(Table 1) Mineralogy of veins in basalts at DSDP Hole 61-462A

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Numerous veins are present in basalts recovered from Hole 462A, Leg 61 of the Deep Sea Drilling Project. Three mineral assemblages are recognized and stratigraphically controlled. These assemblages are (1) a zeolite-bearing, quartz-poor assemblage which occurs from Core 44 to the bottom of the hole and contains smectite, clinoptilolite, calcite, pyrite, ± chabazite, ± analcime, ± quartz, ± apophyllite, ± talc (?); (2) a quartz-rich, pyrite-bearing assemblage, found between Cores 19 and 29, which contains smectite, calcite, quartz, and pyrite; and (3) a quartz-rich, celadonite-bearing assemblage which occurs from Cores 14 through 17 and contains smectite, calcite, quartz, celadonite, and Fe oxide. These data are interpreted to represent two episodes of vein mineral formation with an oxidative overprint on the more recent. The first episode followed the outpourings of basaltic lavas onto the sea floor. Zeolite-bearing veins were formed at elevated temperatures under low PCO2 while the thermal gradient was high and before a cover of calcareous sediments had formed. The second mineralization episode followed injection of basalt and microdiabase sills into a thick layer of sediments, and produced all the vein minerals now occurring between Cores 14 and 29. These veins formed at lower temperature and higher PCO2 than zeolite-bearing veins. The presence of pyrite indicates a nonoxidative environment. After the initial formation of these veins, oxygenated seawater diffused through the sedimentary cover and oxidized the pyrite and smectite, forming celadonite and Fe oxides.

X = present, - = no data, tr = trace, ? = presence unknown.

Supplement to: Windom, Kenneth E; Book, Patricia (1981): Vein minerals in basalt, Hole 462A, Leg 61 of the Deep Sea Drilling Project. In: Larson, RL; Schlanger, SO; et al. (eds.), Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project (U.S. Govt. Printing Office), 61, 647-651

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DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.819897
Related Identifier https://doi.org/10.2973/dsdp.proc.61.123.1981
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Creator Windom, Kenneth E; Book, Patricia
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 1981
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Language English
Resource Type Supplementary Dataset; Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 576 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (165.032 LON, 7.242 LAT)