Formation temperaturesof alkali feldspars from the Wulashan gold deposit:an estimate by two-feldspar thermometry
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    The Wulashan gold deposit, Inner Mongolia, China, which is characterized by intensive alkali feldspar metasomatism, is hosted by the late Archean gneiss, amphibolite, migmatite, and marble of the Wulashan Group and surrounded by several intrusions. The general mineral assemblage of mineralized lodes is alkali feldspar + quartz + plagioclase + carbonate (calcite and Fe-dolomite etc). Alkali feldspar is also present as a major component within country rocks. On the basis of the microprobe analyses for coexisting alkali feldspar and plagioclase, the equilibrium temperatures of the alkali feldspars are calculated using several ternary two-feldspar geothermometers. The obtained temperatures at 5 kbar are 353℃ for alkali feldspars from gold-bearing veins I (K-feldspar-quartz veins), and 281℃ for alkali feldspars from gold-bearing veins Ⅱ (quartz veins), in good agreement with the estimated temperatures for coexisting carbonates, mica minerals and gold, and with the homogeneous temperatures of fluid inclusions in quartz and alkali feldspars. Therefore, the gold mineralization in The Wulashan gold deposit, Inner Mongolia, China, which is characterized by intensive alkali feldspar metasomatism, is hosted by the late Archean gneiss, amphibolite, migmatite, and marble of the Wulashan Group and surrounded by several intrusions. The general mineral assemblage of mineralized lodes is alkali feldspar + quartz + plagioclase + carbonate (calcite and Fe_dolomiteetc). Alkali feldspar is also present as a major component within country rocks. On the basis of the microprobe analyses for coexisting alkali feldspar and plagioclase, the equilibrium temperatures of the alkali feldspars are calculated using several ternary two_feldspar geothermometers. The obtained temperaturesat 5 kbar are 353℃ for alkali feldspars from gold_bearing veins I (K-feldspar-quartz veins), and 281℃ for alkali feldspars from gold_bearing veins Ⅱ (quartzveins), in good agreement with the estimated temperatures for coexisting carbonates, mica minerals and gold, and with the homogeneous temperatures of fluid inclusions in quartz and alkali feldspars. Therefore, the gold mineralization in the Wulashan gold deposit formed at the temperatures ranging from 280~360℃ and the pressure of 5 kbar. On the other hand, the temperatures of alkali feldspars from regional metamorphic gneiss and granite are lower than the equilibration temperatures of coexisting almandine and biotite, indicating that the temperatures of almandine and biotite may represent the peak temperature of metamorphism and alkali feldspars in metamorphic rocks and granite may re-equilibrate after experiencing numerous overprinting thermal / magmatic events.

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胡萍 赵令湖 边秋娟,2004,二长石地质温度计在估算乌拉山金矿碱性长石形成温度中的应用[J].岩石矿物学杂志,23(4):327~336. Abstract,2004,Formation temperaturesof alkali feldspars from the Wulashan gold deposit:an estimate by two-feldspar thermometry[J]. Acta Petrologica et Mineralogica,23(4):327~336.

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