Geothermal mineralized scales in the pipe system of the geothermal Piancastagnaio power plant (Mt. Amiata geothermal area): a key to understand the stibnite, cinnabarite and gold mineralization of Tuscany (central Italy)
| Autor: | Peter Möller, Giulio Morteani, Giovanni Ruggieri, Christine Preinfalk |
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| Přispěvatelé: | 5.2 Climate Dynamics and Landscape Evolution, 5.0 Earth Surface Processes, Departments, GFZ Publication Database, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum |
| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Epithermal
Calcite Mineralization (geology) Microseism Power station Stibnite Geochemistry Geothermal fluids 550 - Earth sciences Mineral resource classification chemistry.chemical_compound Geophysics Cinnabar chemistry Geochemistry and Petrology Economic Geology Mt. Amiata Geothermal gradient Geology |
| Zdroj: | Mineralium Deposita Mineralium deposita 46 (2011): 197–210. doi:10.1007/s00126-010-0316-5 info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Morteani G. (1), Ruggieri G. (2), Möller P. (3), Preinfalk C. (4)/titolo:Geothermal mineralized scales in the pipe system of the geothermal Piancastagnaio power plant (Mt. Amiata geothermal area): a key to understand the stibnite, cinnabarite and gold mineralization of Tuscany (central Italy)/doi:10.1007%2Fs00126-010-0316-5/rivista:Mineralium deposita/anno:2011/pagina_da:197/pagina_a:210/intervallo_pagine:197–210/volume:46 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00126-010-0316-5 |
| Popis: | The CO2-rich geothermal fluids produced in the Piancastagnaio geothermal field (Mt. Amiata geothermal area, Southern Tuscany, Italy) show temperatures up to 360°C and pressures of about 200 bar at depths of around 3,500 m (Giolito, Ph.D. thesis, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy, pp 1-147, 2005). CaCO3- and/or SiO2-dominated scales are deposited in the pipes leading to the pressure and atmospheric separators of the geothermal wells. High content of metastibnite and/or stibnite in both calcite and silica scales and Sb contents of up to 50 mg/L in the fluids indicate their mineralising potential. The red or black colours of the scales depend on the predominance of red metastibnite or black stibnite, respectively. In our condensation experiments, as well as during deposition of the scales, metastibnite is the first Sb2S3 mineral to form. In a second stage, metastibnite is transformed to stibnite. During depressurization the Hg content of geothermal fluids partitions preferentially into the gas phase, whereas Sb and As remain in the liquid phase. This separation explains the often observed areal separation of Hg and Sb mineralization. The multistage deposition of Sb in the mining district of Tuscany is due to a periodic restoration of the permeability of the ore-bearing faults by microseismic events and subsequent host rock brecciation. The still ongoing microseismic events are induced by the accumulation of high-pressure CO2-rich fluids along faults followed by mechanical failure of the faults. |
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