Determinations of Platinum-Group Element (PGE) Distributions Using Whole-rock, SEM, EMPA, Image Analysis, and LA-ICP-MS Techniques in the Kelly Lake Ni-Cu-PGE Deposit, Sudbury (original) (raw)

2004

Abstract

The Kelly Lake deposit is a Ni-Cu-PGE offset-style deposit that occurs at the south end of the Copper Cliff Offset (CCO), Sudbury. The deposit consists of four ore bodies (710, 720, 725, and 740) that were first identified in 1997 and contain a published 10.5 million tonnes of ore at 1.77% Ni, 1.34% Cu, and 3.6 g/tonne combined Pt + Pd + Au. The ore bodies have a sub-vertical orientation and plunge to the south. The CCO consists of an inclusion-and sulfide-poor marginal zone of quartz diorite (QD) and an inclusion- and sulfide-rich core of QD. The sulfide assemblage is similar to other deposits along the CCO, comprising pentlandite (Pn), pyrrhotite (Po), and chalcopyrite (Ccp) with minor pyrite (Py) and trace amounts of galena [PbS]. The platinum-group mineral assemblage consists of michenerite [(Pd,Pt)BiTe], sperrylite [PtAs2], and microinclusions of hollingworthite [(Rh,Pt,Pd)AsS] and ruarsite [RuAsS], which are associated with the bismuth-telluride, tsumoite [BiTe] and the sulfar...

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