Komatiite-hosted Ni-Cu-PGE deposits in Finland: Their characterization, PGE content, and petrogenesis
Creator:
Konnunaho, Jukka
Subject:
komatiite
nickel ores
copper ores
platinum ores
greenstone belts
mineral exploration
Finland
Publisher:
Geological Survey of Finland
Date:
Monday, February 1, 2016
Type:
report
text
map
image
Format:
text/pdf
Identifier:
ISBN 978-952-217-343-0 (paperback)
ISBN 978-952-217-344-7 (PDF version without articles)
Source:
http://tupa.gtk.fi/julkaisu/erikoisjulkaisu/ej_092.pdf
Language:
English
Rights:
© 2016 Geological Survey of Finland
Coverage:
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Description:
Komatiite-hosted sulfide deposits are an important source of base
and precious metals globally. This Ph.D. thesis comprises a synopsis
and four original papers dealing with komatiite-hosted Archean
and Paleoproterozoic Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide deposits in Finland,
focusing on their geological, mineralogical, and lithogeochemical
characterization, PGE content, and petrogenesis. In Finland, no
significant komatiite-hosted Ni-Cu-PGE deposits have so far
been discovered, although several small, low-grade deposits
occur in Archean and Paleoproterozoic greenstone belts in eastern
and northern Finland. Some of the studied deposits, which are
associated with low-Mg komatiite to komatiitic basalt magmatism,
are substantially enriched in PGE. The occurrence of komatiitic
rocks with a clear signal of assimilation of external sulfur, their
similarity with ore-bearing komatiitic rocks worldwide, and the
discovered mineralization demonstrate that Finnish komatiitic rocks,
and the mafic-ultramafic magmatism in general, have considerable
exploration potential for Ni-Cu-PGE ores, as shown by the recently
discovered Sakatti Cu-Ni-PGE deposit in Central Lapland. This
thesis deepens our understanding of the Finnish deposits, and the
results can be utilized in mineral exploration.