Benard, AntoineLe Losq , CharlesMuntener, OthmarRobyr, M.Nebel, OliverArculus, RichardIonov, Dmitri A.2024-08-232024-08-232296-6463https://hdl.handle.net/1885/733715917We report abundances of major trace and volatile elements in an orthopyroxenite vein cutting a sub-arc, mantle-derived, spinel harzburgite xenolith from Kamchatka. The orthopyroxenite contains abundant sulfides and is characterized by the presence of glass (formerly melt) both interstitially and as inclusions in minerals, comparable with similar veins from the West Bismarck arc. The glass formed by quenching of residual melts following crystallization of abundant orthopyroxene, amphibole, and minor olivine and spinel. The interstitial glass has a low-Ti, high-Mg# andesite composition, with a wide range of H2O and S contents but more limited F and Cl variations. We calculate trace element partition coefficients using mineral and glass data, including those for halogens in amphibole, which agree with experimental results from the literature. Despite having a similar, high-Mg# andesite composition, the orthopyroxene-hosted glass inclusions usually contain much more H2O and S than the interstitial glass (4–7 wt% and ∼2,600 ppm, respectively). The initial vein-forming melts were oxidized, recording oxygen fugacity conditions up to ∼1.5 log units above the fayalite–magnetite–quartz oxygen buffer. They intruded the sub-arc mantle lithosphere at ≥1,300°C, where they partially crystallized to form high-Mg# andesitic derivative melts at ca. 1,050–1,100°C. Comparison with literature data on glass-free orthopyroxenite veins from Kamchatka and the glass-bearing ones from West Bismarck reveals fundamental similarities indicating common parental melts, which were originally produced by low-degree melting (≤5%) of spinel harzburgite at ≥1,360°C and ≤1.5 GPa. This harzburgite source likely contained ≤0.05 wt% H2O and a few ppm of halogens. Volatile evolution inferred from glass compositions shows that (i) redox exchange between S6+ in the original melt and Fe2+ in the host mantle minerals, together with (ii) the formation of an S-bearing, (H2O, Cl)-rich hydrothermal fluid from the original melt, provides the conditions for the formation of abundant sulfides in the orthopyroxenites during cooling. During this process, up to 85% of the original melt S content (∼2,600 ppm) is locally precipitated as magmatic and hydrothermal sulfides. As such, melts derived from spinel harzburgite sources can concentrate chalcophile and highly siderophile metals in orthopyroxenite dykes and sills in the lithosphere.This work was supported by the Australian Research Council (DE120100513 to ON and DP120104240 to RA and ON) at ANU. AB received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie SklodowskaCurie grant agreement 844795 at UNIL. CL received support from a Chaire d’Excellence IDEX19C627X/FD070/D110 from the ANR IdEX Université de Paris 18-IDEX-0001. R Rapp and JW Park provided assistance, respectively, with EPMA and LAICPMS analyses at ANU. C De Meyer and A Demers-Roberge provided assistance with SEM analyses at UNILapplication/pdfen-AUCopyright © 2022 Bénard, Le Losq, Müntener, Robyr, Nebel, Arculus and Ionov.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/sub-arc mantlelow-Ca boniniteharzburgitepartial meltingvolatilehalogensulfurpyroxenite202210.3389/feart.2022.8679792024-05-12Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY)