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Geochemistry and age of the complex of alkaline metasomatic rocks and carbonatites of the Gremyakha-Vyrmes massif, Kola Peninsula

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This paper presents new geochemical data on the complex of alkaline metasomatic rocks and carbonatites, which hosts the rare-metal mineralization of the Gremyakha-Vyrmes massif. The contents of major and trace, including rare-earth elements were determined in the albitites, aegirinites, and carbonatites. Two types of the rare-metal ores are distinguished: niobium albitite and zirconium aegirinite ores. It was shown that the albitites and aegirinites have similar trace element distribution patterns, being most geochemically close to the foidolites. The carbonatites, albitites, and aegirinites were dated by Rb-Sr and Sm-Nd methods at 1887 ± 58 Ma, which corresponds to the formation age of the Gremyakha-Vyrmes massif. The ultrabasic rocks, foidolites, alkaline metasomatic rocks, and carbonatites were formed successively within a relatively narrow range. The geological observations and geochemical data led us to conclude that the emplacement of the fluid-saturated carbonatite solutions-melts at the final stages of the massif formation against a background of fault tectonics caused a pervasive metasomatism of the ultrabasic and alkaline rock complexes and, as a result, the formation of the alkaline albitites and aegirinites. The carbonatites could be sources of rare-metals, while foidolites served as a geochemical barrier, and their metasomatic alteration led to the formation of Zr-Nb mineralization in the albitites and aegirinites.

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  1. Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Kosygina 19, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    N. V. Sorokhtina, L. N. Kogarko, M. V. Groznova, Yu. A. Kostitsyn, I. A. Roshchina & I. V. Gredina

  2. Geological Institute, Kola Science Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Fersmana 14, Apatity, 184209, Russia

    A. K. Shpachenko

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Original Russian Text © N.V. Sorokhtina, L.N. Kogarko, A.K. Shpachenko, M.V. Groznova, Yu.A. Kostitsyn, I.A. Roshchina, I.V. Gredina, 2012, published in Geokhimiya, 2012, Vol. 50, No. 12, pp. 1083–1097.

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Sorokhtina, N.V., Kogarko, L.N., Shpachenko, A.K. et al. Geochemistry and age of the complex of alkaline metasomatic rocks and carbonatites of the Gremyakha-Vyrmes massif, Kola Peninsula. Geochem. Int. 50, 975–987 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016702912120063

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