Preface to the Third Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Notation
Contributors
1. Hydrothermal Mineral Deposits: What We Do and Don't Know
2. Sources of Hydrothermal Components: Heavy Isotopes
3. Magmas and Hydrothermal Fluids
4. Hydrogeology and Geochemistry of Ore Genesis in Sedimentary
Basins
5. Thermal Aspects of Ore Formation
6. Oxygen and Hydrogen Isotope Relationships in ydrothermal Mineral
Deposits
7. Hydrothermal Alteration and Its Relationship to Ore Fluid Composition
8. Sulfide Ore Mineral Stabilities, Morphologies, and Intergrowth
Textures
9. Metal Transport by Hydrothermal Ore Fluids
10. Gangue Mineral Transport and Deposition
11. Sulfur and Carbon Isotopes
12. Organic Matter in Hydrothermal Ore Deposits
13. Fluid Inclusion Studies of Hydrothermal Ore Deposits
14. Geothermal Systems and Mercury Deposits
15. The Origin and Evolution of Fluids in Magmatic-Hydrothermal
Systems
16. Submarine Hydrothermal Systems and Deposits
17. Ore-Forming Brines in Active Continental Rifts
Appendix: Chemical and Physical Data for Hydrothermal Systems
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Preface to the Third Edition | xi | |
Preface to the Second Edition | xiii | |
Notation | xv | |
Contributors | xix | |
1. Hydrothermal Mineral Deposits: What We Do
and Don't Know Brian J. Skinner |
1 | |
What We Do Know | 3 | |
What We Don't Know | 13 | |
References | 26 |
2. Sources of Hydrothermal Components: Heavy
Isotopes G. Lang Farmer and Donald J. DePaolo |
31 | |
General Systematics | 31 | |
Isotope Geochronology | 32 | |
Isotopic Constraints on Relationships Between Magma Sources and Granite-Related Mineralization | 41 | |
References | 57 |
3. Magmas and Hudrothermal Fluids C. Wayne Burnham |
63 | |
Notation | 63 | |
Hydrous Magmas | 65 | |
Melt Speciation and the Quasicrystalline Model | 76 | |
Generation and Emplacement of Hydrous Magmas | 85 | |
Evolution of Magmatic Aqueous Phases | 104 | |
In retrospect | 117 | |
References | 118 |
4. Hydrogeology and Geochemistry of Ore Genesis
in Sedimentary Basins Grant Garven and Jeff P. Raffensperger |
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Groundwater Flow in Sedimentary B asins | 127 | |
Conceptul Models for Stratabound Ore Genesis | 131 | |
Mathematical Modeling of Ore Formation in Basins | 143 | |
Hydrogeologic Simulations: Case Studies of Basins | 150 | |
Summary | 176 | |
References | 181 |
5. Thermal Aspects of Ore Formation Lawrence M. Cathles III |
191 | |
Thermal Consequences of Subsurface Fluid Flow | 192 | |
Rates of Subsurface Fluid Flow | 198 | |
Fluid Fluxes, Temperature, and Ore Deposition | 212 | |
Summary and Conclusions | 222 | |
References | 223 |
6. Oxygen and Hydrogen Isotope Relationships
in Hydrothermal Mineral Deposits Hugh P. Taylor, Jr. |
229 | |
Isotopic Notation and Standards | 231 | |
Equilibrium Isotope Fractionations | 232 | |
Isotopic Variations in Natural Waters | 238 | |
Amounts of Water Involved in Hydrothermal Systems | 249 | |
Epithermal Ore Deposits in Volcanic Terranes | 254 | |
Porphyry Copper and Molybdenum Deposits | 262 | |
Supergene Alteration of Porphyry Copper Deposits | 267 | |
Mississippi Valley-Type Lead-Zinc-Fluorite Deposits | 268 | |
Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide Deposits | 268 | |
Metamorphic Ore Deposits | 276 | |
Other Hydrothermal Ore Deposits | 278 | |
Utilization of Stable Isotopes in Exploration for Ore | 282 | |
Conclusions | 286 | |
References | 288 |
7. Hydrothermal Alteration and Its Relationship
to Ore Fluid Composition Mark H. Reed |
303 | |
Hydrothermal Alteration in Metal Source-Trap Systems | 304 | |
Chemical Equilibrium | 305 | |
Mineral Assemblages Characteristic of Hydrothermal Alteration | 307 | |
Graphic Display of Mineral Relationships | 313 | |
Water/Rock Ratio as a Descriptive Variable | 316 | |
Reaction of Acidic Fluid with Wall Rocks of Basic to Felsic Composition | 317 | |
Wall-Rock Reaction Controls on Ore Fluid Composition | 335 | |
Sources of Acid for Alteration | 347 | |
Wall-Rock Alteration as a Cause of Ore Deposition | 350 | |
Concluding Statement | 356 | |
References | 358 |
8. Sulfide Ore Mineral Stabilities, Morphologies,
and Intergrowth Textures David J. Vaughan and James R. Craig |
367 | |
Synthetic and Natural Systems | 369 | |
The Sulfur System | 370 | |
The Iron-Sulfur System | 373 | |
The Copper-Sulfur System | 390 | |
The Copper-Iron-Sulfur System | 392 | |
The Iron-Nickel-Sulfur System | 403 | |
The Iron-Arsenic-Sulfur System and the Arsenopyrite Geothermometer | 411 | |
The Iron-Zinc-Sulfur System and the Sphalerite Geobarometer | 412 | |
Sulfidation Reactions in Other Systems | 423 | |
Sulfide-Oxide Relationships | 426 | |
Concluding Remarks | 428 | |
References | 429 |
9. Metal Transport by Hydrothermal Ore Fluids Terry M. Seward and Hubert L. Barnes |
435 | |
Compositions of Hydrothermal Fluids | 436 | |
Metal Transport -- Which Metal Complexes Are Important? | 448 | |
Depositional Mechanisms | 469 | |
References | 477 |
10. Gangue Mineral Transport and Deposition J. Donald Rimstidt |
487 | |
General Principles | 488 | |
Silica Minerals | 494 | |
Carbonates | 499 | |
Sulfates | 505 | |
Fluorite | 509 | |
Conclusions | 512 | |
References | 513 |
11. Sulfur and Carbon Isotopes Hiroshi Ohmoto and Martin B. Goldhaber |
517 | |
Analytical Aspects | 518 | |
Isotopic Relationships of Coexisting Species | 520 | |
Carbon in Sedimentary Rocks | 546 | |
Fixation of Seawater Sulfate as Sulfide in Ore Deposits | 552 | |
Magmatic Systems | 579 | |
Causes of δ34S and δ13C Variations in Ore Deposits | 592 | |
Sulfur Isotopic Characteristics of Major Ore Deposit Types | 595 | |
References | 600 |
12. Organic Matter in Hydrothermal Ore Deposits Patrick Landais and Andrew P. Gize |
613 | |
Organic Parameters | 615 | |
Metal-Ore Deposit Interactions | 619 | |
Oxidation | 620 | |
Reduction | 629 | |
Dehydrogenation and Aromatization | 631 | |
Graphite Destruction | 632 | |
Kinetics | 635 | |
Water Washing |
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Fluid Composition | 637 | |
Organic Petrology | 640 | |
Conclusions | 642 | |
Glossary | 643 | |
References | 645 |
13. Fluid Inclusion Studies of Hydrothermal
Ore Deposits Edwin Roedder and Robert J. Bodnar |
657 | |
Background and Basic Assumptions | 658 | |
Information Available from Fluid Inclusions | 663 | |
Current Status of Bulk Inclusion Analysis | 666 | |
Current Status of Fluid Inclusion Microanalysis | 669 | |
Isotopic Studies: Dating of Inclusions | 677 | |
P-V-T-X Properties of Model Systems | 679 | |
Applications to Exploration | 683 | |
References |
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14. Geothermal Systems and Mercury Deposits Hubert L. Barnes and Terry M. Seward |
699 | |
Water Origins and Flow Regimes | 700 | |
Compositions of Geothermal Solutions | 707 | |
Depth Zoning | 709 | |
Mercury in Geothermal Systems | 711 | |
The Mercury Minerals of Ores | 719 | |
The Chemistry of Mercury Transport | 723 | |
Depositional Environments | 729 | |
References |
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15. The Origin and Evolution of Fluids in Magmatic-Hydrothermal
Systems Werner F. Giggenbach |
737 | |
Origins of Major Fluid Phase Components | 738 | |
Magma Degassing | 746 | |
Chemical Evolution of Magmatic to Hydrothermal Fluids | 750 | |
The Composition of Hydrothermal Vapors | 766 | |
The Composition of Hydrothermal Solutions | 770 | |
The Distribution of Hydrothermal Minerals | 778 | |
References | 789 |
16. Submarine Hydrothermal Systems and Deposits Steven D. Scott |
797 | |
Seafloor Hydrothermal Processes: A Model | 798 | |
Mineralogy and Composition of Hydrothermal Deposits | 804 | |
Hydrothermal Fluids | 818 | |
Conclusions | 859 | |
References | 860 |
17. Ore-Forming Brines in Active Continental
Rifts Michael A. McKibben and Lawrence A. Hardie |
877 | |
Chemical Evolution of Surface and Near-Surface Waters in Continental Rifts | 878 | |
High-Temperature Water-Rock Interaction and the Genesis of Metalliferous Brines | 886 | |
Implications for Hydrothermal Mineralization in Ancient Rifts | 923 | |
References | 928 |
Appendix: Chemical and Physical Data for Hydrothermal
Systems Martin A. A. Schoonen and Hubert L. Barnes |
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Physical Data | 937 | |
Chemical Data | 938 | |
About the Disk | 941 | |
References |
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Index | 963 |