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Fluid inclusion petrography

01 Jan 2001-Lithos (Elsevier)-Vol. 55, Iss: 1, pp 27-47
TL;DR: In this article, a procedure of fluid inclusion studies is proposed with emphasis on the criteria of selecting fluid inclusions for detailed (microthermometry and spectroscopic) analysis, and a detailed overview of descriptive and genetic classifications of fluid-inclusions in single crystals and in massive rocks is given with the intention of further differentiating the commonly used terms ‘primary’ and ‘secondary’ fluidinclusions.
About: This article is published in Lithos.The article was published on 2001-01-01. It has received 394 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Fluid inclusions & Inclusion (mineral).
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01 Jan 2001-Lithos
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors consider some of the special problems involved in the study of fluid inclusions in ore deposits and review the methodologies and tools developed to address these issues, and conclude with a look to the future and addresses the question of where fluid inclusion studies of hydrothermal ore deposits may be heading in the new millenium.

787 citations


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  • ...Application of standard criteria for the recognition of primary, pseuŽdosecondary and secondary inclusions Roedder, .1984; Van den Kerkhof and Hein, 2001 is essential; however, in hydrothermal veins where reactivation and multiple phases of fluid flow are common, this can prove to be inadequate....

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01 Jan 2001-Lithos
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors use fluid inclusions in sedimentary and diagenetic minerals to provide a record of the distribution and composition of these fluids from the past, which can contribute significantly to studies of paleoclimate and global-change research, and provides useful information in petroleum geology.

391 citations

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TL;DR: The Sanshandao gold deposit as mentioned in this paper is a typical highly fractured and altered, disseminated gold system with high-grade, quartz-sulphide vein/veinlet stockworks that cut Mesozoic granodiorite.
Abstract: The Sanshandao gold deposit, with total resources of more than 60 t of gold, is located in the Jiaodong gold province, the most important gold province of China. The deposit is a typical highly fractured and altered, disseminated gold system, with high-grade, quartz-sulphide vein/veinlet stockworks that cut Mesozoic granodiorite. There are four stages of veins that developed in the following sequence: (1) quartz-K-feldspar-sericite; (2) quartz-pyrite±arsenopyrite; (3) quartz-base metal sulfide; and (4) quartz-carbonate. Fluid inclusions in quartz and calcite in vein/veinlet stockworks contain C-O-H fluids of three main types. The first type consists of dilute CO2–H2O fluids coeval with the early vein stage. Molar volumes of these CO2–H2O fluid inclusions, ranging from 50–60 cm3/mol, yield estimated minimum trapping pressures of ≥3 kbar. Homogenization temperatures, obtained mainly from CO2–H2O inclusions with lower CO2 concentration, range from 267–375 °C. The second inclusion type, with a CO2–H2O±CH4 composition, was trapped during the main mineralizing stages. These fluids may reflect the CO2–H2O fluids that were modified by fluid/rock reactions with altered wallrocks. Isochores for CO2-H2O±CH4 inclusions, with homogenization temperatures ranging from 204–325 °C and molar volumes from 55 to 70 cm3/mol, provide an estimated minimum trapping pressure of 1.2 kbar. The third inclusion type, aqueous inclusions, trapped in cross-cutting microfractures in quartz and randomly in calcite, are post-mineralization, and have homogenization temperatures between 143–228 °C and salinities from 0.71–7.86 wt% NaCl equiv. Stable isotope data show that the metamorphic fluid contribution is minimal and that ore fluids are of magmatic origin, most likely sourced from 120–126 Ma mafic to intermediate dikes. This is consistent with the carbonic nature of the fluid, and the cross-cutting nature of those deposits relative to the host Mesozoic granitoid.

260 citations

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01 Jan 2001-Lithos
TL;DR: A review of analytical and modelling methods for petroleum in fluid inclusions can be found in this article, where four types of data are considered: textures, fluid composition, fluid properties and pressure-temperature of trapping.

210 citations


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  • ...Definitions of dew point and bubble point curves have . been given by Van den Kerkhof and Hein 2001 ....

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  • ...The methodology is the same as for fluid inclusion studies in other geological . environments Van den Kerkhof and Hein, 2001 , ...

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01 Jan 2001-Lithos
TL;DR: In this paper, the phase relations of the binary are described with respect to a qualitative P-T-X model, and isoplethic-isochoric paths through this model are used to explain the equilibrium and non-equilibrium behaviour of fluid inclusions during microthermometric heating and cooling.

192 citations

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01 Jan 2001-Lithos
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors use fluid inclusions in sedimentary and diagenetic minerals to provide a record of the distribution and composition of these fluids from the past, which can contribute significantly to studies of paleoclimate and global-change research, and provides useful information in petroleum geology.

391 citations