Hydrodynamic links between shallow and deep mineralization systems and implications for deep mineral exploration

G Chi, D Xu, C Xue, Z Li, P Ledru… - Acta Geologica …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Deep mineral exploration is increasingly important for finding new mineral resources but
there are many uncertainties. Understanding the factors controlling the localization of …

The crystallization temperature of granitic pegmatites: The important relationship between undercooling and critical metal prospectivity

DM McCaffrey, SM Jowitt - Earth-Science Reviews, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Granitic pegmatite deposits contain important critical metal resources, but the geologic
processes that generate critical metal mineralization in these systems remain enigmatic …

Gold remobilization: Insights from gold deposits in the Archean Swayze greenstone belt, Abitibi subprovince, Canada

ECG Hastie, DJ Kontak, B Lafrance - Economic Geology, 2020‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Recognizing if and how Au is remobilized, in solid, melt, or fluid state, is critical for
understanding the origin of high-grade ore zones in Au deposits. When evidence for Au …

Comparison of fluid processes in coexisting wolframite and quartz from a giant vein-type tungsten deposit, South China: Insights from detailed petrography and LA-ICP …

JY Pan, P Ni, RC Wang - American Mineralogist, 2019‏ - degruyter.com
Granite-related wolframite-quartz veins are the world's most important tungsten
mineralization and production resource. Recent progress in revealing their hydrothermal …

Conditions and processes leading to large-scale gold deposition in the Jiaodong province, eastern China

H Fan, T Lan, X Li, M Santosh, K Yang, F Hu… - Science China Earth …, 2021‏ - Springer
The gold deposits in the Jiaodong Peninsula constitute the largest gold mineralized
province in China. The mineralization shows common characteristics in their tectonic setting …

Complex carbonate-sulfate brines in fluid inclusions from carbonatites: Estimating compositions in the system H2O-Na-K-CO3-SO4-Cl

BF Walter, M Steele-MacInnis, RJ Giebel… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Studies of fluid inclusions in carbonatitic rocks are essential for understanding
physicochemical processes involved in carbonatite-related hydrothermal ore mineralization …

Phase equilibria, thermodynamic properties, and solubility of quartz in saline-aqueous-carbonic fluids: Application to orogenic and intrusion-related gold deposits

XH Li, YI Klyukin, M Steele-MacInnis, HR Fan… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Hydrothermal fluids in orogenic and intrusion-related (mesothermal) gold deposits are
dominated by saline-aqueous-carbonic fluids, commonly represented by the ternary system …

Fingerprinting the source and complex history of ore fluids of a giant lode gold deposit using quartz textures and in-situ oxygen isotopes

GH Fan, JW Li, PT Robinson, YF Wu, XD Deng… - American …, 2024‏ - degruyter.com
Determining the source and history of hydrothermal fluids are key to better understanding
the genesis of lode gold deposits. However, it is difficult to rigorously constrain the fluid …

Molybdenum solubility and partitioning in H2O-CO2-NaCl fluids at 600° C and 200 MPa

N Li, IT Derrey, F Holtz, I Horn, S Weyer, W ** - Chemical Geology, 2021‏ - Elsevier
The Mo deposits from the Qinling-Dabie area, central China, which are characteristic for a
new type of porphyry Mo deposits named the Collision-type, were formed in CO 2-rich …