Mantle-derived and crustal He and Ar in the ore-forming fluids of the Xihuashan granite-associated tungsten ore deposit, South China |
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The Xihuashan tungsten ore deposit in the central Nanling region, South China is a vein-type hydrothermal deposit associated with the Late Jurassic granitoids that were previously thought to be the products of crustal anatexis alone. In this study, we use helium (He) and argon (Ar) isotopes of fluid inclusions entrapped in pyrite and arsenopyrite to determine the origin of the ore-forming fluids. The He-3/He-4 ratios of the crushed fluid inclusions vary from 0.15 to 1.16 Ra, with a mean of 0.72 Ra (Ra, the atmospheric He-3/He-4 ratio of 1.4 x 10(-6)), indicating the presence of mantle-derived noble gasses in the fluids. The amounts of the mantle-derived noble gasses are estimated to be between similar to 2 and 17%. The Ar-40/Ar-36 ratios of the fluid inclusions vary from 306 to 1023, with an average of 440. These ratios are significantly higher than the average crustal value, indicating the presence of air-saturated water in the volatiles released from the mineral separates. The results from this study indicate that the associated, coeval granitoids, which is believed to provide the ore-forming fluids during magma evolution, are not the products of pure crustal melts. Mantle-derived volatiles and heat was also involved in the genesis of the host granite pluton. Publication name | ORE GEOLOGY REVIEWS, 105 605-615; 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2019.01.014 FEB 2019 | Author(s) | Wei, Wen-Feng; Hu, Rui-Zhong; Bi, Xian-Wu; Jiang, Guo-Hao; Yan, Bing; Yin, Run-Sheng; Yang, Jie-Hua | Corresponding author(s) | HU Ruizhong huruizhong@vip.gyig.ac.cn Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geochem, State Key Lab Ore Deposit Geochem, Guiyang 550081, Guizhou, Peoples R China Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China | View here for the details
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