Research Article

Geochemical Signature of Magmatic-Hydrothermal Fluids Exsolved from the Beauvoir Rare-Metal Granite (Massif Central, France): Insights from LA-ICPMS Analysis of Primary Fluid Inclusions

Table 1

Petrography, microthermometry, and Raman spectrometry data for the different fluid inclusion types from the Beauvoir granite and the La Bosse stockwork.

 PetrographyMicrothermometryBulk salinityGas composition (mol%)
FI-typenRv (%)Size (µm) (°C)ice (°C)Hh (°C)Hl (°C) (°C)wt.% NaCl eqnCO2N2CH4H2S

Beauvoir granite
L1-type1120; 60; 4010–23−78; −56; −73−39.9; −12.8−44275; 300; 287491; >600; 54216.7; 28.1; 2679.7; 65.6; 43.820; 81.8; 460.3; 22.2; 10.2
V2-type480; 90; 9012–24−72−19.3300375; 595; 4654.7; 21.9; 15.3357.5; 60.1; 58.531.5; 35.2; 33.77.2; 8.4; 7.8
L2-type1320; 40; 3010–35−77; −52−39.9; −1.6215; 407; 359377; 542; 45532.6; 48.2; 43.6152.434.313.2
L3-type14016−61−4.263226.8
La Bosse stockwork
L1-type340; 40; 4010–24−80−30; −8−48.7377; 468; 42227; 28.7; 28
V2-type1660; 80; 6015–47−65−6; −1.4; −3.5342; 490; 4031.4; 9.2; 4.5738.6; 84.3; 55.712.9; 53.6; 36.62.4; 12.5; 5.90; 6.3; 1.7
L2-type1430; 40; 3016–30−81; −60−41.8; −2.5263; 328; 286305; 439; 37536.7; 40.4; 37.3
L3-type2710; 70; 4010–77−72; −61; −72−2.9; −0.15; −2.1338; 398; 3801.5; 6.5; 3.71322.6; 87.9; 587.7; 73.9; 360; 10.5; 5.9

Values indicated correspond, respectively, to the minimum, maximum, and mode values. Mean values are indicated in italics; —: not determined.