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  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,686 Views
24 Pages

1 April 2025

This study investigates the mineral chemistry and iron isotope composition of the Pertek Fe-skarn deposit in the Eastern Taurides, Turkey, to elucidate skarn formation and ore genesis through chemical and isotopic parameters. The deposit consists of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,169 Views
18 Pages

Iron Isotope Fractionation during Skarn Cu-Fe Mineralization

  • Song Xue,
  • Yaoling Niu,
  • Yanhong Chen,
  • Yining Shi,
  • Boyang Xia,
  • Peiyao Wang,
  • Hongmei Gong,
  • Xiaohong Wang and
  • Meng Duan

22 April 2021

Fe isotopes have been applied to the petrogenesis of ore deposits. However, the behavior of iron isotopes in the mineralization of porphyry-skarn deposits is still poorly understood. In this study, we report the Fe isotopes of ore mineral separations...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,669 Views
18 Pages

Phlogopite 40Ar/39Ar Geochronology for Guodian Skarn Fe Deposit in Qihe–Yucheng District, Luxi Block, North China Craton: A Link between Craton Destruction and Fe Mineralization

  • Qiwei Feng,
  • Mingbo Gao,
  • Chao Fu,
  • Siyuan Li,
  • Yadong Li,
  • Jilei Gao,
  • Ming Ma,
  • Zhaozhong Wang,
  • Yidan Zhu and
  • Zhicai Dang
  • + 2 authors

1 July 2024

The Guodian Fe deposit is representative of the newly discovered Qihe–Yucheng high-grade Fe skarn ore cluster, Luxi Block, eastern North China Craton (NCC). The age of the Pandian Fe deposit remains elusive, which hinders the understanding of i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,797 Views
22 Pages

30 December 2021

Many gold and gold-bearing complex deposits related to the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous magmatism are known in Eastern Transbaikalia. The largest deposits are the Lugokan, the Kultuma and the Bystrinsky. These deposits are in a paragenetic rela...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,039 Views
57 Pages

9 October 2023

The current work investigates the impact of magmatic fluids and metasomatic processes on the Yolindi Cu-Fe skarn deposit in the Biga Peninsula, Turkey. It traces the stages of skarn evolution, from prograde to retrograde alterations, and investigates...

  • Article
  • Open Access
583 Views
33 Pages

9 October 2025

Skarn-type iron ore is economically significant, and numerous skarn ore deposits have been identified in the North China Craton. The newly discovered orbicular diorite in this region is distinguished from other analogous rocks due to the accumulation...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,150 Views
55 Pages

22 December 2021

The Kultuma deposit is among the largest and most representative Au–Cu–Fe–skarn deposits situated in Eastern Transbaikalia. However, its genetic classification is still a controversial issue. The deposit is confined to the similarly...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,423 Views
37 Pages

29 May 2025

Globally, most skarn deposits show a direct relationship with magmatic activity, indicating a genetic link between the geochemical composition of causative plutons and the metal content of associated skarns. Therefore, this study investigated the Ear...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,481 Views
32 Pages

14 December 2023

The current study sought to investigate the physiochemical conditions and fluid evolution within the Yolindi Cu-Fe skarn mineralization located in the Biga Peninsula, NW Turkey. This was accomplished through a comprehensive investigation of geologica...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,752 Views
28 Pages

9 July 2019

Skarn Sn-polymetallic deposits, located in the southern Great Khingan Range, can be divided into Sn–Fe and Sn–Pb–Zn deposits. By systematically studying the geochemical characteristics of source granitoid and deposits, the ore-formi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,235 Views
17 Pages

27 September 2021

We report on the application of the U-Th-He method for the direct dating of pyrite from the alteration halo of the Novogodnee-Monto Au-Fe-skarn deposit, Polar Urals. The deposit is genetically related to the formation of volcanogenic complexes of the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
554 Views
17 Pages

19 November 2025

This study presents the first detailed investigation of pyroxene zoning within polymetallic skarn zones of the Elazığ region. Skarns develop along contacts between plutonic rocks (diorite and granite) and carbonate rocks, forming two main z...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,857 Views
28 Pages

The Unconventional Peridotite-Related Mg-Fe-B Skarn of the El Robledal, SE Spain

  • Igor González-Pérez,
  • Isabel Fanlo,
  • Gonzalo Ares,
  • Fernando Gervilla,
  • José María González-Jiménez,
  • Antonio Acosta-Vigil and
  • Enrique Arranz

21 February 2023

The El Robledal deposit is a Mg-Fe-B skarn hosted in a dismembered block from the footwall contact of the Ronda orogenic peridotites in the westernmost part of the Betic Cordillera. The skarn is subdivided into two different zones according to the do...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,399 Views
17 Pages

Iron Isotopes Constrain the Metal Sources of Skarn Deposits: A Case Study from the Han-Xing Fe Deposit, China

  • Bin Zhu,
  • Hongfu Zhang,
  • M. Santosh,
  • Benxun Su,
  • Pengfei Zhang,
  • Chunming Han and
  • Yongsheng He

26 October 2020

Magmatic fluids and leaching of rocks are regarded as the two sources of magmatic hydrothermal deposits, but their relative contributions to the metals in the deposits are still unclear. In this study, we combine major elements and Fe isotopes in two...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1,959 Views
6 Pages

Mineral Exploration at the Kimmeria Fe-Cu Skarn Deposit, N. Greece: Reassessment and New Perspectives Focusing on the CRMs

  • Michalis Fitros,
  • Constantinos Mavrogonatos,
  • Marianthi Anastasatou,
  • Adamantia Chatziapostolou,
  • Konstantinos Laskaridis,
  • Petros Karmis,
  • Magdalini Angeli,
  • Dimitrios Tsouvalas,
  • Alexandros Liakopoulos and
  • Vasiliki Angelatou
  • + 1 author

Following the worldwide increasing demand for Critical Raw Materials (CRMs), the Hellenic Geological Survey (HSGME) implemented a national project focused on the re-evaluation of certain Public Mining Areas in Greece. In this framework, exploration a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,605 Views
30 Pages

20 January 2025

The Biggenden gold-bearing Fe skarn deposit in southeast Queensland, Australia, is a calcic magnetite skarn that has been mined for Fe and gold (from the upper portion of the deposit). Skarn has replaced volcanic and sedimentary rocks of the Early Pe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,669 Views
21 Pages

21 February 2024

The Makeng iron deposit in southwest Fujian is a significant iron polymetallic deposit containing various types of iron ore, including garnet magnetite, diopside magnetite, and quartz magnetite. The metallogenetic type of the deposit has been a subje...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,296 Views
24 Pages

30 April 2021

The Shuikoushan deposit is an economic ‘skarn-type’ polymetallic Pb-Zn deposit in South China. The deposit is located at the southern margin of the Hengyang basin in the northern part of the Nanling Range. Recently, economic Fe-Cu mineralization that...

  • Article
  • Open Access
362 Views
17 Pages

18 December 2025

The Southwestern Fujian Region is one of the important Fe polymetallic metallogenic belts in China. The Makeng-Yangshan Fe skarn sub-belt within it contains several deposits that share a similar geological setting, mineralization age, and genetic typ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,874 Views
28 Pages

6 December 2019

Magnetite is a widespread mineral, as disseminated or massive ore. Representative magnetite samples separated from various geotectonic settings and rock-types, such as calc-alkaline and ophiolitic rocks, porphyry-Cu deposit, skarn-type, ultramafic la...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,496 Views
13 Pages

Unique tectonic features have resulted in diverse metallic and non-metallic mineralization in Afghanistan. Hence, this paper is focused on the development of exploration and mineral resource data in Afghanistan. The study area is located in the weste...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,663 Views
20 Pages

3D Multi-Parameter Geological Modeling and Knowledge Findings for Mo Oxide Orebodies in the Shangfanggou Porphyry–Skarn Mo (–Fe) Deposit, Henan Province, China

  • Zhifei Liu,
  • Ling Zuo,
  • Senmin Xu,
  • Yaqing He,
  • Chunyi Wang,
  • Luofeng Wang,
  • Tao Yang,
  • Gongwen Wang,
  • Linggao Zeng and
  • Wangdong Yang
  • + 1 author

17 June 2022

The Shangfanggou Mo–Fe deposit is a typical and giant porphyry–skarn deposit located in the East Qinling–Dabie molybdenum (Mo) polymetallic metallogenic belt in the southern margin of the North China Block. In this paper, three-dime...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,009 Views
21 Pages

Provenance of Coastal and Seabed Sediments Relative to Mining and Processing Wastes: The Case of Lavrion, Attiki Peninsula, Greece

  • Stavros Savvas Triantafyllidis,
  • Georgios Anastasakis,
  • Anastasios Papanastasiou,
  • Charalambos Stylianou,
  • Nikolaos Kavros,
  • Filothei K. Pappa,
  • Stylianos Fotios Tombros,
  • Michalis Fitros and
  • Vasilios Skliros

28 December 2023

A detailed textural, mineralogical, and geochemical investigation of beach sands and seabed sediments from Thorikos and Oxygono bays of the eastern coast of Lavrion is performed, with the objective the provenance of the ore types exploited, the proce...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,897 Views
17 Pages

Petrogenesis of the Early Cretaceous Tietonggou Diorite and Its Geological Implications

  • Guo Ye,
  • Guangzhou Mao,
  • Qinglin Xu,
  • Zhengjiang Ding,
  • Yanchao Han,
  • Huiji Zhao and
  • Ying Shen

9 April 2024

The Tietonggou pluton is mainly composed of gabbroic diorite and diorite. The petrology, zircon U-Pb age, and geochemistry of the Tietonggou diorite have been studied to determine its petrogenesis and metallogenic significance. The diorite samples ha...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,878 Views
20 Pages

22 February 2024

In the mining industry, one of the principal issues is the management of the waste generated during ore concentration, which represents a potential source of environmental pollution. The most acute issue originates from the mining heritage in the for...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
6,675 Views
15 Pages

Discrimination of Mineralization Types of Skarn Deposits by Magnetite Chemistry

  • Huan Xie,
  • Xiaowen Huang,
  • Yumiao Meng,
  • Houmingrui Tan and
  • Liang Qi

11 May 2022

There are different mineralization types for skarn deposits with various origins and ore-forming conditions. Magnetite is one of the main ore minerals in skarn deposits, but whether chemical compositions of magnetite can be used to discriminate diffe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,659 Views
23 Pages

12 September 2022

The source of iron material and the mineralization process of iron skarn deposits within the eastern North China Craton are ambiguous. In this study, we present new mineral chemical data of the Jinling skarn deposit, located in western Shandong Provi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,384 Views
34 Pages

Geological, Geochemical, and Mineralogical Constraints on the Genesis of the Polymetallic Pb-Zn-Rich Nuocang Skarn Deposit, Western Gangdese, Tibet

  • Junsheng Jiang,
  • Shunbao Gao,
  • Youye Zheng,
  • David R. Lentz,
  • Jian Huang,
  • Jun Liu,
  • Kan Tian and
  • Xiaojia Jiang

23 September 2020

The Nuocang Pb-Zn deposit is a newly discovered polymetallic skarn deposit in the southern Lhasa subterrane, western Gangdese, Tibet. The skarn occurs at the contact between the limestone of Angjie Formation and the Linzizong volcanic rocks of Dianzh...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,848 Views
17 Pages

23 May 2024

The Fe skarn and vein-type Cu mineralization types are common in the Eastern Taurus Mountains. This study aims to determine the U-Pb geochronology of garnets of varying sizes within the skarn zone developed at the quartz diorite–marble contact...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,073 Views
25 Pages

12 February 2024

The Dachang is a world-class, super-giant Sn polymetallic ore field mainly composed of Zn–Cu ore bodies proximal to the granitic pluton and Sn polymetallic ore bodies distal to the granitic pluton. In this study, we used petrographic studies an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,245 Views
24 Pages

22 March 2023

The Huanggang deposit is the most important and largest skarn Fe–Sn polymetallic deposit in the Southern Great Xing’an Range of Northeast China. Cassiterite, magnetite, and other metal minerals are related to the garnets within skarn syst...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,446 Views
24 Pages

12 July 2023

Studying the activation, migration and precipitation processes of ore-forming elements is essential for understanding the genesis and mechanisms of skarn deposits. A typical skarn profile formed by the intrusion of Yanshanian granodiorite into the Ca...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
5,817 Views
17 Pages

Composition of Garnet from the Xianghualing Skarn Sn Deposit, South China: Its Petrogenetic Significance and Exploration Potential

  • Fan Yu,
  • Qihai Shu,
  • Xudong Niu,
  • Kai Xing,
  • Linlong Li,
  • David R. Lentz,
  • Qingwen Zeng and
  • Wenjie Yang

18 May 2020

The Xianghualing skarn Sn deposit in the southwestern part of the southern Hunan Metallogenic Belt is a large Sn deposit in the Nanling area. In this paper, the garnet has been analyzed by laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (...

  • Article
  • Open Access
46 Citations
6,167 Views
19 Pages

23 March 2018

The giant Beiya Au skarn deposit (over 300 tonnes Au metal reserve) is located in the middle part of the Jinshajiang-Ailaoshan alkaline porphyry metallogenic belt. The deposit is the largest Au skarn deposit and third largest Au deposit in China. In...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
7,431 Views
26 Pages

19 December 2017

The giant Beiya Au skarn deposit and Machangqing porphyry Cu-Mo-(Au) deposit are located in the middle part of the Jinshajiang–Ailaoshan alkaline porphyry metallogenic belt. The Beiya deposit is the largest Au skarn deposit in China, whilst the Macha...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,351 Views
18 Pages

17 November 2020

A newly discovered tungsten ore district containing more than 300,000 tons of WO3 in southern Anhui Province has attracted great attention. The Zhuxiling W (Mo) deposit in the district is dominated by skarn tungsten mineralization. This paper conduct...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,059 Views
12 Pages

29 March 2023

Campiglia Marittima (hereafter Campiglia) has a long record of attracting interest on its ore deposits that have been intermittently exploited from the Copper Age to the late XX century. Since the XIX century, Campiglia has been a key locality for th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,123 Views
21 Pages

22 October 2024

Porphyry and the associated skarn-type deposit is one of the most important types of ore deposits worldwide, which usually exhibit significant zoning of mineralization-alteration, but the research on element migration in these mineralization-alterati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
6,959 Views
17 Pages

4 May 2018

The Huanggangliang deposit is a super-large Sn-Fe deposit in the Huanggangliang–Ganzhuermiao metallogenic belt in the southern section of the Great Hinggan Range. The Sn-Fe deposits mainly occur in the skarn contact zone and were formed via the...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1,445 Views
30 Pages

Advances in Distribution Pattern and Enrichment Mechanism of Associated Cobalt Resources in Skarn-Type Deposits, China

  • Rongfang Zhang,
  • Chong Cao,
  • Yanbo Zhang,
  • Shuzhi Wang,
  • Yang Zhang,
  • Zhaokang Yuan,
  • Boxiao Dong,
  • Qing Cao,
  • Wenzhe Zuo and
  • Zhihua Guo

28 August 2025

Although skarn-type deposits represent significant hosts for Co resources, the distribution patterns and enrichment mechanisms of associated Co resources within these deposits have not been systematically investigated. This study summarizes relevant...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,193 Views
18 Pages

23 December 2020

Field measurements of the thermal infrared (TIR) reflectance from drill hole samples proved to be an effective method to map variations in garnet species associated with hydrothermal alteration zonation of the Jiama porphyry-skarn Cu deposit 1# skarn...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,366 Views
21 Pages

25 June 2024

The Jinchanghe Pb-Zn polymetallic deposit is a representative distal skarn deposit in the Baoshan block. Due to limited research on the sources of ore-forming metals and trace elemental geochemistry of sulfides, the sources and mineralization environ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,355 Views
20 Pages

Elucidating the Genetic Mechanism and the Ore-Forming Materials of the Kaladawan Iron Deposit in the North Altyn Tagn, Western China

  • Yuyao Chen,
  • Yuting Cao,
  • Liang Liu,
  • Chao Wang,
  • Wenqiang Yang,
  • Yongsheng Gai,
  • Tianhe Xie,
  • Lihao Song and
  • Fei Xie

3 June 2024

The Kaladawan iron deposit is located in the North Altyn Tagh and exhibits occurrences of iron ore bodies at the contact zone between Ordovician magmatic rocks (basalts, rhyolite, and granodiorite) and marble. However, controversy persists regarding...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,831 Views
17 Pages

Perovskites of the Tazheran Massif (Baikal, Russia)

  • Eugene V. Sklyarov,
  • Nikolai S. Karmanov,
  • Andrey V. Lavrenchuk and
  • Anastasia E. Starikova

27 May 2019

The paper provides details of local geology and mineralogy of the Tazheran Massif, which was the sampling site of perovskite used as an external standard in perovskite U-Pb dating by sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe (SHRIMP) and laser ablatio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
6,163 Views
28 Pages

27 January 2021

The results of the study of rare-metal (Bi, Te, Se. Be, In) mineralization of skarn deposits (Sn, Zn) in the Pitkäranta Mining District, genetically related to the Salmi anorthosite-rapakivi granite batholiths of Early Riphean age are reported. Miner...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,150 Views
25 Pages

Deeply Derived Magma Controlling the Polymetallic Mineralization at Shuikoushan, South China: Constraints from Mineral U–Pb Dating and Whole-Rock Geochemistry

  • Jionghui Wang,
  • Yulong Du,
  • Fanghua Zhang,
  • Qiushi Li,
  • Changhu Zuo,
  • Xi Zhang,
  • Yong Wang,
  • Jiangwei Wu and
  • Shengchao Ma

30 November 2023

Various magmatic–hydrothermal activities have resulted in different styles of polymetallic mineralization in South China. Shuikoushan is a large Fe-Cu-Pb-Zn-Au-Ag orefield situated in fold-and-thrust belts within the South China Block. Two type...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,980 Views
20 Pages

13 July 2023

The Changpo–Tongkeng tin polymetallic deposit in Dachang, Guangxi, is a world-class, superlarge, polymetallic tin deposit consisting of lower skarn zinc–copper ore bodies and upper tin polymetallic ore bodies. Garnet is the main gangue mi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
876 Views
18 Pages

Integrated Geophysical and Geochemical Surveys for Assessing Mineral Potential in the Xintianling Tungsten Deposit, Nanling Range, South China

  • Wei Liu,
  • Yong-Jun Shao,
  • Yi Wang,
  • Ke Chen,
  • Zhi-Min Li,
  • Hong-Fei Di,
  • Kang-Qi Xu,
  • Han Zheng and
  • Yi-Qu Xiong

14 October 2025

The Xintianling deposit, a skarn-type tungsten mineralization system in the Nanling Range of South China, presents significant challenges in identifying new high-grade orebodies. This study employs an integrated approach, combining the opposing-coil...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,551 Views
20 Pages

26 March 2023

The Han–Xing (Handan–Xingtai) region is famous for its endowment of skarn iron deposits in China. These deposits are mainly spatially and genetically associated with diorite rocks, but these rocks show different Fe ore potential. Major an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,883 Views
13 Pages

Mineralogy and Geochemistry of JingFenCui (Rhodonite Jade) Deposit from Beijing, China

  • Zhi-Juan Kang,
  • Guang-Hai Shi,
  • Wei-Yan Lei,
  • Cai-Xiu An,
  • Lu Liu,
  • Shu-Hong Liu,
  • Feng Lu and
  • Lin Xu

31 March 2022

JingFenCui is a type of rhodonite jade from the Changping district of Beijing, China, which is a manganese skarn deposit formed through the metasomatism of the granite aplite and Cambrian limestone. The pink color of JingFenCui is richer and brighter...

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