Published δ34S (sulfur) values, deposit by deposit

in ‰ (per mil)

89 published values for 50 deposits or sites.

By deposit type

DepositsValueRangenMineral or matrixSource
Ashanti (Obuasi)
Ghana
−20.9 / 7.3 ‰syn-sedimentary to diagenetic pyrite (Birimian host schists)Oberthur et al. 1996, Gold mineralization in the Ashanti Belt of Ghana, Economic Geology …
Witwatersrand basin
South Africa
−5 / 10 ‰detrital pyrite (concentrically laminated and other)Multi-isotope S study, Hofmann et al. 2009 EPSL 286:436-445
Batu Hijau
Indonesia
0.1 / 1.7 ‰skarn sulfides (chalcopyrite, pyrite)Garwin 2002, The geologic setting of intrusion-related hydrothermal systems near the Batu…
Batu Hijau
Indonesia
0.1 / 1.4 ‰porphyry sulfides (chalcopyrite, bornite, pyrite)Garwin 2002, Batu Hijau porphyry copper-gold deposit
Batu Hijau
Indonesia
10 / 15 ‰sulfates (porphyry anhydrite)Garwin 2002, Batu Hijau porphyry copper-gold deposit
Bingham Canyon
United States
1 ‰−2 / 5 ‰Porphyry copper systems (2010)
Boliden
Sweden
2 / 3 ‰arsenopyrite (massive ore and late veins)Wagner et Boyce 2004, Laser microprobe sulphur isotope analysis of arsenopyrite, Boliden …
Bushveld, Merensky Reef
South Africa
2.2 ± 0.6 ‰sulfides (pentlandite, chalcopyrite, pyrite)Penniston-Dorland et al. 2012, Multiple sulfur isotope evidence for surface-derived sulfu…
Bushveld, Merensky Reef
South Africa
1.24 / 4.83 ‰pyroxenite (Two Rivers Platinum mine)Magson et al. 2021, A Comparative Study of Sulfur Isotope Variations within the Flatreef …
Bushveld, Platreef
South Africa
9 / 14.2 ‰sulfides (underlying Lower Zone peridotite)Yudovskaya et al. 2017, Re-Os and S isotope evidence for the origin of Platreef mineraliz…
Bushveld, Platreef
South Africa
0.7 / 18.6 ‰Footwall Cyclic Unit (Flatreef)Mayer et al. 2021, A Comparative Study of Sulfur Isotope Variations within the Flatreef a…
Bushveld, UG2 chromitite
South Africa
2.2 ± 0.6 ‰sulfides (pentlandite, chalcopyrite, pyrite)Penniston-Dorland et al. 2012, Multiple sulfur isotope evidence for surface-derived sulfu…
Ceinture Pyriteuse Ibérique (représentant)
Spain/Portugal
2.5 ‰−3 / 8 ‰The sulfur and lead isotope record of the Iberian Pyrite Belt (2006)
Singhbhum Copper Belt
India
3.8 / 6.9 ‰pyrite and chalcopyrite (Surda deposit)Chowdhury et al. 2020, Major and trace element and multiple sulfur isotope composition of…
Cerro Negro (Marianas-San Marcos vein system)
Argentina
−2 / −1 ‰hydrothermal fluid (δ34S)Vidal et al. 2016, The Marianas-San Marcos vein system: characteristics of a shallow low …
Chuquicamata
Chile
1.5 ‰−2 / 7 ‰Porphyry copper systems (2010)
Stillwater Complex (J-M Reef)
United States
0.4 ± 1.7 ‰−3.8 / 7.8 ‰233bulk samples (metasediments, sills, basal sulfides and J-M Reef)Zientek et al. (USGS), Sulfur isotope studies of the Stillwater Complex and associated ro… (2000)
Stillwater Complex (J-M Reef)
United States
−0.4 ‰1J-M Reef sulfides (sample ST9)Malitch et al. (2014), Insights into ore genesis of Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide deposits of the Nor…
Daocaowan
China
6.65 / 9.29 ‰stibniteDaocaowan Sb deposit, mineralogy and stable isotopes, Minerals (2022)
Escondida
Chile
1 ‰−3 / 6 ‰Porphyry copper systems (2010)
Flin Flon
Canada
2.5 ‰−2 / 8 ‰Volcanic-associated massive sulfide deposits (2005)
Fresnillo
Mexico
−8 / −4.1 ‰galenaCamprubi et Albinson 2007, Geological features of the Fresnillo Ag deposit
Fresnillo
Mexico
−5 / −2 ‰sphaleriteCamprubi et Albinson 2007, Geological features of the Fresnillo Ag deposit
Gisements MVT Rhénan (Bleiberg, Mechernich)
Germany/Austria
8 ‰−5 / 22 ‰The zinc-lead deposits of Belgium (1990)
Gongchangling
China
9.43 ± 2.65 ‰5.5 / 11.2 ‰4pyrite of high-grade ore and altered wall rocksWang et al. (2024), Paleoproterozoic hydrothermal overprinting over Neoarchean banded iro…
Gongchangling
China
0.27 ± 1.02 ‰−0.9 / 1.4 ‰4BIF pyriteWang et al. (2024), Paleoproterozoic hydrothermal overprinting over Neoarchean banded iro…
Gounkoto
Mali
8.6 ± 2 ‰5.8 / 12.8 ‰18auriferous pyrite (jog zone)Lawrence et al. 2015, The Gounkoto Au deposit West Africa: Constraints on ore genesis and…
Gounkoto
Mali
8.8 ‰auriferous arsenopyrite (one analysis)Lawrence et al. 2015, Ore Geology Reviews
Great Dyke (Main Sulfide Zone)
Zimbabwe
0.1 / 1 ‰pyrite, pyrrhotite and pentlandite (Hartley)Li et al. 2008, Sulfur isotope variation in pyrite-pyrrhotite-pentlandite of the Great Dy…
Great Dyke (Main Sulfide Zone)
Zimbabwe
−0.3 / 0.3 ‰whole rock (Maier study, 2015)Maier et al. 2015, Sulfur isotope variations across the Great Dyke
Hiendelaencina
Spain
6 / 6 ‰sulfides (andesitic magmatic source)Lillo Ramos, The Hiendelaencina epithermal silver-base metal district, Central Spain, Min… (1992)
Jiaojia (Jiaodong gold district)
China
10.59 ± 0.75 ‰8.8 / 11.9 ‰40disseminated pyriteZhu et al. (2018), Iron isotope behavior during fluid/rock interaction in K-feldspar alte…
Kalgoorlie (Golden Mile)
Australia
3 ‰−2 / 9 ‰World distribution and genetic characteristics of orogenic gold deposits (2005)
Kidd Creek
Canada
2 ‰−1 / 7 ‰Volcanic-associated massive sulfide deposits (2005)
Linglong (Jiaodong gold district)
China
7.53 ± 0.66 ‰6.3 / 8.6 ‰24quartz-vein pyriteZhu et al. (2018), Iron isotope behavior during fluid/rock interaction in K-feldspar alte…
Llallagua
Bolivia
−10.1 ‰fine-grained supergene aluniteSugaki et al. K-Ar age determinations of vein- and rock-forming minerals from tin-polymet… (2000)
Loulo (district de Gara-Yalea)
Mali
5.8 / 15.5 ‰district sulfides (Gara, Yalea and others)Lawrence et al. 2013, gold mineralization Loulo district
Loulo (district de Gara-Yalea)
Mali
11.5 / 15.5 ‰Gara sub-deposit sulfidesLawrence et al. 2013, gold mineralization Loulo district
Loulo (district de Gara-Yalea)
Mali
6 / 12.9 ‰sulfides (three orebodies: Loulo 0, P64 and others)Fouillac et al. 1993, A carbon oxygen hydrogen and sulfur isotopic study of the gold mine…
Southern Appalachians MVT
United States
6.6 / 9.4 ‰galenaLead isotope geochemistry of MVT deposits of the southern Appalachians (2009)
Southern Appalachians MVT
United States
12.7 / 13 ‰sphaleriteLead isotope geochemistry of MVT deposits of the southern Appalachians (2009)
Malanjkhand
India
−2.63 / −0.56 ‰pyritePanigrahi et al. 2013, Reconstruction of Physicochemical Environment of Hydrothermal Mine…
Malanjkhand
India
−0.039 / 0.201 ‰chalcopyritePanigrahi et al. 2013, Resource Geology 63:110-116
Malanjkhand
India
0.68 / 1.98 ‰molybdenitePanigrahi et al. 2013, Resource Geology 63:110-116
Massawa
Senegal
0 / 4.1 ‰sulfides (arsenopyrite, pyrite, stibnite, all mineralisation stages)Treloar et al. 2015, The Massawa gold deposit Eastern Senegal: an orogenic gold deposit s…
McArthur River (HYC)
Australia
16 ‰10 / 25 ‰Sediment-hosted lead-zinc deposits: a global perspective (2005)
Monte Amiata
Italy
−0.9 / 5 ‰cinnabar, marcasite and stibniteManceau et al. 2018, AJS 2026
Muruntau
Uzbekistan
3.5 ‰−3 / 10 ‰World distribution and genetic characteristics of orogenic gold deposits (2005)
Neves-Corvo
Portugal
3 ‰−2 / 9 ‰The sulfur and lead isotope record of the Iberian Pyrite Belt (2006)
Norilsk-Talnakh
Russia
12.57 ± 0.54 ‰11.5 / 13.3 ‰15Kharaelakh intrusion, disseminated oreMalitch et al. (2014), Insights into ore genesis of Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide deposits of the Nor…
Norilsk-Talnakh
Russia
12.76 ± 0.42 ‰11.8 / 13.6 ‰14Kharaelakh intrusion, massive oreMalitch et al. (2014), Insights into ore genesis of Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide deposits of the Nor…
Norilsk-Talnakh
Russia
10.97 ± 0.44 ‰9.9 / 12 ‰40Talnakh intrusion, disseminated oreMalitch et al. (2014), Insights into ore genesis of Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide deposits of the Nor…
Norilsk-Talnakh
Russia
10.88 ± 0.77 ‰7.8 / 12.1 ‰40Talnakh intrusion, massive oreMalitch et al. (2014), Insights into ore genesis of Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide deposits of the Nor…
Norilsk-Talnakh
Russia
9.2 ± 1.82 ‰7.5 / 13.8 ‰9Noril'sk-1 intrusion, disseminated oreMalitch et al. (2014), Insights into ore genesis of Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide deposits of the Nor…
Norilsk-Talnakh
Russia
0.39 ± 1.55 ‰−0.7 / 3.9 ‰7Zub-Marksheider intrusion, disseminated oreMalitch et al. (2014), Insights into ore genesis of Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide deposits of the Nor…
Norilsk-Talnakh
Russia
6.9 ± 1.17 ‰5.1 / 8.5 ‰11Vologochan intrusion, disseminated oreMalitch et al. (2014), Insights into ore genesis of Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide deposits of the Nor…
Norilsk-Talnakh
Russia
10.86 ± 0.43 ‰10.4 / 11.2 ‰3Chernogorsk intrusion, disseminated oreMalitch et al. (2014), Insights into ore genesis of Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide deposits of the Nor…
Norilsk-Talnakh
Russia
6.38 ± 1.89 ‰1.8 / 7.6 ‰8Nizhny Talnakh intrusion, disseminated oreMalitch et al. (2014), Insights into ore genesis of Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide deposits of the Nor…
Olympic Dam
Australia
5 ‰−8 / 18 ‰Pb isotopes in ore deposits (1999)
Oyu Tolgoi
Mongolia
9.8 / 17.9 ‰alunite (sulfate sulfur)Khashgerel et al. 2006, Geology and Reconnaissance Stable Isotope Study of the Oyu Tolgoi…
Pechenga
Russia
−2 / 2 ‰sulfides (West camp, primary Kaul and Kotselvaara ferropicrites)Barnes et Melezhik 2001 + Hanski 1992, The composition and mode of formation of the Peche…
Pechenga
Russia
1 / 7 ‰sulfides (East camp, large Pilgujärvi and Kierdzhipori intrusions)Barnes et Melezhik 2001, Can. Mineral. 39:447-471
Pueblo Viejo
Dominican Republic
−17.5 / 4.8 ‰pre-mineralisation framboidal pyriteKettler et al. 1992, Gold deposition by sulfidation of ferrous Fe in lacustrine sediments…
Pueblo Viejo
Dominican Republic
18.8 / 21.6 ‰alunite and barite (acid-sulfate alteration)Kettler et al. 1992, Chemical Geology
Rajpura-Dariba
India
1.9 ‰−6.7 / 9.1 ‰86sulfides (pyrite, pyrrhotite, sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite)Deb & Bhattacharya (referenced in Mineralium Deposita), Sulfur and carbon isotope composi… (1980)
Red Dog
United States
14 ‰5 / 22 ‰Sediment-hosted lead-zinc deposits: a global perspective (2005)
Rio Tinto
Spain
2 ‰−3 / 8 ‰The sulfur and lead isotope record of the Iberian Pyrite Belt (2006)
Sarylakh
Russia
−2 / −0.9 ‰arsenopyriteBortnikov et al. 2010, Sarylakh and Sentachan gold-antimony deposits, Geology of Ore Depo…
Sarylakh
Russia
−5.5 / −1.1 ‰pyriteBortnikov et al. 2010, Sarylakh and Sentachan gold-antimony deposits, Geology of Ore Depo…
Sarylakh
Russia
−5.5 / −3.6 ‰stibniteBortnikov et al. 2010, Sarylakh and Sentachan gold-antimony deposits, Geology of Ore Depo…
Sentachan
Russia
−0.8 / 1 ‰arsenopyriteBortnikov et al. 2010, Sarylakh and Sentachan gold-antimony deposits, Geology of Ore Depo…
Sentachan
Russia
0.5 / 2.6 ‰pyriteBortnikov et al. 2010, Sarylakh and Sentachan gold-antimony deposits, Geology of Ore Depo…
Sentachan
Russia
−3.9 / 0.6 ‰stibniteBortnikov et al. 2010, Sarylakh and Sentachan gold-antimony deposits, Geology of Ore Depo…
Sudbury
Canada
2.1 ‰0.5 / 7.2 ‰Cu-Ni ore (massive and disseminated sulfides, seven mines)Thode et Goodwin 1973, Sulfur Isotope Analyses of Some Sudbury Ontario Ores, Canadian Jou…
Sudbury
Canada
2.59 ± 0.48 ‰main-mass norite (above the sublayer)Penniston-Dorland 2008, Heterogeneity of S isotope compositions recorded in the Sudbury I…
Sudbury
Canada
4.4 / 14.1 ‰main-mass granophyre (altered upper part)Penniston-Dorland 2008, Sudbury Igneous Complex
Sudbury
Canada
0.2 / 4.3 ‰sublayer and footwall (main Ni-Cu mineralisation)Penniston-Dorland 2008, Sudbury Igneous Complex
Sullivan
Canada
15 ‰8 / 24 ‰Sediment-hosted lead-zinc deposits: a global perspective (2005)
Coal-mine tip, site 1 (unconfined chalk aquifer)
France
−1.1 ± 0.3 ‰dissolved sulfate, chalk aquiferDenimal et al. (2002), Leaching of coal-mine tips (Nord-Pas-de-Calais coal basin, France)…
Coal-mine tip, site 1 (unconfined chalk aquifer)
France
−3.1 ± 0.3 ‰dissolved sulfate, chalk aquiferDenimal et al. (2002), Leaching of coal-mine tips (Nord-Pas-de-Calais coal basin, France)…
Coal-mine tip, site 1 (unconfined chalk aquifer)
France
−3.9 ± 0.3 ‰dissolved sulfate, chalk aquiferDenimal et al. (2002), Leaching of coal-mine tips (Nord-Pas-de-Calais coal basin, France)…
Coal-mine tip, site 1 (unconfined chalk aquifer)
France
−2.8 ± 0.3 ‰dissolved sulfate, chalk aquiferDenimal et al. (2002), Leaching of coal-mine tips (Nord-Pas-de-Calais coal basin, France)…
Coal-mine tip, site 1 (unconfined chalk aquifer)
France
6.1 ± 0.3 ‰dissolved sulfate, chalk aquiferDenimal et al. (2002), Leaching of coal-mine tips (Nord-Pas-de-Calais coal basin, France)…
Coal-mine tip, site 2 (confined chalk aquifer)
France
−1.1 ± 0.3 ‰dissolved sulfate, chalk aquiferDenimal et al. (2002), Leaching of coal-mine tips (Nord-Pas-de-Calais coal basin, France)…
Coal-mine tip, site 2 (confined chalk aquifer)
France
0.7 ± 0.3 ‰dissolved sulfate, chalk aquiferDenimal et al. (2002), Leaching of coal-mine tips (Nord-Pas-de-Calais coal basin, France)…
Coal-mine tip, site 2 (confined chalk aquifer)
France
3.7 ± 0.3 ‰dissolved sulfate, chalk aquiferDenimal et al. (2002), Leaching of coal-mine tips (Nord-Pas-de-Calais coal basin, France)…
Coal-mine tip, site 2 (confined chalk aquifer)
France
−20.3 ± 0.3 ‰dissolved sulfate, chalk aquiferDenimal et al. (2002), Leaching of coal-mine tips (Nord-Pas-de-Calais coal basin, France)…
Voisey's Bay
Canada
−2 / 0 ‰massive and disseminated sulfides (Eastern Deeps, Ovoid, Discovery Hill zones)Ripley et al. 1999, Sulfur and oxygen isotopic evidence of country rock contamination in …
Voisey's Bay
Canada
−4 / −2 ‰massive and disseminated sulfides (Reid Brook zone)Ripley et al. 1999, Sulfur and oxygen isotopic evidence of country rock contamination

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IsoFind Atlas (2026). Published δ34S (sulfur) values, deposit by deposit. https://www.isofind.tech/isotopes/en/sulfur-d34s/ (accessed 2026-10-06).

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  title = {Published δ34S (sulfur) values, deposit by deposit},
  author = {{IsoFind Atlas}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.isofind.tech/isotopes/en/sulfur-d34s/},
  note = {Accessed 2026-10-06}
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