Rare Earth Fluorocarbonates in Rocks of the Safyanovsky Copper-zinc-pyrite Deposit (middle Urals)
Year: 2023
Type: article
Abstract: For the first time, rare earth (REE)-fluorocarbonates were found in the ore-bearing rocks of the Safyanovsky copper-zinc-pyrite deposit (Middle Urals): synchysite, bastnasite, in association with fluorite, calcite, dolomite, barite, pyrite, sphalerite. Samples with REE-fluorocarbonate mineralization were found at a depth of 262 m in an altered near-ore zone of pyrite-carbonate-kaolinite-sericite-quartz composition in contact with massive pyrite-chalcopyrite and pyrite-sphalerite ores. It is assumed that REE-fluorocarbonates were formed from a hydrothermal solution together with fluorite and calcite. This event may be associated with a period of hydrothermal activity manifested at the post-collision stage of the development of the Ural folded system.
Institution: Zavaritsky Institute of Geology and Geochemistry
Language: English
Subfield: Geochemistry and Petrology
Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4394831301