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Petrogenese von Kiruna-Typ Erzlagerstätten und ihrem felsischen magmatischem Nebengestein: Die Vergenoeg Fe-F-REE Lagerstätte im Bushveld Komplex (Südafrika)

Fachliche Zuordnung Mineralogie, Petrologie und Geochemie
Förderung Förderung von 2015 bis 2020
Projektkennung Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Projektnummer 281585760
 
Erstellungsjahr 2020

Zusammenfassung der Projektergebnisse

1. Fayalite rocks of the world class Vergenoeg magnetite-fluorite deposit preserve a cumulate mineral assemblage of fayalite with rare Ti-rich magnetite, ilmenite, fluorapatite and allanite. The assemblage is interpreted to have formed by accumulation from a reduced, dry and extremely fractionated rhyolitic parental melt that was enriched in Fe, F and REE. 2. High fayalite δ18O values (up to 7.4 ‰), re-calculated REE patterns and broadly coeval Paleoproterozoic formation strongly suggest that the generation of the highly-silicic parental melt is related to the formation of rhyolites of the Rooiberg group. Therefore, these data document a petrogenetic link between the formation of the Vergenoeg deposit and the Bushveld LIP. 3. Primary fluorite formed in an interstitial mineral assemblage together with quartz and a second generation of fayalite, Nb-rich ilmenite and magnetite. 4. Predominantly negative magnetite δ18O values, textural relationships and mineral compositions document that the main formation of magnetite and fluorite in the Vergenoeg deposit occurred during late hydrothermal fluid circulation, related to the release of F-rich fluids from the crystallizing granites of the Bushveld Complex. This suggests that the Vergenoeg deposit may belong to the broad class of IOCG deposits. The overprint led to the extensive replacement of magmatic fayalite and its alteration products by Ti-poor magnetite.

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