GENEVA ORE DEPOSITS GROUP

Main Recent Projects - Publications

It follows a selection of publications and of the last abstracts of our main recent projects (see also "publications on line" and "publication lists" for additional references on these and other topics).

 

Alunite intergrown with galena and sphalerite in the carbonate-hosted Cordilleran deposit of Colquijirca, Peru (Bendezú et al, 2003). Reflected light, width: 0.5 mm

Zoned Base Metal ("Cordilleran") Veins and Replacement Deposits in Intrusion-Related (Generally Porphyry) Systems: Colquijirca-San Gregorio, Cerro De Pasco, Morococha, Domo de Yauli, Peru.

Alunite intergrown with galena and sphalerite in the carbonate-hosted Cordilleran deposit of Colquijirca, Peru (Bendezú et al, 2003). Reflected light, width: 0.5 mm
 

Baumgartner, R., Fontboté, L., Alvárez, H., Page, L, Ovtcharova, M. , Spikings, R. (2006) Geochronological, fluid inclusion, and isotopic constraints in the Cerro de Pasco District, Peru, Resúmenes, 13th Congreso Geológico Peruano, Lima. (PDF 206 Kb).

Baumgartner, R., Fontboté, L., & Vennemann, T. (2008) Mineral zoning and geochemistry of epithermal polymetallic Zn-Pb-Ag-Cu-Bi mineralization at Cerro de Pasco, Peru. Economic Geology, p. 493-537. (Abstract: PDF 60 Kb) - (Full text)

Bendezú , R. , Page, L., Spikings, R., Pecskay, Z., Fontboté, L. (2008) New 40Ar/39Ar alunite ages from the Colquijirca District, Peru. Evidence of long period of magmatic SO2 degassing during formation of epithermal Au-Ag and Cordilleran polymetallic ores. Mineralium Deposita. (Abstarct: PDF 49 Kb) - (Full text)

Bendezú, R., Fontboté, L. and Cosca, M. (2003). Relative age of Cordilleran base metal lode and replacement deposits and high sulfidation Au-(Ag) epithermal mineralization in the Colquijirca mining district, central Peru. Mineralium Deposita, v. 38, p. 683-694.

Bendezú A., Catchpole H., Kouzmanov K., Fontboté L., Astorga C. (2008) Miocene magmatism and related porphyry and polymetallic mineralization in the Morococha district, central Peru. - In: XIII Geological Congress of Peru, Lima, 2008, [CD-ROM] (PDF 1390 Kb).

Beuchat, S., Moritz, R., Sartori, M., Chiaradia, M., & Schaltegger, U. (2001). High-precision geochronology and structural constraints on the Zn-Pb-Ag-Cu Domo de Yauli district, central Peru. In: Piestrzynski, A. et al. (eds), Mineral Deposits at the beginning of the 21st Century, Proceedings of the 6th biennial SGA meeting, Krakow, Poland, p. 381-384.

Bendezú, R. and Fontboté, L., (2002), Late timing for high sulfidation cordilleran base metal lode and replacement deposits in porphyry-related districts: the case of Colquijirca, central Peru. SGA News, nr. 13, p. 1, 9-13 (High resolution figures)

Beuchat, S. (2003) Geochronological, structural, isotopes and fluid inclusion constrains of the polymetallic Domo de Yauli district, Peru, Genève, Terre & Environnement, vol. 41, 130 p. (Abstract) (PDF 106 Kb).

Beuchat, S., Moritz, R. & Pettke, T. (2004). Fluid evolution in the W-Cu-Zn-Pb San Cristobal vein, Peru: Fluid inclusion and stable isotope evidence. Chemical Geology, v. 210, p.201-224. (PDF file 2006 Kb)

Catchpole H., Bendezú A., Kouzmanov K., Fontboté L., Escalante E. (2008) Porphyry- related base metal mineralisation styles in the Miocene Morococha district, central Peru. - In: SEG-GSSA 2008 Conference, Student Conference - Programme & Abstract Book, Johannesburg, July 05-06, 2008, p. 54-57. (PDF 493 Kb).

Fontboté. L. and Bendezú, R. (2004) A singular type of High Sulfidation Cordilleran Base Metal Lode Deposits: extensive replacement of Zn-Pb bodies in carbonate rocks and its temporal setting within porphyry-style systems. Japan-Swiss Seminar March 2004, Institute for Geo-Resources and Environment, Tsukuba, Japan, p. 51. (Abstract, 98Kb pdf document)

Kouzmanov K., Bendezú A., Catchpole H., Ageneau M., Pérez J., Fontboté L. (2008) The Miocene Morococha district, central Peru: large-scale epithermal polymetallic overprint on multiple intrusion-centered porphyry systems. - In: PACRIM-2008 Conference, accepted (PDF 708 Kb).

Kouzmanov K., Ovtcharova M., von Quadt A., Guillong M., Spikings R., Schaltegger U., Fontboté L., Rivera L. (2008) U-Pb and 40Ar/39Ar age constraints for the timing of magmatism and mineralization in the giant Toromocho porphyry Cu-Mo deposit, central Peru. - In: XIII Geological Congress of Peru, Lima, 2008 [CD-ROM] (PDF 984 Kb)

Moritz, R., Beuchat, S., Chiaradia, M., Sallier, B., Lisboa, H. & Stucky, P. (2001). Zn-Pb mantos and veins at Domo de Yauli, Central Peru : two products of one hydrothermal system with common Pb & S sources, but contrasting fluid inclusions characteristics. In: Piestrzynski, A. et al. (eds), Mineral Deposits at the beginning of the 21st Century, Proceedings of the 6th biennial SGA meeting, Krakow, Poland, p. 173-176.

 

Relationships Among Geodynamics, Magmatism, and High- and Low-Sulfidation Epithermal Deposits in the Cretaceous Srednegorie and Tertiary Rhodope Tectonic Zones of Bulgaria, including Chelopech and Ada Tepe.

Chambefort, I. & Moritz, R. (2006). Late Cretaceous structural control and Alpine overprint of the high-sulphidation Cu-Au epithermal Chelopech deposit, Srednogorie belt, Bulgaria. Mineralium Deposita, v. 41, p. 259-280.

Chambefort, I., Moritz, R. & Von Quadt, A. (2007). Petrology, geochemistry and U-Pb geochronology of magmatic rocks from the high-sulphidation epithermal Chelopech deposit, Srednogorie zone, Bulgaria. Mineralium Deposita, vol. 42, in press. (PDF 2061 Kb).

Georgieva, S., Petrunov, R., Moritz, R., Stoykov, S., Peytcheva, I., & Von Quadt, A. (2004). Temporal relationship between volcanism and the hydrothermal system in the region of the Chelopech high-sulphidation Cu-Au deposit: Constraints from geochronological and mineralogical data. Annual Scientific Conference of the Bulgarian Geological Society, Sofia, Bulgaria, 16.-17. December 2004. Abstract volume, p. 21-23. (PDF 6831 Kb)

Georgieva, S., Velinova, N., Petrunov, R., Moritz, R. & Chambefort, I. (2002). Aluminium phosphate-sulphate minerals in the Chelopech Cu-Au deposit: Spatial and temporal development, chemistry and genetic significance. Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Petrology (Bulgarian journal), v. 39, p. 39-51.

Marchev, P., Downes, H., Thirlwall, M.F., & Moritz, R. (2002) Small-scale variations of 87Sr/86Sr isotope composition of barite in the Madjarovo low-sulfidation epithermal system, SE Bulgaria : implications for flow rates, pathways and sources of Sr. Mineralium Deposita, v. 37, p. 669-677.

Marchev, P., Raycheva, R., Downes, H, Vaselli, O., Chiaradia, M., & Moritz, R. (2004) Compositional diversity of Eocene-Oligocene magmatism in the Eastern Rhodopes, SE Bulgaria: Implications for its genesis and relations to extensional tectonics. Tectonophysics, v. 393, p. 301-328. (PDF 1021 Kb)

Marchev, P., Singer, B., Jelev, D, Hasson, S., Moritz, R. & Bonev, N. (2004). The Ada Tepe deposit: an example of a sedimentary-hosted and detachment fault-controlled low-sulfidation gold mineralization in the Eastern Rhodopes, SE Bulgaria. In: Von Quadt, A., Driesner, T. & Heinrich, C.A. (eds), Spec. Vol. "Geodynamics and Ore Deposit Evolution of the Alpine-Carpathian-Balkan-Dinaride orogenic system", Swiss Bulletin of Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 84, p. 59-78. (PDF 2849 Kb)

Marton, I., Moritz, R., Marchev, P., Venneman, T., & Spangenberg, J.E. (2006). Fluide volution within Eastern Rhodopian sedimentary rock-hosted low-sulfidation epithermal gold deposits, Bulgaria. In: N.J. Cook, I. Ozgenç & T. Oyman (eds), Au-Ag-telluride-selenide deposits, Proceedings of the IGCP 486 2006 field workshop, Izmir, Turkey, 24-29 September 2006, p. 116-123. (PDF 4683 Kb)

Moritz, R., Chambefort, I., Georgieva, S., Jacquat, S. & Petrunov, R. (2005). The Chelopech high-sulfidation epithermal Cu-Au deposit. Lat. 42°41'N, Long. 24°05'E. In: Arndt, N., Blundell, D., Cobbold, P., & Heinrich, C. (eds), Spec. Vol. "Geodynamics and Ore Deposit Evolution: lessons from Europe", Ore Geology Reviews, v. 27, p. 130-131. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.07.021 (PDF 3113 Kb)

Moritz, R., Kouzmanov, K. & Petrunov, R. (2004). Late Cretaceous Cu-Au epithermal deposits of the Panagyurishte ore district, Srednogorie zone, Bulgaria. In: Von Quadt, A., Driesner, T. & Heinrich, C.A. (eds), Spec. Vol. "Geodynamics and Ore Deposit Evolution of the Alpine-Carpathian-Balkan-Dinaride orogenic system", Swiss Bulletin of Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 84, p. 79-99. (PDF 3503 Kb)

Nedialkov, R., Zartova, A.,, Bussy, F., & Moritz, R. (2006). Sulfide inclusions in minerals from volcanic rocks of the Panagurishte ore region, Bulgaria. Proceedings of the National Conference of Geosciencesthe, Sofia, Bulgaria, December 2006. Bulgarian Geological Society, Abstract volume, p. 147-150. (PDF 1198 Kb)

Nedialkov, R., Zartova, A., Moritz, R., Von Quadt, A., Peytcheva, I., Bussy, F., & Fontignie, D. (2006). Magmatic petrology ane exsolution of ore bearing fluid in the magmatic center Assarel, Central Srednogorie, Bulgaria. Proceedings of the 18th Congress of the Carpathian-Balkan Geological Association, Belgrade, Serbia, 3-6 September 2006, Serbian Geological Society, p. 411-414. (Word 1983 Kb)

Stoykov, S., Moritz, R., and Fontignie, D. (2005). Petrology, geochemistry, Sr and Nd isotope characteristics and mineral chemistry of the dykes in the Zlatitsa pass, Srednogorie magmatic zone. Annula of the University of Mining and Geology St. Ivan Rilksi, v. 48, part I, Geology and Geophysics, p.137-142 (PDF 356 Kb).

Stoykov, S., Peytcheva, I., Von Quadt, A., Moritz, R. & Fontignie, D. (2004). Timing and magma evolution of the Chelopech volcano, Bulgaria. In: Von Quadt, A., Driesner, T. & Heinrich, C.A. (eds), Spec. Vol. "Geodynamics and Ore Deposit Evolution of the Alpine-Carpathian-Balkan-Dinaride orogenic system", Swiss Bulletin of Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 84, p. 101-117. (PDF 1286 Kb)

Stoykov, S., Yanev, Y., Moritz, R. & Katona, I. (2002). Geological structure and petrology of the Upper Cretaceous Chelopech volcano, Srednogorie magmatic zone. Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Petrology (Bulgarian journal), v. 39, p. 27-38.

Von Quadt, A., Moritz, R., Peytcheva, I., & Heinrich, C.A. (2005). Geochronology and geodynamics of Upper Cretaceous magmatism and Cu-Au mineralization in the Panagyurishte region of the Apuseni-Banat-Timok-Srednogorie belt (Bulgaria). In: Arndt, N., Blundell, D., Cobbold, P., & Heinrich, C. (eds), Spec. Vol. "Geodynamics and Ore Deposit Evolution: lessons from Europe", Ore Geology Reviews, v. 27, p. 95-126. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.07.024 (PDF 1118 Kb)

 

Specular hematite (hm) with pyrite (py) and chalcopyrite (cpy) in the Candelaria-Punta del Cobre District. Frequently specular hematite is replaced pseudomorphically by magnetite (mushketovite). Marschik and Fontboté (2001).

Fe-Oxide Copper Gold deposits (IOCG): Candelaria-Punta del Cobre, Chile; Salobo, Brazil; Raúl-Condestable, Peru.

Specular hematite (hm) with pyrite (py) and chalcopyrite (cpy) in the Candelaria-Punta del Cobre District. Frequently specular hematite is replaced pseudomorphically by magnetite (mushketovite). Marschik and Fontboté (2001).
   

Chiaradia, M., Banks, D., Cliff, R., Marschik, R. and de Haller, A. (2006) Origin of fluids in iron oxide–copper–gold deposits: constraints from δ37Cl, 87Sr/86Sri and Cl/Br. Mineralium Deposita, v. 41: p. 565-573

De Haller, A., Corfu, F., Fontboté, L., Schaltegger, U., Barra, F., Chiaradia, M., Frank, M., and Alvarado, J. Z. (2006) Geology, Geochronology, and Hf and Pb Isotope Data of the Raúl-Condestable Iron Oxide-Copper-Gold Deposit, Central Coast of Peru. Economic Geology, v. 101, p. 281-310 (PDF 6230 Kb) (abstract PDF 31Kb)

De Haller, A. and Fontboté, L., (2006) Raúl-Condestable: A 115 Ma old subvolcanic intrusion-centered IOCG deposit: Resúmenes, 13th Congreso Geológico Peruano, Lima (PDF 6230 Kb).

Marschik, R., Chiaradia, M. & Fontboté, L. (2003) Implications of Pb isotope signatures of rocks and iron oxide Cu-Au ores in the Candelaria-Punta del Cobre district, Chile. Mineralium Deposita , v. 38, p. 900-912.

Marschik R., & Fontboté L.(2001) The Candelaria-Punta del Cobre iron oxide Cu-Au(-Zn-Ag) deposits, Chile. Economic Geology, v. 96, p. 1799-1826.

Requia, K., Stein, H., Fontboté, L., and Chiaradia, M. (2003). Re-Os and Pb-Pb geochronology in the Archean Salobo iron oxide copper-gold deposit, Carajás Mineral Province, northern Brazil. Mineralium Deposita v. 38, p. 727-738. DOI 10.1007/s00126-003-0364-1 (PDF 228Kb)

 

Cold, Campanillas

Au-Skarns (Nambija, Ecuador)

Native gold (yellow) in a quartz vein (white and light grey) with hematite disseminations (brown), garnet (dark green) ,and pyroxene (light green) in the Nambija skarn, Campanillas Mine, Ecuador. Striking feature in this oxidized gold skarn are the high gold grades and the low metal and sulfur contents. Click on the picture for a larger view of this sample (width of photo: 6 cm)
   

Fontboté, L., Vallance, J., Markowski, A., Chiaradia, M. (2004) Oxidized gold skarns in the Nambija district, Ecuador. Society of Economic Geologists, Special Publication, v. 11, p. 341-35 (PDF file 1.35Mb) (Abstract, 221Kb pdf)

Markowski, A., Vallance, J., Chiaradia, M., and Fontboté, L. (2006) Mineral zoning and gold occurrence in the Fortuna skarn mine, Nambija district, Ecuador. Mineralium Deposita, v. 41: p. 301-321

Vallance, J., Fontboté, L., Markowski, A., Vennemann, T., Stein, H.J., Schaltegger, U., & Chiaradia, M. (2006) Fluid inclusions, stable isotope, and geochronological constraints on the origin of the Nambija oxidized gold skarns (Ecuador). Resúmenes, XIII Congreso Peruano de Geología, Lima, 17-20 october, 2006 (PDF 129 Kb).

Vallance, J., Fontboté, L., Markowski, A., Vennemann, T., Stein, H.J., Schaltegger, U., & Chiaradia, M. (2006). Hydrothermal fluid evolution and age of the Nambija oxidized gold skarn (Ecuador) In M. Cathelineau, M.C. Boiron, A.S. André-Mayer, C. Léonard. Colloque bilan et prospective du GdR TRANSMET. 6-7 July 2006, Nancy, France, p. 162-166 (PDF 92 Kb).

 

Volcanic Hosted Massive Sulfides (VHMS): Perubar, Peru; La Plata, Ecuador.

Chiaradia, M., & Fontboté, L. (2001) Radiogenic lead signatures in Au-rich VHMS ores and associated volcanic rocks of the Early Tertiary Macuchi island arc (Western Cordillera of Ecuador). Economic Geology, v. 96, p. 1361-1378. (Abstract)

Chiaradia, M., Tripodi, D., Fontboté, L., Reza, B. (2008) Geologic setting, mineralogy, and geochemistry of the Early Tertiary Au-rich volcanic-hosted massive sulfide deposit of La Plata, Western Cordillera, Ecuador. Economic Geology v. 103, p. 161-183. (Abstract: PDF 35 Kb) - (Full text)

Polliand, M. (2006) Genesis, evolution, and tectonic setting of the Upper Cretaceous Perubar Ba-Pb-Zn volcanic-hosted massive sulfide deposit, Central Peru. Terre & Environnement,, v. 60, 141 p. (PDF abstrach 185 Kb)

Polliand, M., Schaltegger, U. , Frank. M. & Fontboté, L. (2005) Formation of volcanosedimentary basins the western flank of the central Peruvian Andes during late Cretaceous arc magmatism – evidence from U-Pb ages and Hf isotopes. International Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 94, p. 231-242 (PDF 892Kb document).

Polliand, M. & Fontboté, L. (2000) The Perubar Ba-Pb-Zn VHMS deposit, Central Peru.Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide Deposits of Latin America. In: R.L. Sherlock & M.A.V. Logan (eds), VMS deposits of Latin America. Geological Association of Canada Publication, Mineral Deposits Division, Special Paper, v. 2, p. 439-446.

 

Sphalerite veinlet with chalcopyrite (cp), galena (gn), an electrum (el) crosscutting afractured arsenopyrite (as I) and pyrite (py I) of stage I at the Mercedes Vein, Pataz, Peru (Haeberlin et al., 2004)

Orogenic Gold (Pataz, Peru)

Sphalerite veinlet with chalcopyrite (cp), galena (gn), an electrum (el) crosscutting afractured arsenopyrite (as I) and pyrite (py I) of stage I at the Mercedes Vein, Pataz, Peru (Haeberlin et al., 2004)
 

Défago, M., Moritz, R., & Puente, J. (2006). The Huachón gold prospect, eastern Andean Cordillera of Peru: the southern extension of a 400 km long Carboniferous orogenic gold province?. In: 4th Swiss geoscience Meeting, Bern, Switzerland, 24-25 November 2006, volume of abstracts. In press. (PDF 316 Kb)

Haeberlin, Y. (2002) Geological and structural setting, age, and geochemistry of the orogenic gold deposits at the Pataz Province, eastern Andean Cordillera, Peru. Terre & Environnement ,v. 36, 182 p, ISBN 2-940153-35-3. (Ph.D. Thesis presented in 2001).

Haeberlin, Y., Moritz, R., & Fontboté, L. (2003) Paleozoic orogenic gold deposits in the eastern Central Andes and its foreland, South America. Ore Geology Reviews, v. 22, p. 41-59.

Haeberlin, Y, M., Moritz, R., Fontboté, L. and Cosca, M. (2004) Carboniferous orogenic gold deposits at Pataz, Eastern Andean Cordillera, Peru: Geological and structural framework, paragenesis, alteration, and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology. Economic Geology, v. 99, p. 79-110. (29 Kb pdf abstractand jpg files of all figures, free access and pdf full text, journal access is necessary).

Moritz, R. (2000). What have we learnt about orogenic lode gold deposits over the past 20 years? In: Bouchot, V., & Moritz, R. (eds.), A GEODE-GeoFrance 3D workshop on orogenic gold deposits in Europe with emphasis on the Variscides, Orleans, France, 7-8 novembre 2000, Extended abstracts, Documents du BRGM, p. 17-23. (Word 83 Kb)

 

Missississippi Valley-type Deposits and low temperature zinc-lead/barite/fluorite veins

Badoux V., Moritz, R., & Fontboté, L., (2001) The Mississippi Valley-type Zn-Pb deposit of San Vicente, Central Peru: an Andean syntectonic deposit. In: A. Piestrzynski et al. (eds), Mineral deposits at the beginning of the 21st century, Proceedings of the 6th biennial SGA meeting, Krakow, Poland, 26-29 August 2001, Balkema Rotterdam, p. 191-195. (PDF 481 Kb)

Bouabdellah, M., Fontboté, L. Haeberlin, Y., Llinares, L., Leach., D., Spangenberg, J. (1999) Zoned sulphur isotope signatures at the Mississippi Valley-type Touissit Bou Beker, El Abed District, Morocco, Algeria - Evidences for thermochemical sulphate reduction and mixing of sulphur sources. In: C.J. Stanley et al. (eds.), Mineral deposits: processes to processing, Proceedings of the 5th biennial SGA meeting, London, England, 22-25 August 1999, p. 821-824. (PDF 424 Kb)

Dávila, D., Fontboté, L., Febres, O., & Oldham, L. (2000) Exploración y geología del yacimiento San Vicente. Yacimientos minerales peruanos, Primer volumen de monografias, Instituto Ingenieros de Minas del Perú, Lima, p. 305-328.

Lieben, F., Moritz, R., Fontboté, L., & Chiaradia, M. (1999) Stratabound and vein-type ore occurrences at Las Cañas, Chañarcillo Group, northern Chile: fluid inclusion microthermometry, and sulfur and lead isotope constraints. Exploration and Mining Geology, v. 8, p. 43-64.

Polliand, M., & Moritz, R. (1999) Basement-hosted quartz-barite-sulfide veins in the French Alps: A record of Alpine tectonic fluid expulsion in the External Crystalline Massifs - Structural, fluid inclusion and isotope (S, Sr) evidences. Economic Geology, v. 94, p. 37-56.

Spangenberg, J., Fontboté, L., & Macko, S.A. (1999) Trace element and sulfur isotope geochemistry of the San Vicente Mississippi Valley-type zinc-lead district, central Peru: Implications for ore fluid composition, mixing processes and sulfate reduction. Economic Geology, v. 94, p. 1067-1092.

Subías, I., Moritz, R., & Fernández-Nieto, C. (1998) Isotopic composition of strontium in the Valle de Tena (Spanish Central Pyrenees) fluorite deposits: relevance for the source of elements and genetic significance. Mineralium Deposita, v. 33, 416-424.

Valenza, K., Moritz, R., Mouttaqi, A., Fontignie, D., & Sharp, Z. (2000) Vein and karst barite deposits in the Western Jebilet of Morocco: fluid inclusion and isotope (S,O,Sr) evidence for regional fluid mixing related to Central Atlantic rifting. Economic Geology, v. 95, p. 587-606.

Valenza, K., Moritz, R., Mouttaqi, A., Fontignie, D., & Sharp, Z. (2000). Vein and karstic barite deposits in the Western Jebilet of Morocco: Fluid inclusion and isotope (S,O,Sr) evidence for regional fluid mixing related to Central Atlantic rifting. Economic Geology, v. 95, p. 587-605.

 

Radiogenic Isotopes Applied to Metallogeny and Regional Studies (mainly Northern and Central Andes)

Baumgartner, R., Romer, R., Moritz, R., Sallet, R. & Chiaradia, M. (2006). Columbite-tantalite pegmatites from the Serido Belt, NE Brazil: genetic constraints from U-Pb dating, Pb isotopes and lithogeochemistry. The Canadian Mineralogist, v. 44, p. 69-86. (PDF 44 Kb abstract)(PDF 3750 Kb full document)

Chiaradia, M., & Fontboté, L. (2002) Lead isotope systematics of Late Cretaceous-Tertiary Andean arc magmas and associated ores between 8°N and 40°S: evidence for latitudinal mantle heterogeneity beneath the Andes. Terra Nova, v. 14. p. 337-342.

Chiaradia, M., and Fontboté, L. (2003) Separate lead isotope analyses of leachate and residue rock fractions: implications for metal source tracing. Mineralium Deposita, v. 38, p. 185-195.

Chiaradia, M. (2003) The evolution of tungsten sources in crustal mineralization from Archean to Tertiary inferred from lead isotopes. Economic Geology, v. 98, p. 1039-1045. Abstract (pdf document).

Sallet, R., Moritz, R. & Fontignie, D. (2005). Paleofluid-rock interactions deciphered from REE and Sr-Nd isotope systematics at the Santa Catarina fluorite district, Southern Brazil: The use of fluorite as a fluid probe. Chemical Geology, v. 223, p. 227-248. DOI:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2005.08.001

 

Mineralogy of tailings / Acid Mining Drainage

Dold, B. (2003). Dissolution kinetics of schwertmannite and ferrihydrite in oxidized mine samples and their detection by differential X-ray diffraction (DXRD), Applied Geochemistry, v. 18, p. 1531-1540. DOI 10.1016/S0883-2927(03)00015-5

Dold, B. (2003). Speciation of the most soluble phases in a sequential extraction procedure adapted for geochemical studies of copper sulfide mine waste, Journal of Geochemical Exploration., v. 80, p. 55-68. DOI 10.1016/S0375-6742(03)00182-1

Dold, B., & Fontboté, L. (2002) A mineralogical and geochemical study of element mobility in sulfide mine tailings of Fe-oxide Cu-Au deposits from the Punta del Cobre belt, northern Chile. Chemical Geology, v. 189, p. 135-163.

Dold, B., & Fontboté, L. (2001) Element cycling and secondary mineralogy in porphyry copper tailings as a function of climate, primary mineralogy and mineral processing. Special Issue: Geochemical studies of mining and the environment, Journal of Geochemical Exploration, v .74, p. 3-55.

Dold, B., Wade, C., Fontboté, L. (2006): Importance of water management for acid mine drainage control at the polymetallic Zn-Pb-(Ag-Bi-Cu) deposit Cerro de Pasco, Peru. XI Congreso Geologico Chileno, Antofagasta, Chile, (2), 615-618 (PDF 58 Kb).

Dold, B. Wade, C., Fonboté, L. (2008) Water management for acid drainage control at the polymetallic Zn-Pb-(Ag-Bi-Cu) deposit Cerro de Pasco, Peru, Jourmal of Geochemical Exploration 10.1016/j.gexplo.2008.05.002 (Abstract: PDF 58 Kb) - (Full text)

Wade, C., Dold, B., Fontboté, L. (2006): Geochemistry and mineralogy of the Quiulacocha tailings impoundment from the polymetalic Pb-Zn-Ag-Bi-Cu mineralization Cerro de Pasco, Peru. 7th International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage (ICARD), March 26-30, 2006, St. Louis MO. R.I. Barnhisel (ed.) Published by the American Society of Mining and Reclamation (ASMR), 3134 Montavesta Road, Lexington, KY 40502, 2199-2206. (PDF268 Kb).

 

Other topics

Chiaradia, M. (2003) Formation and evolution processes of the Salanfe W-Au-As skarns (Aiguilles Rouges Massif, Western Swiss Alps). Mineralium Deposita, v. 38, p. 154-168.

Chiaradia, M., Gallay, A., & Todt, W. (2003) Differential lead and strontium contamination styles of prehistoric human teeth at a Swiss necropolis (Sion, Valais). Applied Geochemistry, v. 18, p. 353-370.

Chiaradia, M., & Cupelin, F. (2000) Behaviour of airborne lead and temporal variations of its source effects in Geneva (Switzerland): comparison of anthropogenic versus natural processes. Atmospheric Environment, v. 34, p. 959-972.

Chiaradia, M., & Cupelin, F. (2000) Gas-to-particle conversion of mercury, arsenic and selenium through reactions with traffic-related compounds in Geneva? Indications from lead isotopes. Atmospheric Environment, v. 34, p. 327-332

Lieben, F., Moritz, R., & Fontboté, L. (2000) Mineralogy, geochemistry and age constraints on the Pb-Zn skarn deposit of Maria Cristina, Quebrada galena, northern Chile. Economic Geologyy, v. 95, p. 1185-1196.

Malo, M., Moritz, R., Dubé, B.,Chagnon, A., Roy, F., & Pelchat, Ch. (2000) Base-metal skarns and gold occurrences in southern Gaspé Appalachians: distal products of a faulted and displacedmagmatic-hydrothermal system along the Grand Pabos-Restigouche fault system. Economic Geology, v. 95, p. 1297-1318.

Moritz, R. (2006). Fluid salinities obtained by infrared microthermometry of opaque minerals: implications for ore deposit modeling - a note of caution. Geofluids V, fifth international conference on fluid evolution, migration and interaction in sedimentary basins and orogenic belts. Windsor, Ontario, Canada, May 2006. J. Geochem. Exploration, v. 89, p. 284-287. (PDF 143 Kb).

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