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Organic Matter and its Significance for the Genesis of the Copper-Bearing Shales (Kupferschiefer) from the Fore-Sudetic Monocline (Poland)

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Bitumens in Ore Deposits

Part of the book series: Special Publication of the Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits ((MINERAL DEPOS.,volume 9))

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Geochemical data for the organic matter (OM) in the Fore-Sudetic copper-bearing shales have been collected and evaluated. They were also compared with those for OM from the German Kupferschiefer. The organic matter (up to 20wt.%) has been one of the principal agents in the formation and transformations of the Kupferschiefer deposit. Bitumens represent about 3% of the whole OM. The organic matter is mainly of sapropelic origin (phytoplankton, algae, bacteria) and was deposited under highly reducing conditions. The specific composition of OM in the mineralized areas might be attributed to mineralization processes, e.g., microbial reduction of metal ions and sulphates. The OM of the “Rote Faule” areas has been secondarily oxidized by different processes, connected not only with ore mineralization. Some metals (V, Ni, noble metals) are still present in bitumens and probably also in kerogen in the form of organometallic compounds. The organic matter could take part in metal accumulation, reduction, precipitation and remobilization of sulphides, and also transformations of clay minerals. It is shown that some typical maturation parameters can be of dubious value in the case of organic matter from the ore deposits.

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Sawlowicz, Z. (1993). Organic Matter and its Significance for the Genesis of the Copper-Bearing Shales (Kupferschiefer) from the Fore-Sudetic Monocline (Poland). In: Parnell, J., Kucha, H., Landais, P. (eds) Bitumens in Ore Deposits. Special Publication of the Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits, vol 9. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-85806-2_23

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