Timing of magmatism and mineralisation at Falun, a major base metal sulphide deposit in the Fennoscandian Shield, Sweden

• U-Pb (zircon) ion probe geochronology on key lithologies at the Palaeoproterozoic Falun Zn-Pb-Cu-(Au-Ag) sulphide deposit in the south-western part of the Fennoscandian Shield has been carried out. Results suggest that dominantly felsic sub-volcanic intrusion, hydrothermal alteration, ore formation and intrusion by dykes and plutons took place in a short time interval between 1894 ± 3 Ma and 1891 ± 3 Ma. Analogues to intra-arc VMS mineralisation in Peru are discussed.

Subject headings

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap -- Geologi (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences -- Geology (hsv//eng)

Keyword

U-Pb geochronology

zircon

Palaeoproterozoic

Falun

Bergslagen

base metal sulphide deposit

Fennoscandian Shield

Ore Geology

Malmgeologi

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