Fluorine-rich hydrogarnet, prehnite and pumpellyite in monzodioritic basement of the Rhine Rift Valley produced by in-situ low-grade metamorphism at 200 °C and 5 km depth

Abstract The Basel-1 geothermal deep well has been drilled in 2006 to a final depth of 5 km. The recovered core material from 4.9 km depth shows coarse grained biotite-hornblende quartz-monzodiorite from the Variscan basement. The primary igneous rock is locally altered and contains prehnite, pumpel...

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Main Authors: Kurt Bucher, Moritz Hofer, Florentin Ladner, Ingrid Stober
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description Abstract The Basel-1 geothermal deep well has been drilled in 2006 to a final depth of 5 km. The recovered core material from 4.9 km depth shows coarse grained biotite-hornblende quartz-monzodiorite from the Variscan basement. The primary igneous rock is locally altered and contains prehnite, pumpellyite, mica and chlorite as major alteration products. Locally small amounts of hydrogarnet formed from pyrite oxidation and fluorine derived from the alteration of primary F-rich biotite. The local low-grade alteration products are consistent with the in-situ measured temperature of about 200 °C. The assemblage of low-grade minerals formed in distinct zones separated by sharp reaction fronts from the primary monzodiorite. The bulk of the alteration zones may have formed from reaction of the monzodiorite with the pre-drilling formation fluid. However, also the external stimulation fluid rapidly readjusted its composition by reaction with the rock at depth. This follows from the temperature derived from fluid composition thermometers applied to recovered stimulation fluid which is consistent with measured temperatures at depth.
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spelling doaj-art-cf12c0f345734337bbbe002167db41aa2025-02-09T12:48:20ZengSpringerOpenSwiss Journal of Geosciences1661-87261661-87342025-02-01118111910.1186/s00015-024-00476-1Fluorine-rich hydrogarnet, prehnite and pumpellyite in monzodioritic basement of the Rhine Rift Valley produced by in-situ low-grade metamorphism at 200 °C and 5 km depthKurt Bucher0Moritz Hofer1Florentin Ladner2Ingrid Stober3Mineralogy & Petrology, University of FreiburgInstitut Für Partikeltechnik, BLB, TU BraunschweigFreilager-Platz 3, Geotest AGMineralogy & Petrology, University of FreiburgAbstract The Basel-1 geothermal deep well has been drilled in 2006 to a final depth of 5 km. The recovered core material from 4.9 km depth shows coarse grained biotite-hornblende quartz-monzodiorite from the Variscan basement. The primary igneous rock is locally altered and contains prehnite, pumpellyite, mica and chlorite as major alteration products. Locally small amounts of hydrogarnet formed from pyrite oxidation and fluorine derived from the alteration of primary F-rich biotite. The local low-grade alteration products are consistent with the in-situ measured temperature of about 200 °C. The assemblage of low-grade minerals formed in distinct zones separated by sharp reaction fronts from the primary monzodiorite. The bulk of the alteration zones may have formed from reaction of the monzodiorite with the pre-drilling formation fluid. However, also the external stimulation fluid rapidly readjusted its composition by reaction with the rock at depth. This follows from the temperature derived from fluid composition thermometers applied to recovered stimulation fluid which is consistent with measured temperatures at depth.https://doi.org/10.1186/s00015-024-00476-1Very low-grade metamorphismPrehnite-pumpellyiteF-rich hydrogarnetIn-situ metamorphismFluid-rock interaction
spellingShingle Kurt Bucher
Moritz Hofer
Florentin Ladner
Ingrid Stober
Fluorine-rich hydrogarnet, prehnite and pumpellyite in monzodioritic basement of the Rhine Rift Valley produced by in-situ low-grade metamorphism at 200 °C and 5 km depth
Swiss Journal of Geosciences
Very low-grade metamorphism
Prehnite-pumpellyite
F-rich hydrogarnet
In-situ metamorphism
Fluid-rock interaction
title Fluorine-rich hydrogarnet, prehnite and pumpellyite in monzodioritic basement of the Rhine Rift Valley produced by in-situ low-grade metamorphism at 200 °C and 5 km depth
title_full Fluorine-rich hydrogarnet, prehnite and pumpellyite in monzodioritic basement of the Rhine Rift Valley produced by in-situ low-grade metamorphism at 200 °C and 5 km depth
title_fullStr Fluorine-rich hydrogarnet, prehnite and pumpellyite in monzodioritic basement of the Rhine Rift Valley produced by in-situ low-grade metamorphism at 200 °C and 5 km depth
title_full_unstemmed Fluorine-rich hydrogarnet, prehnite and pumpellyite in monzodioritic basement of the Rhine Rift Valley produced by in-situ low-grade metamorphism at 200 °C and 5 km depth
title_short Fluorine-rich hydrogarnet, prehnite and pumpellyite in monzodioritic basement of the Rhine Rift Valley produced by in-situ low-grade metamorphism at 200 °C and 5 km depth
title_sort fluorine rich hydrogarnet prehnite and pumpellyite in monzodioritic basement of the rhine rift valley produced by in situ low grade metamorphism at 200 °c and 5 km depth
topic Very low-grade metamorphism
Prehnite-pumpellyite
F-rich hydrogarnet
In-situ metamorphism
Fluid-rock interaction
url https://doi.org/10.1186/s00015-024-00476-1
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