Abundance of Carbonic Fluid Inclusions in Hira-Buddini Gold Deposit, Hutti-Maski Greenstone Belt, India: Inferences from Petrography and Volume Ratio Estimation of Fluid Components

Low saline aqueous carbonic fluids are considered to be the ore forming solutions for orogenic lode gold deposits. Phase separation/fluid immiscibility of the ore fluid is quite common and is one of the major reasons for deposition of gold in these deposits. Abundant carbonic fluid inclusions have been observed in quartz grains of Hira-Buddnini Gold Deposit. Theoretical estimation indicates that more volume of H2O compared to CO2 is likely to be trapped in inclusions at different P-T conditions. Preferential loss of H2O from fluid inclusions during ductile deformation of quartz grains have been attributed as the suitable reason for abundance of carbonic fluid inclusions.