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Fluid–rock interaction in the Qitianling granite and associated tin deposits, South China: Evidence from boron and oxygen isotopes

Fluid–rock interaction in the Qitianling granite and associated tin deposits, South China: Evidence from boron and oxygen isotopes
Fluid–rock interaction in the Qitianling granite and associated tin deposits, South China: Evidence from boron and oxygen isotopes
The behavior of boron and its isotopes in fluid-dominant processes and hydrothermal alteration of granites is examined using fresh and altered granite samples from the Qitianling granite and associated hydrothermal tin deposits in South China. Boron concentrations are highest in the fresh granite (37 ppm) and depleted as a result of two stages of fluid mobility and fluid–rock interaction within the granite. Constraints provided both by ?11B and ?18O data suggest that the first stage was related to exsolution of aqueous fluids from the granite magma at a temperature of > 450 °C. This was followed by further boron depletion in the granite by hydrothermal circulation of meteoric water at lower temperatures (~ 350 °C) and low water/rock ratios. The sensitivity of coupled boron and oxygen isotope systematics to these processes suggests that they can provide valuable constraints on of fluid mobility in granite and associated mineralization.
Boron and oxygen isotopes, Hydrothermal alteration, Qitianling granite, Tin deposit, South China
0169-1368
243-248
Zhao, Kui-Dong
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Jiang, Shao-Yong
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Nakamura, Eizo
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Moriguti, Takuya
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Palmer, Martin R.
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Yang, Shui-Yuan
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Dai, Bao-Zhang
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Moriguti, Takuya
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Palmer, Martin R.
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Yang, Shui-Yuan
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Zhao, Kui-Dong, Jiang, Shao-Yong, Nakamura, Eizo, Moriguti, Takuya, Palmer, Martin R., Yang, Shui-Yuan, Dai, Bao-Zhang and Jiang, Yao-Hui (2011) Fluid–rock interaction in the Qitianling granite and associated tin deposits, South China: Evidence from boron and oxygen isotopes. Ore Geology Reviews, 43 (1), 243-248. (doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2011.07.002).

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The behavior of boron and its isotopes in fluid-dominant processes and hydrothermal alteration of granites is examined using fresh and altered granite samples from the Qitianling granite and associated hydrothermal tin deposits in South China. Boron concentrations are highest in the fresh granite (37 ppm) and depleted as a result of two stages of fluid mobility and fluid–rock interaction within the granite. Constraints provided both by ?11B and ?18O data suggest that the first stage was related to exsolution of aqueous fluids from the granite magma at a temperature of > 450 °C. This was followed by further boron depletion in the granite by hydrothermal circulation of meteoric water at lower temperatures (~ 350 °C) and low water/rock ratios. The sensitivity of coupled boron and oxygen isotope systematics to these processes suggests that they can provide valuable constraints on of fluid mobility in granite and associated mineralization.

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Published date: December 2011
Keywords: Boron and oxygen isotopes, Hydrothermal alteration, Qitianling granite, Tin deposit, South China
Organisations: Geochemistry

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Local EPrints ID: 210409
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/210409
ISSN: 0169-1368
PURE UUID: 13b86c2d-f8a4-44bf-a6bb-d11e2163aed7

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Date deposited: 08 Feb 2012 11:50
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 04:48

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Author: Kui-Dong Zhao
Author: Shao-Yong Jiang
Author: Eizo Nakamura
Author: Takuya Moriguti
Author: Shui-Yuan Yang
Author: Bao-Zhang Dai
Author: Yao-Hui Jiang

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