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Abstract

The ore-formational, ore-facies, lithological, and mineralogical-geochemical criteria are defined for the detection of hydrothermal ecosystem fauna in ores of the volcanic-hosted massive sulfide deposits in the Urals. Abundant mineralized microfauna is found mainly in massive sulfide mounds formed in the jasperous basalt (Buribai, Priorsk, Yubileinoe, Sultanov), rhyolite–basalt (Yaman-Kasy, Blyava, Komosomol’sk, Sibai, Molodezhnoe, Valentorsk), and the less common serpentinite (Dergamysh) formations of the Urals (O-D2). In the ore-formational series of the massive sulfide deposits, probability of the detection of mineralized fauna correlates inversely with the relative abundance of felsic volcanic rocks underlying the ores. This series is also marked by a gradual disappearance of colloform pyrite, marcasite, isocubanite, pyrrhotite, and pyrite pseudomorphoses after pyrrhotite; increase of the amount of bornite, fahlores, and barite; decrease of contents of Se, Te, Co, and Sn in chalcopyrite and sphalerite; and decrease of Tl, As, Sb, and Pb in the colloform pyrite. Probability of the detection of mineralized fauna in the morphogenetic series of massive sulfide deposits decreases from the weakly degraded sulfide mounds to the clastic stratiform deposits. The degradation degree of sulfide mounds and fauna preservation correlates with the attenuation of volcanic intensity, which is reflected in the abundance of sedimentary and volcanosedimentary rocks and the depletion of effusive rocks in the geological sections.

Item Type:	Article
Authors/Creators:	Maslennikov, VV and Ayupova, NR and Maslennikova, SP and Lein, AY and Tseluiko, AS and Danyushevsky, LV and Large, RR and Simonov, VA
Keywords:	hydrothermal ecosystem faunas, massive sulfide deposits, Urals
Journal or Publication Title:	Lithology and Mineral Resources
Publisher:	Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ
ISSN:	0024-4902
DOI / ID Number:	https://doi.org/10.1134/S002449021703004X
Copyright Information:	Copyright 2017 Pleiades Publishing, Inc.
Related URLs:	Google Scholar: Danyushevsky, LV UTAS Profile: Danyushevsky, LV UTAS Profile: Large, RR
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