文摘
The Bou-Dahar PbZn Mississippi Valley deposits located in the eastern part of the High Atlas Range (Morocco) are hosted by a Liassic reefal complex. Fluid inclusion and crush-leach data show that two distinct fluids were involved in the mineralisation deposition: a warmer, more saline fluid (180 °C, Formula Not Shown NaCl equivalent) and a cooler, less saline fluid (70 °C, 16 wt % equivalent NaCl). Mixing of these two fluids resulted in the precipitation of the ore. The solute composition of the ore-forming brine suggests that the MVT mineralising fluids were probably a mixture of halite-dissolution fluids and evaporated seawater. To cite this article: S. Adil et al., C. R. Geoscience 336 (2004).