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Título del libro: Life With Ore Deposits On Earth, Proceedings Of The 15th Sga Biennial Meeting, 2019, Vols 1-4
Título del capítulo: Timing and P-T conditions of epithermal mineralization in the Bacis and La Cienega Mining districts, Durango, Mexico

Autores UNAM:
GILLES PIERRE RENE LEVRESSE; LUCA FERRARI;
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Año de publicación:
2019
Palabras clave:

TECTONICS; EVOLUTION; GEOLOGY


Resumen:

The Bacis and La Cienega districts are Au-Ag hydrothermal deposits located in the Sierra Madre Occidental (SMO) in Mexico. The mineralization in both districts is related to NW-NNW trending structures and exhibits high Au-Ag ratio which become Ag-dominant at deeper levels. New U-Pb ages from the volcanic host-rock, and K-Ar and Ar-40/Ar-39 ages in adularia and illite from the mineralization assemblages, allow a re-evaluation of the timing of the hydrothermal mineralizing events. In both districts the basement consists of the Lower Triassic and Upper Jurassic metasedimentary successions which are intruded by monzogranitic plutons and overlain by andesitic lavas belong to the Lower Volcanic Complex (LVC). These rocks are in turn covered by an Oligocene ignimbrite succession and rhyolitic domes of the Upper Volcanic Supergroup (UVS). Mineralizing veins affect all the stratigraphic column. Fluid inclusion microthermometry and decriptometry studies yield comparable temperature ranges in both districts at 210 to 230 degrees C and 410-430 degrees C, suggesting the occurrence of a similar mineralizing event. The chemical composition and temperature of formation of chlorite associated with Ag-rich and Au-rich mineralization stages show a bimodal distribution with peaks at 330 degrees C and 270 degrees C, respectively.


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