GENETIC-IMPLICATIONS OF REGIONAL AND TEMPORAL TRENDS IN ORE FLUID GEOCHEMISTRY OF MISSISSIPPI VALLEY-TYPE DEPOSITS IN THE OZARK REGION

Fluids extracted from aqueous fluid inclusions in epigenetic gangue and ore minerals record the migration of huge volumes of highly saline fluids throughout the stratigraphic section of the Ozark region. The extracted fluids share many similarities regionally, but there are significant temporal differences which define two geochemically distinct end-member ore-forming fluids, referred to as the Viburnum Trend main stage or Viburnum Trend type and the Tri-State type. Possible explanations for the origins of these two end-member fluids are discussed. -from Authors