Petrological and metallogenic outlines of the Valmaggia ultaramafic pipe (Ivrea zone), NW Alps, Italy
Petrological and metallogenic outlines of the Valmaggia ultaramafic pipe (Ivrea zone), NW Alps, Italy
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意大利阿尔卑斯山西北部 Valmaggia ultaramafic 管(伊夫雷亚区)的岩石学和成矿轮廓
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2002
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A. Tunesi
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Marco L. Fiorentinii;G. Grieco;Alfredo Ferrarioi;A. Tunesi
The Valmaggia pipe intrudes the uppermost part of the Main gabbro (Basic Complex, Ivrea-Verbano Zone, Italy). The ore body associated with the pipe consists of a stockwork and disseminated Fe-Ni-Cu sulphide mineralisation, with accessory Platinum Group Elements (PGE). The pipe consists of a roughly ellipsoidal main body, shortened along a WNW-ESE axis and elongated along a NNE-SSW axis, dipping steeply (70°-90°) towards WNW. Fe-Ni-Cu sulphide mineralisation is hosted in the internal margins of the pipe, from the contact with the host gabbro to a distance of 4-5 metres inside the pipe. The ore mineral paragenesis comprises sulfides (pyrrhotite, pentlandite, chalcopyrite, cubanite), tellurides (altaite, wehrlite, hessite) and PGM (merenskyte). Cross-sections of the pipe mapped from the drives, together with petrographic and metallogenic observations, show that the pipe is concentrically zoned, with a homogeneous core and a heterogeneous rim. On the basis of textural evidences and mineral chemistry we suggest that the pipe is primarily composed of a crystal mush comprising relatively low Fo olivine including buck-shot textured Fe-Ni sulphides and hercynite, which is cemented by products of the residual liquid. Crystallisation proceeded from the rim to the core, where residual