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Research Article| October 01, 1994 Dissolved volatile concentrations in an ore-forming magma Jacob B. Lowenstern Jacob B. Lowenstern 1U.S. Geological Survey, MS 910, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, California 94025 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Jacob B. Lowenstern 1U.S. Geological Survey, MS 910, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, California 94025 Publisher: Geological Society of America First Online: 02 Jun 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2682 Print ISSN: 0091-7613 Geological Society of America Geology (1994) 22 (10): 893–896. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1994)022<0893:DVCIAO>2.3.CO;2 Article history First Online: 02 Jun 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Jacob B. Lowenstern; Dissolved volatile concentrations in an ore-forming magma. Geology 1994;; 22 (10): 893–896. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1994)022<0893:DVCIAO>2.3.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGeology Search Advanced Search Abstract Infrared spectroscopic measurements of glass inclusions within quartz phenocrysts from the Plinian fallout of the 22 Ma tuff of Pine Grove (southwestern Utah) show that the trapped silicate melt contained high concentrations of H2O (6-8 wt%) and CO2 (60-960 ppm). Inclusion compositions are consistent with either open- or closed-system degassing of this high-silica rhyolite during ascent from 16 km (430 MPa) to 9 km (250 MPa) depth, prior to eruption. Intrusive porphyries from the Pine Grove system are nearly identical in age, composition, and mineralogy to the tephra, and some contain high-grade Mo mineralization. Assuming that the porphyry magmas originally contained similar abundances of volatile components as the erupted rocks, they would have been saturated with fluid at pressures far greater than those at which the porphyries were emplaced and mineralized. Even if no initial exsolved fluid was present when the magma began to ascend, it would have contained 19 to 39 vol% bubbles at the ∼3 km depth (80 MPa) of emplacement of many porphyries. The decrease in magma density and increase in porosity would have facilitated magma convection as well as advection of magmatic aqueous fluid through an interconnected network of bubbles. The data are consistent with formation of Climax-type Mo porphyry deposits by prolonged fluid flux from a large volume (>20 km3) of relatively Mo-poor (1-5 ppm) magma. This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.
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