Fluid Inclusion and Sulphur Isotope Data in Relation to Genesis of the Cinola Gold Deposit, Queen Charlotte Islands, B.C.
Special Volume, Vol. SV 24, No. 1982, 1982
Fluid inclusion studies from the Cinola deposit indicate low salinities and low C01 contents of the ore fluid. This supports a suggestion that the mineralizing fluids originated from pore water in the fluviatile host rock (mid-Miocene Skonun Formation). Bimodal distribution of filling temperatures suggests the existence of at least two temperature regimes centred on 160°C and 270°C during mineral deposition. Independent age and stratigraphic evidence indicates that depth of mineralization is between 1.1 and 1. 8 km, corresponding to a hydrostatic load of between 110 and 170 bars.
Keywords:
gold, gold mining, fluid inclusion, sulphur isotope data
