Antimony in quartz as a vector to mineralization: A statistical approach from five Variscan Sb occurrences (France)

Using in-situ LA-ICP-MS, the trace-element composition of hydrothermal quartz from five Sb mineralized Variscan districts, different parts France, were compared. Each these districts is characterized by presence stibnite, with being a ubiquitous gangue mineral. The resulting dataset was processed using set multivariate statistical analyses (i.e. principal component analysis, hierarchical cluster and permutational analysis variance). This approach highlights differences in ore-forming processes (e.g., fluid chemistry), recorded pattern minerals. this methodology, we could distinguish mineralizing events intricate paragenesis, such as those Sioule nappe, which appear to have two precipitation. Results indicate that incorporation weakly correlated other trace elements, but its contents increase sharply stibnite-bearing veins. In case, shows values >10 ppm up 200 ppm, considerably higher than measured unrelated mineralization (mainly ?1 ppm). Intermediate would point potential for precipitate ore. It concluded can be confidentially content fluid. Based on our data French belt, supplemented published number deposits around world, study strong proxy tracing mineralization.