Original scientific paper

BARITE, HEMATITE AND CINNABAR ORE DEPOSITS IN THE DUSINA AREA, MID-BOSNIAN SCHIST MOUNTAINS

Ivan Jurković

Abstract

In the Dusina area, which is built up of Lower Palaeozoic metasediments, Devonian carbonate complex and Upper Palaeozoic metarhyolites unconformab1y overlain by Upper Permian sediments, numerous ore occurrences have been investigated: (a) "stratabound" metamorphic hematite deposits in the pre-Devonian metasediments; (b) epigenetic veins and pipes of barite (± calcite) with accessory Hg-tetrahedrite and low-manganese hematite vein occurrences ± cinnabar in Devonian limestones and dolomites; (c) "Alpine-type" veins with uraninite or Cu-minerals; (d) alluvial and glacial resistates.
On the basis of SrSO4 content in barites, isotopic composition of sulphide and sulphate sulphur, oxygen and carbon, as well as on the basis of fluid inclusion data author attributes barite deposits, low-manganese hematite deposits and Alpine-type veins to the post-Variscan metallogeny

Keywords

Dusina area (Bosnia); Palaeozoic; hematite, barite, cinnabar ore deposits; paragenetic and geochemical characteristics; Post -Variscan metallogeny

Hrčak ID:

13556

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/13556

Publication date:

4.12.1996.

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