Source of salinity in the Broken Hill (Australia) Pb-Zn-Ag deposit: Insights from halogen ratios in fluid inclusions
Ratios of Na/Br, Br/Cl, and I/Cl were determined on leachates of fluid inclusions from the Broken Hill Pb-ZnAg deposit in Australia. Paragenetic relations suggest that whereas all analyzed inclusions formed during or after regional metamorphism, ion ratios are not greatly changed from those of the pre-metamorphic ore-forming fluids. Based on relatively high Br/Cl and I/Cl ratios, and low Na/Br ratios, we suggest that the high salinities that characterize Broken Hill fluid inclusions reflect a source dominated by evaporated seawater and not dissolved evaporites.
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