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dc.contributor.authorBanerjee, R.
dc.contributor.authorRay, D.
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-14T07:17:06Z
dc.date.available2015-07-14T07:17:06Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationGeo-Marine Letters, vol.35(2); 2015; 91-103
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/4743
dc.description.abstractThis study examined the mineralogy and mineral chemistry of disseminated sulphides (mainly chalcopyrite-pyrite) in partly altered basalts from the northern Central Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean in order to understand the role of hydrothermal alterations and infer possible sulphide formation history. Pyrite and chalcopyrite are dominant sulphide minerals and generally associated with the oxide phases including magnetite and often ilmenite. Close association of sulphide and oxide minerals suggests that they are paragenetically related. Sulphides also occur as late impregnated veins cutting through the basaltic hosts. The chemical compositions of pyrite (avg. Fe 46.3 wt%, S 53.7 wt%) and chalcopyrite (avg. Cu 34.4 wt%, Fe 30.7 wt%, S 34.7 wt%) are almost uniform, while the secondary ilmenite often shows MnO enrichment (up to 3.0–3.4 wt%). The associated altered minerals typically resemble the greenschist facies mineral assemblages—e.g. chlorite±epidote. Evidence of albitisation and silicification suggests low-temperature hydrothermal alteration processes. This is supported by the bulk Au content (up to 60 ppb) of host-altered basalts with pyrite mineralisation. Au is usually associated with late-stage pyrites and thus related with low-temperature hydrothermal activity. Close to the dredge location, tectonic activity around the Vityaz megamullion might have promoted hydrothermal circulation and subsequent alteration of the mineral constituents in basalts, eventually inducing the formation of late-stage disseminated sulphide minerals in these rocks.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.rightsAn edited version of this paper was published by Springer. This paper is for R & D purpose and Copyright [2014] Springer.
dc.subjectGEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS
dc.subjectGEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS
dc.titleDisseminated sulphides in basalts from the northern central Indian ridge: Implications on late-stage hydrothermal activity
dc.typeJournal Article


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