Summary
The Kylmäkoski deposit consists of a disseminated primary Ni-Cu mineralization hosted by a differentiated ultramafic body. It also shows sulfide veins (tens of meters long and up to 20 cm thick) that evolve laterally to massive Ni-arsenide ores. In these sulfide/arsenide veins, three different ore assemblages can be distinguished: 1) sulfide ores (S ores) composed of pyrrhotite, pentlandite and chalcopyrite with minor amounts of cubanite, sphalerite and argentopentlandite which locally occurs intergrown with Ag-free pentlandite; 2) sulfide/arsenide ores (S/As ores) made up of the former S ores corroded and replaced by nickeline (locally with graphite), with gersdorffite filling discordant veins, abundant minute grains of sudburyite and accessory molybdenite, ullmanite, stibnite, galena and breithauptite; 3) arsenide ores (As ores) composed of nickeline, maucherite and disseminated, zoned cobaltite, with minor chalcopyrite, cubanite, sperrylite, sudburyite, electrum, galena, altaite and pilsenite. These veined ore assemblages were generated by the remobilization of primary, late magmatic arsenide-rich ores (well represented in the Vammala mine) by the intrusion of pegmatitic fluids derived from the partial melting of the metasedimentary country rocks.
The early fractional crystallization of the monosulfide solid solution produced a residual As-rich melt that collected most noble metals (specially Pt, Pd and Au) leaving the primary Ni-Cu sulfide ores impoverished in these elements. In fact, late magmatic arsenide ores from Vammala contain up to 42.5 ppm Pd (in the form of extremely fine inclusions of sudburyite in nickeline and maucherite, and dissolved in trace amounts in the lattice of the latter Ni arsenides) and 9.6 ppm Au (concentrated in abundant minute inclusions of electrum in Ni arsenides). Later, during the remobilization of the primary arsenide ores of Kylmäkoski, Pd concentrated both in S/As and As ores in the form of sudburyite and in a rare PdBi compound. It also occurs in trace amounts in nickeline from S/As ores and in maucherite from As ores. Pt mainly concentrated in As ores as sperrylite and, in minor amounts in pilsenite and in cobaltite coronas around sperrylite. It occurs in trace amounts in the cores of zoned cobaltite. Gold is always present in the form of irregular grains of electrum in As ores.
Zusammenfassung
Die Lagerstätte Kilmäkoski ist eine disseminierte primäre Ni-Cu-Vererzung, die in einem differenzierten ultramafischen Körper aufsitzt. Hier treten auch Sulfid-Gänge, die bis zu Zehnern von Metern lang und bis zu 20 cm mächtig sein können, auf; aus diesen entwickeln sich lateral massive Nickel-Arsenid Erze. Drei Erzparagenesen können in diesen Sulfid-Arsenid-Gängen unterschieden werden: 1. Sulfidische Erze mit Pyrrhotin, Pentlandit, Kupferkies und geringen Mengen von Cubanit, Zinkblende und Argentopentlandit der örtlich mit Ag-freiem Pentlandit verwachsen ist 2. Sulfid-Arsenid Erze, die aus korrodierten und durch Rotnickelkies verdrängten Sulfid-Erzen bestehen. Diese führen örtlich Graphit, Gersdorffit kommt als Füllung diskordanter Gänge vor. Außerdem gibt es verbreitet kleine Körner von Sudburyit und akzessorischem Molybdänit, Ullmanit, Antimonglanz, Bleiglanz und Breithaup tit. 3. Arsenid-Erze, die aus Rotnickelkies, Maucherit und disseminiertem, zonarem Kobaltit, mit Kupferkies, Cubanit, Sperrylit, Sudburyit, Elektrum, Bleiglanz, Altait und Pilsenit als Nebengemengteile bestehen. Diese gangförmigen Erzparagenesen entstanden durch die Remobilisation von primären, spätmagmatischen Arsenidreichen Erzen, die in der Vammala-Mine sehr gut aufgeschlossen sind, und auf die Intrusion pegmatitischer Fluide zurückgehen, die durch teilweises Aufschmelzen der metasedimentären Nebengesteine entstanden sind.
Die frühe fraktionierte Kristallisation der Monosulfid Solid Solution führte zu einer residualen As-reichen Schmelze, die den Großteil der Edelmetalle (besonders Pt, Pd und Au) aufgenommen und die primären Ni-Cu Sulfiderze an diesen Elementen verarmt zurückgelassen hat. Spätmagmatische Arseniderze aus Vammala enthalten bis zu 42,5 ppm Pd (in Form von extrem feinkörnigen Einschlüssen von Sudburyit in Rotnickelkies und Maucherit, und als Spurengehalte im Gitter der späten Nickel-Arsenide), sowie 9,6 ppm Au, das hauptsächlich in den verbreiteten winzigen Einschlüssen von Electrum in Nickelarseniden vorkommt. Während der späteren Remobilisierung der primären Arseniderze von Kylmäkoski wurde Pd sowohl in S/As und As-Erzen in der Form von Sudburyit und in einer seltenen Pd-Bi Verbindung konzentriert. Es kommt auch als Spurenelement im Rotnickelkies aus S/As-Erzen und im Maucherit aus As-Erzen vor. Pt is vorwiegend in As-Erzen konzentriert, und zwar als Sperrylit, sowie in geringen Mengen in Pilsenit und in Colbaltit-Rändern um Sperrylit. Es kommt in Spurenelementen in den Kernen von zonaren Kobaltiten vor. Gold liegt stets in Form unregelmäßiger Elektrum-Körner in As-Erzen vor.
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Gervilla, F., Papunen, H., Kojonen, K. et al. Platinum-, palladium- and gold-rich arsenide ores from the Kylmäkoski Ni-Cu deposit. Mineralogy and Petrology 64, 163–185 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01226568
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