The composition and origin of hydrothermal fluids in a NYF-type granitic pegmatite, South Platte District, Colorado: Evidence from LA-ICP-MS analysis of fluorite- and quartz-hosted fluid inclusions

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1331-1355

  Gagnon, Joel E ^a   Samson, Iain M ^b   Fryer, Brian J ^b   Williams Jones, Anthony E ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colorado; Fluid inclusion; Fluid rock reaction; Fluorite; Granite; LA ICP MS; Model; NYF type pegmatite; Quartz; Rare earth elements; South Platte District

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; LASER ABLATION; LASER BEAMS; QUARTZ;

COMPOSITIONAL COMPLEXITY; HOMOGENIZATION TEMPERATURES; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS;

RARE EARTH ELEMENTS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FLUID INCLUSION; FLUORITE; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; MINERALIZATION; PEGMATITE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 12344286139     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.42.5.1331     Document Type: Article

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