Internal structure of the buried Suwałki Anorthosite Massif (East European Craton, NE Poland) based on borehole, magnetic and gravity data combined  with new petrological results

Petecki, Zdzisław; Wiszniewska, Janina

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“…The Krzemianka and Udryn Fe-Ti-V ore deposits are located in the Mesoproterozoic Suwałki Anorthosite Massif (SAM) in the NE part of Poland [9][10][11][12][13], within the Mesoproterozoic beltiform magmatic AMCG (Anorthosite-Mangerite-Charnockite-Granite rapakivi) suite known as the Mazury Complex (Figure 1) [9]. This is a belt of granitoids and associated mafic and intermediate igneous rocks following an E-W-trending lineament extending from the Baltic Sea through northern Poland and southern Lithuania to western Belarus [14].…”

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“…The Cenozoic rock s are composed of unconsolidated, clastic sediments [12]. [9]) with the location of the Krzemianka and Udryn Fe-Ti-V deposits in NE Poland. [9]) with the location of the Krzemianka and Udryn Fe-Ti-V deposits in NE Poland.…”

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“…Two large Fe-Ti-V deposits, the Krzemianka and Udryn deposits, were documented within the eastern part of the Mesoproterozoic SAM of the AMCG affinity (Figure 1). The AMCG suite is unconformable, covered by Mesozoic-Cenozoic sedimentary rocks of thicknesses varying from 500 m on the east to 1000 m on the north-west [9,12]. Anorthosite and norite intrusions compose the core part of the massif and are surrounded by diorites and gabbronorites [9,12].…”

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“…The AMCG suite is unconformable, covered by Mesozoic-Cenozoic sedimentary rocks of thicknesses varying from 500 m on the east to 1000 m on the north-west [9,12]. Anorthosite and norite intrusions compose the core part of the massif and are surrounded by diorites and gabbronorites [9,12]. The SAM is divided by major faults of variable direction into three tectonic blocks [22].…”

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Vanadium and Cobalt Occurrence in the Fe-Ti-V Oxide Deposits Related to Mesoproterozoic AMCG Complex in NE Poland

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On the basis of geochemical whole-rock and mineralogical point analyses, the concentrations of V and Co were determined in magnetite-ilmenite oxide ores, associated with sulphides, at the Krzemianka and Udryn deposits in the Mesoproterozoic Suwałki Anorthosite Massif (SAM) in NE Poland. EPMA analyses showed that the main carrier of vanadium was magnetite (mean = 0.42 wt%) and, to a lesser extent, ilmenite (mean = 0.14 wt%) and minor Al-spinels (mean = 0.04 wt%). In turn, cobalt was found mainly in the form of isomorphic substitutions in magmatic sulphides such as pentlandite (mean = 4.41 wt% Co), pyrrhotite (mean = 0.16 wt%), and chalcopyrite (mean = 0.11 wt%). Moreover, Co-enrichments were also recognized in the secondary sulphides, such as pyrite and bravoite, replacing pyrrhotite (means = 1.6 and 2.7 wt% Co, respectively), and in the form of different thiospinels ((Fe, Ni) (Co, Ni)2S4), mainly siegenite (mean = 22.0 wt% Co), replacing pyrrhotite and pentlandite. Vanadium cations were substituted in Fe, Ti oxide minerals in place of Fe + 3 cations, and in the case of cobalt, Fe + 2 cations were substituted in sulphides and thiospinels. Vanadium and cobalt showed high Person’s correlation coefficients (r = 0.70), indicating their close spatial coexistence and a common source, which was parental anorthosite-norite magma of the SAM suites. The common magma genesis of magnetite-ilmenite and sulphide mineralization was also confirmed by the very similar shapes of the curves of REE content in the oxide-sulphide ores in relation to chondrite, in which negative Eu anomalies and positive Sm anomalies are clearly visible. Although the average contents of vanadium and cobalt were low (arithmetic means = 960 ppm, and 122 ppm, respectively), the resources of these metals were estimated to be large due to the enormous reserves of magnetite-ilmenite ores hosted by the SAM. However, the Fe-Ti-V ores associated with Fe, Ni, Co, and Cu sulphides were considered to be sub-economic because of their depth of occurrence (mainly 1.0 km below the surface level); their metal contents, which were usually too low; and additionally the fact that the location is in a highly environmentally protected landscape and lake area.

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Section: Geological Setting 21 Regional Geologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Geological Setting 21 Regional Geologymentioning

confidence: 99%