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Differentiated Mafic–Ultramafic Intrusions of the Zubovsky Type in the Norilsk Area: Petrochemistry, Geochemistry, and Ore Potential

Petrology volume 28, pages 458–489 (2020)Cite this article

Abstract

Intrusions of the Zubovsky type (1) are commonly dominated by troctolite in their ultramafic parts and have an insignificant number (if any) of ultramafic units; (2) occur among olivine and olivine-bearing gabbro-dolerites and often show evidence of a number of accumulation of cumulus olivine, (3) have weakly pronounced (if any) taxitic gabbrodolerite units; (4) include widespread leucocratic hybrid-metasomatic rocks and hybrid quartz- and cordierite-bearing norites and gabbronorites at contacts with the host aluminosilicate rocks; and (5) generally have a low ore content, with the prevalence of disseminated ore units among troctolites and ultramafic rocks, and almost complete absence of massive sulfide ores. The paper is the first to present data on the composition and Nd–Sr–Cu–S isotope-geochemical characteristics of rocks and sulfide ores from the Zubovsky-type intrusions in the Norilsk area. The silicate material of the Zub-Marksheider and Vologochan intrusions is characterized by similar Nd–Sr isotopic parameters: εNd = –1.2 ± 0.5, (87Sr/86Sri) = 0.70685 ± 0.00127, and εNd = 1.2 ± 0.8, (87Sr/86Sri) = 0.70634 ± 0.00068, respectively. These parameters are close to those of intrusions accompanied by economic ore mineralization in the Norilsk area. The whole-rock samples generally have a more ‘radiogenic’ Nd isotopic composition than that of the pyroxene and plagioclase and less ‘radiogenic’ than that of the olivine. The highest εNd value (ca. 5.3) of the olivine indicates that depleted mantle (DM) material was involved in the magma-generating processes. Copper–sulfur isotope data for sulfide ores of the Zub-Marksheider and Vologochan intrusions are remarkably different: δ34S = 1.3 ± 2.3‰, δ65Cu = –0.1 ± 0.15‰ and δ34S = 7.0 ± 1.2‰, δ65Cu = –0.7 ± 0.3‰, respectively. The Cu isotope composition of the sulfide mineralization of both intrusions is close to that of massive and disseminated sulfide ores from the Talnakh deposit in the Norilsk area. The sulfur isotope data suggest that the host rocks had little effect on sulfide mineralization. The identified Nd–Sr–S–Cu isotope-geochemical parameters of the rocks and ores are an important indicator of the potential for rich PGE–Cu–Ni sulfide ores.

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  1. The compositions of the rock-forming minerals are presented in tables in the on-line Russian and English versions of the journal, which are available for authorized readers at https://elibrary.ru/ and http://link.springer.com/, respectively. (Suppl. 1). See Suppl. 1 ESM_1.pdf for the Zub-Marksheider intrusion

  2. See (Suppl. 2), ESM_2.pdf for the Verkhneambarninsky intrusion

  3. The compositions of the rock-forming minerals are presented in tables in the on-line Russian and English versions of the journal, which are available for authorized readers at https://elibrary.ru/ and http://link.springer.com/, respectively. (Suppl. 3), ESM_3.pdf for the Vologochan intrusion.

  4. The compositions of the rock-forming minerals are presented in tables in the on-line Russian and English versions of the journal, which are available for authorized readers at https://elibrary.ru/ and http://link.springer.com/, respectively. (Suppl. 4), ESM_4.pdf for the South Pyasino intrusion.

  5. The composition of rocks and ore oxides in intrusions of the Zubovsky type are presented in tables to the Russian and English versions of the journal available for authorized readers at https://elibrary.ru/ and http://link.springer.com/, respectively. See (Suppl. 5), ESM_5.pdf for the composition of the ore oxides in rocks of the Zubovsky-type intrusions.

  6. See (Suppl. 6), ESM_6.pdf for the composition (wt %) of rocks of the Zubovsky-type intrusions.

  7. For the Zubovsky-type intrusions, Tables to the Russian and English versions of the journal are available for authorized readers at https://elibrary.ru/ and http://link.springer.com/, respectively. See (Suppl. 7), ESM_7.pdf for concentrations of base metals and PGE in rocks of the Zubovsky-type intrusions.

  8. See (Suppl. 8), ESM_8.pdf for the composition of sulfides in intrusions of the Zubovsky type.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors thank S.E. Borisovskii, T.I. Golovanova, A.I. Yakushev, and E.O. Dubinina, colleagues at the Norilskgeologia Ltd., Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry (IGEM), Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Karpinsky Russian Geological Research Institute (VSEGEI), for assistance during various stages of this research. We thank the reviewers R.M. Latypov and E.V. Sharkov for constructive criticism, which helped us to improve this manuscript.

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This study was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project no. 18-05-70073, “Resources of the Arctic”, and Government-financed research project no. AAAA-A18-118052590026-5 of the Zavaritsky Institute of Geology and Geochemistry, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences. The isotope analysis was partly supported by the Territorial Agency of Natural Resources of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, state contract 7F-TAO/2005.

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    K. N. Malitch & I. Yu. Badanina

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Sluzhenikin, S.F., Malitch, K.N., Turovtsev, D.M. et al. Differentiated Mafic–Ultramafic Intrusions of the Zubovsky Type in the Norilsk Area: Petrochemistry, Geochemistry, and Ore Potential. Petrology 28, 458–489 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0869591120040074

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Keywords:

  • Norilsk area
  • Zubovsky-type intrusions
  • Nd–Sr isotope data
  • sulfide ores
  • S–Cu isotope data
  • material sources
  • origin