Fluid Inclusion Microthermometry and Implications for the Mechanisms of Ore‐Grade Gold Mineralization in Epithermal System, Lalab Orebody, Sibutad, Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines
Fluid Inclusion Microthermometry and Implications for the Mechanisms of Ore‐Grade Gold Mineralization in Epithermal System, Lalab Orebody, Sibutad, Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines
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流体包裹体显微测温及其对浅成热液系统矿石级金矿化机制的影响,Lalab 矿体,Sibutad,北三宝颜,菲律宾
DOI:
10.1111/j.1751-3928.2007.00015.x
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发表时间:
2007
期刊:
影响因子:
1.4
通讯作者:
V. B. Maglambayan
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文献类型:
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作者:
F. Jiménez;G. Yumul;V. B. Maglambayan
The Sibutad gold deposit has gold associated in quartz veins. The most important of these is the Lalab orebody, which contains ore‐grade gold, predominantly, in milky quartz veins and veinlets. Here, alteration quartz and fine‐grained crystalline clear and milky quartz were formed from hydrothermal fluids in three stages, namely stages I, II and III. Fluid inclusion microthermometry was carried out on stage I milky quartz, stage II fine‐grained alteration quartz and stage III milky quartz ± barite veins and veinlets. Homogenization temperatures (TH) are >248°C in stage I, 214–232°C in stage II and 186–239°C in stage III. These fluid inclusions have salinity between 1 and 2 wt% NaCl equivalent. In terms of gold assay, stage I drill‐core samples have gold grades 0.53–0.76 g/ton Au, stage II samples have 1.12–3.70 g/ton Au and stage III samples have 9.06–23.88 g/ton Au. This correlation suggests that gold was precipitated from the stage II and III fluids.