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A nanoscale investigation of Carlin-type gold deposits: an atom-scale elemental and isotopic perspective

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dc.affiliation.dptoUC3M. Departamento de FĂ­sicaes
dc.affiliation.grupoinvUC3M. Grupo de InvestigaciĂ³n: Materiales Nano-Estructurados y Multifuncionaleses
dc.contributor.authorGopon, Phillip
dc.contributor.authorDouglas, James O.
dc.contributor.authorAuger, MarĂ­a A.
dc.contributor.authorHansen, Lars
dc.contributor.authorWade, Jon
dc.contributor.authorCline, Jean S.
dc.contributor.authorRobb, Laurence J.
dc.contributor.authorMoody, Michael P.
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-13T09:30:34Z
dc.date.available2020-05-13T09:30:34Z
dc.date.issued2019-09-01
dc.description.abstractCarlin-type gold deposits are one of the most important gold mineralization styles in the world. Despite their economic importance and the large volume of work that has been published, there remain crucial questions regarding their metallogenesis. Much of this uncertainty is due to the cryptic nature of the gold occurrence, with gold occurring as dispersed nanoscale inclusions within host pyrite rims that formed on earlier formed barren pyrite cores. The small size of the gold inclusions has made determining their nature within the host sulfides and the mechanisms by which they precipitated from the ore fluids particularly problematic. This study combines high-resolution electron probe microanalysis (EPMA) with atom probe tomography (APT) to constrain whether the gold occurs as nanospheres or is dispersed within the Carlin pyrites. APT offers the unique capability of obtaining major, minor, trace, and isotopic chemical information at near-atomic spatial resolution. We use this capability to investigate the atomic-scale distribution of trace elements within Carlin-type pyrite rims, as well as the relative differences of sulfur isotopes within the rim and core of gold-hosting pyrite.en
dc.description.sponsorshipFunding from the United Kingdom Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) under grants EP/K029770/1 and EP/M022803/1, as well as from the United Kingdom Environmental Research Council (NERC) under grant NE/K009540/1en
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dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationPhillip Gopon... [et al.] A Nanoscale Investigation of Carlin-Type Gold Deposits: An Atom-Scale Elemental and Isotopic Perspective. Economic Geology ; 114 (6): 1123–1133en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.5382/econgeo.4676
dc.identifier.issn0361-0128
dc.identifier.publicationfirstpage1123
dc.identifier.publicationissue6
dc.identifier.publicationlastpage1133
dc.identifier.publicationtitleECONOMIC GEOLOGYen
dc.identifier.publicationvolume114
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10016/30386
dc.identifier.uxxiAR/0000024606
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherGeoScienceWorlden
dc.rights© 2019 Economic Geologyen
dc.rightsAtribuciĂ³n 3.0 Españaes
dc.rights.accessRightsopen accessen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/*
dc.subject.ecienciaMaterialeses
dc.subject.otherCarlin-type pyriteen
dc.titleA nanoscale investigation of Carlin-type gold deposits: an atom-scale elemental and isotopic perspectiveen
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