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Mineralization and Hydrothermal Alteration of the Korvilansuo Prospect, Hattu Schist Belt, Ilomantsi, Eastern Finland

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dc.date.accessioned 2015-04-27T10:39:17Z und
dc.date.accessioned 2017-10-24T12:15:17Z
dc.date.available 2015-04-27T10:39:17Z und
dc.date.available 2017-10-24T12:15:17Z
dc.date.issued 2015-04-27T10:39:17Z
dc.identifier.uri http://radr.hulib.helsinki.fi/handle/10138.1/4648 und
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10138.1/4648
dc.title Mineralization and Hydrothermal Alteration of the Korvilansuo Prospect, Hattu Schist Belt, Ilomantsi, Eastern Finland en
ethesis.discipline Geology en
ethesis.discipline Geologia fi
ethesis.discipline Geologi sv
ethesis.discipline.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/53a1f507-f7e9-4c0d-8cd2-94ebc19a7174
ethesis.department.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/3d45b9d6-7f3a-4008-a01f-6f27f2263ec4
ethesis.department Institutionen för geovetenskaper och geografi sv
ethesis.department Department of Geosciences and Geography en
ethesis.department Geotieteiden ja maantieteen laitos fi
ethesis.faculty Matematisk-naturvetenskapliga fakulteten sv
ethesis.faculty Matemaattis-luonnontieteellinen tiedekunta fi
ethesis.faculty Faculty of Science en
ethesis.faculty.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/8d59209f-6614-4edd-9744-1ebdaf1d13ca
ethesis.university.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/50ae46d8-7ba9-4821-877c-c994c78b0d97
ethesis.university Helsingfors universitet sv
ethesis.university University of Helsinki en
ethesis.university Helsingin yliopisto fi
dct.creator Hicks, Matthew
dct.issued 2015
dct.language.ISO639-2 eng
dct.abstract The late Archean Hattu schist belt, located within the Ilomantsi greenstone belt, formed at approximately 2750 Ma and is composed of felsic volcanic and epiclastic deposits and hosts multiple diverse orogenic-style gold deposits. The Korvilansuo prospect is located within the southern portion of the schist belt and is situated between the Kuittila tonalite and the Silvevaara granodiorite intrusions. The deposit hosts hydrothermally-altered gold-bearing quartz-tourmaline veins located near the Korvilansuo shear zone. Korvilansuo is enriched in important ore minerals and metals such as gold, sulfides, and tellurides. A combination of structural, metamorphic and hydrothermal events occurring within the region contributed to mineralization of the deposit. The metamorphic grade of the deposit reached the upper greenschist to lower amphibolite facies based garnet-biotite geothermometry indicating peak temperatures of 570 ± 30 °C. Pressures of 2.9 – 4.2 kbar occurred at Korvilansuo at peak conditions. Hydrothermal alteration is highly prevalent within tonalite and mica schists. Extensive structural deformation is visible as the deposit lies within the brittle-ductile transition zone. Gold appears throughout the deposit, occurring in fractures of tourmaline-quartz veins, as well as disseminated throughout the mica schist samples alongside sulfides and as telluride compounds. Sulfides encountered in the Korvilansuo area include: pyrite, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, gersdorffite, arsenopyrite, and other minor phases. Tellurides occur primarily as tsumoite and other telluride minerals occur as residual disseminated phases within pore spaces. Three main fluid types are found within the deposit consisting of high-vapor, high salinity (approximately 27.7 wt. % NaCl), and low-salinity, aqueous-carbonic fluids. Vapor-rich fluids are the oldest, while the NaCl-rich inclusions were determined to be older than aqueous-carbonic fluids and may be responsible for transporting ore. Homogenization temperatures of the late low-salinity, aqueous-carbonic fluids are approximately 323 °C, with hydrothermal chlorites recording mineralization temperatures of up to 450 °C. Temperatures therefore suggest that mineralization occurred after peak metamorphic conditions. en
dct.language en
ethesis.language.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/languages/eng
ethesis.language English en
ethesis.language englanti fi
ethesis.language engelska sv
ethesis.thesistype pro gradu-avhandlingar sv
ethesis.thesistype pro gradu -tutkielmat fi
ethesis.thesistype master's thesis en
ethesis.thesistype.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/thesistypes/mastersthesis
dct.identifier.urn URN:NBN:fi-fe2017112251837
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