Iron Isotope Compositions of Coexisting Sulfide and Silicate Minerals in Sudbury-Type Ores from the Jinchuan Ni-Cu Sulfide Deposit: A Perspective on Possible Core-Mantle Iron Isotope Fractionation

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	Iron Isotope Compositions of Coexisting Sulfide and Silicate Minerals in Sudbury-Type Ores from the Jinchuan Ni-Cu Sulfide Deposit: A Perspective on Possible Core-Mantle Iron Isotope Fractionation
	Wang, Peiyao1,2,3 ; Niu, Yaoling 1,2,4,5; Sun, Pu1,2 ; Wang, Xiaohong 1,2; Guo, Pengyuan 1,2; Gong, Hongmei 1,2; Duan, Meng 1,2; Shen, Fangyu1,2,3 ; Shi, Yining 4; Xue, Song 4; Chen, Yanhong 4; Li Shan1,2,3
	2021-05-01
发表期刊	MINERALS
卷号	11 期号:5 页码:30
通讯作者	Wang, Peiyao([email protected]) ; Niu, Yaoling([email protected])
摘要	Many studies have shown that the average iron (Fe) isotope compositions of mantle-derived rocks, mantle peridotite and model mantle are close to those of chondrites. Therefore, it is considered that chondrite values represent the bulk Earth Fe isotope composition. However, this is a brave assumption because nearly 90% of Fe of the Earth is in the core, where its Fe isotope composition is unknown, but it is required to construct bulk Earth Fe isotope composition. We approach the problem by assuming that the Earth's core separation can be approximated in terms of the Sudbury-type Ni-Cu sulfide mineralization, where sulfide-saturated mafic magmas segregate into immiscible sulfide liquid and silicate liquid. Their density/buoyancy controlled stratification and solidification produced net-textured ores above massive ores and below disseminated ores. The coexisting sulfide minerals (pyrrhotite (Po) > pentlandite (Pn) > chalcopyrite (Cp)) and silicate minerals (olivine (Ol) > orthopyroxene (Opx) > clinopyroxene (Cpx)) are expected to hold messages on Fe isotope fractionation between the two liquids before their solidification. We studied the net-textured ores of the Sudbury-type Jinchuan Ni-Cu sulfide deposit. The sulfide minerals show varying delta Fe-56 values (-1.37--0.74 parts per thousand (Po) < 0.09-0.56 parts per thousand (Cp) < 0.53-1.05 parts per thousand (Pn)), but silicate minerals (Ol, Opx, and Cpx) have delta Fe-56 values close to chondrites (delta Fe-56 = -0.01 +/- 0.01 parts per thousand). The heavy delta Fe-56 value (0.52-0.60 parts per thousand) of serpentines may reflect Fe isotopes exchange with the coexisting pyrrhotite with light delta Fe-56. We obtained an equilibrium fractionation factor of Delta Fe-56(silicate-sulfide) approximate to 0.51 parts per thousand between reconstructed silicate liquid (delta Fe-56 approximate to 0.21 parts per thousand) and sulfide liquid (delta Fe-56 approximate to -0.30 parts per thousand), or Delta Fe-56(silicate-sulfide) approximate to 0.36 parts per thousand between the weighted mean bulk-silicate minerals (delta Fe-56([0.70ol,0.25opx,0.05cpx]) = 0.06 parts per thousand) with weighted mean bulk-sulfide minerals (delta Fe-56 approximate to -0.30 parts per thousand). Our study indicates that significant Fe isotope fractionation does take place between silicate and sulfide liquids during the Sudbury-type sulfide mineralization. We hypothesize that significant iron isotope fractionation must have taken place during core-mantle segregation, and the bulk Earth may have lighter Fe isotope composition than chondrites although Fe isotope analysis on experimental sulfide-silicate liquids produced under the varying mantle depth conditions is needed to test our results. We advocate the importance of further research on the subject. Given the close Fe-Ni association in the magmatic mineralization and the majority of the Earth's Ni is also in the core, we infer that Ni isotope fractionation must also have taken place during the core separation that needs attention.
关键词	equilibrium iron isotope fractionation Jinchuan magmatic sulfide deposit net-textured sulfide ores pyrrhotite chalcopyrite pentlandite olivine and pyroxenes core-mantle Fe isotope fractionation
DOI	10.3390/min11050464
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
资助项目	National Science Foundation of China (NSFC)[41630968]; National Science Foundation of China (NSFC)[91958215]; NSFC-Shandong Joint Fund for Marine Science Research Centers[U1606401]; 111 Project[B18048]
WOS研究方向	Geochemistry & Geophysics ; Mineralogy ; Mining & Mineral Processing
WOS类目	Geochemistry & Geophysics ; Mineralogy ; Mining & Mineral Processing
WOS记录号	WOS:000662400000001
出版者	MDPI
引用统计	被引频次：8[WOS] [WOS记录] [WOS相关记录]
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.qdio.ac.cn/handle/337002/176877
专题	中国科学院海洋研究所
通讯作者	Wang, Peiyao; Niu, Yaoling
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Oceanol, Qingdao 266071, Peoples R China 2.Qingdao Natl Lab Marine Sci & Technol, Lab Marine Geol, Qingdao 266061, Peoples R China 3.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Coll Earth & Planetary Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 4.China Univ Geosci, Sch Earth Sci & Resources, Beijing 100083, Peoples R China 5.Univ Durham, Dept Earth Sci, Durham DH1 3LE, England
第一作者单位	中国科学院海洋研究所
通讯作者单位	中国科学院海洋研究所
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wang, Peiyao,Niu, Yaoling,Sun, Pu,et al. Iron Isotope Compositions of Coexisting Sulfide and Silicate Minerals in Sudbury-Type Ores from the Jinchuan Ni-Cu Sulfide Deposit: A Perspective on Possible Core-Mantle Iron Isotope Fractionation[J]. MINERALS,2021,11(5):30.
APA	Wang, Peiyao.,Niu, Yaoling.,Sun, Pu.,Wang, Xiaohong.,Guo, Pengyuan.,...&Li Shan.(2021).Iron Isotope Compositions of Coexisting Sulfide and Silicate Minerals in Sudbury-Type Ores from the Jinchuan Ni-Cu Sulfide Deposit: A Perspective on Possible Core-Mantle Iron Isotope Fractionation.MINERALS,11(5),30.
MLA	Wang, Peiyao,et al."Iron Isotope Compositions of Coexisting Sulfide and Silicate Minerals in Sudbury-Type Ores from the Jinchuan Ni-Cu Sulfide Deposit: A Perspective on Possible Core-Mantle Iron Isotope Fractionation".MINERALS 11.5(2021):30.

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