Experiments on phosphate-silicate liquid immiscibility with potential links to iron oxide apatite and nelsonite deposits
dc.contributor.author | Lledo, Haroldo L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Naslund, H. Richard | |
dc.contributor.author | Jenkins, David M. | |
dc.date | 2020 | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-04-30T16:40:40Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-04-30T16:40:40Z | |
dc.description.abstract | The formation of phosphorus-iron oxide (P-Fe) immiscible melts and their possible connection to the genesis of Kiruna-type and Nelsonite deposits was experimentally investigated by adding phosphoric acid (H3PO4), water, and sulfur, to andesite at 100-450 MPa, 500-900 degrees C, at the NiNiO and magnetite-hematite fO(2) buffers using internally heated gas vessels. The addition of up to 8.02 wt% of H3PO4 to the andesite causes crystallization of apatite. At higher concentrations of H3PO4 whitlockite crystallizes, and at concentrations above similar to 11.4% H3PO4 (at 800 degrees C, 385 MPa) an immiscible P-Fe melt forms. Adding sulfur at low fO(2) (NiNiO) causes an additional immiscible Fe-S melt to form. Increasing the fO(2) to the hematite-magnetite buffer causes the sulfur-rich melt to shift in composition to a Ca-S-O melt, and the coexisting P-Fe melt to incorporate large amounts of SO4. Immiscible P-Fe melts can form at temperatures above 1100 degrees C down to 600 degrees C (at 400 MPa). Mass balance calculations show that some experimentally produced P-Fe rich immiscible liquids may result in mineral assemblages similar to those found at some Kiruna-type deposits, such as actinolite-rich dikes, and apatite-rich veins. Depending on the geological conditions and the composition the fractionation of a P-Fe melt may result in the formation of nelsonites at high pressures, high temperatures, and low fO(2) or Kiruna-type deposits at lower temperatures and higher fO(2). | |
dc.identifier.citation | CONTRIBUTIONS TO MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY,Vol.175,,2020 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s00410-020-01751-8 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://repositoriodigital.uct.cl/handle/10925/3252 | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | SPRINGER | |
dc.source | CONTRIBUTIONS TO MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY | |
dc.subject.english | Magnetite | |
dc.subject.english | Apatite | |
dc.subject.english | Immiscible | |
dc.subject.english | Phosphorus | |
dc.subject.english | Kiruna | |
dc.subject.english | Iron | |
dc.title | Experiments on phosphate-silicate liquid immiscibility with potential links to iron oxide apatite and nelsonite deposits | |
dc.type | Article | |
uct.catalogador | WOS | |
uct.indizacion | SCI |