He Isotopic Composition and 4He/20Ne Ratio of Pyrite and Magnetite of Explosive Carbonatite Breccia of the Sallanlatva Massif, Kola Region.

The He isotopic composition and the He and Ne ratio of fluid inclusions in magnetite and pyrite from carbonatite breccias of the Sallanlatva alkali-ultramafic complex of the Kola alkaline province (Northwest Russia) are studied using the step-crushing method. The results indicate the highly likely involvement of fluids from several sources trapped in various proportions during the formation of the Sallanlatva explosive carbonatite breccias. The R/Ra ratio, where R is the measured ³He/⁴He ratio and Ra of 1.382 × 10^–6 is the same ratio of atmospheric air, reaches 2.3, which is a reliable indicator of the presence of mantle gases. A low (1–44) ⁴He/²⁰Ne ratio allows us to suggest the involvement of atmospheric gases dissolved in paleometeoric waters. A combination of these two facts favors a hypothesis of the phreatomagmatic nature of the studied breccias, i.e., their formation at the expense of interaction between the intruding hot orthomagmatic fluids and meteoric waters with dissolved atmospheric gases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]