MAGMATYZM I METAMORFIZM STREFY TEKTONICZNEJ KRAKÓW-LUBLINIEC JAKO PRZESŁANKI WYSTĘPOWANIA ZŁÓŻ POLIMETALICZNYCH

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MAGMATISM AND METAMORPHISM OF THE KRAKÓW-LUBLINIEC TECTONIC ZONE AS A CLUE TO THE OCCURRENCE OF POLYMETALLIC DEPOSITS

Abstract. Numerous occurrences of magmatism are observed in the vicinity of Myszków, Zawiercie, Pilica, Będkowska Valley, Koziegłowy (Mysłów) and Żarki along the Kraków-Lubliniec tectonic zone which is a contact zone of the Małopolska and Upper Silesia blocks. The formation of granitoid intrusion is related to a multiphase structural evolution of the zone whose especially intensive activity took place at the end of the Silurian and Upper Carboniferous. Ore mineralization occurs both in igneous and metamorphic wall rocks (Vendian, Palaeozoic). Igneous rocks consist of a genetically different association of intrusive rocks: granitoids (mainly granodiorites, rare granites), dacites, dolerites (diabases) and gabbros. Alterations, which show regional metamorphic nature (greenschist facies), were recorded only in the Vendian complex formations, while thermal and thermal -metasomatic metamorphism, being the effect of influence of granitoid intrusion into wall rocks, affected Vendian, Ordovician, Silurian and Devonian formations. Ore contents of the rocks show direct relationship with highly concentrated metal-rich salinewaters, closely related to acid magmatism. W, Mo, Cu, Ag, K, F, Sb, Hg, Au, Pb, Ba, As, Zn, Bi and Te are elements-pathfinders which can be applied to searching for covered porphyry deposits in other parts of the region.