Abstract
Relicts of silicate-iron fluid media were found in the Early Cretaceous rhyolites of the Nilginskaya depression, Central Mongolia. They are localized in matrix cavities and in the inclusions in quartz and sanidine phenocrysts. The mineral composition of rhyolites and aggregates of silicate-iron phases has been studied. Calculations showed that crystallization of ilmenite and magnetite in a matrix occurred within a temperature range of 593–700°C and oxygen fugacity \(\Delta \log f_{O_2 }\) NNO from −2.29 to 1.68. The average compositions of the rhyolites and residual glasses in melt inclusions (MI) have A/CNK index of 1.03–1.05. The compositions of MI glasses define a trend from agpaitic to plumasitic types (A/NK and A/CNK change from 0.8–0.9 to 1.1–1.2). According to calculations, the rhyolitic melt was solidified at 640–750°C.
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