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The Canadian Mineralogist; October 2004; v. 42; no. 5; p. 1501-1521; DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.42.5.1501
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GENESIS OF HIGH-SULFIDATION VINCIENNITE-BEARING Cu–As–Sn (<Au) ASSEMBLAGE FROM THE RADKA EPITHERMAL COPPER DEPOSIT, BULGARIA: EVIDENCE FROM MINERALOGY AND INFRARED MICROTHERMOMETRY OF ENARGITE

Kalin Kouzmanov1,§, Claire Ramboz1, Laurent Bailly2 and Kamen Bogdanov3

1 Institut des Sciences de la Terre d’Orléans (ISTO–CNRS), 1A, rue de la Férollerie, F–45071 Orléans Cedex 2, France
2 BRGM, REM/MESY, B.P. 6009, F–45060 Orléans Cedex 2, France
3 Department of Mineralogy, Petrology and Economic Geology, Faculty of Geology and Geography, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", 15 Tsar Osvoboditel Boulevard, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria

The Radka deposit is one of the largest Cu–Au epithermal deposits related to Late Cretaceous volcanic arc-type magmatic activity in the Panagyurishte ore region, central part of the Srednogorie zone, Bulgaria. The mineralogical and geochemical features of a vinciennite-bearing Cu–As–Sn ({angle}Au) assemblage at Radka show very similar characteristics to those in other vinciennite-bearing high-sulfidation epithermal deposits worldwide. The assemblage consists of enargite, Cu-excess tennantite, chalcopyrite, gold, vinciennite, colusite, and minor covellite, within a gangue of barite, illite, and quartz. A detailed electron-microprobe study of vinciennite and associated minerals reveals the heterovalency of Cu and Fe. New data on the composition of vinciennite sheds light on aspects of its crystal chemistry, such as incorporation of Cu2+ and Fe3+ and Sn4+ {rightleftharpoons} Ge4+ substitution, and leads us to propose a new empirical formula: Cu8 +Cu2 2+Fe3 3+(Fe,Cu)2+(Sn,Ge)4+(As,Sb)5+S16 2–. Infrared microthermometry of enargite-hosted fluid inclusions provides constraints on the conditions of deposition of this unusual assemblage in the context of the evolution of the magma-related ore-forming system at Radka. The assemblage was formed by oxidized and slightly acid fluids, with a dominantly magmatic signature, high fugacity of sulfur and intermediate salinity (about 10 wt.% eq. NaCl) at a temperature of about 275°C. In view of the geology of the Radka deposit, its mineralogical and geochemical peculiarities, ore textures, type of hydrothermal alteration and the character of the fluids, we interpret the deposit as a deep part of a high-sulfidation epithermal mineralization, possibly genetically related to a porphyry copper system.

Keywords: vinciennite, enargite, mineralogy, infrared microthermometry, fluid inclusions, epithermal, Srednogorie, Radka, Bulgaria.






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