×
Home Current Archive Editorial board
News Contact
Original scientific article

SREBRENICA OREFIELD, PODRINJE METALLOGENIC DISTRICT, REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA, B&H: HYDRATED Fe(Al)-PHOSPHATES AND THEIR PARAGENESES WITHIN THE Pb-Zn MINERALIZATION

By
Slobodan Radosavljević ,
Slobodan Radosavljević
Contact Slobodan Radosavljević

Institute for Technology of Nuclear and Other Mineral Raw Materials, Applied Mineralogy Unit, Belgrade, Serbia

Dragoslav Đorđević ,
Dragoslav Đorđević

Institute for Technology of Nuclear and Other Mineral Raw Materials, Applied Mineralogy Unit, Belgrade, Serbia

Jovica Stojanović ,
Jovica Stojanović

Institute for Technology of Nuclear and Other Mineral Raw Materials, Applied Mineralogy Unit, Belgrade, Serbia

Ana Radosavljević-Mihajlović ,
Ana Radosavljević-Mihajlović

Institute for Technology of Nuclear and Other Mineral Raw Materials, Applied Mineralogy Unit, Belgrade, Serbia

Vladan Kašić
Vladan Kašić

Institute for Technology of Nuclear and Other Mineral Raw Materials, Applied Mineralogy Unit, Belgrade, Serbia

Abstract

The Srebrenica orefield is mostly composed of Tertiary dacite-andesites, and quartz latites, pyroclastites, Paleozoic schists, and Quaternary sediments, but in a in a lesser extent. The latest research showed that in the Srebrenica orefield occur complex mineral parageneses and associations deposited in pneumatolytic-hydrothermal and hydrothermal (from high- to low-temperature) stage, accompanied with very rare minerals. Beside ore mineral parageneses and associations, specials emphasis was on rare hydrated phosphates: vivianite, ludlamite, and vauxite. It is important to say that vauxite from the Srebrenica orefield is fourth discovery in the world. The minerals above were studied using DTA-TGA, IR-spectroscopy, and XRPD.

References

1.
Schmid-Beurmann P. Stability properties and phase relations of Fe3+ 4-xFe2+ 3x (PO4)3(OH)3-3xO3x in the quaternary system FeO±Fe2O3±P2O5±H2O. J Mater Chem. 2001;11:660–7.
2.
Moore P. The Fe3(H2O)n(PO4)2 homologous series: Crystal-chemical relationships and oxidized equivalents. Am Min. 1971;56:1–17.
3.
Moore P. Crystal chemistry of the basic iron phosphates. Am Min. 1970;55:135–69.
4.
Moore PB. Crystallochemical aspects of the phosphate minerals. 1984.
5.
Janjić S, Đorđević D, Jovanović R, Bugarski P. Pojava veseljita u području Kreševa. Sarajevo Geološki Glasnik. 1973;17:181–92.
6.
Vulić P, Kalenberg V, Lazić B, Dimitrijevć R, Đorđević D. Veseljit iz lokalnosti Zdravo Vrelo pored Kreševa (Bosna i Hercegovina): mineraloška karakterizacija i apsolutna kristalna struktura. In: XIV Konferencija srpskog kristalografskog društva: Izvodi radova, Vršac. 2007. p. 16–7.
7.
Danisi RM, Armbruster T, Lazic B, Vulić P, Kaindl R, Dimitrijević R, et al. In situ dehydration behavior of veszelyite (Cu,Zn)2Zn(PO4)(OH)32H2O: A single-crystal X-ray study. Am Min. 2013;98:1261–9.
8.
Ramović M. Rudne parageneze u oblasti Srebrenice (Istočna Bosna. 1963. p. 1–96.
9.
Radosavljević S. Minerogenetske karakteristike srebra u Pb-Zn ležištima podrinjske oblasti. Manuskript - doktorska disertacija: Rudarsko-geološki fakultet Univerziteta u Beogradu. 1988. p. 1–256.
10.
S. ĐD, J. S, V K. Rudno polje Srebrenice, podrinjska metalogenetska oblast. Istočna Bosna: grajzenizacija i mineralizacije kalaja, titana i retkih zemalja. In: IV Savjetovanje geologa Bosne i Hercegovine CD. 2011. p. 117–26.
11.
Stojanović S, J. Minerali iz grupe sulfosoli sa rudnog polja Srebrenice, podrinjska metalogenetska oblast Istočna Bosna. Beograd Tehnika RGM, broj. 2013;1, godina 64:51–6.
12.
Đorđević R, D. Mineraloško ispitivanje ludlmita i vivijanita iz rudnika SaseSrebrenica. Novi Sad. 14 kongres geologa Srbije i Crne Gore sa sa međunarodnim učešćem. Knjiga apstrakata. 2005;21–2.
13.
Lj. Vivianit aus der Zink- und Bleigrube Srebrenica in Ostbosnien (Jugoslawien) mit Angaben uber den Vivianit aus eingen anderen Fundstellen. Bull JAZU: Section A, t 15, No 1-2, Lettres a la Redaction, Mineralogie, Abstract. 1970;(549):1–2.
14.
R. C, Lj. Đ, D., Radosavljević S. A note on occurrence of rare mineral from Vauxite group. In: 26 Svetski Geološki kongres Resumes. 1980. p. 122.
15.
R. Least Squares unit cell refinement with indexing on the personal computer (Lsucripc. Powder Diffraction. 1986;1:114–7.
16.
R. W, M. M, W. K, T., Ding Z. Dehydration of synthetic and natural vivianite. Thermochim Acta. 2002;71155:1–10.
17.
J.W. B, R.A. B, K.W., Nichols MC. In: Arsenates, Phosphates, Vanadates. 2000. p. 1–680.
18.
K., Henderson G. The thermochemistry of some iron phosphate minerals: vivianite, metavivianite, baricite, ludlamite and vivianite/metavivianite admixtures. Thermochim Acta. 1986;104:1–12.
19.
A. Vivianite auto-oxidation. Phys Chem Minerals. 1997;25:24–7.
20.
T. K, U., Stojanović J. Crystal structure and hydrogen bonding in vauxite, Fe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2•6H2O from Vitlovac locality, Bosnia and Herzegovina. In: Joint Meeting of the DGK, DMG and ÖMG. 2011. p. 136.
21.
W.H., Rao BR. The crystal structure and the chemical composition of vauxite. American Mineralogist. 1968;53:1025–8.
22.
J.W. The Mineralogy, Geochemistry and Phosphate Paragenesis of the Plaermo #2 Pegmatite, North Groton, New Hampshire. University of New Orleans, Thesis and Disertations, Paper. 2006;398.
23.
A.M. K, Fontan PA, F. The phosphate mineral associations of the Tsaobismund pegmatite, Nambia. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 1986;92:502–17.

Citation

This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. 

Article metrics

Google scholar: See link

The statements, opinions and data contained in the journal are solely those of the individual authors and contributors and not of the publisher and the editor(s). We stay neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.