Fluid evolution from quartz veins in micaschists from the thermal aureole around the Acari batholith, Northeast Brazil
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9095.v21-160595Keywords:
Fluid inclusions, Quartz veins, Micaschists, Thermal aureole, Fluid composition, SalinityAbstract
Micaschists that host the Acari batholith (Ediacaran age, 572 to 577 My) are characterized by a large number of quartz veins. The veins are more abundant in higher-temperature metamorphic zones and, together with lower metamorphic zones, form an aureole centered in the batholith. Most of the fluid inclusions are two-phase (H2O-CO2 and liquid/vapor), but three-phase varieties (liquid/vapor/salt cubes; liquid/liquid/vapor) occur locally. The analyzed veins come from the biotite + chlorite + muscovite, biotite + garnet, cordierite + andalusite, and cordierite + sillimanite metamorphic zones. CO2 melting temperatures (TmCO2) vary from -62.6 to -56.7°C, suggesting CH4 and/or N2. Eutectic temperatures (Te) in quartz veins show average values of -30.8°C in the biotite + chlorite + muscovite and biotite + garnet zones, and -38.6°C in the cordierite + andalusite and cordierite + sillimanite zones. Ice-melting temperatures (Tmice) are lower in the higher-temperature metamorphic zones. The mode values are -3.8, -5.5, -5.6, and -7.3°C, corresponding respectively to the biotite + chlorite + muscovite, biotite + garnet, cordierite + andalusite, and cordierite + sillimanite zones. A fluid characterized by the H2O-Na-Cl (KCl)-MgCl2-FeCl2-CaCl2 system is defined by: Tmice from near -1.9 to -32°C, the presence of salt cubes mainly in the cordierite + andalusite and cordierite + sillimanite zones, and recorded eutectic temperatures (Te) from -16.5 to -59.1°C. In addition, total homogenization temperatures (Tht) ranging from 117 to 388°C were obtained for primary aqueous fluid inclusions. This indicates a long period of fluid circulation under conditions of falling temperatures. Our results are consistent with an increase in the salinity of the aqueous fluid across the thermal aureole toward the granitic batholith.
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