SULFIDE SULFUR ISOTOPE SOURCES OF THE NEOARCHEAN IRON ORE DEPOSITS IN THE KOSTOMUKSHA GREENSTONE BELT, KARELIA (RUSSIA)

S. V. Vysotskiy; Высоцкий С. В.; A. I. Khanchuk; Ханчук А. И.; T. A. Velivetskaya; Веливецкая Т. А.; A. V. Ignatiev; Игнатьев А. В.; A. V. Aseeva; Асеева А. В.; N. S. Nesterova; Нестерова Н. С.

doi:10.31857/S2686739722602988

SULFIDE SULFUR ISOTOPE SOURCES OF THE NEOARCHEAN IRON ORE DEPOSITS IN THE KOSTOMUKSHA GREENSTONE BELT, KARELIA (RUSSIA)

Authors: Vysotskiy S.V.¹, Khanchuk A.I.¹, Velivetskaya T.A.¹, Ignatiev A.V.¹, Aseeva A.V.¹, Nesterova N.S.¹
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1. Far East Geological Institute, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Issue: Vol 510, No 2 (2023)
Pages: 142-148
Section: GEOLOGY OF ORE DEPOSITS
Submitted: 30.01.2025
Published: 01.06.2023
URL: https://edgccjournal.org/2686-7397/article/view/649644
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S2686739722602988
EDN: https://elibrary.ru/UJEEUL
ID: 649644

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In this paper we provide primary data on multi-isotope sulfur composition of the Neoarchean BIF sulfides of the Kostomuksha greenstone belt in Karelia (the Karelian Craton on Fennoscandian Shield). These sulfides formed at 2760–2740 Ma. Pyrite associated with fine-grained magnetite showed negative δ³⁴S values (up to –7.8‰) and positive Δ³³S values (up to +0.7‰). At the same time, pyrrhotite of vein-disseminated ores associated with shale demonstrated both negative δ³⁴S (up to –6‰), and Δ³³S values (up to –0.46‰). Based on the obtained data we assume that sulfur for the BIF sulfides was transported from three reservoirs: - atmospheric (photolytic), hydrospheric (seawater sulfate), and magmatogenic. Sulfur isotope ratios in sulfides preserved the evidence of interaction between abiological (atmospheric, hydrothermal) and biological processes (dissimilatory microbial reduction) that occurred during the formation of iron ore deposits of the Kostomuksha greenstone belt in Karelia.

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multi-isotope sulfur composition, banded iron formations, Archean, Karelian Craton

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