<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The sulfide minerals from old mafic intrusion rocks from the Kola Peninsula were analyzed on stable sulfur isotopes. These samples were already dated by the Sm-Nd method. These sulfide samples were evaluated upon a geochemical composition by ICP-MS. The sulfide mineral samples were selected from the main ore-bearing rocks of the Monchetundra layered intrusion. The analyzed sulfides formed several generations of mineralization associated with primary and hydrothermal stage of formation of the deposits. Isotopic studies confirm a few consecutive stages of mineralization. These data were compared with the results of Sm-Nd dating of sulfide mineralization. The results of geochemical and geochronological studies indicate a complementarity in the context of determining the mineralization stages.</p></abstract>

The sulfide minerals from old mafic intrusion rocks from the Kola Peninsula were analyzed on stable sulfur isotopes. These samples were already dated by the Sm-Nd method. These sulfide samples were evaluated upon a geochemical composition by ICP-MS. The sulfide mineral samples were selected from the main ore-bearing rocks of the Monchetundra layered intrusion. The analyzed sulfides formed several generations of mineralization associated with primary and hydrothermal stage of formation of the deposits. Isotopic studies confirm a few consecutive stages of mineralization. These data were compared with the results of Sm-Nd dating of sulfide mineralization. The results of geochemical and geochronological studies indicate a complementarity in the context of determining the mineralization stages.

Stable isotope geochemistry of sulfides from intrusion in Monchegorsk, northern part of Baltic Shield

Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Department of Geology and Lithosphere Protection, 2 cd Kraśnicka St., 20-718 Lublin,

Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Institute of Physics, Lublin, 1 M. Curie-Skłodowska Sq., 20-031 Lublin,

Geological Institute of the Kola Science Center, Russian Academy of Science, 14 Fersmana St. 184209 Apatity,

Geochronometria

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The sulfide minerals from old mafic intrusion rocks from the Kola Peninsula were analyzed on stable sulfur isotopes. These samples were already dated by the...

Stable isotope geochemistry of sulfides from intrusion in Monchegorsk, northern part of Baltic Shield

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Jun 18, 2016

Page range: 96 - 101

Received: Jun 24, 2015

Accepted: Feb 04, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/geochr-2015-0034

Keywords
geochemistry, geochronology, stable isotope analysis, sulfide minerals, Baltic Shield, Monchegorsk pluton

© M. A. Huber

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Stable isotope geochemistry of sulfides from intrusion in Monchegorsk, northern part of Baltic Shield

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Jun 18, 2016

Page range: 96 - 101

Received: Jun 24, 2015

Accepted: Feb 04, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/geochr-2015-0034

Keywordsgeochemistry, geochronology, stable isotope analysis, sulfide minerals, Baltic Shield, Monchegorsk pluton

© M. A. Huber

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
geochemistry, geochronology, stable isotope analysis, sulfide minerals, Baltic Shield, Monchegorsk pluton