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Notizen: Abstract Seven 187Re-187Os ages were determined for molybdenite and pyrite samples from two well-dated Precambrian intrusions in Fennoscandia to examine the sustainability of the Re-Os chronometer in a metamorphic and metasomatic setting. Using a new 187Re decay constant (1.666 × 10−11y−1) with a much improved uncertainty (±0.31%), we determined replicate Re-Os ages for molybdenite and pyrite from the Kuittila and Kivisuo prospects in easternmost Finland and for molybdenite from the Kabeliai prospect in southernmost Lithuania. These two localities contain some of the oldest and youngest plutonic activity in Fennoscandia and are associated with newly discovered economic Au mineralization (Ilomantsi, Finland) and a Cu-Mo prospect (Kabeliai, Lithuania). Two Re-Os ages for vein-hosted Kabeliai molybdenite average 1486 ± 5 Ma, in excellent agreement with a 1505 ± 11 Ma U-Pb zircon age for the hosting Kabeliai granite pluton. The slightly younger age suggests the introduction of Cu-Mo mineralization by a later phase of the Kabeliai magmatic system. Mean Re-Os ages of 2778 ± 8 Ma and 2781 ± 8 Ma for Kuittila and Kivisuo molybdenites, respectively, are in reasonable agreement with a 2753 ± 5 Ma weighted mean U-Pb zircon age for hosting Kuittila tonalite. These Re-Os ages agree well with less precise ages of 2789 ± 290 Ma for a Rb-Sr whole-rock isochron and 2771 ± 75 Ma for the average of six Sm-Nd TDM model ages for Kuittila tonalite. Three Re-Os analyses of a single pyrite mineral separate, from the same sample of Kuittila pluton that yielded a molybdenite separate, provide individual model ages of 2710 ± 27, 2777 ± 28, and 2830 ± 28 Ma (Re = 17.4, 12.1, and 8.4 ppb, respectively), with a mean value of 2770 ± 120 Ma in agreement with the Kuittila molybdenite age. The Re and 187Os abundances in these three pyrite splits are highly correlated (r = 0.9994), and provide a 187Re-187Os isochron age of 2607 ± 47 Ma with an intercept of 21 ppt 187Os (MSWD = 1.1). It appears that the Re-Os isotopic system in pyrite has been reset on the millimeter scale and that the 21 ppt 187Os intercept reflects the in situ decay of 187Re during the ∼160 to 170 m.y. interval from ∼2778 Ma (time of molybdenite ± pyrite deposition) to ∼2607 Ma (time of pyrite resetting). When the Re-Os data for molybdenites from the nearby Kivisuo prospect are plotted together with the Kuittila molybdenite and pyrite data, a well-constrained five-point isochron with an age of 2780 ± 8 Ma and a 187Os intercept (−2.4 ± 3.8 ppt) of essentially zero results (MSWD = 1.5). We suggest that the pyrite isochron age records a regional metamorphic and/or hydrothermal event, possibly the time of Au mineralization. A proposed Re-Os age of ∼2607 Ma for Au mineralization is in good agreement with radiometric ages by other methods that address the timing of Archean Au mineralization in deposits worldwide (so-called “late Au model”). Molybdenite, in contrast, provides a robust Re-Os chronometer, retaining its original formation age of ∼2780 Ma, despite subsequent metamorphic disturbances in Archean and Proterozoic time.

Notizen: Abstract The stratiform sulphide and oxide ores of Bergslagen, south-central Sweden, constitute the largest concentration of base metal and iron ores in northern Europe. They are hosted by Early Proterozoic metamorphosed volcanic and sedimentary successions, which (together with later granitoids) belong to the Svecofennian Domain. An earlier genetic model suggested that two principal types of sulphide ores existed in Bergslagen (Falun and Åmmeberg), which had been formed through two contrasting granitoid-related processes, whereas the iron oxide ores were considered exhalative-volcanogenic. The prevailing view for the Bergslagen ores is that all stratiform sulphide (and oxide) ores were formed by exhalative-volcanogenic processes from one homogenous metal source. In this paper are presented new high-precision determinations of the ore lead isotopic composition of twentytwo stratiform sulphide and oxide ores in Bergslagen (among them Falun, Zinkgruvan-Åmmeberg and Dannemora), in order to provide an improved base for their genesis. The results show that significant variations in metal sources existed in Bergslagen for the volcanogenic ores. Most ores (including the Falun Cu-Zn-Pb deposit) were formed from a major isotopic reservoir that occurs in the interior parts of Bergslagen. This source is defined as the Falun reservoir and is dominated by calcalkaline felsic volcanic rocks. A variable input from a more evolved source component (recycled pre-Svecofennian crustal components) is locally important in sedimentdominated areas, particularly the Stockholm archipelago. A third source, representing relatively primitive metabasalts, influenced the lead isotopic pattern of ores in westernmost Bergslagen. The composition of the Zinkgruvan (Åmmeberg) ore lead is distinctly different from that of the Falun reservoir, but forms, together with other sulphide deposits along the southern margin of Bergslagen, a pronounced linear trend in standard isotope diagrams. The linear trend is interpreted as a mixing line and shows that the lead in these ores were derived partly from evolved and partly from primitive sources. The evolved end member has an isotopic composition, which is comparable with the sediment-dominated sources in the interior parts of Bergslagen and in the Stockholm archipelago. The primitive end member is represented by tholeiitic volcanics, which are more abundant in the southern margin of Bergslagen than elsewhere in Bergslagen. A significant variation with respect to metal sources and depositional environments can thus be recognized for the Bergslagen ores and a renaissance for the genetic concepts Falun and Åmmeberg types is suggested.

Notizen: Summary A Cu-Mo-bearing granitoid belonging to the concealed Precambrian crystalline basement of Lithuania has been dated by the U-Pb zircon method and investigated geochemically. chemically. The granitoid is located at Kabeliai in southernmost Lithuania and forms part of a granitoid complex recognized as the Marcinkonys batholith. The Kabeliai granite is composed of quartz, plagioclase, microcline and biotite and shows a granitic to adamellitic peralummous/metaluminous composition with dominantly I-type chemistry. U-Pb dating of zircon yields an age of 1505 ± 11 Ma, which is considered to reflect the crystallization age of the granite. The Kabeliai granite displays several similarities in terms of geological setting, chemistry and age with certain granitoids in northeastern Poland (Mazury complex) and northwestern Belorussia (Mostovsky, Kamensky and Vydgodsky plutons), which are considered “rapakivi-like” in the literature. It is, however, uncertain whether proper rapakivi granites really exist in these areas as none of these granitoids displays the common characteristics of rapakivi granites (A-type chemistry, wiborgitic textures, associated Sn-Be-Pb-Zn-Cu mineralizations). We speculate that the 1.4-1.5 Ga granites southeast of the Baltic Sea rather might be correlated with granites of comparable age and geochemical character in southwestern Sweden. Another possible alternative is that the granitoids in Lithuania may not be correlated with any part of the Fennoscandian Shield.

Notizen: Abstract The lead isotopic compositions of galena in Early Proterozoic gold deposits have been determined for three districts in northern Sweden and central Finland. The deposits are hosted by a variety of ≈1870–1890 Ma Svecofennian host rocks including the volcanosedimentary succession within the Skellefte District island arc in Sweden as well as I-type tonalites at Jörn (Sweden) and Pohjanmaa (Finland). The deposits are epigenetic in relation to these Svecofennian rocks and are part of a goldbearing metallogenetic belt, which can be followed for 600 km parallel to the southwestern margin of the Archaean Domain. In spite of these epigenetic relationships, the lead isotopic data indicate that the deposits are not dramatically younger than the ≈1870–1890 Ma Svecofennian host rocks (probably not exceeding 10–20 million years). Two principal lead sources were activated when the gold deposits were formed. The most significant source is represented by the I-type tonalites, which constitute a relatively primitive (μ = 9.3) and widely distributed source in the entire metallogenic belt. In addition, the volcanic components in the westernmost part of the Skellefte District constitute an extremely primitive (μ 〈9.0) source, which only locally was an important contributor to the epigenetic deposits in this metallogenetic belt. The significantly different lead isotopic composition estimated for these sources indicates that the volcanic rocks in the western part of the Skellefte District were not comagmatic with the I-type tonalites recognized at Jörn and central Finland.

Notizen: Abstract The origin of the pyrrhotite in the Ankarvattnet massive sulphide deposit is discussed, based on chemical relations between the different mineralization types. A metamorphic genesis is rejected and a premetamorphic origin is alternatively suggested, which is in agreement with similar ideas for the origin of the pyrrhotite in other deposits. The pyrrhotite is thought to have formed in the stringer zone to a massive pyritic layer with similar formation mechanisms as for volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits. The recognition of a stringer zone mineralogy provides better possibilities to understand the physico-chemical character of the ore forming environment.

Notizen: Abstract Gold occurs in a number of different ore types in the Fennoscandian Shield ranging in age from Late Archean to Late Proterozoic. Until recently, the metal was exploited primarily as a byproduct in volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits but during the 1980s more gold mines have been opened than during any other episode in the mining history of northern Europe. The occurrence of gold in the Fennoscandian Shield is reviewed in the context of the major tectonostratigraphic units: 1. In the Karelian Province, gold is hosted by greenstone belts of the Archean basement complex e.g. at Ilomantsi, eastern Finland. Greenstone belts of the Nordkalott Province, which are interpreted as part of an Early Proterozoic cover sequence, contain gold deposits associated with copper (Bidjovagge, Saattopora and Pahtohavare). Gold is also associated with cobalt in the metasomatically altered Early Proterozoic cover in north-eastern Finland (Meurastuksenaho and Juomasuo). 2. In the Svecofennian Domain, the major gold deposits were generated during the emplacement of 1.92–1.87 Ga old accretional magmatism. These deposits occur in the northeastern part of the Svecofennian Domain, close to the Archean-Proterozoic boundary. They comprise two major types: (a) the porphyry-type and shear-zone gold hosted by tonalite at Tallberg, Laivakangas, Kopsa and Osikonmäki; (b) as a component of volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits (e.g. Holmtjärn, Boliden and Pyhäsalmi). Other types are: (c) gold-bearing quartz-alumina alteration zones formed during the 1.92–1.87 Ga magmatic period (Enåsen); (d) gold in massive sulphide and iron ore deposits in Bergslagen. 3. Gold associated with 1.84–1.54 Ga granites has been reported from several sites in the Shield, including quartz veins and contact-metasomatic deposits. In addition, shear-zone-related gold deposits post-dating these granites have been identified in southeastern Sweden (Ädelfors). 4. In the Sveconorwegian Domain, the gold deposits at Bleka, Eidsvoll, Glava and Hamas are associated with shear zones which developed penecontemporaneously with the intrusion of late (1.0–0.9 Ga) granites. These metallogenic features, deposit modelling and economic properties of the known occurrences suggest that the potential for new gold discoveries is highest in Late Archean to Early Proterozoic greenstone belts and in Early Svecofennian tonalite plutons. The gold potential of the Sveconorwegian Domain is also worth further consideration.