@article{WANG2017988,
author = "Yangyang Wang and van den Kerkhof, Alfons and Yilin Xiao and He Sun and Xiaoyong Yang and Jianqing Lai and Yinggeng Wang",
abstract = "We report petrological, cathodoluminescence (CL), major and trace element analyses and fluid inclusion studies on scheelite (W)-mineralized granodiorite porphyries from Dongyuan and Zhuxiling, southern Anhui Province (China). In Dongyuan, the larger part of the granodiorite porphyry body is mineralized with W concentrations up to 1140g/t (total WO3 reserves >140 000 tonnes), whereas in Zhuxiling mineralization is spatially more limited. All mineralized rocks are strongly altered, containing abundant calcite and no fresh plagioclase. W-mineralized rocks show higher K, Pb and lower Na, Sr, Ti contents compared to the non-mineralized ones. Co-variations between mobile elements (K, Na, Pb, Sr, Rb, etc.) and W, combined with petrological observations, demonstrate that fluid alteration must have controlled the mineralization. In quartz from both deposits 4 types of fluid inclusions have been recognized, i.e., aqueous-carbonic (WC-type), aqueous (W-type, subdivided into Wm-type containing minor detected CO2 and Wn containing no CO2), carbonic (pure CO2, C-type) and late secondary aqueous inclusions (LW-type). WC- and LW-type inclusions represent the original magmatic fluids and meteoric waters, respectively. The other inclusions represent evolved magmatic fluids which are closely related to alteration and mineralization. WC-, Wm- and Wn-type inclusions show higher salinity and lower homogenization temperatures, indicating fluid immiscibility with CO2 effervescence. Additionally, during plagioclase alteration and precipitation of K-feldspar and sericite the K/Na ratio is lowered and Ca released. The precipitation of scheelite must have been promoted by increasing Ca contents in the fluid and also by increasing pH due to CO2 loss. The present study demonstrates that for granitic rocks without calcareous wall rock, plagioclase breakdown must have been the key factor for scheelite mineralization. The presence of CO2-rich fluid indicates that both deposits formed in the same intracontinental extension setting as those in the Nanling region. Thus, the Yanshanian granites from southern Anhui Province may have a great potential for W mineralization, especially the blind ones in deep levels.",
doi = "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2017.08.004",
issn = "0169-1368",
journal = "Ore Geology Reviews",
keywords = "Scheelite, Plagioclase breakdown, Granodiorite porphyry, Fluid inclusions",
pages = "988 - 1005",
title = "{G}eochemistry and fluid inclusions of scheelite-mineralized granodiorite porphyries from southern {A}nhui {P}rovince, {C}hina",
url = "http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169136816308046",
volume = "89",
year = "2017",
}