Geology and ore genesis of the Sam Goosly copper-silver-antimony deposit, British Columbia
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Abstract
Geology, opaque mineralogy, and alteration assemblages of the Sam Goosly copper-silver-antimony deposit are described in detail and a model for ore genesis is proposed. The deposit occurs in an inlier of Cretaceous sedimentary, pyro-clastic, and volcanic rocks. This inlier is intruded by a quartz monzonite stock in the western part of the property and by a gabbro-monzonite complex in the eastern half. Flat lying to shallow dipping Tertiary andesitic to basaltic flows uncomfortably overlie Cretaceous rocks around the flanks of the inlier. Based on careful examination of over 4,875 m of drill core and on limited surface mapping, four stratigraphic subdivisions striking about 015 degrees and dipping about 45 degrees west have been identified. The Clastic Division, composed of a lower polymictic conglomerate and an upper chert pebble conglomerate, is lowermost and is thought to be correlative with the Skeena Group. Sedimentary rocks are overlain by the Pyroclastic Division, a heterogeneous sequence of tuff, breccia, and reworked pyroclastic debris. Tuff, sandstone, and conglomerate of the Sedimentary-Volcanic Division have well defined bedding and overlie pyroclastic rocks. The uppermost unit composed of andesitic and dacitic flows, is the Volcanic Flow Division. Copper-silver-antimony ores at Sam Goosly are contained in the Main Zone and Southern Tail deposits and are associated with tourmaline, andalusite, scorzalite, and corundum (only in the Main Zone). They are epigenetic and cross-cutting relationships are visible both in hand specimen and throughout the deposit as a whole. The ores occur within the Pyroclastic Division and although they are controlled mainly by structure, crude strati graphic controls are also apparent. Other mineralized areas at Sam Goosly are a zone of porphyry copper-molybdenum mineralization in and adjacent to the quartz monzonite stock and a zone of tourmaline breccia. Similarities in mineralogy, textures, and paragenesis among all four mineralized areas suggest that they are genetically related. Potassium-argon dating of hydrothermal alteration indicates that mineralization occurred almost simultaneously with, the emplacement of the quartz monzonite stock. It is suggested here that copper-silver-antimony ores are related to the porphyry system and were deposited in a subvolcanic environment peripheral to porphyry mineralization. Early stages of mineralization took place between 400° C and 491° C; sulfides continued to form as the system cooled below 300° C. During subsequent thermal metamorphism of the Main Zone deposit adjacent to the gabbro-monzonite complex, pyrrhotite and sillimamite formed in an aureole about 90 m wide. Temperatures during metamorphism are thought to be above 750°C and pressures to be less than 350 bar (about 1 km depth).
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| Category | Codex | Gemma |
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| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.003 | 0.003 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.002 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.003 | 0.000 |
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