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 2

Salinity calculated from microthermometric data for the L1- and L2-types fluid inclusions in the H2O-NaCl system [43] and H2O-NaCl-LiCl system [44].

Host-mineralSize μmMicrothermometry Salinity in H2O-NaCl systemSalinity in H2O-NaCl-LiCl system
FI-typeSampleFI n°iceHl[NaCl] (1)[NaCl] (2)[NaCl][LiCl][Na][Li]Na/Li
°C°C°C°Cwt.% eqwt.% eqwt.%wt.%wt.%wt.%ratio

Beauvoir granite
L1-typeB1-125aA4Toz14−78−37.127549136.326.512.510.42.05.1
L1-typeB1-379aA6aQtz23−73−37.8~28053034.226.112.910.32.14.9
L1-typeB1-379aA6bQtz17−73−34.8~28052731.927.111.410.71.95.7
L1-typeB1-379aA6cQtz19−69−35.8~28051532.626.611.410.51.95.6
L1-typeB1-379a9aQtz20−66−34.028254036.828.510.511.21.76.5
L1-typeB1-379c5bToz10−56−39.9~28060036.024.913.19.82.14.6
L1-typeB1-379c6jToz20−70−36.1~28057832.926.912.110.62.05.3
L2-typeB1-125a11Qtz25−72−38.140452547.941.610.416.41.79.6
L2-typeB1-379a7aQtz30−73−39.940640248.141.911.116.51.89.0
L2-typeB1-379c21Qtz20−60−29.035452942.837.87.214.91.212.6
La Bosse stockwork
L1-typeECH-X2b44aQtz16−80−29.9~28042228.630.88.212.11.39.0
L1-typeECH-X2b44bQtz10−30.0~28037728.731.68.412.41.49.0
L2-typeECH-X2b42Qtz15−81.0−41.8~28042837.825.614.410.12.44.3

Salinity in the H2O-NaCl system was calculated using the ice-melting temperature (1) and the halite dissolution temperature (2); value; —: not determined.