Composition of Fluids Responsible for Gold Mineralization in the Pechenga Structure of the Pechenga–Imandra–Varzuga Greenstone Belt, Kola Peninsula, Russia

• Published in: Geology of ore deposits Vol. 60; no. 4; pp. 277 - 299
• Main Authors: Prokofiev, V. Yu, Kalinin, A. A., Lobanov, K. V., Banks, D. A., Borovikov, A. A., Chicherov, M. V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Moscow Pleiades Publishing 01-07-2018; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Analytical methods; Carbonates; Chemical analysis; Chemical composition; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Fluid inclusions; Fluids; Gold; Mineral Resources; Mineralization; Organic chemistry; Physicochemical processes; Quartz; Quartzite; Raman spectroscopy; Rock; Rocks; Silver; physicochemical parameters; Pechenga; mineral-forming fluids; fluid inclusions; gold deposits
• ISSN: 1075-7015; 1555-6476
• DOI: 10.1134/S1075701518040037

This study presents the first fluid inclusion data from quartz of albite–carbonate–quartz altered rocks and metasomatic quartzite hosting gold mineralization in the Pechenga structure of the Pechenga–Imandra–Varzuga greenstone belt. A temperature of 275–370°C, pressure of 1.2–4.5 kbar, and the fluid composition of gold-bearing fluid are estimated by microthermometry, Raman spectroscopy, and LA-ICP-MS of individual fluid inclusions, as well as by bulk chemical analyses of fluid inclusions. In particular, the Au and Ag concentrations have been determined in fluid inclusions. It is shown that albite–carbonate–quartz altered rocks and metasomatic quartzite interacted with fluids of similar chemical composition but under different physicochemical conditions. It is concluded that the gold-bearing fluid in the Pechenga structure is similar to that of orogenic gold deposits.