Phreatic sulphide bearing quartz breccias between crystalline basement and Collio formation (Southern Alps, Italy)

Servida, Diego and Moroni, Marilena and Ravagnani, Daniele and Rodeghiero, Franco and Venerandi, Ida and De Capitani, Luisa and Grieco, Giovanni (2010) Phreatic sulphide bearing quartz breccias between crystalline basement and Collio formation (Southern Alps, Italy). Italian journal of geosciences, 129 (2). pp. 223-236. ISSN 2038-1727

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Abstract

In this work a report is given of the geological, petrographic and ore mineralogical features of several sulphide-bearing quartz breccia (SQB) bodies outcropping in a structurally complex sector of the Orobic Alps (Southern Alpine domain) and close to the uranium-rich mining area of Novazza. Although little studied, these breccia bodies were previously attributed to different genetic processes and/or geological domains (e.g., Crystalline Basement, Basal Conglomerate formation). The features of the SQB bodies suggest a hydrothermal origin likely related to the large-scale hydrothermal process causing the formation of the nearby uranium ore deposit at Novazza

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Abstract anche in italiano
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Phreatic breccia, hydrothermal activity, orobic alps, Novazza, quartz, sulphides
Subjects:	500 Scienze naturali e Matematica > 550 Scienze della Terra > 551 Geologia, Idrologia, Meteorologia
Depositing User:	Users 66 not found.
Date Deposited:	31 May 2012 09:27
Last Modified:	31 May 2012 09:27
URI:	http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/3562

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