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Using Fluid Inclusions To Trace Formative Fluid Evolution At The Verde And Pancho Porphyry Au Deposits Of The Refugio District, Chile, Brian Joshua Aillaud
Using Fluid Inclusions To Trace Formative Fluid Evolution At The Verde And Pancho Porphyry Au Deposits Of The Refugio District, Chile, Brian Joshua Aillaud
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Evolution of magmatically-derived formative fluids, and the processes that control the ratio of ore metals in porphyry and high-sulfidation epithermal deposits remain enigmatic. The Refugio district in the Maricunga Belt of Northern Chile hosts the temporally and spatially related Pancho and Verde porphyry gold deposits. Vein types at Pancho include A-veins, transitional veins, banded veins, D-veins and quartz-alunite ledges that formed by replacement. Verde East and West lack A-veins, and show an earliest vein type with transitional characteristics of A- to banded veins, banded veins and D-veins. Fluid inclusions and quartz textures were characterized by using optical microscopy and cathodoluminesence …