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Palaeomagnetic Methods for Dating the Genesis of Mississippi Valley-Type Lead-Zinc Deposits

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Sediment-Hosted Zn-Pb Ores

Part of the book series: Special Publication of the Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits ((MINERAL DEPOS.,volume 10))

Abstract

Mississippi Valley-type (MVT) Pb-Zn(-Ba-F) ore deposits typically occur in undisturbed platform carbonates that preclude geologic dating, are comprised of minerals that are not amenable to radiometric age dating, and therefore have an uncertain age and genesis. This chapter summarizes palaeomagnetic methods that have been successful in dating several MVT deposits, paying particular attention to various tests that show that the measured magnetization event is coeval with the MVT mineralization event. All results to date are consistent with gravity-driven fluid flow from an adjacent orogenic uplift as the correct model for the genesis of MVT deposits.

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  1. Department of Geology, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, N9B 3P4, Canada

    D. T. A. Symons

  2. Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth St., Ottawa, K1A 0E8, Canada

    D. F. Sangster

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  1. Départment de Minéralogie, Université de Genève, 13, rue des Maraîchers, 1211, Genève, Switzerland

    Lluís Fontboté

  2. Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Napoli, Largo S. Marcellino 10, 80138, Napoli, Italy

    Maria Boni

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Symons, D.T.A., Sangster, D.F. (1994). Palaeomagnetic Methods for Dating the Genesis of Mississippi Valley-Type Lead-Zinc Deposits. In: Fontboté, L., Boni, M. (eds) Sediment-Hosted Zn-Pb Ores. Special Publication of the Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits, vol 10. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03054-7_4

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