Table T5. Interpreted results of X-ray diffraction (XRD) analyses of samples, Site C0013.
Sample number |
Core, section, interval (cm) |
Lithology | Subsampled for | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
331-C0013B- | ||||
29085 | 1T-1, 9–11 | Bulk sample of clay and grit | Routine chemistry | Anhydrite, barite, muscovite |
29088 | 1T-1, 25–26 | White silty clay | XRD only—identification of phases | Kaolinite, woodhouseite ???, phosphorus sulfide ???, wurtzite/sphalerite |
29089 | 1T-CC, 20–22 | Bulk sample of clay and grit | Routine chemistry | Kaolinite, wurtzite/sphalerite, barite |
331-C0013C- | ||||
29143 | 1H-1, 2–4 | Bulk sample of clay | Routine chemistry | Kaolinite, pyrite, wurtzite/sphalerite |
29146 | 1H-1, 39–40 | Gray clay and grit | XRD only—identification of phases | Kaolinite, pyrite, muscovite |
29665 | 1H-2, 13–15 | Dark brown silt | Routine chemistry | Muscovite, kaolinite, pyrite, barite |
29668 | 1H-2, 83–85 | Sulfidic grit | Routine chemistry | Barite, pyrite, wurtzite/sphalerite, kaolinite, vermiculite ??? |
29671 | 1H-4, 7–9 | Pale gray clay altered volcanic clast | Routine chemistry | Illite/Muscovite, pyrite, galena, barite |
29674 | 1H-5, 3–5 | Bulk pale gray clay | Routine chemistry | Anhydrite, muscovite, vermiculite |
29677 | 1H-5, 69–71 | Clear euhedral crystal | XRD only—confirmation of VCD | Anhydrite |
29679 | 1H-6, 16–18 | Indurated dark gray clay | Routine chemistry | Anhydrite |
29147 | 1H-11, 34–36 | Bulk sample of clay and grit | Routine chemistry | Anhydrite, wurtzite/sphalerite, magnesite ???, galena |
29152 | 1H-11, 74–75 | Gray clay and grit | XRD only—identification of phases | Anhydrite, Mg chlorite, pyrite, galena |
29153 | 1H-12, 7–9 | White clay and grit | Routine chemistry | Mg chlorite, muscovite, wurtzite/sphalerite |
29156 | 1H-12, 41–43 | White clay | Routine chemistry | Anhydrite, Mg chlorite, muscovite, pyrite, wurtzite/sphalerite |
29159 | 1H-13, 4–6 | White clay and grit | Routine chemistry | Anhydrite, galena |
29178 | 1H-13, 50–51 | Clear euhedral mineral; anhydrite? | XRD only—confirmation of VCD | Anhydrite |
29162 | 1H-13, 71–73 | Horizon with brown layers | Routine chemistry | Anhydrite |
29172 | 1H-13, 101–102 | White anhydrite-silica-carbonate clast | XRD of TS sample 29173 | Anhydrite, talc (10, dolomite) |
29166 | 1H-14, 14–16 | Clay-white opaque material | Routine chemistry | Anhydrite, quartz, Mg chlorite |
29171 | 1H-15, 10–12 | Clay-white material with small translucent anhydrite | Routine chemistry | Anhydrite, talc, quartz |
29177 | 1H-16, 5–7 | Clay-white/gray material | Routine chemistry | Anhydrite, Mg chlorite, pyrite |
29179 | 1H-CC, 23–24 | White anhydrite-silica-carbonate clast | XRD only—identification of phases | Anhydrite, dolomite, talc |
331-C0013D- | ||||
29222 | 1H-1, 45–47 | Bulk gray clay and grit | Routine chemistry | Wurtzite/Sphalerite, galena, muscovite |
29225 | 1H-2, 86–88 | Bulk dark gray sulfidic clay and grit | Routine chemistry | Anhydrite, wurtzite/sphalerite |
29228 | 1H-3, 42–44 | Anhydrite vein | Routine chemistry | Anhydrite, galena, wurtzite/sphalerite |
29231 | 1H-3, 82–83 | Dark brown clay | XRD only | Anhydrite, pyrite, galena, muscovite |
29232 | 1H-4, 50–52 | Bulk pale gray clay | Routine chemistry | Anhydrite |
29235 | 1H-5, 72–74 | White anhydrite-silica-carbonate vein | Routine chemistry | Anhydrite |
29238 | 1H-6, 110–112 | Soft pale gray clay | Routine chemistry | Mg chlorite, anhydrite, pyrite |
29241 | 1H-7, 126–128 | Soft pale gray clay | Routine chemistry | Noncrystalline phases, quartz, pyrophyllite ??? |
29273 | 2H-1, 54–56 | Bulk clay | Routine chemistry | Mg chlorite, pyrite |
29276 | 2H-2, 64–66 | Bulk clay | Routine chemistry | Mg chlorite, anhydrite, pyrite |
29279 | 2H-3, 55–57 | White anhydrite-silica-carbonate clast | Routine chemistry | Talc, anhydrite, quartz |
29282 | 2H-4, 65–67 | Bulk clay | Routine chemistry | Mg chlorite, anhydrite, pyrite |
29285 | 2H-5, 5–7 | Blue-white mottled clay | Routine chemistry | Mg chlorite |
29288 | 2H-6, 104–106 | Bulk clay | Routine chemistry | Mg chlorite, anhydrite, pyrite, calcite |
29291 | 2H-7, 26–28 | Blue-white mottled clay | Routine chemistry | Mg chlorite, pyrite, pyrrhotite ??? |
29459 | 3T-1, 18–20 | Hydrothermal sand—redrill | Routine chemistry | Anhydrite, Mg chlorite, rest of material possibly magnesite, calcite, barite |
29462 | 4X-1, 0–2 | Silicified volcanic breccia | Routine chemistry | Quartz, muscovite, Mg chlorite |
331-C0013E- | ||||
29482 | 1H-1, 2–4 | Native sulfur and clay | Routine chemistry | Sulfur, barite, quartz |
29485 | 1H-2, 124–126 | Sulfidic grit | Routine chemistry | Wurtzite/Sphalerite, barite, quartz |
29491 | 1H-3, 40.5–42.5 | Sulfidic grit | Routine chemistry | Wurtzite/Sphalerite, galena, pyrite |
29488 | 1H-4, 68–70 | Clay | Routine chemistry | Wurtzite/Sphalerite, pyrite |
29494 | 1H-4, 116–117 | Massive sulfide sediment | XRD only—sulfide mineralogy | Wurtzite/Sphalerite, pyrite, anhydrite |
29495 | 1H-5, 41–43 | Sulfidic grit | Routine chemistry | Lithium aluminous silicate ???, wurtzite |
29498 | 1H-6, 99–101 | White anhydrite-silica-carbonate clast | Routine chemistry | Anhydrite, wurtzite, Mg chlorite |
29613 | 2H-1, 58–60 | Sulfidic grit | Routine chemistry | Wurtzite/Sphalerite, anhydrite, galena, barite |
29616 | 2H-CC, 5–7 | Silica-carbonate-sulfate vein | Routine chemistry | Anhydrite, calcite, dolomite, talc |
29619 | 3X-CC, 6–7 | Silica-carbonate-sulfate vein | XRD only—silica-sulfate-carbonate vein | Anhydrite, magnesite |
29620 | 5H-1, 21–23 | Soft pale gritty clay | XRD only—identification of phases | Mg chlorite, anhydrite, pyrite |
29621 | 5H-1, 82–84 | Indurated mottled clay | Routine chemistry | Anhydrite, Mg chlorite, talc, pyrite |
29624 | 6X-CC, 43–45 | Silicified volcanic breccia | Routine chemistry | Quartz, anhydrite, Mg chlorite, hematite ????? |
29696 | 7L-2, 43–46 | Silicified volcanic breccia | Routine chemistry | Quartz, anhydrite, Mg chlorite, muscovite |
29708 | 9X-CC, 8–10 | Mud from core catcher | Routine chemistry | Quartz, Mg chlorite, muscovite, anhydrite |
331-C0013F- | ||||
34624 | 1H-1, 5–6 | Sulfur cap | XRD only—mineralogy | Sulfur, barite |
34622 | 1H-1, 11–13 | Matrix mud/clay | Routine chemistry | Barite, sulfur, sphalerite/wurtzite, covellite (trace) |
34625 | 1H-2, 30–32 | Gray mud matrix | Routine chemistry | Kaolinite, sulfur, barite, sphalerite/wurtzite |
34722 | 1H-2, 57–59 | Indurated gray hydrothermal clay | Routine chemistry | Kaolinite, pyrite, sulfur, muscovite, sphalerite/wurtzite |
34725 | 1H-2, 92–94 | Soupy gray hydrothermal clay | Routine chemistry | Kaolinite, sphalerite/wurtzite, pyrite, muscovite, galena, cosalite (Pb2Bi2S5) |
34728 | 1H-3, 7–9 | Hydrothermal clay with native S | Routine chemistry | Sphalerite/Wurtzite, pyrite, galena, kaolinite |
34726 | 1H-3, 28.5–30.5 | Dark gray hydrothermal clay | Routine chemistry | Sphalerite/Wurtzite, pyrite, galena, kaolinite, muscovite/illite/montmorillonite |
34729 | 1H-4, 62–64 | Dark gray hydrothermal clay | Routine chemistry | Sphalerite/Wurtzite, pyrite, galena, muscovite |
34731 | 1H-5, 18–20 | Gray hydrothermal clay | Routine chemistry | Sphalerite/Wurtzite, pyrite, galena, anhydrite, muscovite |
34734 | 1H-5, 86–88 | Sulfidic grit | Routine chemistry | Sphalerite/Wurtzite, anhydrite, galena, pyrite |
34735 | 1H-6, 74–76 | Gray hydrothermal clay | Routine chemistry | Sphalerite/Wurtzite, covellite, pyrite, galena, muscovite |
34738 | 1H-7, 62–64 | Gray hydrothermal clay | Routine chemistry | Anhydrite, magnesite, sphalerite/wurtzite, Mg chlorite, pyrite, galena |
34739 | 1H-8, 65–67 | Gray hydrothermal clay—white mottling | Routine chemistry | Sphalerite/Wurtzite, anhydrite, pyrite, covellite, galena |
34742 | 1H-9, 94–96 | Bulk light gray gravel and anhydrite crystals | Routine chemistry | Anhydrite, pyrite |
331-C0013G- | ||||
34789 | 1H-2, 74–76 | Redrill—hydrothermal gravel | Routine chemistry | Anhydrite, sphalerite/wurtzite, muscovite, pyrite, galena, halite |
331-C0013H- | ||||
34791 | 1H-2, 21–23 | Redrill—grit, hydrothermal clay, anhydrite, and sulfides | Routine chemistry | Anhydrite, magnesite, dolomite, barite, sphalerite/wurtzite, galena |
Phases listed in approximate order of decreasing abundance. VCD = visual core description, TS = thin section.
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