Reduction of oxidized sulfur in the formation of the Grasberg porphyry copper-gold deposit, Papua, Indonesia
Mineralium Deposita, ISSN: 1432-1866, Vol: 56, Issue: 6, Page: 1027-1042
2021
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The reduction of oxidized sulfur is essential in porphyry copper deposits whose mineralization predominantly comprises copper sulfides, whereas their source magmas are oxidized with most of their sulfur as SO and with exsolved fluids having SO>>HS. To estimate the redox state of sulfur, we examined drill cores that intersect potassic and unaltered intrusive rocks in the deeper levels of the Grasberg porphyry copper-gold deposit. Magmatic oxybarometers such as the amphibole-titanite-magnetite-quartz assemblage, anhydrite, and amphibole consistently show that Grasberg ore-forming magmas were oxidized with fO > FMQ+3. Initial hydrothermal events formed sulfide-free, anhydrite-rich K-feldspar, and biotite alteration, followed by successive vein stages of (1) magnetite, (2) biotite, (3) quartz, (4) anhydrite-chalcopyrite, (5) chalcopyrite ± sericite selvages, and (6) pyrite-chalcopyrite-quartz + sericite selvages. The δS values of sulfide-sulfate mineral pairs indicate SO-derived SO and HS in SO/HS molar proportions of ~ 4:1 to ~ 3:1 at > 550 °C. The hydrothermal fluid then likely followed a rock-buffered trajectory and became more reduced at < 550 °C. Hydrothermal biotite that replaces igneous amphibole and biotite has a phlogopitic composition, suggesting that Fe was liberated from igneous mafic minerals and oxidized by reaction with SO to form magnetite, resulting in sulfide formation by the simplified reaction 12FeO + SO + 2H → 4FeO + HS.
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