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2005 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Trace element content of quartz from the Ehrenfriedersdorf Sn-W deposit, Germany: Results of an acid-wash procedure
Authors : S. Haßler, U. Kempe, T. Monecke, J. Götze
Published in: Mineral Deposit Research: Meeting the Global Challenge
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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The trace element content of quartz from the Ehrenfriedersdorf Sn-W deposit has been determined by ICP-MS. It has been tested whether acid-washing of the finely crushed samples modifies the composition of the bulk quartz samples. In the case of the pure quartz analyzed, untreated and treated sample splits show very similar trace element contents suggesting that this method of sample preparation can be used to remove traces of associated minerals such as calcite without influencing the contents of elements required for genetic interpretation. The quartz samples from the Ehrenfriedersdorf deposit show high concentrations of Li, Rb, and K suggesting that these elements were enriched in the ore-forming hydrothermal-magmatic system. High Al concentrations in quartz are interpreted to result from the elevated temperatures of quartz formation. The REE patterns of the quartz samples are similar to those previously observed in fluorite.