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Sulphur Isotope Ratios in the McArthur Lead-Zinc-Silver Deposit

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THE massive, stratiform McArthur lead-zinc-silver deposit, situated in the Northern Territory of Australia, is approximately 1,600×106 yr old. This deposit is remarkable in that unlike the similarly aged stratiform Mount Isa and Broken Hill lead-zinc-silver orebodies1,2, the degree of metamorphism is slight. Consequently, primitive mineral textures have been preserved which provide a valuable insight into sedimentary ore forming processes. With these aspects in mind, an isotopic study of these deposits has been commenced, and already the preliminary 34S/32S ratios determined for the McArthur deposit permit tentative conclusions to be made concerning its origin.

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  1. CSIRO Division of Mineralogy, North Ryde, New South Wales

    J. W. SMITH & N. J. W. CROXFORD

  2. Mount Isa Mines Ltd, Mount Isa, Queensland

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SMITH, J., CROXFORD, N. Sulphur Isotope Ratios in the McArthur Lead-Zinc-Silver Deposit. Nature Physical Science 245, 10–12 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/physci245010a0

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