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Abundance of Carbonic Fluid Inclusions in Hira-Buddini Gold Deposit, Hutti-Maski Greenstone Belt, India: Inferences from Petrography and Volume Ratio Estimation of Fluid Components

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Low saline aqueous carbonic fluids are considered to be the ore forming solutions for orogenic lode gold deposits. Phase separation/fluid immiscibility of the ore fluid is quite common and is one of the major reasons for deposition of gold in these deposits. Abundant carbonic fluid inclusions have been observed in quartz grains of Hira-Buddnini Gold Deposit. Theoretical estimation indicates that more volume of H2O compared to CO2 is likely to be trapped in inclusions at different P-T conditions. Preferential loss of H2O from fluid inclusions during ductile deformation of quartz grains have been attributed as the suitable reason for abundance of carbonic fluid inclusions.

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The authors would like to thank the Department of Earth Sciences, IIT Roorkee for necessary facilities for the present work. Organizing committee of Asian Current Research on Fluid Inclusions VII (ACROFI VII), IGGCAS, Beijing, are highly acknowledged for the invitation to write this paper. The help extended by authorities of M/S Hutti Gold Mines Company Limited during sample collection at Hira-Buddini Gold Deposit is highly appreciated. The final publication is available at Springer via https://doi.org/10.1007/s12583-019-1272-3.

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  1. Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, 247667, India

    Rajagopal Krishnamurthi

  2. Department of Geology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India

    Ajit Kumar Sahoo

  3. Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, 248001, India

    Rajesh Sharma

  4. Hutti Gold Mines Company Limited, Hutti, 584115, India

    Prabhakar Sangurmath

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Krishnamurthi, R., Sahoo, A.K., Sharma, R. et al. Abundance of Carbonic Fluid Inclusions in Hira-Buddini Gold Deposit, Hutti-Maski Greenstone Belt, India: Inferences from Petrography and Volume Ratio Estimation of Fluid Components. J. Earth Sci. 31, 492–499 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12583-019-1272-3

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