Synsedimentary to early diagenetic rejuvenation of barite-sulfides ore deposits: Example of the Triassic intrakarstic mineralization in the Lodève basin (France)

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Synsedimentary to early diagenetic rejuvenation of barite-sulfides ore deposits: Example of the Triassic intrakarstic mineralization in the Lodève basin (France)
Périodique
Marine and Petroleum Geology
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Laurent D., Lopez M., Combes P.-J., Guerrot C., Spangenberg J.E., Gaucher E.C.
ISSN
0264-8172
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
09/2020
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
119
Pages
104464
Langue
anglais
Résumé
The exhumed Lodève Basin (Hérault, France) provides a rich suite of outcrops showing diagenetic Ba–Pb–Fe–Cu fronts trapped in karst system in Cambrian dolomites during the Triassic post-rift exhumation of the basin. The sedimentological analysis on 10 sites in the basin reveals that barites-sulfides fronts formed during humid-arid climate fluctuations and the emplacement of a shallow lake environment. The fabric of ore deposits, the microthermometry of fluid inclusions entrapped within barites and the strontium/sulfur isotopic compositions of barite-sulfides associations indicate two distinct groups of mineralizations, Type I and Type II, which are contemporaneous but resulting from different processes. The synsedimentary mineralization of the Type I, the presence of only primary single-phase liquid fluid inclusions within barite crystals and the gradual increase of δ34S for both barites and chalcopyrites with depth (from −7 to +18.9‰ V-CDT) suggest ore precipitation close to the vadose zone under bacterial sulfate reduction (BSR) in a confined sulfate-rich playa lake aquifer. The similar 87Sr/86S ratios between barites and the overlying Triassic evaporites indicate that the barium and strontium derived directly from the overlying sulfate-rich lake. For the Type II, the high homogenization temperature of fluid inclusions entrapped within barite (modal Th between 60 and 80 °C) and the association with hydrocarbon markers, confirm the participation of deeper basinal brines in addition to downward percolating sulfates derived from the lake environment. The high positive values of δ34S for both barites and sulfides are typical of a precipitation linked to the combined action between anaerobic oxidation of methane and sulfate reduction (AOM-SR) at the sulfate-methane transition zone (SMTZ) during hydrocarbon migration. Similar 87Sr/86Sr ratios between Middle Triassic barites and previous Late Permian barites confirm that the source of metals precipitated at the SMTZ originated from the dissolution of anterior ore deposits located in the sulfate-depleted zone. This study links very shallow metallogenesis processes to reworking of MVT ore deposits by the action of sulfate-reducing bacteria around hydrocarbon seeps in a karstic environment.
Mots-clé
Karst, Ore deposit, Diagenetic barite, Playa lake, Sulfate reduction, Fluid inclusions, Sulfur and strontium isotopes
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