Research Article

Genesis of the Bairendaba Ag-Zn-Pb Deposit, Southern Great Xing’an Range, NE China: A Fluid Inclusion and Stable Isotope Study

Table 1

Microthermometric data for fluid inclusions in hydrothermal quartz and fluorite, Bairendaba Ag-Zn-Pb deposit.

StageHost mineralInclusion TypeTm(CO2) (°C)Th(CO2) (°C)Tm(clath) (°C)Tm(ice) (°C)Tm(NaCl) (°C)Salinity (NaCl wt.%)Th (°C)

Stage 1QuartzI (65)−182.1 to −180.2−99.3 to −68.411.2–18.9NANANA267–395
III (39)NANANA−8.1 to −2.5NA4.2–11.8242–351
IV (5)NANANANA258–29535.2–37.8259–372
Stage QuartzII (62)−79.5 to −59.6−52.1 to −2.87.9–16.8NANANA246–334
III (38)NANANA−6.8 to −1.6NA2.7–10.2205–312
Stage QuartzII (65)−63.4 to −57.7−6.9 to 10.29.5–13.8NANANA173–282
III (44)NANANA−5.9 to −1.2NA2.1–9.1179–269
Stage 3FluoriteIII (57)NANANA−5.4 to −0.4NA0.7–8.4138–213

Tm(ice), temperature of final ice melting; Tm(NaCl), melting temperature of halite crystals; (65) is the number of inclusions measured.