Migration of trace elements during contact metamorphism in the santa rosa range, nevada, and its bearing on the origin of ore deposits associated with granitic intrusions

Abstract

Eighty-two samples from eight granodioritic stocks and adjacent metasedimentary rocks were analysed spectrochemically for B, Li, Sn, Pb, Cu, Zn, Ni, Mn, Cr, V and Ti, to detect changes in element distribution during hornblende hornfels facies metamorphism. Results show that B, Li, Sn, Pb and in some instances Cu and Zn diffused from the country rocks into the magmas, suggesting that such a process may enhance the potential of a magma as a source of epigenetic ore deposits.