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Glass Inclusions in Quartz Phenocrysts of Tuff from Sunshin Au Mining Area, Haenam, Jeonnam.  

Lee, Seung-Yeol (Division of Earth Environmental System, Pusan National University)
Yang, Kyoung-Hee (Division of Earth Environmental System, Pusan National University)
Jeon, Byung-Geun (Sunshin Exploration & Mining Co. Ltd.)
Bak, Gil (Sunshin Exploration & Mining Co. Ltd.)
Koh, Sang-Mo (Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
Seo, Jeong-Ryul (Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
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The Journal of the Petrological Society of Korea / v.18, no.4, 2009 , pp. 337-348 More about this Journal
Abstract
Clear and homogeneous glass inclusions are well preserved at the rim of the quartz phenocrysts of tuff from Sunshin epithermal Au deposit, Haenam, although the host rocks experienced extensive silicification and argillic alteration. Glass inclusion vary in size from $5\;{\mu}m$ to larger than $200\;{\mu}m$ consisting of glass(60~80 vol%) + vapor bubble(15~30 vol%) $\pm$ daughter crystals(<10 vol%). Most of glass inclusions are cubic to rectangular in shape, indicating that the host quartz grew in the stability field of $\beta$-quartz. All the glass inclusions appear to be primary. Glass inclusions are composed of highly evolved high-K calc-alkaline rhyolites, which can represent the final liquidus phase of the magma system. The $Au_2O_3$ concentration (<0.30 wt%) is trivial in the glass, indicating there was no enrichment in the final residual melt. Textural characteristics suggest that magma was water-saturated shortly before or during the eruption. $H_2O$ content of the glass (ca. 2-4 wt%) suggests a water saturation pressure($P_{H2O}$) of about 300-900 bars. This pressure implies a minimum depth of 0.8-2.5 km for the magma chamber.
Keywords
Haenam Sunshin Au deposit; alteration; tuff; glass inclusions; water saturation pressure;
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