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Low-temperature hydrothermal Pt mineralization in uvarovite-bearing ophiolitic chromitites from the Dominican Republic

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Platinum-group elements (PGEs) occur in ophiolitic chromitite in the Dominican Republic as platinum-group minerals (PGMs) in spatial association with hydrothermal uvarovite and chromian clinochlore. Bulk-rock total PGE content in a single analyzed chromitite sample is of 6.54 g/t. Three main PGM types are distinguished: euhedral magmatic laurite completely encased in chromite, subhedral to euhedral Ru-Os-Fe-(Ir) compounds partially encased in chromite, and anhedral Pt-Fe–Ni-rich grains exclusively embedded in uvarovite or chromian clinochlore. The Ru-Os-Fe-(Ir) compounds are interpreted as magmatic Ru-Os sulfides that experienced desulfurization during hydrothermal alteration of the chromitites, whereas the Pt-Fe–Ni-rich grains are hydrothermal in origin. We propose a model in which the Pt-Fe–Ni-rich PGMs formed via the accumulation of nanoparticles directly precipitated from the hydrothermal fluids. An estimation of the temperature of crystallization of uvarovite and chromian clinochlore suggests hydrothermal alteration of the chromitite within the thermal range of 150–350 °C. Thermodynamic modeling shows that, within this range of temperature, Pt could be mobilized as aqueous bisulfide complexes (HS−) by S-poor, highly reducing hydrothermal fluids originated during serpentinization of the host chromitite rock. The crystallization of Ni sulfides in the chromitite would drop the S concentration of the fluid, causing the precipitation of Pt as native element. Ultimately, this process contributes to constrain the conditions for the genesis of hydrothermal PGE mineralizations in ophiolitic chromitites.

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Acknowledgements

We thank Dr. Àngels Canals for her help in the development of this research. The help and hospitality extended by the staff of the Cerro de Maimón mine (Perilya-CORMIDOM) during sampling are also gratefully acknowledged, with special reference to Cevero Chavez.

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Funding for this research was provided by the Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER) Funds, the Spanish projects CGL2015-65824 granted by the Spanish Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO) and the PID2019-105625RB-C21 granted by the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN) to JAP, and RTI2018-099157-A-I00, also from the MICINN to JMGJ. Additional funding was obtained from the Ramón y Cajal Fellowship RYC-2015–17596 to JMGJ, and the FPI Ph.D. grant BES-2016–076887 to JFdP sponsored by MINECO. Additional support was provided by the University of Barcelona and University of Granada, Spain.

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  1. Departament de Mineralogia, Petrologia i Geologia Aplicada, Universitat de Barcelona, C/ Martí i Franquès, s/n, 08028, Barcelona, Spain

    Júlia Farré-de-Pablo, Joaquín A. Proenza & Cristina Domènech

  2. Departamento de Mineralogía y Petrología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, Fuentenueva s/n, 18002, Granada, Spain

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    José María González-Jiménez & Antonio Garcia-Casco

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    Thomas Aiglsperger

  5. Geological Engineering Program, Faculty of Sciences and Engineering, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP), Av. Universitaria 1801, San Miguel, Lima, 15088, Peru

    Lisard Torró

  6. Institut de Recerca de l’Aigua (IdRA), Universitat de Barcelona (UB), 08001, Barcelona, Spain

    Cristina Domènech

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Farré-de-Pablo, J., Proenza, J.A., González-Jiménez, J.M. et al. Low-temperature hydrothermal Pt mineralization in uvarovite-bearing ophiolitic chromitites from the Dominican Republic. Miner Deposita 57, 955–976 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00126-021-01079-8

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