Metal anomalies in zircon as a record of granite-hosted mineralization

• Published in: Chemical geology Vol. 585; p. 120580
• Main Authors: Gardiner, Nicholas J., Hawkesworth, Chris J., Robb, Laurence J., Mulder, Jacob A., Wainwright, Ashlea N., Cawood, Peter A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 20.12.2021
• Subjects: Bushveld complex; Granite hosted mineralization; Hydrothermal fluids; Porphyry pegmatite deposits; Tin tungsten lithium Sn W Li critical metals; Zircon trace elements; Tin tungsten lithium Sn W Li critical metals; Bushveld complex; Hydrothermal fluids; Granite hosted mineralization; Porphyry pegmatite deposits; Zircon trace elements

Granite-hosted magmatic-hydrothermal mineral deposits are major sources of Cu, Mo, Sn, Li, and W, originating via mineralizing fluids exsolved from volatile-saturated magmas. We show how trace elements in zircon sampled from the granite-hosted Zaaiplaats tin deposit, Bushveld Complex, preserve a rec...