Selenium-Rich Ag-Au Mineralization at the Kremnica Au-Ag Epithermal Deposit, Slovak Republic

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/8/12/572" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/8/12/572</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/min8120572" target="_blank" >10.3390/min8120572</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Selenium-Rich Ag-Au Mineralization at the Kremnica Au-Ag Epithermal Deposit, Slovak Republic

Original language description

Selenium-rich Au-Ag mineralization has been discovered in the Kremnica ore district, central Slovakia. The mineralization is hosted by a single quartz-dolomite vein hosted by Neogene propyllitized andesites of the Kremnica stratovolcano. Ore mineralogy and crystal chemistry of individual ore minerals have been studied here. The early base-metal ore mineralization composed of pyrite, sphalerite, and chalcopyrite lacks selenium, whereas the superimposed Au-Ag paragenesis is Se-enriched. The Au-Ag alloys, uytenbogaardtite, minerals of the galena-clausthalite series, acanthite-naumannite series, diaphorite, miargyrite, pyrargyrite-proustite, polybasite group, minerals of the tetrahedrite group and andorite branch (andorite IV, andorite VI, Ag-excess fizélyite), freieslebenite, and rare Pb-Sb sulphosalts (scaiinite, robinsonite, plagionite) have been identified here. Besides selenides, the most Se-enriched phases are miargyrite, proustite-pyrargyrite, and polybasite-pearceite, whose Se contents are among the highest reported worldwide. In addition, one new phase has been found, corresponding to a Se-analogue of pearceite containing 2.08-3.54 apfu Se. The style of mineralization, paragenetic situation, and chemical trends observed in individual minerals are comparable to those of Au-Ag low-sulphidation epithermal Au-Ag mineralizations of the Kremnica and neighboring Štiavnica and Hodruša-Hámre ore districts. However, the pronounced enrichment in selenium is a specific feature of the studied vein only.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10504 - Mineralogy

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Minerals

ISSN

2075-163X

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

8

Issue of the periodical within the volume

12

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

26

Pages from-to

1-26

UT code for WoS article

000455073100032

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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