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Special Publication No.6 ~
of the Society for Geology
Applied to Mineral Deposits , ~
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Mineral Deposits
within the European
Community
Edited by
J. Boissonnas and P. Omenetto
With 221 Figures
Springer-Verlag
Berlin Heidelberg New York
London Paris Tokyo
Dr. JEAN BorSSONNAS
Commission of the European Communities
Directorate-general for Science, Research and Development
Rue de la Loi 200
1049 Brussels, Belgium
Professor Dr. PAOLO OMENETTO
Istituto di Mineralogia e Petrologia
Corso Garibaldi 37
35100 Padova, Italy
ISBN 978-3-642-51860-7 ISBN 978-3-642-51858-4 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-51858-4
Library of Congress Cataloging-in· Publication Data. Mineral deposits within the European
Community. (Special publication no. 6 of the Society for Geology Applied to Mineral
Deposits) 1. Mines and mineral resources-European Economic Community countries.
I. Boissonnas, J. (Jean), 1935·. II. Omenetto, Paolo. III. Series: Special publication ... of
the Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits; no. 6. TN55.M563 1988 553'.094
88-3079
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Preface
The initial idea for this book arose from a conversation with
Professor H. J. Schneider, editor in chief of Mineralium De
posita. He was participating in one of the research projects and
suggested that it might be worth while to collect papers on the EC
programme in a Special Publication of the SGA. I am pleased to
acknowledge the advice he gave me on that occasion and also his
help in establishing the first contacts with Springer Verlag.
Special acknowledgements are due to Dr. Ph. Bourdeau of
the EC Commission, who was the director responsible for the
conception, formulation and overall coordination of the 1978-81
and 1982-85 programmes. Authors and readers alike should be
aware that these programmes would not have taken place (and
thus by implication no projects could have been funded) without
the active support of the national delegations in the Committees
advising the Commission on the programmes.
Professor P. Omenetto, acting chairman of SGA during the
years 1986-87, has given me constant assistance and encourage
ment during the successive phases of our editorial work. Despite
his many duties, he has even managed to produce a chapter for
the book!
Finally, I wish to extend my thanks to my English-speaking
colleagues who have helped me on points of style for the pre
face and introduction, also to my 14-year old son Remi, a
virtuoso on the home-computer and my co-author for the sub
ject index.
Note on the acknowledgments to EC contracts. Contracts with
the European Community (EC) are acknowledged at the end of
each paper. The letters MSM = (Metaux et Substances
Minerales, Metals and Mineral Substances) refer to the con
tracts of the 1982-85 period, whereas the letters MPP =
(Matieres Premieres Primaires, Primary Raw Materials) desig
nate the projects which were started under the 1978-81 pro
gramme. The acronym EEC (European Economic Community)
VI Preface
appears in most of the acknowledgement; although widely used
in the public, it tends nowadays to be replaced by EC (Euro
pean Community) in official documents.
Brussels, January 1988 J. BorssoNNAs
Contents
Part I Tungsten (Tin, Lithium, Molybdenum, Tantalum)
Metallogenic Wand Sn Granites: Genesis and Main
Distinguishing Features
PH. RosSI, A. COCHERIE, G. MEYER, A. M. FouILLAc,
and A. AUTRAN (With 9 Figures) ........... 3
Fluid Inclusion Volatiles as a Guide to Tungsten Deposits,
Southwest England: Application to Other Sn-W
Provinces in Western Europe
T. J. SHEPHERD and M. F. MILLER (With 6 Figures) 29
Geochemical and Isotope (H, C, 0, S) Studies of Barren
and Tungsten-Bearing Skarns of the French Pyrenees
M.B. GUY, S.M.F. SHEPPARD, A.M. FouILLAc,
R. LE GUYADER, P. TOULHOAT, and M. FONTEILLES
(With 6 Figures) .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Petrochemical and 180/160 Characteristics of W -Skarn
Associated and W -Barren Granitoids in the (E-)
Pyrenees and NW Portugal
J. SALEMINK and A.F.M. DE JONG (With 9 Figures) 76
Ore Controls for the Salau Scheelite Deposit (Ariege,
France): Evolution of Ideas and Present State of
Knowledge
M. FONTEILLES, L. NANsoT, P. SOLER, and A. ZAHM
(With 5 Figures) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Distribution of Scheelite in Magnesian Skarns at
Traversella (Piemontese Alps, Italy) and Costabonne
(Eastern Pyrenees, France): Nature of the Associated
Magmatism and Influence of Fluid Composition
M. DUBRu, J. VANDER AUWERA, G. VAN MARCKE DE
LUMMEN, and J. VERKAEREN (With 13 Figures) . .. 117
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Assessment of Mineralogical Influences on the Element
Mobility in the W-Sn Enriched Granite of Regoufe and
Its Derivatives (Portugal) by Means of XRF Analysis
of Unpolished Rock Sections
P. M. F. VAN GAANS, S. P. VRIEND, R. P. E. POORTER,
and J.B.H. JANSEN (With 5 Figures) . . . . . . . .. 135
The Recording of Fluid Phases Through REE Contents in
Hydrothermal Minerals. A Case Study: Apatites from
the Meymac Tungsten District (French Massif Central)
L. RAIMBAULT (With 3 Figures) ........... 151
Genesis of Scheelite-Bearing Calcsilicate Gneisses in the
Tanneron Massif (Var, France)
A. DE SMEDT and PH. SONNET (With 12 Figures) 160
Scheelite-Bearing Metalliferous Sequences of the
Peloritani Mountains, Northeastern-Sicily (with Some
Remarks on Tungsten Metallogenesis in the Calabrian
Peloritan-Arc)
P. OMENETTO, V. MEGGIOLARO, P. SPAGNA,
L. BRIGO, P. FERLA, and J. L. GUION
(With 6 Figures) ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 179
Controls on the Occurrence and Distribution of Tungsten
and Lithium Deposits on the Southeast Margin of the
Leinster Granite, Ireland
P. McARDLE and P. S. KENNAN (With 3 Figures) . .. 199
Geology and Geotectonic Setting of Cratonic Porphyry
Molybdenum Deposits in the North Atlantic Region
H. K. SCH0NWANDT (With 5 Figures) ........ 210
Niobium-Tantalum Mineralisation in the Motzfeldt Centre
of the Igaliko Nepheline Syenite Complex, South
Greenland
T. TUKIAINEN (With 6 Figures) . . . . . . . . . . 230
Part II Chromite and Platinum-Group Elements
Structural Controls on the Location and Form of the
Vourinos Chromite Deposits
S. ROBERTS, A. RASSIOS, L. WRIGHT, I. VACONDIOS,
G. VRACHATIS, E. GRIVAS, R. W. NESBITT,
C. R. NEARY, T. MOAT, and L. KONSTANTOPOLOU
(With 14 Figures) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Comparative Study of Chromite Deposits from Troodos,
Vourinos, North Oman and New Caledonia Ophiolites
T. AUGE and Z. JOHAN (With 3 Figures) . . . . . . .. 267
The Shetland Ophiolite: Evidence for a Supra-Subduction
Zone Origin and Implications for Platinum-Group
Element Mineralization
H. M. PRICHARD and R. A. LORD (With 5 Figures) 289
Experimental Evidence on the Formation and Mineralogy
of Platinum and Palladium ore Deposits
M. MAKOVICKY, E. MAKOVICKY, and J. ROSE-HANSEN
(With 12 Figures) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 303
Part III Base Metals, Phosphates, Placer Minerals
Metallogenic Models and Exploration Criteria for Buried
Carbonate-Hosted Ore Deposits: Results of a
Multidisciplinary Study in Eastern England
J.A. PLANT, D.G. JONES, G.C. BROWN,
T.B. COLMAN, J.D. CORNWELL, K. SMITH, N.J.P.
SMITH, A.S.D. WALKER, and P.c. WEBB
(With 9 Figures) .... . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Structural Studies and Multidata Correlation of
Mineralization in Central Ireland
W. E. A. PHILLIPS, A. ROWLANDS, D. W. COLLER,
J. CARTER, and A. VAUGHAN (With 18 Figures) . 353
Lithogeochemical Investigations in the Navan Area,
Ireland
P. VAN OYEN and W. VIA ENE (With 3 Figures) . 378
Lithogeochemistry, Its Applicability to Base Metal
Exploration in a Carbonate Environment
J.A. CLIFFORD, H. KUCHA, and A.H. MELDRUM
(With 10 Figures) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
Light Hydrocarbon Gases and Mineralization
J. S. CARTER, P. C. D. CAZALET, and J. FERGUSON
(With 9 Figures) ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406
Metallogenesis and Geodynamic Context in the Lower
Middle Cambrian of Montagne Noire (France) and
Sardinia (Italy)
P. COURJAULT-RADE and A. GANDIN (With 6 Figures). 428
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Various Types of Cambrian Carbonate Hosted Zn-Pb
Mineralization in the Northern Montagne Noire,
Massif Central, France. Ages and Mechanisms of
Concentration
J. L. LESCUYER, D. GIOT, M. DONNOT, and P. BEZIAT
(With 9 Figures) " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443
Isotopic (Sr, C, 0, and S) Tracing of Diagenetic Ore
Formation in Carbonate-Hosted Ore Deposits
Illustrated on the F-(Pb-Zn) Deposits in the
Alpujarrides, Spain and the San Vicente Zn-Pb Mine,
Peru
L. FONTBOTE and H. GORZAWSKI (With 7 Figures) 465
Strata-Bound Mineralizations in the Carnic Alps/Italy
L. BRIGO, P. DULSKI, P. MOLLER, H.-J. SCHNEIDER,
and R. WOLTER (With 4 Figures) . . . . . . . . . .. 485
The Geological Setting of Base Metal Mineralisation in
the Rhodope Region, Northern Greece
R. W. NESBITT, M. F. BILLETT, K. L. ASHWORTH,
C. DENIEL, D. CONSTANTINIDES, A. DEMETRIADES,
C. KATIRTZOGLOU, C. MICHAEL, E. MpOSKos,
S. ZACHOS, and D. SANDERSON (With 5 Figures) 499
Late Cretaceous Phosphate Stratiform Deposits of the
Mons Basin (Belgium)
F. ROBASZYNSKI and M. MARTIN (With 9 Figures) 515
Mineral Concentrations in the Recent Sediments Off
Eastern Macedonia, Northern Greece: Geological and
Geochemical Considerations
C. PERISSORATIS, S. A. MOORBY, I. ANGELOPOULOS,
D. S. CRONAN, C. PAPAVASILIOU, N. KONISPOLIATIS,
F. SAKELLARIADOU, and D. MlTROPOULOS
(With 17 Figures) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530
Subject Index . . . 553
List of Contributors
You will find the addresses at the beginning of the respective contribution
Angelopoulos,1. 530 Jansen, J.B.H. 135
Ashworth, K. L. 499 Johan, Z. 267
Auge, T. 267 Jones, D. G. 321
Autran, A. 3 Katirtzoglou, C. 499
Beziat, P. 443 Kennan, P. S. 199
Billett, M. F. 499 Konispoliatis, N. 530
Brigo, L. 179,485 Konstantopolou, L. 249
Brown, G. C. 321 Kucha, H. 391
Carter, J. 353, 406 Le Guyader, R. 53
Cazalet, P. C. D. 406 Lescuyer, J. L. 443
Clifford, J. A. 391 Lord, R. A. 289
Cocherie, A. 3 Makovicky, E. 303
Coller, D. W. 353 Makovicky, M. 303
Colman, T. B. 321 Marcke de Lummen,
Constantinides, D. 499 van, G. 117
Cornwell, J.D. 321 Martin, M. 515
Courjault-Rade, P. 428 McArdle, P. 199
Cronan, D.S. 530 Meggiolaro, V. 179
De Jong, A.F.M. 76 Meldrum, A. H. 391
Demetriades, A. 499 Meyer, G. 3
Deniel, C. 499 Michael, C. 499
De Smedt, A. 160 Miller, M.F. 29
Donnot, M. 443 Mitropoulos, D. 530
Dubru, M. 117 Moat, T. 249
Dulski, P. 485 Moller, P. 485
Ferguson, J. 406 Moorby, S. A. 530
Feria, P. 179 Mposkos, E. 499
Fontbote, L. 465 Nansot, L. 95
Fonteilles, M. 53, 95 Neary, C. R. 249
Fouillac, A. M. 3,53 Nesbitt, R. W. 249,499
Gandin, A. 428 Omenetto, P. 179
Giot, D. 443 Papavasiliou, C. 530
Gorzawski, H. 465 Perissoratis, C. 530
Grivas, E. 249 Phillips, W. E. A. 353
Guion, J.L. 179 Plant, J.A. 321
Guy, M.B. 53 Poorter, R.P.E. 135
