与A型花岗岩有关锡矿的云英岩化蚀变矿化地球化学:以新疆卡姆斯特和干梁子矿床为例

新疆准噶尔盆地东部卡拉麦里地区发育我国典型的A型花岗岩型锡矿.通过对该区卡姆斯特和干梁子两个锡矿4个矿化蚀变带的岩相学及地球化学研究,发现矿体和致矿岩体是同源岩浆演化的结果,矿体是岩浆分异演化末期向流体演化过程中形成的.矿床的蚀变分带模式可分为两种:（1）（红色）细粒黑云母花岗岩→云英岩化细粒花岗岩→含锡石英脉;（2）细粒黑云母花岗岩→含锡云英岩→含锡石英脉.其蚀变带中岩石的地球化学组分总体迁移规律为:SiO₂迁入,Na₂O、K₂O迁出,Fe₂O₃总体表现为迁入,Th/U值不断降低,表明硅化和碱交代作用贯穿整个成矿过程,成矿环境由碱性向酸性变化,并伴随氧逸度的升高.F、Cl、W、Cu、Bi、In、Pb、Rb、Nb、Ta等元素与成矿元素Sn的迁移、富集和沉淀密切相关,其中F和Cl是迁移过程中最活跃的组分,是Sn元素最大的"搬运工",Sn元素的富集与W、Cu、Bi、In等元素迁移呈正相关,反映流体作用与Sn成矿密切相伴,而与Pb、Rb、Nb、Ta等元素的迁移呈负相关,反映致矿岩体自身元素的稀释和带出,Sn的富集和成矿是在岩浆向流体演化过程中完成的.      

腾冲—梁河地区原生锡矿床类型及成矿机理

腾冲-梁河地区锡矿床是富亲石元素地壳在板块会聚碰撞作用下与再生花岗岩浆活动有关的地球化学旋回中形成的。成矿期前的富集,发生于花岗岩上升侵位、分异演化过程中。由于早期硅酸盐结晶不相容,锡及相关元素逐渐向花岗岩演化序列晚阶段聚集,最终富集于残浆中。残浆在高蒸气压驱动下,向岩基顶部或近侧围岩压力释放带侵位,发生减压沸腾。含矿气-液流体与硅酸盐分离,在非平衡结晶分异条件下,锡及相关元素进入流体相,形成岩浆期后成矿流体。岩浆期后含矿气-液锡的沉淀富集机理决定于成矿流体活动的物理化学场性质。构造封闭岩体内,矿石沉淀富集作用主要由对同源母岩早期晶出的矿物碱交代作用和流体温度压力改变引起的热化学参数变化所形成,产出含锡(钨)-稀有金属变花岗岩型和内云英岩型矿床。构造开放岩体外.成矿流体迁移到长英质围岩断裂-裂隙带中,矿石沉淀富集受减压沸腾和气-液、酸-碱分离作用的制约,并有异源组分加入,产出锡石外云英岩型、富硫化物锡石-石英型矿床。富碳酸盐沉积围岩的物理化学场是以与异源物质交代平衡为主要沉淀富集机理。除接触交代矽卡岩中有部分钙硅酸盐含锡外,随成矿流体与碳酸盐平衡交代进程中流体物理化学条件下的变化,可发生一系列多阶段矿物共生组合,主要有:云英岩化矽卡岩型,含锡硼镁铁矿磁铁矿型,锡石-多金属硫化物型,含锡硫盐-方解石型。在梁河丝光坪尚产出一种以高、低温矿物共生为特点的锡石-木锡石-蛋白石绢英岩型浅成高温热液锡矿床。     

矽卡岩型钨矿床成矿相关岩体识别——以江西景德镇朱溪超大型矽卡岩型钨矿床为例

钨矿往往与酸性或中酸性侵入岩相关,对于复式岩体通常仅与某一特定期次岩浆相关,如何确定成矿相关岩体是找矿勘查的一道难题。朱溪矽卡岩型钨矿床位于江南古陆钨矿带,是一个世界级钨矿床。该矿床的形成主要与黑云母二长花岗岩和细粒花岗岩密切相关,此次研究发现黑云母二长花岗岩中的黑云母发生蚀变、分解过程中形成了大量含W金红石(w(WO_3)为0.01%~0.96%)。这类含W次生金红石同样出现在华南地区多个钨矿床的成矿相关岩体中,并且其WO_3含量显著高于与岩浆作用相关的锡矿床和斑岩型铜(金)矿床中的次生金红石的WO_3含量。此外,朱溪矿床中岩浆演化晚期形成的细粒花岗岩中结晶了一些自形板状的原生金红石,这些金红石同样显著富集W元素(w(WO_3)为0.06%~1.12%)。金红石中的Ti容易被W所替代,导致(岩浆)热液体系所经历的W元素富集过程会被结晶的金红石所记录。因此,通过花岗质岩体中黑云母发生蚀变或分解后形成的次生金红石,或岩浆演化晚阶段形成的细晶岩脉中的原生金红石的W元素含量,可以判断岩浆结晶演化过程中是否经历过W元素的富集及相应的富集程度,从而判断花岗质岩体是否具备形成钨矿床的潜力。     

湖南芙蓉锡多金属矿床成矿流体地球化学

湖南芙蓉锡多金属矿床是我国最近发现的与A型花岗岩具有成因联系的超大型锡多金属矿床.本文对该矿床主要的四种矿化类型(矽卡岩型、云英岩型、蚀变花岗岩型、锡石硫化物型)进行了系统的流体包裹体地球化学和稳定同位素地球化学研究.研究结果表明:该矿床中流体包裹体类型复杂,包括富含CO_2包裹体、气液包裹体、含子晶包裹体和气相包裹体.矽卡岩型矿石中流体包裹体均一温度主要集中在400～450℃,云英岩和蚀变花岗岩型矿石的均一温度相对下降,主要分布于250～350℃之间,锡石硫化物型矿石中包裹体温度进一步下降.成矿流体主要由高盐度CaCl_2-NaCl-KCl-H_2O流体(盐度多集中在32.2 wt%～50.6 wt%NaCl.eqv)和富含CO_2的CO_2-CH4-NaCl-H_2O低盐度流体(盐度多集中在32.2 wt%～50.6wt% NaCl.eqv)组成.芙蓉锡矿云英岩型矿石成矿流体中的水主要以岩浆水为主,锡石硫化物型矿石成矿流体中的水具有岩浆水和大气降水混合的特征,成矿流体中的碳为岩浆碳与沉积碳酸盐不同比例混合的结果.芙蓉锡多金属矿床的成矿流体应主要来源于骑田岭黑云母二长花岗岩岩浆结晶期后分异出的岩浆热流体.岩浆热流体沿岩体周围裂隙对围岩和原生矽卡岩进行热液交代,在造成绢云母化、白云母化、绿泥石化等热液蚀变现象的同时,导致了大规模的锡矿化.减压沸腾和低温流体与高温流体混合造成的沸腾作用是导致芙蓉锡矿锡沉淀的主要机制.     

湖南千里山岩体中金红石化学成分标型特征研究

金红石是湖南千里山岩体黑云母花岗岩中一种常见的副矿物。本文通过分析千里山黑云母花岗岩中金红石的化学成分,探讨了金红石对岩浆热液演化与钨锡成矿的指示作用。结果表明,金红石主要受热液蚀变作用的影响呈3种形态产出。第1种为形成于黑云母裂隙的他形金红石;第2种是颗粒较大的单晶金红石;第3种是呈集合体产出且粒度不等的条带状金红石。随着黑云母花岗岩的蚀变与成矿作用的不断增强,黑云母花岗岩金红石中的元素钨不断富集,表明金红石中的钨含量可以作为花岗岩成矿能力的判别标志,含钨高的金红石对钨矿的形成富集有一定的指示意义,可作为钨矿找矿的标志之一。     

栗木花岗岩型钨锡矿床云英岩化特征

通过矿物学研究发现,云英岩化过程的主要蚀变反应有白云母的蚀变和长石的蚀变,其成矿过程：起初,原先的锡钨载体矿物在蚀变过程中发生淋滤进入成矿流体或次生矿物相,伴随着蚀变过程,成矿流体使早先沉淀的矿物相发生了重熔,使锡钨进一步的沉淀、富集,并形成一种或多种化学成分高于围岩的蚀变晕,而蚀变后期,云英岩化减弱,中低温热液蚀变发育,形成大量硫化物,伴有黝锡矿、锡石、黑钨矿和白钨矿的晶出,并与硫化物一起呈团块状产出.还有,Sn、W 与F、Cl形成络合物赋存于流体,随着pH 值、温度、压力条件变化的影响,络合物不稳定或络阴离子浓度的降低,使Sn、W 从流体中沉淀析出.     

华南与花岗岩有关的一种新类型的锡成矿作用：矿物化学、元素和同位素地球化学证据

华南是我国最重要的锡成矿省,产有大量的与花岗岩有关的大型-超大型锡多金属矿床。近年来,在湘南新探明一个超大型锡矿床—芙蓉锡矿床,其中,最重要的锡矿化产在骑田岭花岗岩体西南部的破碎蚀变带内,与绿泥石化密切相关。骑田岭花岗岩富含角闪石,具有较高的氧逸度,显示出准铝的地球化学特征,在花岗岩形成过程中发生过壳-慢岩浆混合作用。这些特点都表明骑田岭花岗宕并不同于一般的 S 型含锡花岗岩,而显示出 A 型花岗岩的地球化学特征。同位素定年分析表明,芙蓉锡矿床主成矿阶段的形成时代要晚于骑田岭花岗岩侵位年龄近20Ma。氢、氧同位素分析表明,发生过水-岩反应的大气降水在成矿流体中占有很重要的地位。硫同位素分析表明花岗岩和地层都提供了成矿所需的硫。因此,用花岗岩浆结晶分异过程中分离出富锡的岩浆流体来形成锡矿的传统模式并不适合于解释芙蓉锡矿的形成。我们认为芙蓉锡矿的形成主要与骑田岭花岗岩的绿泥石化蚀变有关,循环的大气降水与花岗岩发生水-岩反应,富锡的铁镁矿物在蚀变成绿泥石的同时释放出 Sn 和 Ti 等金属到流体中,当物理化学条件改变时,沉淀形成锡矿体。这是一种比较独特的锡矿化模式,丰富了华南与花岗岩有关的锡矿化类型。     

四川会理岔河元古宙锡矿床的地质特征及成因探讨

岔河锡矿床产于元古宙裂谷环境中,其形成与晋宁期的花岗质岩浆活动有关。矿化及有关的矽卡岩化蚀变为含矿热液对大理岩等围岩交代的产物,皆围绕岩体接触带分布,并呈现良好的分带。含矿热液主要来自花岗岩,它提供了主要的流体和锡。锡的迁移、富集主要经历了岩浆结晶分异及围岩蚀变两个过程,分异作用是锡在热液中逐渐富集的主要原田,而云英岩化等蚀变中“脱载”出来的锡难以造成锡矿化。     

新疆东准噶尔老鸦泉富碱花岗岩型锡矿床地质及成矿流体

老鸦泉碱性花岗岩位于新疆北部东准噶尔地区。老鸦泉碱性花岗岩体及其内卡姆斯特、干梁子锡矿床的矿石和岩石的岩矿鉴定、稀土元素以及流体包裹体的系统研究表明,老鸦泉碱性花岗岩及其内的花岗斑岩及含矿石英岩、云英岩化锡矿体、石英脉锡矿体,实际上是富碱花岗质岩浆逐渐分异演化的同源和最终产物,锡成矿流体为中-高温、低盐度。碱性岩浆晚期分异的大量气水热液富锡、富硅、富碱、富含F、Cl、SO²₄离子及离子团,其氧逸度高、酸度高、温度高,这种热液引起花岗岩体的硅化、云英岩化等自变质作用,在该作用中随温度、压力的降低及CH₄等还原性气体及CO₂气体的逃逸,改变了成矿流体的氧化-还原环境,流体向相对还原及碱性条件转化,在新的氧化还原、酸碱度界面条件下,其携带的锡的络合物不稳定而分解,锡沉淀成矿。     

南岭地区钨锡花岗岩的成矿矿物学：概念与实例

南岭地区的钨锡成矿作用与花岗岩岩浆活动有十分密切的关系。花岗岩的物源与成矿元素的初始富集、花岗岩的分异程度和花岗岩中流体性质与活动性集中体现了花岗岩对成矿的控制能力,即花岗岩的成矿能力。初步建立了南岭地区钨锡花岗岩的成矿矿物学研究体系。黑云母、榍石、锆石、锡石、金红石、黑钨矿、白钨矿和钨铁铌矿等是讨论的重点矿物,它们可用于判别花岗岩的成矿能力。首先以矿物晶体化学为基础,介绍了上述矿物在钨锡花岗岩中的岩相学特征、内部构造和矿物化学及其变化,并分别论证了花岗岩原始含矿性、花岗岩结晶演化和花岗岩中成矿元素活动性的矿物学标志;其次,系统对比了南岭地区三类钨锡花岗岩（准铝质含锡花岗岩、过铝质含锡花岗岩和过铝质含钨花岗岩）的成矿矿物学特征。以湖南骑田岭花岗岩复式岩体为实例,进行了芙蓉- 菜岭含锡花岗岩和新田岭含钨花岗岩的成矿矿物学对比研究。前者以黑云母、榍石为典型含锡矿物,它们在流体富集阶段,经热液蚀变作用,导致锡的淋滤和结晶富集作用;后者则以出现岩浆白钨矿和黑钨矿为特征。提出的钨锡花岗岩成矿矿物学研究体系有助于深化矿床学研究和矿床勘探工作,并将在今后工作中进一步完善。     

Cassiterite exsolution with ilmenite lamellae in magnetite from the Huashan metaluminous tin granite in southern China

Sn⁴⁺ is generally the dominant form of tin in magnetite-series granites as shown by the presence of cassiterite or its incorporation into Ti-bearing minerals such as biotite and titanite. Little is known about the behavior of tin in magnetite. The Huashan granite is an oxidized tin granite in the Nanling Range, southern China, where it contains magnetite as the dominant Fe oxide mineral. It is included in biotite as an early phase and also as interstitial grains spatially associated with ilmenite, cassiterite, Sn-rich titanite (SnO₂ up to 5.9?wt.%), fluorite and apatite. This association indicates that tin enrichment occurred during the late stage of magma crystallization. Ilmenite lamellae display a trellis structure consistent with features of the “oxy-exsolution” process of Sn-bearing titanomagnetite precursor. Micro-inclusions of cassiterite (<1?μm in size) are found only within ilmenite lamellae. This suggests that magnetite with cassiterite inclusions is likely an indicator mineral of oxidized tin granites. Although rare in nature, Sn-bearing magnetite from weathered granites where concentrated in stream sediments, may serve as a strategic tracer for tin exploration in granite districts and in placer deposits, in general.     

洛宁花山岩体地球化学特征及成因的探讨

出露在河南省洛宁县境内的花山花岗岩复式岩体从早到晚依次划分为似斑状黑云母二长花岗岩，似斑状黑云母角闲石英二长岩，中细粒角闪黑云母二长花岗岩三个阶段。本文简要叙述了花山岩体各阶段岩石的地球化学特征，并结合已有基础地质、同位素资料，探讨了花山岩体的成因机制。结果表明，花山岩体属Ｉ型花岗岩类，为大陆板块内部的同熔型花岗岩，形成花山岩体的岩浆来源于混有地幔物质的太华群地层。     

Tin-carrier minerals in metaluminous granites of the western Nanling Range (southern China): Constraints on processes of tin mineralization in oxidized granites

Huashan, Guposhan and Qitianling are three similar and representative metaluminous A-type tin granites in the western Nanling Range, China. They all have a high oxidization state with magnetite as the dominant Fe–Ti oxide. This study presents an understanding of systematic mineralogy of Sn-bearing minerals (biotite, titanite, magnetite and cassiterite) in the three granites. Biotite has an annite composition and both electron-microprobe and LA-ICP-MS analyses indicate trace amounts of tin in biotite (approximately 100–20 ppm). Chloritization of biotite is accompanied by formation of Sn-rich rutile and cassiterite. Titanite has a long history of crystallization from the early-magmatic stage through the late-magmatic stage to the hydrothermal stage. Owing to its solid-solution relationship with malayaite (CaSnSiO₅), titanite always contains tin to various extents. Early-magmatic titanite contains about 0.5 wt.% SnO₂, while the late-magmatic titanite is markedly enriched in tin (on average 14.8 and 3.4 SnO₂ in titanite from the Qitianling and Huashan granites, respectively). Magnetite grains typically display a trellis structure with ilmenite lamellae, where microinclusions of cassiterite (<1 μm in size) are present. This is likely consistent with features of the “oxy-exsolution” process of Sn-bearing titanomagnetite precursor. Cassiterite may be observed as late-magmatic phase, but most commonly appears as an alteration product of other primary minerals. All tin-bearing minerals in the three granites record a complete process of tin mineralization in granite. The features of tin in primary biotite, titanite and magnetite reflect an initial enrichment during the early stage of magmatic crystallization of the Huashan, Guposhan and Qitianling granites. Association of interstitial Sn-titanite and cassiterite suggests further tin enrichment related to fractional crystallization of granitic magmas. Fluids and alteration of primary minerals play an important role in the leaching, concentration and transportation of Sn during hydrothermal processes, which favors vein-type Sn mineralization.     

南岭成矿带中段广西花山地区成矿模式探讨

在野外调查和综合研究基础上,将南岭花山地区主要成矿类型分为面状矽卡岩型锡矿、蚀变断裂破碎岩型锡矿、云英岩化碎裂花岗岩破碎带型锡矿、断裂破碎充填型铅锌矿、离子吸附型稀土矿五种主要成矿类型,初步建立了区内主要找矿模式,并就找矿中需要注意的问题及主攻类型、找矿区位进行了讨论.     

Geological Characteristics of the Furong Tin Orefield, Hunan,~(40)Ar-~(39)Ar Dating of Tin Ores and Related Granite and Its Geodynamic Significance for Rock and Ore Formation

Furong, Hunan, is a large tin orefield discovered in China in recent years, which is mainly of the skarn-greisen-chlorite type. On the basis of the geological characteristics of the orefield, 40Ar-39Ar dating was performed on muscovite from greisen-type tin ore and biotite from related amphibole-biotite granite, which yielded three sets of age data, i.e., a plateau age of 157.5±0.3 Ma and an isochron age of 156.9±3 Ma for amphibole-biotite granite; a plateau age of 156.1±0.4 Ma and an isochron age of 155.7±1.7 Ma for the Sanmen greisen-type tin ore; and a plateau age of 160.1±0.9 Ma and an isochron age of 157.5±1.5 Ma for the Taoxiwo greisen-type tin ore. The three sets of age data coincide well with each other. They not only accurately reflect the timing of rock and ore formation but also indicate close relations between granite and tin deposits. In addition, the plateau ages of all three sets suggest that no subsequent thermal perturbation event occurred after the formation of granite and tin dep     

The Pemali tin deposit,Bangka, Indonesia

The Pemali tin deposit is located in a Triassic granite pluton the magmatic evolution of which is characterized by a decrease of compatible Ca, Mg, Ti, P and Zr in the sequence: medium- to coarse-grained biotite granite, megacrystic medium-grained biotite granite, two-mica granite/muscovite granite. The tin mineralization is confined to the two-mica granite and consists of disseminated cassiterite as well as greisen-bordered veins. The highly evolved muscovite granite is tin-barren and is distinguished from the two-mica granite by its low mica content and low loss-on-ignition values. The fluid inclusions in quartz and fluorite of the two-mica granite and of the greisen homogenize in the 115–410 °C temperature range; the salinities are in the range of 0.4–23 equiv wt% NaCl and the CO₂ concentrations are < 2 mole%.     

Ar–Ar Ages of Hydrothermal Muscovite and Igneous Biotite at the Guposhan–Huashan District,Northeast Guangxi,South China: Implications for Mesozoic W–Sn Mineralization

The Guposhan–Huashan district is an important W–Sn–Sb–Zn–(Cu) metallogenic area in South China. It is located in the middle‐west segment of the Nanling Range. Granitoids in the Guposhan–Huashan district possess certain properties of A‐type or I‐type granites. The W–Sn–Sb–Zn mineralization in the district is closely associated with magma emplacement. Two igneous biotite and seven hydrothermal muscovite samples from skarn, veins and greisenization ores were analyzed by Ar–Ar methods. Two igneous biotite samples from fine‐grained quartz monzodiorite and fine‐grained biotite granite show plateau ages of 168.7 ± 1.9 Ma and 165.0 ± 1.1 Ma, respectively. Seven hydrothermal muscovite samples from ores yield plateau ages as two groups: 165 Ma to 160 Ma and 104 Ma to 100 Ma. These data suggest that the emplacement of fine‐grained granitoids in this district is coeval with the main phase magma emplacement, different from previous studies. The W–Sn–Sb–Zn mineralization took place in two stages, i.e. the Middle–Late Jurassic and early Cretaceous. W–Sn mineralization in the Guposhan–Huashan district is closely related to the magmatism, which was strongly influenced by underplating of asthenospheric mantle along trans‐lithospheric deep faults and related fractures.     

桂北平英花岗岩锆石U-Pb年代学、Hf同位素、地球化学特征及其地质意义

通过对桂北平英花岗质岩体详细的锆石U-Pb年代学、Hf同位素组成及岩石地球化学特征的研究,论证了岩体的形成时代、成因类型、源区性质及其与宝坛锡矿的成矿关系。该岩体中心相-粗粒黑云母花岗岩的锆石LA-MC-ICP-MS U-Pb定年表明,其~(206)Pb/~(238)U加权平均年龄为834.2±5.1 Ma,属新元古代构造岩浆活动的产物。平英花岗岩具有高硅、富碱、强过铝质的特征,岩石富集Cs、Rb、U、Ta而亏损Ba、Sr、Ti等元素。球粒陨石标准化稀土配分曲线呈右倾形和强烈的Eu负异常(Eu/Eu*=0.05~0.31)。花岗岩中锆石的εHf(t)值介于-12.6~-1.6之间,峰值在-4.8~-3.0之间;二阶段模式年龄T_(DM)~C(Hf)在1.83~2.51 Ga之间,峰值在1.9~2.0 Ga之间。这些特征表明平英岩体形成于该区古元古代富硼基底的部分熔融作用,并经历了高度的分异演化过程。桂北九万大山—元宝山地区的新元古代黑云母花岗岩具有良好的锡成矿潜力,是华南多时代花岗岩演化及锡多金属成矿系列的重要组成部分。     

东准卡拉麦里地区贝勒库都克岩体锆石LA-ICPMS U-Pb测年及地质意义

新疆东准噶尔卡拉麦里地区是一个重要的锡成矿带,分布有多种类型的花岗岩。贝勒库都克岩体位于卡拉麦里锡成矿带中部,由含锡正长花岗岩和黑云母二长花岗岩组成。本文对贝勒库都克岩体岩相学和含锡黑云母正长花岗岩的锆石LA-ICPMSU-Pb定年研究,结果表明所有锆石颗粒浅黄色-无色透明,呈正方双锥状、钮柱状及半截锥状自形晶体,且发育规则的韵律环带,具有较高的Th/U比值(范围在0.32～0.47),属于典型岩浆成因锆石。获得贝勒库都克岩体侵位结晶年龄为283±2Ma(n=8,MSWD=0.14),时代属于早二叠世,这与东准噶尔后碰撞深成岩浆活动的范围(330～265Ma)相吻合。为建立准噶尔地区构造格架和恢复岩浆演化事件提供了最有力的证据,同时具有一定的找矿意义。     

Tin-bearing minerals at the Furong tin deposit,South China: Implications for tin mineralization

It remains poorly constrained whether remobilization of Sn from granites and prograde skarns plays an essential role in forming economic (skarn-type) tin mineralization. Using both electron probe microanalysis and laser ablation–inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry methods, in-situ Sn contents, as well as major elements, were analyzed for numerous silicates and magnetite from fresh granite, altered granite, and skarn at the large Furong Sn deposit (530,000 t Sn @ 0.8% Sn) in the Nanling Range, South China. Hornblende and biotite in fresh granite are the main Sn-bearing phases (Sn = 44–321 ppm), while plagioclase and K-feldspar are poor in Sn (< 5 ppm). In altered granite, tin is hosted mainly by hydrothermal muscovite (299–583 ppm) replacing plagioclase, but rarely by chlorite (mostly <10 ppm) replacing hornblende and biotite. In contrast, most silicates (garnet, diopside, vesuvianite, pargasite and epidote) and magnetite from tin skarn are Sn-rich (47–44,241 ppm), except for Sn-poor phlogopite and scapolite (< 10 ppm). In particular, garnet, pargasite, and epidote reach tin concentrations in the percent range. Tin generally enters the stannous silicates and magnetite through substitutions for octahedral Al^vi and Fe³⁺. Comparisons of Sn contents between magmatic and hydrothermal minerals in granite, prograde and retrograde minerals related to tin skarn indicate that remobilization of Sn from granite and prograde skarn is not a pre-requisite to form tin mineralization.