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- Cadia district occur in the eastern Lachlan Fold Belt of New
- South Wales, Australia. The district comprises four
- porphyry deposits (Ridgeway, Cadia Quarry, Cadia Hill,
- and Cadia East) and two iron-copper-gold skarn deposits
- (Big Cadia and Little Cadia). Almost 1,000 tonnes of
- contained gold and more than four million tonnes of copper
- have been discovered in these systems, making Cadia the
- worlds largest known alkalic porphyry district, in terms of
- contained gold. Porphyry gold-copper ore at Cadia is
- associated with quartz monzonite intrusive complexes, and
- is hosted by central stockwork and sheeted quartz-sulfide-
- (carbonate) vein systems. The Cadia porphyry deposits are
- characterized by cores of potassic and/or calc-potassic
- alteration assemblages, and peripheral halos of propylitic
- alteration, with late-stage phyllic alteration mostly restricted to fault zones. Hematite dusting is an important component of the propylitic alteration assemblage, and has produced a distinctive reddening of feldspar minerals in the volcanic wall rocks around the mineralized centers. Sulfide mineralization is strongly zoned at Ridgeway and Cadia East, with bornite-rich cores surrounded by chalcopyrite-rich halos and peripheral zones of pyrite mineralization. The Cadia Hill and Cadia Quarry deposits have chalcopyrite-rich cores and pyrite-rich halos, and Cadia Hill contains a high-level bornite-rich zone. Distinctive sulfur isotopic zonation patterns have been identified at Ridgeway, Cadia Hill, and Cadia East. The deposit cores are characterized by low delta 34S sulfide values (-10 to -4 per mil), consistent with sulfide
- precipitation from an oxidized (sulfate-predominant) magmatic fluid at 450 to 400 degrees C. Pyrite grains that occur in the propylitic alteration halos typically have delta 34S sulfide values near 0 per mil. There is a gradual increase in delta 34S sulfide values outwards from the deposit cores through the propylitic halos. Water-rock interaction during propylitic alteration caused magmatic sulfate reduction and concomitant oxidation of ferrous iron-bearing minerals, resulting in enrichment of 34S in pyrite and also producing the distinctive reddened,hematite-rich alteration halos to the Cadia deposits. These results show that sulfur isotope analyses have potential applications in the exploration of alkalic porphyry-style deposits, with zones of depleted delta 34S sulfide values most prospective for high-grade mineralization." name="eprints.abstract" />
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- <h1 class="ep_tm_pagetitle">Sulfur isotopic zonation in the Cadia district, southeastern Australia: exploration significance and implications for the genesis of alkalic porphyry gold-copper deposits</h1>
- <p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><span class="person_name">Wilson, A.J.</span> and <span class="person_name">Cooke, D.R.</span> and <span class="person_name">Harper, B.J.</span> and <span class="person_name">Deyell, C.L.</span> (2007) <xhtml:em>Sulfur isotopic zonation in the Cadia district, southeastern Australia: exploration significance and implications for the genesis of alkalic porphyry gold-copper deposits.</xhtml:em> Mineralium Deposita, 42 (5). pp. 465-487. ISSN 0026-4598</p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"></p><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><tr><td valign="top" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/1584/1/Wilson%2C_Cooke%2C_Harper_et_al_2007.pdf"><img alt="[img]" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png" border="0" class="ep_doc_icon" /></a></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/1584/1/Wilson%2C_Cooke%2C_Harper_et_al_2007.pdf"><span class="ep_document_citation">PDF</span></a> - Full text restricted - Requires a PDF viewer<br />2109Kb</td><td><form method="get" accept-charset="utf-8" action="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/request_doc"><input value="2051" name="docid" accept-charset="utf-8" type="hidden" /><div class=""><input value="Request a copy" name="_action_null" class="ep_form_action_button" onclick="return EPJS_button_pushed( '_action_null' )" type="submit" /> </div></form></td></tr></table><div class="not_ep_block"><h2>Abstract</h2><p style="padding-bottom: 16px; text-align: left; margin: 1em auto 0em auto">The alkalic porphyry gold-copper deposits of the
- Cadia district occur in the eastern Lachlan Fold Belt of New
- South Wales, Australia. The district comprises four
- porphyry deposits (Ridgeway, Cadia Quarry, Cadia Hill,
- and Cadia East) and two iron-copper-gold skarn deposits
- (Big Cadia and Little Cadia). Almost 1,000 tonnes of
- contained gold and more than four million tonnes of copper
- have been discovered in these systems, making Cadia the
- worlds largest known alkalic porphyry district, in terms of
- contained gold. Porphyry gold-copper ore at Cadia is
- associated with quartz monzonite intrusive complexes, and
- is hosted by central stockwork and sheeted quartz-sulfide-
- (carbonate) vein systems. The Cadia porphyry deposits are
- characterized by cores of potassic and/or calc-potassic
- alteration assemblages, and peripheral halos of propylitic
- alteration, with late-stage phyllic alteration mostly restricted to fault zones. Hematite dusting is an important component of the propylitic alteration assemblage, and has produced a distinctive reddening of feldspar minerals in the volcanic wall rocks around the mineralized centers. Sulfide mineralization is strongly zoned at Ridgeway and Cadia East, with bornite-rich cores surrounded by chalcopyrite-rich halos and peripheral zones of pyrite mineralization. The Cadia Hill and Cadia Quarry deposits have chalcopyrite-rich cores and pyrite-rich halos, and Cadia Hill contains a high-level bornite-rich zone. Distinctive sulfur isotopic zonation patterns have been identified at Ridgeway, Cadia Hill, and Cadia East. The deposit cores are characterized by low delta 34S sulfide values (-10 to -4 per mil), consistent with sulfide
- precipitation from an oxidized (sulfate-predominant) magmatic fluid at 450 to 400 degrees C. Pyrite grains that occur in the propylitic alteration halos typically have delta 34S sulfide values near 0 per mil. There is a gradual increase in delta 34S sulfide values outwards from the deposit cores through the propylitic halos. Water-rock interaction during propylitic alteration caused magmatic sulfate reduction and concomitant oxidation of ferrous iron-bearing minerals, resulting in enrichment of 34S in pyrite and also producing the distinctive reddened,hematite-rich alteration halos to the Cadia deposits. These results show that sulfur isotope analyses have potential applications in the exploration of alkalic porphyry-style deposits, with zones of depleted delta 34S sulfide values most prospective for high-grade mineralization.</p></div><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" border="0" cellpadding="3" class="not_ep_block"><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Item Type:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Article</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Keywords:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Sulfur isotopes . Gold-copper porphyry .
- Alkalic porphyry systems . Cadia . Lachlan orogen .
- Australia</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Subjects:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/260100.html">260000 Earth Sciences > 260100 Geology</a></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Collections:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">UNSPECIFIED</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ID Code:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">1584</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited By:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><span class="ep_name_citation"><span class="person_name">Mrs Katrina Keep</span></span></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited On:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">10 Aug 2007</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Last Modified:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">23 Jan 2008 14:52</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ePrint Statistics:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a target="ePrintStats" href="/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint;id=1584;">View statistics for this ePrint</a></td></tr></table><p align="right">Repository Staff Only: <a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/users/home?screen=EPrint::View&eprintid=1584">item control page</a></p>
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