Podiform Chromitites


Podiform chromitites refer to chromite deposits hosted in ophiolitic mantle peridotites or modern abyssal peridotites, and are basically regarded to be a kind of special magmatic cumulates dominantly consisting of chromite (>20 vol%) and silicate matrix. The chromite ores occur in various structures, such as pods, lenses, bands, dikes or irregular, which may provide clues for approaching their formational processes. 

On the basis of chromite contents and textures, chromitites can be classified into different subtypes such as massive, disseminated, and nodular categories. Massive ores are dominantly consisted of chromite (>90%) and commonly occur in the central part of the ore bodies, while disseminated ores contain less chromite (20–60%), and usually occur along the margin of massive ore bodies or as small isolated bodies. Nodular ores are characterized by rounded aggregates of chromite in peridotite matrix. 

The majority of the podiform chromitites occur in ophiolitic mantle rocks in worldwide Phanerozoic orogenic belts, such as Jurassic-Cretaceous Alpine-Himalayan belt, Paleozoic-Tertiary West Pacific and Cordilleran belts, and some others are reported in Proterozoic ophiolites, such as Finland, Morocco and China. As Archean ophiolitic remnants are identified recently, several Archean chromitites hosted within are reported in Madagascar, India and China.

 

https://www.academia.edu/130345737/New_Concepts_in_Ophiolites_and_Oceanic_Lithosphere_Podiform_Chromites_

 

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Wu, W., Yang, J., Lian, D., & Rui, H. (2020). New Concepts in Ophiolites and Oceanic Lithosphere (Podiform Chromites). Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences.

 

New Concepts in Ophiolites and Oceanic Lithosphere (Podiform Chromites) 

Weiwei Wu, Jingsui Yang, and Dongyang Lian, 

School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China; 

Center for Advanced Research on Mantle (CARMA), Key Laboratory of Deep-Earth Dynamics of Ministry of Natural Resources, Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing, China Huichao Rui, School of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China 

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