Bibliographic citations
Ortiz, B., (2022). Texturas y geoquímica de elementos traza en minerales de mena del yacimiento de sulfuros masivos volcanogénicos de María Teresa, Huaral, Perú [Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú]. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12404/22600
Ortiz, B., Texturas y geoquímica de elementos traza en minerales de mena del yacimiento de sulfuros masivos volcanogénicos de María Teresa, Huaral, Perú []. PE: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú; 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12404/22600
@misc{renati/529050,
title = "Texturas y geoquímica de elementos traza en minerales de mena del yacimiento de sulfuros masivos volcanogénicos de María Teresa, Huaral, Perú",
author = "Ortiz Benavente, Brayam Andre",
publisher = "Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú",
year = "2022"
}
Volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposits are an important source of Zn, Cu, Pb, Ag, and Au, and may host relevant concentrations of elements such as In, Ge, and Ga, considered critical commodities by international organizations due to their high demand, economic importance and supply risk. Despite this, they are of marginal interest to most mining companies operating in the country. In this research, a petrographic characterization of the ore mineralization in the María Teresa VMS deposit has been developed as a base for major, minor and trace element composition determinations in sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite, and fahlore. Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) measurements indicate that In and Ga are mainly concentrated in sphalerite (interquartile range Q1-Q3 [IQR] 4.39-79.4 ppm and up to 415 ppm In, and IQR 10.6-31.9 ppm and up to 94.2 ppm Ga). Germanium contents are systematically low in the four analyzed minerals, except for locally elevated concentrations up to 79.6 ppm in chalcopyrite. Correlations between trace element contents suggest that In and Ga were incorporated in the sphalerite crystal lattice via coupled substitutions involving Cu, and subordinately also Sn and Ag. Availability of Cu, favored in hydrothermal fluids at relatively high-temperature (>300 °C), is therefore essential to In and Ga enrichment in sphalerite. In massive sulfide bodies that have undergone zone refining, the In-riches sphalerite occurs within or near the chalcopyrite zone in the core of the body. In Maria Teresa, the values of In, Ge and Ga are sub-economic; however, the study of its distribution allowed to determine vectoring elements that might be applied during exploration of VMS.
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