Sulfidation of organic matter associated with gold mineralization, Pueblo viejo, Dominican republic
dc.contributor.author | Kettler, Richard M. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Waldo, Geoffrey S. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Penner-Hahn, James E. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Meyers, Philip A. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Kesler, Stephen E. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-04-10T13:55:02Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-04-10T13:55:02Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1990 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Kettler, Richard M., Waldo, Geoffrey S., Penner-Hahn, James E., Meyers, Philip A., Kesler, Stephen E. (1990)."Sulfidation of organic matter associated with gold mineralization, Pueblo viejo, Dominican republic." Applied Geochemistry 5(1-2): 237-248. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/28847> | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VDG-48C7B15-1G/2/d3c65450b1421ff111f5931c8050f18e | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/28847 | |
dc.description.abstract | The Pueblo Viejo district is one of the largest producers of precious metals in the world, yielding more than 11,000 kg of Au annually. Gold mineralization at Pueblo Viejo is hosted in spilite, and coarse clastic and finely laminated, fine grained carbonaceous sedimentary rocks of the Lower Cretaceous Los Ranchos Formation. Mineralization was accompanied by sulfidation as evidenced by (1) the occurrence of siderite distal to mineralization and pyrite proximal to mineralization, (2) increased S/Fe ratios associated with Au mineralization, (3) the occurrence of native S in and adjacent to mineralization, and (4) the presence of sulfidized organic matter (organo-S compounds) in mineralized rocks. Organic matter in the carbonaceous sedimentary rocks comprises vitrinite and pyrobitumen. Rock-Eval pyrolysis data indicate that this organic matter is overmature (HI 2S in the mineralizing fluid would have destabilized Au bisulfide complexes and caused deposition of gold. The restriction of S-rich organic matter to rocks in which all Fe occurs as pyrite indicates that sulfidation of organic matter postdates sulfidation of ferrous Fe and therefore, deposition of much of the Au. | en_US |
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dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_US |
dc.title | Sulfidation of organic matter associated with gold mineralization, Pueblo viejo, Dominican republic | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.rights.robots | IndexNoFollow | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Geology and Earth Sciences | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Chemistry | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Science | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1063, U.S.A.; Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1055, U.S.A. | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1055, U.S.A. | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1055, U.S.A. | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1063, U.S.A. | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1063, U.S.A. | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/28847/1/0000682.pdf | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0883-2927(90)90051-6 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Applied Geochemistry | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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