Insight into the Origin of Iron Ore Based on Elemental Contents of Magnetite and Whole-Rock Geochemistry: A Case of the Bipindi Banded Iron Formations, Nyong Complex, SW Cameroon | |
Tamehe, Landry Soh3; Li, Huan3; Ganno, Sylvestre4; Chen, Zuxing2; Lemdjou, Yanick Brice3; Elatikpo, Safiyanu Muhammad1 | |
刊名 | JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCE |
2024-02-01 | |
卷号 | 35期号:1页码:16-28 |
关键词 | banded iron formations iron ore geochemistry Congo Craton trace element composition LA-ICP-MS |
ISSN号 | 1674-487X |
DOI | 10.1007/s12583-022-1622-4 |
通讯作者 | Li, Huan(lihuan@csu.edu.cn) |
英文摘要 | The Bipindi iron ore district is located in the central section of the Nyong Complex at the northwestern margin of the Congo Craton in Southwest Cameroon. This iron district contains numerous iron mineralization hosted by the Mewongo, Bibole, Kouambo, and Zambi banded iron formations (BIFs). These BIFs contain magnetite as the main iron ore mineral associated with pyrite, and gangue minerals are quartz with minor chlorite and amphibole. The origin of iron ore from these BIFs was investigated using a combination of in-situ magnetite and whole-rock chemistry. The studied BIF ore samples have a narrow range of TFe between 30.90 wt.% and 43.20 wt.%, indicating a low-grade ore. The geochemical signatures of magnetite such as low contents of base metals (e. g., Cu, Co, V, and Zn) and low Co/Zn ratios < 0.85 indicate a hydrothermal origin. Combined with the geochemical features of these BIFs, e. g., high Fe/Ti and Fe/Al ratios (mean > 600 and > 75, respectively), we suggest that magnetite was derived from a mixture of seawater and similar to 0.1% low-temperature hydrothermal fluids in an oxidizing environment. Collectively, low-temperature hydrothermal and later metamorphic fluids were necessary for the transformation of the protolith Nyong Complex BIFs to iron ore. |
WOS研究方向 | Geology |
语种 | 英语 |
出版者 | CHINA UNIV GEOSCIENCES, WUHAN |
WOS记录号 | WOS:001162401600018 |
内容类型 | 期刊论文 |
源URL | [http://ir.qdio.ac.cn/handle/337002/184589] |
专题 | 中国科学院海洋研究所 |
通讯作者 | Li, Huan |
作者单位 | 1.Ahmadu Bello Univ Zaria, Dept Geol, Zaria 810107, Nigeria 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Oceanol, Qingdao 266071, Peoples R China 3.Cent South Univ, Sch Geosci & Infophys, Changsha 410083, Peoples R China 4.Univ Yaounde I, Dept Earth Sci, Yaounde 3412, Cameroon |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Tamehe, Landry Soh,Li, Huan,Ganno, Sylvestre,et al. Insight into the Origin of Iron Ore Based on Elemental Contents of Magnetite and Whole-Rock Geochemistry: A Case of the Bipindi Banded Iron Formations, Nyong Complex, SW Cameroon[J]. JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCE,2024,35(1):16-28. |
APA | Tamehe, Landry Soh,Li, Huan,Ganno, Sylvestre,Chen, Zuxing,Lemdjou, Yanick Brice,&Elatikpo, Safiyanu Muhammad.(2024).Insight into the Origin of Iron Ore Based on Elemental Contents of Magnetite and Whole-Rock Geochemistry: A Case of the Bipindi Banded Iron Formations, Nyong Complex, SW Cameroon.JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCE,35(1),16-28. |
MLA | Tamehe, Landry Soh,et al."Insight into the Origin of Iron Ore Based on Elemental Contents of Magnetite and Whole-Rock Geochemistry: A Case of the Bipindi Banded Iron Formations, Nyong Complex, SW Cameroon".JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCE 35.1(2024):16-28. |
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