Jupiter (Mount Morgans)
Western Australia, Laverton greenstone belt, Australia
Orogenic goldAu
- Type
- Orogenic gold (Archaean greenstone belt)
Laverton greenstone belt (north-eastern Eastern Goldfields Province, Yilgarn Craton), greenschist-facies metamorphism. Orogenic gold dated at about 2.65 Ga across the district (hydrothermal monazite and xenotime, SHRIMP U-Pb), unrelated in age to nearby granitoids: a single fluid from a deep, distal source according to the authors; regional fluid calculated at 300 °C at δ13C -3.9 ‰ and δ18O +5.8 ‰. Hematite-quartz-carbonate altered syenite stock, with quartz-pyrite-galena-gold veins; monazite and xenotime dated at 2657 ± 21 Ma. Negative sulphide δ34S (pyrite down to -2.0 ‰, galena down to -9.8 ‰), ascribed to the oxidised state of the host rock. Coordinates from Mindat.
δ34S in ‰ (per mil) Values of the same system
Standard : V-CDT
| Value | Range | n | Mineral or matrix | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| −0.5 ± 1.42 ‰ | −2 / 0.9 ‰ | 4 | pyrite of quartz-pyrite-galena-gold veins in syenite Mean and standard deviation recalculated from 4 analyses, samples BS24 and BS26; oxidised hematite-bearing host rock. | Salier et al. (2005), Geochronological and Stable Isotope Evidence for Widespread Orogeni… |
| −7.75 ± 2.9 ‰ | −9.8 / −5.7 ‰ | 2 | galena of quartz-pyrite-galena-gold veins in syenite Mean and standard deviation recalculated from 2 analyses, samples BS24 and BS25, the lowest values of the belt. | Salier et al. (2005), Geochronological and Stable Isotope Evidence for Widespread Orogeni… |
δ13C in ‰ (per mil) Values of the same system
Standard : V-PDB
| Value | Range | n | Mineral or matrix | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| −2.95 ± 0.92 ‰ | −3.6 / −2.3 ‰ | 2 | dolomite of auriferous veins (syenite and basalt) Mean and standard deviation recalculated from 2 analyses, BS24 in syenite, BS25 in a basalt breccia; only two of four samples contained enough carbonate. | Salier et al. (2005), Geochronological and Stable Isotope Evidence for Widespread Orogeni… |
δ18O in ‰ (per mil) Values of the same system
Standard : V-SMOW
| Value | Range | n | Mineral or matrix | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13.95 ± 1.06 ‰ | 13.2 / 14.7 ‰ | 2 | dolomite of auriferous veins (syenite and basalt) Mean and standard deviation recalculated from 2 analyses. | Salier et al. (2005), Geochronological and Stable Isotope Evidence for Widespread Orogeni… |
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Cite this page
IsoFind Atlas (2026). Jupiter (Mount Morgans), isotope signatures. https://www.isofind.tech/isotopes/en/deposits/jupiter-mount-morgans/ (accessed 2026-10-14).
@misc{isofind2026jupitermountmorgansisotopesig,
title = {Jupiter (Mount Morgans), isotope signatures},
author = {{IsoFind Atlas}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.isofind.tech/isotopes/en/deposits/jupiter-mount-morgans/},
note = {Accessed 2026-10-14}
}Updated : 2026-10-14