Laverne, Christine (1993): Chemical composition of siderites and clay minerals from DSDP Holes 70-506G and 70-507B [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.706044, Supplement to: Laverne, C (1993): Occurrence of siderite and ankerite in young basalts from the Galápagos Spreading Center (DSDP Holes 506G and 507B). Chemical Geology, 106(1-2), 27-46, https://doi.org/10.1016/0009-2541(93)90164-E
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Abstract:
As soon as they are emplaced on the sea floor, oceanic basalts go through a low-temperature alteration process which produces black halos concentrical with exposed surfaces and cracks, whereas the grey internal parts of the basaltic pieces apparently remain unaltered.
This paper reports for the first time the occurrence of authigenic siderite and ankerite in oceanic basalts and more particularly in the grey internal parts of the latter. Small (8-50 µm) crystals of zoned siderite and ankerite have been observed in ten vesicles of two samples recovered from DSDP Holes 506G and 507B drilled south of the Galápagos Spreading Center (GSC). These Fe-carbonates show a large range of chemical composition (FeCO3 = 47-88%; CaCO3 = 5-40%; MgCO3 = 1-20%; MnCO3 = 0-11%). Most of them are Ca-richer than siderite reported in the literature.
The chemical composition of the carbonate clearly reflects the fluctuation of the fluid chemical composition during crystallization. Mn and at least part of the Fe are thought to be hydrothermal in origin, whereas Mg and probably Ca were provided by seawater. It is proposed that siderite and ankerite formed at relatively low temperature (<85°C) and is metastable.
The alteration of the GSC basalts seems to have proceeded in two stages: during the first, reducing stage, pyrite precipitated from hydrothermal fluids. A little further in the rock, siderite precipitated from the fluid which had already been modified by the formation of pyrite, and thus in a microenvironment where particular conditions prevailed (high P_CO2, increasing p_S**2- or increasing pH or increasing or decreasing pe). During the second, oxidizing, stage of alteration, a seawater-dominated fluid allowed crystallization of mixtures of Fe-rich smectites and micas, and Fe-hydroxides forming the black halos in the external portion of the basalt pieces and locally oxidizing pyrite and siderite in their innermost part.
It is shown in this paper that, even at its earliest stage, and at low temperature, alteration of the upper oceanic crust (lavas) involves fluids enriched in Fe and Mn, interpreted to be of hydrothermal origin.
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Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP)
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Median Latitude: 0.599025 * Median Longitude: -86.091125 * South-bound Latitude: 0.566700 * West-bound Longitude: -86.091500 * North-bound Latitude: 0.609800 * East-bound Longitude: -86.090000
Date/Time Start: 1979-11-15T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1979-11-20T00:00:00
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70-506G * Latitude: 0.609800 * Longitude: -86.091500 * Date/Time: 1979-11-15T00:00:00 * Elevation: -2703.0 m * Penetration: 32.5 m * Recovery: 1 m * Location: North Pacific/MOUND * Campaign: Leg70 * Basis: Glomar Challenger * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 2 cores; 5 m cored; 0 m drilled; 21 % recovery
70-507B * Latitude: 0.566700 * Longitude: -86.090000 * Date/Time: 1979-11-20T00:00:00 * Elevation: -2691.0 m * Penetration: 38 m * Recovery: 0.6 m * Location: North Pacific/MOUND * Campaign: Leg70 * Basis: Glomar Challenger * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 1 cores; 7 m cored; 0 m drilled; 9 % recovery
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- Laverne, C (1993): (Table 1) Selected microprobe analyses of clay minerals occurring in a black halo of a sample from DSDP Hole 70-506G. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.706034
- Laverne, C (1993): (Table 2) Composition of siderites from DSDP Holes 70-506G and 70-507B. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.706041