Thallium, nickel, cobalt and other trace elements in iron sulfides from belgian lead-zinc vein deposits
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Fe-sulfides associated with Belgian Pb-Zn vein deposits have been analysed by DC arc spectrometry and XRF for Tl, Ni, Co, Mn, Zn, Pb, Ge, Cd, and As. They show high Tl contents (from >30 ppm upt to 6800 ppm) and Co:Ni ratios <1. These features permit to distinguish them from Fe-sulfides of sedimentary and high temperature occurrences. The Tl distribution in a botryoidal marcasite of Vedrin (average Tl content of 0.68%) has been investigated by ion microprobe. It displays a pattern similar to colloform texture. Principal component analysis shows that the behaviour of Tl is partly controlled by a factor opposing Tl to all other elements. This is interpreted as reflecting the influence of sorption mechanisms by contrast with direct precipitation. Tl and the other elements are not considered of magmatic origin because no acidic magmatism is known during or after Variscan times. Extraction from sedimentary rocks by hydrothermal brines is favoured.
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Duchesne, J.C., Rouhart, A., Schoumacher, C. et al. Thallium, nickel, cobalt and other trace elements in iron sulfides from belgian lead-zinc vein deposits. Mineral. Deposita 18 (Suppl 2), 303–313 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00206481
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