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South Dakota Geological Survey, Akeley Science Center, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, and Mineral Exploration Research Centre and Department of Earth Sciences, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada P3E 6B5
Mineral Exploration Research Centre and Department of Earth Sciences, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada P3E 6B5
Mineral Exploration Research Centre and Department of Earth Sciences, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada P3E 6B5, and Falconbridge Limited, P.O. Box 40, Falconbridge, Ontario, Canada P0M 1S0
Mineral Exploration Research Centre and Department of Earth Sciences, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada P3E 6B5
Corresponding author: e-mail,
kmccormi{at}usd.edu
The Ni-Cu-platinum-group element ores in the sublayer and footwall breccia of the Sudbury structure have distinctive geochemical halos. In the Fraser mine, F/Cl ratios of the sublayer rocks appear to decrease, Na2O/K2O ratios of the footwall breccia samples decrease, and Cl in both units increases with proximity to mineralization. These halos are interpreted to result from interaction of residual magmatic fluids with host rocks, which altered the host-rock mineralogy and precipitated Cl-bearing minerals. The results of this study, together with the results of previous studies, suggest that most ores at Sudbury, including sublayer- and footwall breccia-hosted contact ores and Sudbury breccia-hosted footwall ores, are surrounded by Cl and possibly alkali halos and that these geochemical signatures may be used to identify rocks that are proximal to mineralization.
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