Comment on: The La Lucette Sb-Au-(W) vein-deposit (Armorican Massif, France): New time and genetic constraints to decipher the 310–295 Ma Sb-Au metallogenic peak in the Variscan Belt by Cheval-Garabédian et al. (2023) - INSU - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers Accéder directement au contenu
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Comment on: The La Lucette Sb-Au-(W) vein-deposit (Armorican Massif, France): New time and genetic constraints to decipher the 310–295 Ma Sb-Au metallogenic peak in the Variscan Belt by Cheval-Garabédian et al. (2023)

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Recently, Cheval-Garabédian et al. (2023) published a paper in Ore Geology Reviews entitled “The La Lucette Sb-Au-(W) vein-deposit (Armorican Massif, France): new time and genetic constraints to decipher the 310–295 Ma Sb-Au metallogenic peak in the Variscan Belt.” Studies on Sb mineralisation are highly welcomed, especially in France, where there is a lack of updated data hindering a comprehensive understanding of this mineral system. The paper provides new mineralogical, fluid inclusion and geochronological data from historical collection samples of La Lucette mine, a mining site no more accessible since at least 40 years (Serment, 1978). These data, together with structural data from literature, lead the authors to build a metallogenic model related to dextral shear zone during the Carboniferous-Permian transition. The authors further argue for a single and unique 310–295 Ma Sb-Au metallogenic peak in the European Variscan Belt, a late Variscan hydrothermal event coeval with post-thickening tectonics (Munoz et al., 1992, Bouchot et al., 1997, Bouchot et al., 2005). This assertion is not correct. In this comment, we highlight that (i) several errors and approximations question the validity of their model, and (ii) the authors omit certain information that contradicts their metallogenic model. In our view, their data do not fully support the existence of a generalised and unique Late Carboniferous Sb-Au metallogenic peak in the French Variscan Belt. Furthermore, the idea defended by the authors that ore deposits occurred during dextral strike-slip tectonics that affected the area may better support a possible long-lived history during Palaeozoic times.

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Eric Gloaguen, Anthony Pochon, Yannick Branquet, Marc Poujol, Philippe Boulvais, et al.. Comment on: The La Lucette Sb-Au-(W) vein-deposit (Armorican Massif, France): New time and genetic constraints to decipher the 310–295 Ma Sb-Au metallogenic peak in the Variscan Belt by Cheval-Garabédian et al. (2023). Ore Geology Reviews, 2024, 171, pp.106185. ⟨10.1016/j.oregeorev.2024.106185⟩. ⟨insu-04672485⟩
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