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iron-copper-gold skarn deposits with a combined gold resource in excess of 574 metric tonnes (t). The deposits
lie on a 7-km-long, northwest-oriented corridor of alteration and mineralization, transverse to the axis of the
postulated volcanic arc.
Alteration and mineralization at Ridgeway are zoned around a vertically attenuated intrusive complex of
monzodioritic to quartz monzonitic composition. Distinct styles of veining and alteration are related to different
intrusive phases of the monzonite complex, with the intensity of alteration and grade of mineralization
decreasing from early- to late-mineral intrusions. Early-mineral intrusions are associated with intense actinolite-
magnetite-biotite (calc-potassic) alteration and up to four stages of high-grade quartz-magnetite-sulfide
veining. Bornite is the most abundant sulfide formed during early-stage alteration and correlates well with gold.
Moderate- to weak-intensity orthoclase-biotite plus or minus magnetite (potassic) alteration accompanies the inter- and late-mineral intrusions, this alteration being associated with chalcopyrite- and pyrite-rich quartz-orthoclase veins. Propylitic and sodic (albite-pyrite) alteration assemblages are peripheral to, and locally overprint, the potassic alteration. Phyllic alteration is restricted to the margins of late-stage faults.
The fluid inclusion assemblage comprises one and two salt-bearing brine inclusions, in addition to aqueous
liquid-vapor inclusions of low to moderate salinity. No low-density, vapor-rich inclusions are present, indicating
that the fluids from which the quartz veins precipitated did not enter the liquid-vapor field of the H2O-NaCl system.
The brine inclusions undergo final homogenization to liquid via halite dissolution. This phenomenon, in addition
to the absence of low-density vapor inclusions, suggests that the mineralizing fluids at Ridgeway were nonboiling
hypersaline brines that exsolved directly from the crystallizing magma. The presence of mineralized
aplitic vein dikes and comb quartz layering are interpreted to indicate that the early and transitional stages of
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iron-copper-gold skarn deposits with a combined gold resource in excess of 574 metric tonnes (t). The deposits
lie on a 7-km-long, northwest-oriented corridor of alteration and mineralization, transverse to the axis of the
postulated volcanic arc.
Alteration and mineralization at Ridgeway are zoned around a vertically attenuated intrusive complex of
monzodioritic to quartz monzonitic composition. Distinct styles of veining and alteration are related to different
intrusive phases of the monzonite complex, with the intensity of alteration and grade of mineralization
decreasing from early- to late-mineral intrusions. Early-mineral intrusions are associated with intense actinolite-
magnetite-biotite (calc-potassic) alteration and up to four stages of high-grade quartz-magnetite-sulfide
veining. Bornite is the most abundant sulfide formed during early-stage alteration and correlates well with gold.
Moderate- to weak-intensity orthoclase-biotite plus or minus magnetite (potassic) alteration accompanies the inter- and late-mineral intrusions, this alteration being associated with chalcopyrite- and pyrite-rich quartz-orthoclase veins. Propylitic and sodic (albite-pyrite) alteration assemblages are peripheral to, and locally overprint, the potassic alteration. Phyllic alteration is restricted to the margins of late-stage faults.
The fluid inclusion assemblage comprises one and two salt-bearing brine inclusions, in addition to aqueous
liquid-vapor inclusions of low to moderate salinity. No low-density, vapor-rich inclusions are present, indicating
that the fluids from which the quartz veins precipitated did not enter the liquid-vapor field of the H2O-NaCl system.
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hypersaline brines that exsolved directly from the crystallizing magma. The presence of mineralized
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<h1 class="ep_tm_pagetitle">The Ridgeway Gold-Copper Deposit: A High-Grade Alkalic Porphyry Deposit in the Lachlan Fold Belt, New South Wales, Australia</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.L.</span> (2003) <xhtml:em>The Ridgeway Gold-Copper Deposit: A High-Grade Alkalic Porphyry Deposit in the Lachlan Fold Belt, New South Wales, Australia.</xhtml:em> Economic Geology, 98 (8). pp. 1637-1666. ISSN 0361-0128</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/1890/1/Wilson_Cooke_et_al_ECON_GEOL_2003.pdf"><img alt="[img]" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png" class="ep_doc_icon" border="0" /></a></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/1890/1/Wilson_Cooke_et_al_ECON_GEOL_2003.pdf"><span class="ep_document_citation">PDF</span></a> - Full text restricted - Requires a PDF viewer<br />1103Kb</td><td><form method="get" accept-charset="utf-8" action="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/request_doc"><input accept-charset="utf-8" value="2372" name="docid" 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><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block">Official URL: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2113/98.8.1637">http://dx.doi.org/10.2113/98.8.1637</a></p><div class="not_ep_block"><h2>Abstract</h2><p style="padding-bottom: 16px; text-align: left; margin: 1em auto 0em auto">Ridgeway is a high-grade gold-copper porphyry deposit (54 Mt at 2.5 g/t Au and 0.77% Cu), related to an alkalic intrusive complex of monzonitic composition. The deposit occurs within the Cadia district of New South Wales, Australia, which consists of a cluster of four Late Ordovician gold-copper porphyry deposits and two
iron-copper-gold skarn deposits with a combined gold resource in excess of 574 metric tonnes (t). The deposits
lie on a 7-km-long, northwest-oriented corridor of alteration and mineralization, transverse to the axis of the
postulated volcanic arc.
Alteration and mineralization at Ridgeway are zoned around a vertically attenuated intrusive complex of
monzodioritic to quartz monzonitic composition. Distinct styles of veining and alteration are related to different
intrusive phases of the monzonite complex, with the intensity of alteration and grade of mineralization
decreasing from early- to late-mineral intrusions. Early-mineral intrusions are associated with intense actinolite-
magnetite-biotite (calc-potassic) alteration and up to four stages of high-grade quartz-magnetite-sulfide
veining. Bornite is the most abundant sulfide formed during early-stage alteration and correlates well with gold.
Moderate- to weak-intensity orthoclase-biotite plus or minus magnetite (potassic) alteration accompanies the inter- and late-mineral intrusions, this alteration being associated with chalcopyrite- and pyrite-rich quartz-orthoclase veins. Propylitic and sodic (albite-pyrite) alteration assemblages are peripheral to, and locally overprint, the potassic alteration. Phyllic alteration is restricted to the margins of late-stage faults.
The fluid inclusion assemblage comprises one and two salt-bearing brine inclusions, in addition to aqueous
liquid-vapor inclusions of low to moderate salinity. No low-density, vapor-rich inclusions are present, indicating
that the fluids from which the quartz veins precipitated did not enter the liquid-vapor field of the H2O-NaCl system.
The brine inclusions undergo final homogenization to liquid via halite dissolution. This phenomenon, in addition
to the absence of low-density vapor inclusions, suggests that the mineralizing fluids at Ridgeway were nonboiling
hypersaline brines that exsolved directly from the crystallizing magma. The presence of mineralized
aplitic vein dikes and comb quartz layering are interpreted to indicate that the early and transitional stages of
mineralization at Ridgeway formed at the transition between magmatic and hydrothermal conditions.</p></div><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" cellpadding="3" class="not_ep_block" border="0"><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">porphyry, copper, gold, alkalic, monzonite, zonation</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">1890</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">13 Sep 2007</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Last Modified:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">24 Jan 2008 12:23</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=1890;">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=1890">item control page</a></p>
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