Using Mineral Chemistry to Characterize Ore-Forming Processes
A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This special issue belongs to the section "Mineral Deposits".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 3 May 2024 | Viewed by 429
Special Issue Editors
Interests: economic geology; geochemistry; mineral exploration; petrology
Interests: economic geology; mineral exploration
Interests: gold mineralization; geochemistry; mineral microanalysis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
An ore deposit is an aggregate of minerals that can be economically recoverable and utilized. Ore minerals and gangue minerals are products of ore-forming processes and indicators of ore genesis. The radioisotopes of minerals can provide insights into the ages of mineralization. The stable isotopes of minerals can indicate the nature and origin of ore metals and fluids. The chemical composition of minerals can reflect the original composition and evolution of ore fluids. Combined with the texture, generation, and paragenetic association of minerals, the ore-forming processes can be well constrained. Over the past thirty years, with rapid developments of geochemical and isotopic analysis techniques, the ages, sources, and detailed ore-forming processes of numerous ore deposits have been better understood, which are of great importance for mineral exploration.
This Special Issue is intended to present mineralogical, geochemical, isotopic, and geochronological studies aiming at constraining the ore-forming processes and mechanisms of various types of mineral deposits. We welcome original research, methods, and reviews regarding the genesis of mineral deposits. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) chemical analyses of minerals to reveal the evolution of ore fluids; (2) isotopic analyses of minerals to constrain the source of metallogenic materials and the age of ore deposits; (3) mineralogical characteristics of ore deposits; (4) fluid inclusions in minerals; (5) physical and chemical conditions of mineralization.
Dr. Xinlu Hu
Prof. Dr. Xinbiao Lv
Prof. Dr. Yafei Wu
Dr. Zhenjie Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- geochemistry
- mineralogy
- isotope
- mineralization
- ore deposits
- ore-forming process
Planned Papers
The below list represents only planned manuscripts. Some of these manuscripts have not been received by the Editorial Office yet. Papers submitted to MDPI journals are subject to peer-review.
1. Title: Trace elements in Ge-Ga-rich sphalerites from the Daliangzi deposit, southwestern China: insights into incorporation mechanisms and ore-formimg processes
Author: Jian Wang
2. Title: The characteristics of ore-forming materials in the Shangxu gold deposit the Bangong Co - Nujiang Metallogenic Belt, Tibet: constraint from C, H, O, and S isotopes
Author: Hong Liu
