Garnet and scheelite as indicators of multi-stage tungsten mineralization in the Huangshaping deposit, southern Hunan province, China

The Huangshaping W–Mo–Pb–Zn deposit in southern Hunan province, south China, contains multiple generations of garnet and scheelite in skarn and sulfide–carbonate altered rocks. Optical characteristics and chondrite-normalized rare earth element (REEN) patterns obtained by in situ laser ablation–inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry analysis were used to distinguish different generations of garnet and scheelite. These data show a clear...