Mineralogical and geochemical characteristics of the host-rocks from Ag-polymetallic Rupice deposit, Bosnia and Herzegovina

master's thesis

• Title: Mineralogical and geochemical characteristics of the host-rocks from Ag-polymetallic Rupice deposit, Bosnia and Herzegovina : master's thesis
• Author: Ema Vokić
• Mentor: Sibila Borojević Šoštarić (mentor)
• Mentor: Tomislav Brenko (pomoć pri izradi, neposredni voditelj)
• Committee member: Sibila Borojević Šoštarić (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Duje Smirčić (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Stanko Ružičić (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering; (Department of Mineralogy, Petrology and Mineral Resources); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2024-02-22, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: NATURAL SCIENCES; Geology

Abstract

The Triassic succession of the Rupice deposit comprises deep-sea siliciclastic-carbonate, volcanoclastic, and chert units. Five cores were selected for petrographic and geochemical analysis to determine the characteristics and deposition conditions of lithotypes, as well as the genesis of the deposit. Five facies and eleven lithotypes were differentiated: 1. Siliciclastic-carbonate facies (lithotypes dolomitic marl, silicified marl, dolomitic silt-stone, silicified siltstone, dolomicrite, LD dolomite, and dolomite breccia), 2. Spilite facies (lithotypes tuff, amygdaloidal basalt, spilite breccia), 3. Chert facies (lithotype radiolarite), 4. Ore-bearing facies (sulphide mineralization and mineralized dolomitic breccia), and 5. Limestone facies (lithotype mudstone). The deep-sea siliciclastic-carbonate facies were deposited in the Anisian during the opening of the Dinaric Tethys, fol-lowed by advanced rifting in the Anisian-Ladinian, which was accompanied by the deposition of radiolarite and followed by a magmatic-hydrothermal phase. In the Eocene-Oligocene, the basin closure occurred through reverse faulting, resulting in overthrusts and a duplex structure of the deposit.

• Keywords: Ag-polymetallic Rupice deposit; duplex structure; Dinaric Tethys sedimentation basin
• Language: english
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:169:921938
• Study programme: Title: Geology; specializations in: Geology of mineral resources and geophysical explorations; Course: Geology of mineral resources and geophysical explorations; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra geologije (magistar/magistra geologije)
• Type of resource: Text
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• Access conditions: Embargoed access; Embargo expiration date: 2025-02-22
• Created on: 2025-01-15 10:45:38