Orogenic mineral system | Geoscience Australia
One of the unifying characteristics of lode gold deposits through time and space are low to moderatesalinity (generally lt;10 eq wt % NaCl), CO 2bearing ore fluids (Ridley and Diamond, 2000). The origin of these fluids is contentious, with some workers inferring a metamorphic origin (Phillips, 1993), but others prefering a magmatichydrothermal origin, at least in part (Mueller et al., 1991).