Fluid inclusion study of the Saishitang Cu deposit in Qinghai
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    Abstract:The fluid inclusions in the Saishitang Cu deposit can be classified into liquid-rich two-phase, gas-rich two-phase and daughter mineral-bearing polyphase types. According to studies of petrography, microthermometry and laser Raman spectrographic analyses of fluid inclusions in garnet and diopside from skarn and sulflde-rich quartz veins, the fluid inclusion homogenization temperatures and salinities of the early skarn stage vary in the range of 436℃-562℃ and 34 %-45%wt%NaCl eqv. respectively, indicating that the fluid is dominated by magmatic water characterized by high temperature and high salinity; the fluid inclusion homogenization temperatures and salinities of the retrogressive metamorphic stage vary in the range of 322℃-419℃ and 15%-39%wt%NaCl eqv. Respectively; the fluid inclusion homogenization temperatures and salinities of the sulfide stage vary in the range of 235℃-366℃ and 5%~36%wt%NaCl eqv. respectively. Laser Raman spectrogtaphic analyses show that the gas phase components of fluid inclusions are mainly composed of CH4, H2S, CO2 and H2O, and the ore-forming fluids belong to the NaCl-H2O-CH4-H2S-CO2 system. The boiling event of ore-forming fluid occurred at temperatures of 290℃~360℃, resulting in the formation of massive metal sulfides. The fluid boiling was favorable for the formation of the Saishitang Cu deposit.

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HE Peng, YAN Guang-sheng, ZHU Xin-you, ZHANG Zhong-yi, WANG Yan-li, CHENG Xi-yin, LI Yong-sheng, ZHEN Shi-min, DU Ze-zhong, JIA De-long, GONG Xiao-dong. Fluid inclusion study of the Saishitang Cu deposit in Qinghai[J]. Geology in China, 2013, 40(2): 580-593(in Chinese with English abstract).

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