Fluid immiscibility and gold deposition in the Xincheng deposit, Jiaodong Peninsula, China: A fluid inclusion study

The Xincheng gold deposit, located in west Jiaodong Peninsula in southeast North China Craton, is a representative mesothermal lode deposit hosted in Late Mesozoic granitoids in Jiaodong. Gold mineralization occurs as disseminated- and stockwork-style ores within the hydrothermal breccias and cataclastic zones controlled by the Jiaojia fault, whereas echelon tensile auriferous veins hosted in the NE- and NNE-trending subsidiary faults cutting...