Fluid inclusion characteristics of mesothermal gold deposits in the Xiaoqinling district, Shaanxi and Henan Provinces, People's Republic of China |
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| Authors: | Jiang Neng Xu Jiuhua Song Mianxin |
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| Institution: | (1) Research Centre of Mineral Resources Exploration, Chinese Academy of Sciences. PO Box 9701, Beijing 100101, P R China e-mail: jiangn@mail.c-geos.ac.cn, CN;(2) Department of Geology, Beijing University of Science and Technology, Beijing, 100083, P R China, CN;(3) Department of Geology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, P R China, CN |
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| Abstract: | Fluid inclusions were studied in quartz samples from early (stage I) gold-poor quartz veins and later (stage II) gold- and
sulphide-rich quartz veins from the Wenyu, Dongchuang, Qiangma, and Guijiayu mesothermal gold deposits in the Xiaoqinling
district, China. Fluid inclusion petrography, microthermometry, and bulk gas analyses show remarkably consistent fluid composition
in all studied deposits. Primary inclusions in quartz samples are dominated by mixed CO2-H2O inclusions, which have a wide range in CO2 content and coexist with lesser primary CO2-rich and aqueous inclusions. In addition, a few secondary aqueous inclusions are found along late-healed fractures. Microthermometry
and bulk gas analyses suggest hydrothermal fluids with typically 15–30 mol% CO2 in stage I inclusions and 10–20 mol% CO2 in stage II inclusions. Estimates of fluid salinity decrease from 7.4–9.2 equivalent wt.% NaCl to 5.7–7.4 equivalent wt.%
NaCl between stage I and II. Primary aqueous inclusions in both stages show consistent salinity with, but slightly lower Th
total than, their coexistent CO2-H2O inclusions. The coexisting CO2-rich, CO2-H2O, and primary aqueous inclusions in both stage I and II quartz are interpreted to have been trapped during unmixing of a
homogeneous CO2-H2O parent fluid. The homogenisation temperatures of the primary aqueous inclusions give an estimate of trapping temperature
of the fluids. Trapping conditions are typically 300–370 °C and 2.2 kbar for stage I fluids and 250–320 °C and 1.6 kbar for
stage II fluids. The CO2-H2O stage I and II fluids are probably from a magmatic source, most likely devolatilizing Cretaceous Yanshanian granitoids.
The study demonstrates that gold is largely deposited as pressures and temperatures fall accompanying fluid immiscibility
in stage II veins.
Received: 15 May 1997 / Accepted: 10 June 1998 |
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