Abstract
Chemical deposits in the Red Sea, Salton Sea, and Cheleken Peninsula have concentrations of Cu, Zn, Pb, Ag, and some Au. Brines emanating from these base metal systems have over 10% Cl and have chalcophile metals in excess of sulphide in solution. Siliceous sinters laden with Au, Ag, Hg, and Sb exist around vents and wells in California, western Nevada, and New Zealand. Hot CO2-H2O fluids that exhale from these noble metal systems have less than 2 % Cl and sulphide in excess of chalcophile metals. Some geothermal systems around the world have features intermediate between these two end-members. Cu-Fe and Ag-Au concentrations occur around the margin of an Archean felsic stock in the Wawa greenstone belt in Ontario, Canada. The interpretation is that an initial seawater dominated system concentrated exhalites rich in base metals. This culminated with regional metamorphism and the concentration of precious metal-bearing veins from low salinity fluids.
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