| Ashanti (Obuasi) Ghana | | −20.9 / 7.3 ‰ | | syn-sedimentary to diagenetic pyrite (Birimian host schists) | Oberthur et al. 1996, Gold mineralization in the Ashanti Belt of Ghana, Economic Geology … |
| Witwatersrand basin South Africa | | −5 / 10 ‰ | | detrital pyrite (concentrically laminated and other) | Multi-isotope S study, Hofmann et al. 2009 EPSL 286:436-445 |
| Batu Hijau Indonesia | | 0.1 / 1.7 ‰ | | skarn sulfides (chalcopyrite, pyrite) | Garwin 2002, The geologic setting of intrusion-related hydrothermal systems near the Batu… |
| Batu Hijau Indonesia | | 0.1 / 1.4 ‰ | | porphyry sulfides (chalcopyrite, bornite, pyrite) | Garwin 2002, Batu Hijau porphyry copper-gold deposit |
| Batu Hijau Indonesia | | 10 / 15 ‰ | | sulfates (porphyry anhydrite) | Garwin 2002, Batu Hijau porphyry copper-gold deposit |
| Bingham Canyon United States | 1 ‰ | −2 / 5 ‰ | | | Porphyry copper systems (2010) |
| Boliden Sweden | | 2 / 3 ‰ | | arsenopyrite (massive ore and late veins) | Wagner et Boyce 2004, Laser microprobe sulphur isotope analysis of arsenopyrite, Boliden … |
| Bushveld, Merensky Reef South Africa | 2.2 ± 0.6 ‰ | | | sulfides (pentlandite, chalcopyrite, pyrite) | Penniston-Dorland et al. 2012, Multiple sulfur isotope evidence for surface-derived sulfu… |
| Bushveld, Merensky Reef South Africa | | 1.24 / 4.83 ‰ | | pyroxenite (Two Rivers Platinum mine) | Magson et al. 2021, A Comparative Study of Sulfur Isotope Variations within the Flatreef … |
| Bushveld, Platreef South Africa | | 9 / 14.2 ‰ | | sulfides (underlying Lower Zone peridotite) | Yudovskaya et al. 2017, Re-Os and S isotope evidence for the origin of Platreef mineraliz… |
| Bushveld, Platreef South Africa | | 0.7 / 18.6 ‰ | | Footwall Cyclic Unit (Flatreef) | Mayer et al. 2021, A Comparative Study of Sulfur Isotope Variations within the Flatreef a… |
| Bushveld, UG2 chromitite South Africa | 2.2 ± 0.6 ‰ | | | sulfides (pentlandite, chalcopyrite, pyrite) | Penniston-Dorland et al. 2012, Multiple sulfur isotope evidence for surface-derived sulfu… |
| Ceinture Pyriteuse Ibérique (représentant) Spain/Portugal | 2.5 ‰ | −3 / 8 ‰ | | | The sulfur and lead isotope record of the Iberian Pyrite Belt (2006) |
| Singhbhum Copper Belt India | | 3.8 / 6.9 ‰ | | pyrite and chalcopyrite (Surda deposit) | Chowdhury et al. 2020, Major and trace element and multiple sulfur isotope composition of… |
| Cerro Negro (Marianas-San Marcos vein system) Argentina | | −2 / −1 ‰ | | hydrothermal fluid (δ34S) | Vidal et al. 2016, The Marianas-San Marcos vein system: characteristics of a shallow low … |
| Chuquicamata Chile | 1.5 ‰ | −2 / 7 ‰ | | | Porphyry copper systems (2010) |
| Stillwater Complex (J-M Reef) United States | 0.4 ± 1.7 ‰ | −3.8 / 7.8 ‰ | 233 | bulk samples (metasediments, sills, basal sulfides and J-M Reef) | Zientek et al. (USGS), Sulfur isotope studies of the Stillwater Complex and associated ro… (2000) |
| Stillwater Complex (J-M Reef) United States | −0.4 ‰ | | 1 | J-M Reef sulfides (sample ST9) | Malitch et al. (2014), Insights into ore genesis of Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide deposits of the Nor… |
| Daocaowan China | | 6.65 / 9.29 ‰ | | stibnite | Daocaowan Sb deposit, mineralogy and stable isotopes, Minerals (2022) |
| Escondida Chile | 1 ‰ | −3 / 6 ‰ | | | Porphyry copper systems (2010) |
| Flin Flon Canada | 2.5 ‰ | −2 / 8 ‰ | | | Volcanic-associated massive sulfide deposits (2005) |
| Fresnillo Mexico | | −8 / −4.1 ‰ | | galena | Camprubi et Albinson 2007, Geological features of the Fresnillo Ag deposit |
| Fresnillo Mexico | | −5 / −2 ‰ | | sphalerite | Camprubi et Albinson 2007, Geological features of the Fresnillo Ag deposit |
| Gisements MVT Rhénan (Bleiberg, Mechernich) Germany/Austria | 8 ‰ | −5 / 22 ‰ | | | The zinc-lead deposits of Belgium (1990) |
| Gongchangling China | 9.43 ± 2.65 ‰ | 5.5 / 11.2 ‰ | 4 | pyrite of high-grade ore and altered wall rocks | Wang et al. (2024), Paleoproterozoic hydrothermal overprinting over Neoarchean banded iro… |
| Gongchangling China | 0.27 ± 1.02 ‰ | −0.9 / 1.4 ‰ | 4 | BIF pyrite | Wang et al. (2024), Paleoproterozoic hydrothermal overprinting over Neoarchean banded iro… |
| Gounkoto Mali | 8.6 ± 2 ‰ | 5.8 / 12.8 ‰ | 18 | auriferous pyrite (jog zone) | Lawrence et al. 2015, The Gounkoto Au deposit West Africa: Constraints on ore genesis and… |
| Gounkoto Mali | 8.8 ‰ | | | auriferous arsenopyrite (one analysis) | Lawrence et al. 2015, Ore Geology Reviews |
| Great Dyke (Main Sulfide Zone) Zimbabwe | | 0.1 / 1 ‰ | | pyrite, pyrrhotite and pentlandite (Hartley) | Li et al. 2008, Sulfur isotope variation in pyrite-pyrrhotite-pentlandite of the Great Dy… |
| Great Dyke (Main Sulfide Zone) Zimbabwe | | −0.3 / 0.3 ‰ | | whole rock (Maier study, 2015) | Maier et al. 2015, Sulfur isotope variations across the Great Dyke |
| Hiendelaencina Spain | | 6 / 6 ‰ | | sulfides (andesitic magmatic source) | Lillo Ramos, The Hiendelaencina epithermal silver-base metal district, Central Spain, Min… (1992) |
| Jiaojia (Jiaodong gold district) China | 10.59 ± 0.75 ‰ | 8.8 / 11.9 ‰ | 40 | disseminated pyrite | Zhu et al. (2018), Iron isotope behavior during fluid/rock interaction in K-feldspar alte… |
| Kalgoorlie (Golden Mile) Australia | 3 ‰ | −2 / 9 ‰ | | | World distribution and genetic characteristics of orogenic gold deposits (2005) |
| Kidd Creek Canada | 2 ‰ | −1 / 7 ‰ | | | Volcanic-associated massive sulfide deposits (2005) |
| Linglong (Jiaodong gold district) China | 7.53 ± 0.66 ‰ | 6.3 / 8.6 ‰ | 24 | quartz-vein pyrite | Zhu et al. (2018), Iron isotope behavior during fluid/rock interaction in K-feldspar alte… |
| Llallagua Bolivia | −10.1 ‰ | | | fine-grained supergene alunite | Sugaki et al. K-Ar age determinations of vein- and rock-forming minerals from tin-polymet… (2000) |
| Loulo (district de Gara-Yalea) Mali | | 5.8 / 15.5 ‰ | | district sulfides (Gara, Yalea and others) | Lawrence et al. 2013, gold mineralization Loulo district |
| Loulo (district de Gara-Yalea) Mali | | 11.5 / 15.5 ‰ | | Gara sub-deposit sulfides | Lawrence et al. 2013, gold mineralization Loulo district |
| Loulo (district de Gara-Yalea) Mali | | 6 / 12.9 ‰ | | sulfides (three orebodies: Loulo 0, P64 and others) | Fouillac et al. 1993, A carbon oxygen hydrogen and sulfur isotopic study of the gold mine… |
| Southern Appalachians MVT United States | | 6.6 / 9.4 ‰ | | galena | Lead isotope geochemistry of MVT deposits of the southern Appalachians (2009) |
| Southern Appalachians MVT United States | | 12.7 / 13 ‰ | | sphalerite | Lead isotope geochemistry of MVT deposits of the southern Appalachians (2009) |
| Malanjkhand India | | −2.63 / −0.56 ‰ | | pyrite | Panigrahi et al. 2013, Reconstruction of Physicochemical Environment of Hydrothermal Mine… |
| Malanjkhand India | | −0.039 / 0.201 ‰ | | chalcopyrite | Panigrahi et al. 2013, Resource Geology 63:110-116 |
| Malanjkhand India | | 0.68 / 1.98 ‰ | | molybdenite | Panigrahi et al. 2013, Resource Geology 63:110-116 |
| Massawa Senegal | | 0 / 4.1 ‰ | | sulfides (arsenopyrite, pyrite, stibnite, all mineralisation stages) | Treloar et al. 2015, The Massawa gold deposit Eastern Senegal: an orogenic gold deposit s… |
| McArthur River (HYC) Australia | 16 ‰ | 10 / 25 ‰ | | | Sediment-hosted lead-zinc deposits: a global perspective (2005) |
| Monte Amiata Italy | | −0.9 / 5 ‰ | | cinnabar, marcasite and stibnite | Manceau et al. 2018, AJS 2026 |
| Muruntau Uzbekistan | 3.5 ‰ | −3 / 10 ‰ | | | World distribution and genetic characteristics of orogenic gold deposits (2005) |
| Neves-Corvo Portugal | 3 ‰ | −2 / 9 ‰ | | | The sulfur and lead isotope record of the Iberian Pyrite Belt (2006) |
| Norilsk-Talnakh Russia | 12.57 ± 0.54 ‰ | 11.5 / 13.3 ‰ | 15 | Kharaelakh intrusion, disseminated ore | Malitch et al. (2014), Insights into ore genesis of Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide deposits of the Nor… |
| Norilsk-Talnakh Russia | 12.76 ± 0.42 ‰ | 11.8 / 13.6 ‰ | 14 | Kharaelakh intrusion, massive ore | Malitch et al. (2014), Insights into ore genesis of Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide deposits of the Nor… |
| Norilsk-Talnakh Russia | 10.97 ± 0.44 ‰ | 9.9 / 12 ‰ | 40 | Talnakh intrusion, disseminated ore | Malitch et al. (2014), Insights into ore genesis of Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide deposits of the Nor… |
| Norilsk-Talnakh Russia | 10.88 ± 0.77 ‰ | 7.8 / 12.1 ‰ | 40 | Talnakh intrusion, massive ore | Malitch et al. (2014), Insights into ore genesis of Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide deposits of the Nor… |
| Norilsk-Talnakh Russia | 9.2 ± 1.82 ‰ | 7.5 / 13.8 ‰ | 9 | Noril'sk-1 intrusion, disseminated ore | Malitch et al. (2014), Insights into ore genesis of Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide deposits of the Nor… |
| Norilsk-Talnakh Russia | 0.39 ± 1.55 ‰ | −0.7 / 3.9 ‰ | 7 | Zub-Marksheider intrusion, disseminated ore | Malitch et al. (2014), Insights into ore genesis of Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide deposits of the Nor… |
| Norilsk-Talnakh Russia | 6.9 ± 1.17 ‰ | 5.1 / 8.5 ‰ | 11 | Vologochan intrusion, disseminated ore | Malitch et al. (2014), Insights into ore genesis of Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide deposits of the Nor… |
| Norilsk-Talnakh Russia | 10.86 ± 0.43 ‰ | 10.4 / 11.2 ‰ | 3 | Chernogorsk intrusion, disseminated ore | Malitch et al. (2014), Insights into ore genesis of Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide deposits of the Nor… |
| Norilsk-Talnakh Russia | 6.38 ± 1.89 ‰ | 1.8 / 7.6 ‰ | 8 | Nizhny Talnakh intrusion, disseminated ore | Malitch et al. (2014), Insights into ore genesis of Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide deposits of the Nor… |
| Olympic Dam Australia | 5 ‰ | −8 / 18 ‰ | | | Pb isotopes in ore deposits (1999) |
| Oyu Tolgoi Mongolia | | 9.8 / 17.9 ‰ | | alunite (sulfate sulfur) | Khashgerel et al. 2006, Geology and Reconnaissance Stable Isotope Study of the Oyu Tolgoi… |
| Pechenga Russia | | −2 / 2 ‰ | | sulfides (West camp, primary Kaul and Kotselvaara ferropicrites) | Barnes et Melezhik 2001 + Hanski 1992, The composition and mode of formation of the Peche… |
| Pechenga Russia | | 1 / 7 ‰ | | sulfides (East camp, large Pilgujärvi and Kierdzhipori intrusions) | Barnes et Melezhik 2001, Can. Mineral. 39:447-471 |
| Pueblo Viejo Dominican Republic | | −17.5 / 4.8 ‰ | | pre-mineralisation framboidal pyrite | Kettler et al. 1992, Gold deposition by sulfidation of ferrous Fe in lacustrine sediments… |
| Pueblo Viejo Dominican Republic | | 18.8 / 21.6 ‰ | | alunite and barite (acid-sulfate alteration) | Kettler et al. 1992, Chemical Geology |
| Rajpura-Dariba India | 1.9 ‰ | −6.7 / 9.1 ‰ | 86 | sulfides (pyrite, pyrrhotite, sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite) | Deb & Bhattacharya (referenced in Mineralium Deposita), Sulfur and carbon isotope composi… (1980) |
| Red Dog United States | 14 ‰ | 5 / 22 ‰ | | | Sediment-hosted lead-zinc deposits: a global perspective (2005) |
| Rio Tinto Spain | 2 ‰ | −3 / 8 ‰ | | | The sulfur and lead isotope record of the Iberian Pyrite Belt (2006) |
| Sarylakh Russia | | −2 / −0.9 ‰ | | arsenopyrite | Bortnikov et al. 2010, Sarylakh and Sentachan gold-antimony deposits, Geology of Ore Depo… |
| Sarylakh Russia | | −5.5 / −1.1 ‰ | | pyrite | Bortnikov et al. 2010, Sarylakh and Sentachan gold-antimony deposits, Geology of Ore Depo… |
| Sarylakh Russia | | −5.5 / −3.6 ‰ | | stibnite | Bortnikov et al. 2010, Sarylakh and Sentachan gold-antimony deposits, Geology of Ore Depo… |
| Sentachan Russia | | −0.8 / 1 ‰ | | arsenopyrite | Bortnikov et al. 2010, Sarylakh and Sentachan gold-antimony deposits, Geology of Ore Depo… |
| Sentachan Russia | | 0.5 / 2.6 ‰ | | pyrite | Bortnikov et al. 2010, Sarylakh and Sentachan gold-antimony deposits, Geology of Ore Depo… |
| Sentachan Russia | | −3.9 / 0.6 ‰ | | stibnite | Bortnikov et al. 2010, Sarylakh and Sentachan gold-antimony deposits, Geology of Ore Depo… |
| Sudbury Canada | 2.1 ‰ | 0.5 / 7.2 ‰ | | Cu-Ni ore (massive and disseminated sulfides, seven mines) | Thode et Goodwin 1973, Sulfur Isotope Analyses of Some Sudbury Ontario Ores, Canadian Jou… |
| Sudbury Canada | 2.59 ± 0.48 ‰ | | | main-mass norite (above the sublayer) | Penniston-Dorland 2008, Heterogeneity of S isotope compositions recorded in the Sudbury I… |
| Sudbury Canada | | 4.4 / 14.1 ‰ | | main-mass granophyre (altered upper part) | Penniston-Dorland 2008, Sudbury Igneous Complex |
| Sudbury Canada | | 0.2 / 4.3 ‰ | | sublayer and footwall (main Ni-Cu mineralisation) | Penniston-Dorland 2008, Sudbury Igneous Complex |
| Sullivan Canada | 15 ‰ | 8 / 24 ‰ | | | Sediment-hosted lead-zinc deposits: a global perspective (2005) |
| Coal-mine tip, site 1 (unconfined chalk aquifer) France | −1.1 ± 0.3 ‰ | | | dissolved sulfate, chalk aquifer | Denimal et al. (2002), Leaching of coal-mine tips (Nord-Pas-de-Calais coal basin, France)… |
| Coal-mine tip, site 1 (unconfined chalk aquifer) France | −3.1 ± 0.3 ‰ | | | dissolved sulfate, chalk aquifer | Denimal et al. (2002), Leaching of coal-mine tips (Nord-Pas-de-Calais coal basin, France)… |
| Coal-mine tip, site 1 (unconfined chalk aquifer) France | −3.9 ± 0.3 ‰ | | | dissolved sulfate, chalk aquifer | Denimal et al. (2002), Leaching of coal-mine tips (Nord-Pas-de-Calais coal basin, France)… |
| Coal-mine tip, site 1 (unconfined chalk aquifer) France | −2.8 ± 0.3 ‰ | | | dissolved sulfate, chalk aquifer | Denimal et al. (2002), Leaching of coal-mine tips (Nord-Pas-de-Calais coal basin, France)… |
| Coal-mine tip, site 1 (unconfined chalk aquifer) France | 6.1 ± 0.3 ‰ | | | dissolved sulfate, chalk aquifer | Denimal et al. (2002), Leaching of coal-mine tips (Nord-Pas-de-Calais coal basin, France)… |
| Coal-mine tip, site 2 (confined chalk aquifer) France | −1.1 ± 0.3 ‰ | | | dissolved sulfate, chalk aquifer | Denimal et al. (2002), Leaching of coal-mine tips (Nord-Pas-de-Calais coal basin, France)… |
| Coal-mine tip, site 2 (confined chalk aquifer) France | 0.7 ± 0.3 ‰ | | | dissolved sulfate, chalk aquifer | Denimal et al. (2002), Leaching of coal-mine tips (Nord-Pas-de-Calais coal basin, France)… |
| Coal-mine tip, site 2 (confined chalk aquifer) France | 3.7 ± 0.3 ‰ | | | dissolved sulfate, chalk aquifer | Denimal et al. (2002), Leaching of coal-mine tips (Nord-Pas-de-Calais coal basin, France)… |
| Coal-mine tip, site 2 (confined chalk aquifer) France | −20.3 ± 0.3 ‰ | | | dissolved sulfate, chalk aquifer | Denimal et al. (2002), Leaching of coal-mine tips (Nord-Pas-de-Calais coal basin, France)… |
| Voisey's Bay Canada | | −2 / 0 ‰ | | massive and disseminated sulfides (Eastern Deeps, Ovoid, Discovery Hill zones) | Ripley et al. 1999, Sulfur and oxygen isotopic evidence of country rock contamination in … |
| Voisey's Bay Canada | | −4 / −2 ‰ | | massive and disseminated sulfides (Reid Brook zone) | Ripley et al. 1999, Sulfur and oxygen isotopic evidence of country rock contamination |