS OF DRILL CORE: AN EXAMPLE FROM MYRA FALLS, CANADA
Economic Geology ( IF 5.8 ) Pub Date : 2020-03-01 , DOI: 10.5382/econgeo.4714
Brian A. McNulty 1 , Nathan Fox 2 , J. Bruce Gemmell 1
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Current portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) technology can rapidly and inexpensively yield concentrations of geologically significant elements, typically with instrument detection limits below several tens of parts per million. Based on conventional XRF whole-rock geochemical data, both the Ishikawa alteration index and the chlorite-carbonate-pyrite index increase with proximity to sulfide mineralization at Myra Falls. However, available pXRF technology is typically unable to detect all the elements required to calculate these alteration indices. As a result, there is a need to utilize the elements that are readily detectable using pXRF and apply these to hydrothermal alteration assessment.We propose that Rb/Sr ratios provide a robust proxy for the Ishikawa alteration index and demonstrate that conventional whole-rock XRF analytical results for Rb and Sr can be reproduced using pXRF analysis from drill core surfaces. At Myra Falls, the Rb/Sr ratios vary from 2.0 for intensely altered rocks. Downhole profiles of alteration intensity generated from systematic pXRF analysis of drill core surfaces can be used to inform drilling and targeting decisions. The application of the Rb/Sr ratio as a proxy for alteration intensity extends beyond this case study and can be applied to other hydrothermal systems that produce phyllosilicate minerals as alteration products of feldspar.

中文翻译:

使用便携式 X 射线荧光分析钻芯来评估火山承载的大块硫化物系统的水热变化强度:加拿大迈拉瀑布的一个例子

当前的便携式 X 射线荧光 (pXRF) 技术可以快速且廉价地产生具有地质意义的元素的浓度,通常仪器检测限低于百万分之几十。根据常规 XRF 全岩地球化学数据,石川蚀变指数和绿泥石-碳酸盐-黄铁矿指数均随着靠近迈拉瀑布的硫化物矿化而增加。然而,可用的 pXRF 技术通常无法检测计算这些变化指数所需的所有元素。因此,需要利用易于使用 pXRF 检测的元素并将其应用于热液蚀变评估。我们建议 Rb/Sr 比率为 Ishikawa 蚀变指数提供了一个可靠的代表,并证明了 Rb 和 Sr 的常规全岩 XRF 分析结果可以使用钻芯表面的 pXRF 分析重现。在迈拉瀑布,剧烈蚀变的岩石的 Rb/Sr 比率从 2.0 不等。从钻芯表面的系统 pXRF 分析产生的蚀变强度的井下剖面可用于为钻井和目标决策提供信息。Rb/Sr 比值作为蚀变强度的代表的应用超出了本案例研究范围,可以应用于其他热液系统,这些热液系统产生作为长石蚀变产物的页硅酸盐矿物。从钻芯表面的系统 pXRF 分析产生的蚀变强度的井下剖面可用于为钻井和目标决策提供信息。Rb/Sr 比值作为蚀变强度的代表的应用超出了本案例研究范围,可以应用于其他热液系统,这些热液系统产生作为长石蚀变产物的页硅酸盐矿物。从钻芯表面的系统 pXRF 分析产生的蚀变强度的井下剖面可用于为钻井和目标决策提供信息。Rb/Sr 比值作为蚀变强度的代表的应用超出了本案例研究范围,可以应用于其他热液系统,这些热液系统产生作为长石蚀变产物的页硅酸盐矿物。
更新日期:2020-03-01
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