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Composition and evolution of fluids depositing tin and tungsten ores in Kibaran quartz vein deposits allow the modelling of devolatizing evolved granites as their source at depth. Fluids forming gold quartz veins and breccias are different from the first, especially by showing characteristics of a high-pressure environment. All deposits are controlled by compressional deformation whose fading phases affect earlier formed veins. These findings lead to the conclusion that both anatectic melting resulting in intrusion of fertile granites, and the generation of fluids forming gold deposits are the final consequence of deep crustal metamorphism. The latter was caused by crustal thickening immediately preceding the metallogenetic climax.
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Pohl, W., Günther, M.A. The origin of Kibaran (late Mid-Proterozoic) tin, tungsten and gold quartz vein deposits in Central Africa: a fluid inclusions study. Mineral. Deposita 26, 51–59 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00202365
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